Finding a job

Information : The Ministry of Labour (Trabalho e Emprego) : www.mtb.gov.br

The legal length of work is 48 hours per week. The salaries are low. The minimum monthly salary in Brazil is the lowest in the whole of South America.

Minimum salary for a manual labourer : 136 réals/month ; that of a manager/chief is 10,000 réals/month.

To find job offers look at the local newspaper :

• GLOBO
  

• A FOLHA DE SAO PAOLO

The principal industries in Brazil : textiles, chemicals, exploitation of minerals, aeronautic, automobile industry, and agriculture production (coffee, sugar, etc.)

Principal commercial links : European Union, South America and Central, the United States and Asia.

In certain universities there exists a department called development and work placement, this orients the graduates in the search for a job and offers courses, workshops, conferences, seminars and job forums.