Pet Beauticians and Psychologists Are Careers on the Rise in Brazil

08/12/2014 - 08h45

Carlos Carrilo, 58, originally from Paraguay, has lived in Brazil for over 30 years where he has worked as a maître d', a head waiter in a restaurant, a job he believes may soon be extinct.

"It is an image from the past when glamour was taken into consideration", he says.

Changes in the Brazilian job market and society has meant that some specific occupations have disappeared completely, while others, both old and new, have grown stronger.

Among jobs that hired the most workers than fired are funerary agents (2.476), psychologists (7.862) and pet beauticians (870), between 2007 and 2013.

However, in regards to head waiters and bakers the rate of dismissals are larger than the rate of admission, with 4.239 and 1.570 dismissals respectively.

Many professions that have expanded recently are linked to the boom in the services industry, which was in turn driven by the increase in income levels across the country.

This increase has also led to a rise in mental health care, for instance, which fuelled the hiring of psychologists and psychiatrists.

New careers like pet beauticians (responsible for painting pets' nails and trimming and grooming of fur) have also been driven by this.

Possibilities for personalized services have also led to a rise in admissions even in the funerary sector.

In the last decade this sector saw a rise in crematories, salespeople and the beginnings of personalized ceremonies.

This means that funerary agents are currently extremely sought after.

On the other hand, the development of technology and the need to cut costs have a negative effect on other occupations.

Coordination positions like that of a head waiter have been cut short. Manual labor has been replaced by mechanized labor, extinguishing positions like that of a typist or a baker.

ECONOMICS

The growth in jobs associated with hiring of unskilled labor in recent years is one of the causes of the slow growth of the Brazilian economy.

According to research carried out by Folha on the Labor Ministry's database has revealed that ten jobs that require low educational qualifications were responsible for half of new admissions between 2007 and 2013.

This trend has contributed to a decrease in labor productivity in recent years - a measure of economic efficiency.

According to Naercio Menezes, economist and lecturer at Insper, between 2001 and 2012 the income of less qualified workers (who have less than 4 years of education) has grown eight times more than those who hold more advanced qualifications (who have over 17 or 18 years of education).

Translated by CRISTIANE COSTA LIMA

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	Among jobs that hired the most workers than fired are funerary agents, psychologists and pet beauticians