Mónica López Ramírez, Gustavo Mejía Pérez
Este artículo tiene como propósito analizar la inserción al mercado laboral de egresadas de enfermería en tres municipios de la megalópolis del Valle de México. Para ello, se realizaron 12 entrevistas con egresadas de enfermería de distintos tipos de instituciones de educación superior (dos públicas y una privada) en contextos socioeconómicos diferenciados por su grado de marginación, oferta educativa y condiciones del campo laboral. Los resultados muestran que, a pesar de las diferencias en los contextos geográficos y sociales en los cuales las egresadas iniciaron su vida laboral, existen similitudes: un ingreso laboral temprano e irregular, con condiciones precarias, distintas valoraciones de los empleos y rutas de llegada; en las que las instituciones de educación superior desempeñan un papel fundamental.
The purpose of this article is to analyze the integration of nursing graduates into the labor market in three municipal districts of the Mexico City metropolitan area. To this end, 12 interviews were conducted with nursing graduate students from different types of higher education institutions (two public and one private) with varying socioeconomic contexts in terms of their degree of marginalization, educational options, and labor market conditions. The results show that, despite the differences in the geographical and social contexts in which the graduates began their working lives, there are similarities: early and irregular integration into the labor market, with precarious conditions, varying assessments of jobs, and different pathways to employment, in which the higher education institutions they were trained at play a critical role.