Mulheres na profissão contábil: atuação profissional das egressas do curso de Ciências Contábeis

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to identify how the graduates of the accounting sciences course at the Federal University of Alagoas, academic unit of Santana do Ipanema in the state of Alagoas, are inserted in the job market after graduation. This research is of a quantitative descriptive nature and, to reach the objective, a questionnaire was used, adapted from the study by Neves (2018), structured in three parts and containing 18 closed questions, with a return of 60 responses. The results showed that the graduates took more than four years to complete the graduation, continue to live in the same city of origin after the end of the course and the main reason for choosing the Accounting course was self-interest. It was noticed that few respondents worked in the accounting area before joining the course and most did not perform work activities. After the end of the course, the number of graduates who started to work in accounting offices increased and most are inserted in the job market. It was also found that the graduates seek professional training and the Accounting course met the personal and professional expectations of the respondents. Finally, it was found that lack of experience and low pay were the main challenges encountered by graduates to work in the accounting profession.