Lithuania

Area: 65,3 km2 Population: 3,2 million Youth 15-29 years old: 0,7 million or 22 %

ENHANCING THE CHANCES OF YOUTH ON THE LABOR MARKET BY CARRIER, MENTORING AND GUIDANCE PROGRAMS IN LITHUANIA

November 2013

Irmantas Sujeta Mažeikių “Versli karta” Mažeikiai, Lithuania [email protected]

+37062877425

thousand

242,1 204.3

Registered Young Unemployed 2003-2012

369.4

330,8 303.1

256.7

214.3

166.7

163.9

160.8

79.6

53.8

73.9

64.1

74,2 40.6

29.1

26.1

29.6

38.7

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Unemployed Youth In 2012 there were registered 74.2 thousand young jobseekers under 25-s – 10.1 thousand less than in 2011 and they made up 22.4 % of the total registered unemployed.

Portrait of Young Unemployed

On 1 October 2013, the number of young unemployed amounted to 22 thousand (12.1 %) of total registered unemployment (13.5 % – 29.8 thousand on 01/10/2012) 01/ 10/ 2013 Female Long-term unemployed thousand

12.2

2.9

percentage 51 % 24.1 % Male Long-term unemployed With higher education With secondary education With basic education With primary education Without primary education vocational qualification

unskilled

vocational qualification

unskilled

vocational qualification

unskilled Unskilled (total)

Never employed

11.8

2.7

6.5

5.9

6.3

0.9

2.9

0.2

1.5

0.019

10.7

12.4

49 % 23.2 % 26.9 %

24.6 %

26 %

3.5%

11.9 %

0.8 %

6.2 % 0.1 %

44.2 % 51.4 %

The main youth unemployment reasons

The lack of job experience Incomplete education, vocational preparation The lack of persistence, job search skills The mismatch between acquired professional skills and the labour market needs

• • • • • •

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);

Institutions Implementing the Employment Support Policy In Lithuania

• • • • The Government The Ministry of Social Security and Labour and other ministries • The Lithuanian Labour Exchange and its local labour exchange offices Municipal institutions and agencies Other legal and natural persons

• • • •

The Lithuanian Labour Exchange (LLE): General Information

the provision of information

which helps jobseekers to find a job or acquire professional knowledge;

counseling

which contributes to increasing the motivation of jobseekers;

employment intermediation

which helps jobseekers to find a suitable job and the employers – to find suitable employees;

planning of individual activities

with a view of supporting for employment.

To provide an opportunity for persons

to get in the labour market

and with labour demand.

remain

there, matching their work and employability skills

250

thousand

Youth Employment and Participation in ALM‛s 2003-2012

200 19,0 150 130,6 100 17,9 125,5 109,7 14,6 99,7 13,0 14,4 111,9 15,1 122,6 18,7 30,0 180,4 18,9 202 18,8 182,1 20,3 20,0 118,9 10,0 37,9 50 24,8 34,1 36,9 22,5 16,0 13,0 16,1 18,5 22,2 0 0,0 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total employed 2007 2008 Youth employed 2009 2010 2011 Youth employment rate 2012

Youth Participation in ALM‛s 2010-2012

Vocational training Subsidized placement Supported obtainment of working skills Job rotation Territorial mobility Public works Activity by business certificate 2010 (thousand)

2.9

2.3

3.5

0.13

0.01

2.5

2.9

2011 (thousand)

1.7

2.3

2.5

0.23

0.02

2.6

4.4

2012 (thousand)

0.8

3.8

2.6

0.09

0.07

3.4

3.5

Efficiency after 6 months (2013)

94 % 87 % 87 % 15 %

Increasing Employability Of Youth Example Of Good Practice

YOUTH JOB CENTERS TODAY 22 Youth Job Centres throughout Lithuania:

 provide information and counselling for young jobseekers;  introduce to young people the world of professions;  organize informative events and practical training, assist in preparation for job interviews, consult on how to introduce yourself to an employer, how to be motivated in searching a job  promote entrepreneurship

The Centres provide:

 free of charge internet for job search  profession descriptions and informative films about occupations  professional orientation tests  information about conditions for studies in higher education institutions  consultation on writing CV and a motivational letter

Come

to

Youth

Job

Center

!

Youth Job Center‘s Services Are For:

• • • • Young people who start their work career Young people who dropped out of the education and the labour market systems

University students School students

• • •

Employers

Teachers and leaders of educational institutions Youth organizations and social partners

Increasing Employability Of Youth Example Of Good Practice % 3 1 YOUTH JOB CENTERS: activities for target groups in 2012

Provision of information

5 7

Counselling

33

First job program

24 6 11 9

Motivational seminars for unskilled youth Events for clients Out-of-house activities Events for high school students Events for secondary school students Other events Subjects: situation in the labour market, career planning, career tests, basics of

entrepreneurship, active job search, CV and resume preparation, preparation for job interview, CV Europass, EURES

Increasing Employability Of Youth Example Of Good Practice

Team building Development of entrepreneurial skills Job search process

Youth motivational Seminars

Self-awareness

Lasts 2 days Groups of 6-7 participants

Goal setting Career guidance and counselling Since 2008, by implementing the EU supported project “Development of New Innovative Services for Youth Seeking to Decrease Youth Unemployment and to Facilitate Entering the Labour Market”, services are provided for the most vulnerable young people. In 2010-2011, over

6.7 thousand

unmotivated, unskilled young people participated in seminars.

Increasing Employability Of Youth Example Of Good Practice

YOUTH CENTERS: A LOOK INTO THE FUTURE

    involvement of street workers, active intervention

special attention to youth of social risk groups, experiencing social exclusion

orientation towards provision of information, counselling and teaching of young people, building of social and organizational capacities

more flexible links with educational, vocational guidance, informal education, leisure systems

“Enterprise Lithuania”

• • Help businesses create measurable added value.

Be the most innovative and efficient government agency in Lithuania.

• Increase financial independence from public funding.

• Be a great place to work and develop.

Good practice service for young businessman in “Enterprise Lithuania”

• First year of business baskets: • Business start baskets will be distributed to anyone wanting to start a business. If you start up a business in the next six months, you get 50 hours of consultation and 24 hours of training FOR FREE Innovative start-baskets "StartUp Nitro“: These baskets will allow innovative business ideas authors 3 months of free office space and receive 30 hours of professional business consulting.

tūkst.

THANK YOU!

Information resources: www.ldb.lt

www.enterpriselithuania.com