Youth unemployment in

Lithuania

BSSSC Youth event, October 2010

SITUATION!Every 3rd young man in Lithuania has no job

About 37.5 % of young unemployed live in rural areas

One in 5 young unemployed already has a family

Every 4th young unemployed is a graduate

Even 60 % young unemployed are male

Long-term youth unemployment rate is already 23 %

One in 5 young unemployed is looking for a job for more than half year

SO…

Lithuania ,2010 II half

EU, 2009

Total unemployment rate, % 18,3 9,1

Youth (15-24) unemployment, % 37,1 19

Youth (15-24) unemployment, thousand 51.3 5.500

(out of it) Youth with no qualification, % 56

WHY?

How employers see the conditions:

•Youth is not satisfied with offered wages and working conditions•It is more efficient to retain those with more experience and knowledge than the youth• The dismissal of long-time employee requires a higher severance pay•Young people need time to adapt, and the employer has neither the time nor the money•Young people are more likely to continue studies, plan a family, they are fickle and less loyal to the company•Young people are more intolerant towards the illegal activities (i.e., no offering him ‘an envelope’, they prefer legal income);

RESULT!

Long-term youth unemployment causes:• youth emigration

50 % of the migrants are young people. They are the youngest and the best educated work motivation decline;

• rising crime now every second offender is under 30 years old;

• the physical and mental health disorders;

Youth unemployment costs 4.258 billion Litas a year.

HOW?

Special attention and information in our main labor body - Lithuanian Labour Exchange

Regional youth labour centers (Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai, Panevėžys, Alytus, Marijampolė, Utena, Telšiai, Tauragė)

Career centers in the main universities

Database of the qualified labor “Talent Bank”

Approved proposal that employers who hired people for their first employment, have a tax deduction of 23.3 % from the salary;

Youth are the solutionnot the problem!