Desenvolveu-se programa em escola da periferia de Porto Alegre para orientar adolescentes na busca de emprego. Visando conhecer características da construção da identidade vocacional, 36 jovens responderam, através da técnica de cartazes, a algumas questões. Observou-se que estavam desenvolvendo sua identidade ocupacional com projetos profissionais não inteiramente clarificados. Suas escolhas calcavam-se na fantasia, com elevadas expectativas quanto ao futuro. Entretanto, viam-se frente à necessidade de inserir-se no mercado de trabalho. Assim, concluiu-se que a inserção laboral representava a transformação da realidade social de exclusão e sofrimento, pela perspectiva futura de melhoria do nível de qualidade de vida.
A psychological social program was developed in a school in the surroundings of Porto Alegre with the purpose of giving job search orientation to adolescents. The objective was to know the characteristics of their vocational identity, 36 youngsters answered, using posters posted on walls, some questions. It was observed that they were developing their occupational identity, even though their professional projects were not completely clarified. Their choices were based on fantasy, with high expectations concerning their future. Despite that, these adolescents face the necessity to enter the market. Thus, it was concluded that entering the job market represented the transformation of the exclusion and suffered social reality, into one of a future better quality of life.