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Alstom Foundation Partnership Trains São Paulo Youth for Local Jobs
The initiative with Instituto Reciclar targets workforce readiness in a city where many employers report unfilled positions.
How we reported this
The Alstom Foundation and Instituto Reciclar are providing career training to 330 vulnerable youth in São Paulo as part of efforts to improve workforce readiness. This local partnership focuses on practical skills development for young people facing barriers to employment.
Workforce Growth Context
São Paulo's formal private-sector workforce grew by 2.1 percent in Q1 2025, adding 245,000 jobs and reaching 11.911 million workers. The expansion outpaced national growth rates and highlights ongoing demand for skilled workers across sectors.
Skills Gap and Support Programs
A skills gap report shows that 40 percent of surveyed companies in São Paulo cannot fill positions due to a lack of appropriate workforce skills, particularly in health, food, and IT sectors. The World Bank approved a $970 million initiative for São Paulo state to support job creation, regulatory simplification, and the launch of the Trampolim digital job-matching and training platform for 80,000 users. In March 2026 the municipality of São Paulo received a separate World Bank project to expand social protection and connect vulnerable youth to jobs through digital skills training such as the Digital Public Works program.
Local Training Partnerships
United Way Brazil's Juventudes Potentes program and the Alstom Foundation partnership are actively training 330 vulnerable youth and engaging over 80,000 young people to improve workforce readiness. These efforts operate alongside state and municipal initiatives to match training with employer needs in key industries.
Further expansion of such targeted training could help address remaining gaps between available positions and qualified candidates. Local organizations continue to scale programs that link participants directly to job opportunities in the city.
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