Abstract

OCAMPO RESTREPO, Javier; CASTILLO-VALENCIA, María  and  JIMENEZ-RESTREPO, Diana Marcela. Hey bro! I'm looking for a job: How networks of social contacts define the employment status of young people in popular and marginalized sectors of Cali. Entramado [online]. 2023, vol.19, n.2, e3.  Epub Oct 26, 2032. ISSN 1900-3803.  https://doi.org/10.18041/1900-3803/entramado.2.9418.

The search for employment using social contacts, despite being a common practice, sometimes does not generate the expected results. In order to verify the above, this paper describes the social contact networks of a group of young people living in contexts of marginality and violence in Cali's communes 1, 14, 16, 18 and 20 who participated in the program called Integral Treatment for Gangs - Youth Without Borders (TIP-JSF), a process of psychosocial intervention from an integral perspective that promoted social inclusion. The social networks found through a survey are characterized by being small and closed, increasing the likelihood that those who make up these networks have the same employment status: unemployment or informal employment. It is essential for young people to expand their contacts and link them with other contacts that can provide them with information on better job vacancies.

Keywords : Social networks; youth; employment; unemployment; strong ties; weak ties.

        · abstract in Spanish | Portuguese     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )