Brazil registered about 13.7 million people without work in the quarter ended in August of this year. According to the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics), the unemployment rate in that period was 13.2%. And being part of this statistic can be harmful not only for the finances, but also for the mental health of those who are unable to place themselves in the professional market.
This is the case of the young man from São Paulo Valter Lino, 25, graduated in business administration. “Every time I was unemployed, I felt like I had failed,” says Lino.
Those who are employed also face challenges when it comes to taking care of the psychological factor. “I had two bouts of burnout,” says publicist Carol Milters, 34.
The anguish of unemployment and mental health at work are themes of the second episode of the podcast Minha Vaga, Minhas Rules, published this Tuesday (23). Listen below:
For the work psychologist Miryam Mazieiro, from the Institute of Psychiatry at USP, unemployment can affect mental health because we live in a society in which “work shapes our identity”.
“[O emprego] it has a very great centrality in the life of the adult individual. When we introduce ourselves to someone, we usually ask the person’s name and then what they do. Work defines us.”
Minha Vava, Minhas Rules is a production of sheet in partnership with LinkedIn. The podcast talks about professional life and offers tips for those who want to start or progress in their career. The first episode, released on November 9th, dealt with the myths and truths that candidates face when getting a job.
The presentation and script are by journalist Bruno B. Soraggi, who has been a reporter for the sheet​, in which he has already worked in Guia Folha, São Paulo magazine and Mônica Bergamo column.
He is accompanied by the senior editor of Linkedin NotÃcias, Claudia Gasparini. She has been working since 2018 creating and curating news and analysis on the job market on LinkedIn, which today has 51 million users in Brazil.
Sound editing is by Luan Alencar.
The podcast can be listened to on Spotify, Deezer, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and other apps. Episodes air every 15 days on Tuesdays.
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