The objective of the present study is to contribute for the deepening of the understanding on the specific young groups' experience in relation to the transition University-work market. An empirical analysis through a transversal split of two segments of young people (those graduating and recent graduates) was done, according to their University level. Among the analysis results, based on the interviews of 20 young people, it was noted that similarities predominate between the two groups about aspects of the transition from the University to the work market, difficulties and ease in acquiring employment, evaluation of the University and the work market, the image of the profession and future job prospects. Such similarities suggest that the training period spent by these individuals before becoming professionals with a higher education would do well to include a more realistic vision of the work market and a more critical evaluation of the University at this crucial moment in the life of a young person in transition.
Young; University; Work market; Content analysis
