The present study aims to identify and analyze how the development of technical skills in schools meets the needs and desires of the labor market. In collaboration with the Priority-Rio - support the study of priorities for the Government of the State of Rio de Janeiro, encouraging Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro - FAPERJ, the study suggests possible actions with view to aligning the expectations of the labor market with technical training and vocational training. Essentially qualitative in nature, the research methodology consisted of field research from October 2010 to June 2011, through interviews, transcribed and analyzed, as well as theoretical reference material. We interviewed 14 professional technical schools of different locations in the county in the state of Rio de Janeiro showed that their perceptions, making it possible to determine the facilitating factors and are essential to identifying gaps in skills required by the labor market. In addition, interviews were conducted with 04 leaders of professional team, trained in technical training schools, who reported their expectations and difficulties in developing new professional face of the demands made on the day to day business, and 03 resource professionals humans exposed to the difficulties of attracting and retaining these professionals. The results presented in this study generated a series of propositions that suggest possible actions to build knowledge, skills and training of professionals, thus contributing to improving the curriculum of technical training schools in Rio de Janeiro.