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Semana S Readies Mid-May Drive With Free Care, Courses and 51,000 Job Openings

Organizers aim to widen access to jobs through free care, short courses, major fairs, cultural draws.

Overview

  • The CNC-led campaign, run with Sesc, Senac and state Fecomércio units, will stage coordinated editions across Brazil in mid‑May with city‑specific schedules now published and registration open.
  • Organizers say national job fairs will offer more than 51,000 vacancies, with Belo Horizonte alone concentrating about 15,000 openings from 26 companies at Praça da Estação.
  • Belém has logged more than 24,000 sign‑ups for a two‑day program that requires online registration and a 1 kg food donation to Sesc Mesa Brasil, which supplies partner charities.
  • Training is a core draw, including 500 free Senac course slots in Belém with in‑person enrollment and ID documents, plus AI, tech and business workshops rolled out in states such as Mato Grosso do Sul.
  • Local lineups pair services with culture to boost turnout, from a free Pabllo Vittar show in Belém to a three‑day slate in Roraima, while Minas Gerais has formal recognition of May 16 as “Dia S” under a new state law.