situación laboral y condiciones de vida en jóvenes de 18-29 años del barrio las palmeras, cantón santa rosa, 2023.

Abstract

At present, it is important to analyse and understand the participation of youth segmentation in the economically active population, as well as its impact on everyday life, since it is one of the most debatable issues at a global level. In this sense, the main objective of the degree project was to determine the impact of the employment situation on the living conditions of young people between 18 and 29 years of age in the Las Palmeras neighbourhood; for this reason, in order to achieve a true result, research methods and techniques were used, adopting a mixed methodological approach, that is, the use of both quantitative and qualitative methods, which allowed, through their respective instruments, the study phenomenon to be investigated. In this case, the survey applied to the young people of the sector helped to find out their employability status and how this factor affects their way of life, while the interviews with the president of the Las Palmeras neighbourhood and the technical secretary of the Cantonal Council for the Protection of Rights, belonging to the Santa Rosa Municipal Government, helped to confirm in which segments and labour sectors young people are working the most; they also deduced which social problems can increase in the absence of a correct intervention and solution. On the other hand, according to the results obtained in the empirical research, it has been concluded that in the youth population of the Las Palmeras neighbourhood, the most prevalent labour situation is informality and unemployment, due to the various causes of the scarcity of formal employment, starting from the establishment of the economic model of the government in power, the presence of citizen insecurity that the country is going through, the high demands of the labour market and the absence of government policies that advocate for the improvement of the state of employability of youth. As a consequence, this age group does not progress professionally in the labour field, which is detrimental to their quality of life because their economic income is restricted and, not being able to cover their basic needs, places them in the position of being dependent on their families. For this reason, it is necessary to design and implement an action plan to improve the employment situation of young people in the Las Palmeras neighbourhood, through the implementation of strategic activities with the support of the Municipal Government of Santa Rosa, in order to reduce the levels of informality and unemployment. Therefore, through the operational planning of the proposal, the aim is to strengthen labour skills in order to make them qualified or competent personnel for the labour market, through the implementation of training and workshops aimed at enhancing their soft skills and the correct use of office automation tools, but also the action plan is aimed at promoting entrepreneurial skills so that young people in the Las Palmeras neighbourhood can start their own businesses. Finally, the implementation of all the activities of the integrative proposal is viable, due to the fact that the different dimensions were analysed, in the technical, economic, social and environmental aspects, which gave optimal results for their respective intervention.