Information Professional: analysis of the insertion in the brazilian labour market

Abstract

The discussion on the insertion of the Information Professional in the labor market in Brazil is marked by studies with testing? nature, particular case studies and empirical inquiries of small extent and representativeness. In an attempt to contribute with this discussion, the present study had as the main objective to bring about more general and current empirical evidences about the insertion of these professionals in the labor market, in the form allowed by the Demographic Census 2000. More specifically, the inquiry had as the objective to investigate the dimension and characterization of the professional contingent in information activities acting in the Brazilian labor market in the year 2000, according to the categories of the Brazilian Classification of Occupations, as follows: professionals of the information; archivists and museologists; librarianship technicians; museum technicians and similar; documentation, information and inquiry services assistants. The contingent of professionals and their distribution in the regions of the country are shown. A characterization of each occupational group is also shown, regarding school level, position in the occupation and average income indicators. The inquiry reveals that the professionals contingent of the group is 0.1% in relation to the country total productive population, with higher concentration in the Southeastern and Southern states. Different from expected from the literature, among the categories analyzed, Information Professionals have better occupational insertion and better incomes in relation to professionals of the Sciences and Arts, although the situation of the latter is not very good.