Type d'entreprise et parcours professionnels dans le télémarketing au Brésil : le cas d'une grande entreprise de sous-traitance étrangère et d'une agence d'emploi parasyndicale et paramunicipale

Using an examination of a particular field of work which reveals the current trends in the Brazilian employment market, this article focuses on elements that give structure to professional careers of operational staff in telemarketing, which appear to be in disarray. The employment terms and conditions are observed to be diversified and fragmented. This finding, in a more general background of globalization of production and trade, raises questions concerning the real weight of individual practices in professional careers and, more broadly, the loss of meaning of the concepts of work and employment.