This research is about the recent transformations in the world of the work and the insertion of the social worker in the job market of Manaus (State of Amazonas, Brazil). In particular, it studies the insertion of the social workers that were graduated at the Centro Universitário do Norte (Uninorte Laureate) in a job market changed by the process of accumulation of capital and productive restructuring. In Brazil, especially in the city of Manaus, the recent transformations in the job market affected different kinds of workers, including the social worker that also suffers with the precarization of working conditions. In this sense, this study points out a reflection about the changes in the world of the work and its impacts to the job market of the social worker in a context were there is a growing number of universities that provide higher education in social service and on the other hand there is a restriction of public spaces and of insertion possibilities in the job market. To such end, data were gathered with the social workers that were graduated at Uninorte Laureate on 2008. The Uninorte Laureate offers higher education in social service since 2008 and today is recognized as one of the most important universities in the city of Manaus. Utilizing the results of the field research this study also aimed to promote a discussion about the perceptions of these social workers about their professional formation process and their insertion in the local job market.