RELATIONS BETWEEN THE LABOR MARKET AND MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES
In this Master's research work, associations are made between the activities developed in the predominant professions in the Brazilian labor market and the multiple intelligences according to the characterizations and classifications of Gardner (1983) and Goleman (1988). Fifteen professions were adopted according to the three levels of education required to exercise them. The professions and education levels are as follows:
basic level: doorman, gas station attendant, motoboy, domestic worker, popular musician/singer.
medium level: cashier, driver, salesperson, administrative assistant, military police.
higher level: teacher, lawyer, doctor, engineer, actor.
In each of the professions, the 5 most frequently performed activities were adopted during a reference working day, whose journey is 8 hours. For each of the 5 activities adopted, in each profession, a percentage was applied to describe the participation of the same throughout the day, totaling 100%. The evaluation of professions from the point of view of multiple intelligences is based on a scale formulated in which 0.0 (does not participate) to 10.0 (participates predominantly) are assigned to each of the activities, in each profession. Afterwards, the percentages of activities carried out are multiplied by the participation shares of the types of intelligences. The results express which intelligences are predominant in a given profession, and the sum of the results obtained in each of the professions express which intelligences are predominant in each level of education and, in a broad way, in the Brazilian labor market. The results obtained so far show that linguistic and emotional intelligence predominate in the order of the evaluated professions.