Youth employment situation

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Youth employment situation

• Similar problems in Russia, Lithuania and
  Albania

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Economical situation

• Changes in the political system in the early 90s,
  influenced big changes on the economical and
  labour market structure.
• Big state-run companies and enterprises, suddenly
  either closed down or were minimized, causing
  loose of jobs and high employment rate,
  especially among young people
• The new politicians are not prepared to face
  the challenges of the modern market economy and
  to initiate employment policies in general and
  for youth in particular

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Young women in labour market

• Among the unemployed youth, women are mostly
  vulnerable as compare to their male counterparts,
  regarding employment possibilities
• Among young women the young mothers are even more
  discriminated

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Problems of just graduated young people looking
for a job

• Scholastic educational system, which provides
  much higher level of theory, rather then
  practical
• Lack of experience is one of the core problems,
  the youth is facing while looking for a job for
  the first time
• Retired people occupy job positions, leaving less
  vacancies to young people

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Perspectives of improving the employment
situation of youth

• Governments are promoting the employers to create
  and to give jobs to the youth.
• Employers who offer jobs to young people, benefit
  lower taxes and other advantages from the state

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