Incidencia del desempleo en el proyecto de vida de los jóvenes de la comuna 15 de la ciudad de Cali

Abstract

With the objective of determining the incidence of unemployment in the life project of the youths of the 15th Commune of Cali, a descriptive investigation was launched, with a mixed approach According to the results, it was possible to show that the level of unemployment among young people in Comuna 15 de Cali is quite high, according to data from the Mayor's Office of Cali, it is 19.4% (Mayorship of Cali, 2019) , however, among the people surveyed, 65% say they do not have a job, where the main constraints to entering the labor market is the lack of preparation of these, since most of them only have a baccalaureate and with that level of studies only manage to place themselves in low-skilled jobs The 25% of these young people do not have a defined life project, because they feel frustrated, rejected, sad, and those who have some plan for the future, have it in the medium term, what they most want is to finish their studies and get a good employment, considering that this depends on achieving your goals. Therefore, it was concluded that unemployment significantly affects the life project of the young people of the Commune 15, since it does not give them the opportunity to have enough income to carry out their plans, nor provision for their basic needs, so that urge strong public policies to improve this situation.