Expectativas profesionales de los estudiantes de noveno semestre de la jornada nocturna en el periodo 2020-1, del programa de trabajo social de la Universidad Católica Lumen Gentium, frente a la realidad profesional de los trabajadores sociales en la ciudad de Santiago de Cali

Abstract

This research was born from the interest for knowing the professional expectations regarding labour insertion, horizontal social mobility and socio-labour recognition of Social Work students, respect to professional reality. From the expectations theory, the concept of social imagery and the needs raised by Maslow, we used a qualitative methodological strategy and from the phenomenological approach for interpreting and understanding the professional expectations of students as a phenomenon of this study. We find that students that have prior professional reality experience can improve their current living conditions and have a socio-occupational recognition thought their career. The above is verified with the experience of the interviewed graduates.