Juvenile in The Labor Market

Published: 23 June 2000 y., Friday
Young man after having finished the school or the university, burn with the desire to become independent, but the first steps are not easy of course. As usual, an unfavorable economical situation hurts the most weak at first. And are the beginners who have no competence, no practice and no experience among them?

Both the magazine “Sociumas” on social sciences and the Lithuanian students’ newspaper “Savas” decided to show interest in this problem. This year in May and in June we have made virtual examination about the position of the juvenile in the labor market, its values, priorities, attitudes. The majority — 80% — of the examinee were 18-29 years old; 48% — students; 44% of them have a job.

86% of the examinee thinks that today placing in a job the juvenile is the actual problem in Lithuania. The undergraduates and the apprentices consider provision of employment to be more serious problem than those who already have a job do. It is interesting that the managers are less inclined to admit actuality of such a problem (73% of the managers and 85% of those who work in another area were agree with such a fact). For the Lithuanians who live abroad this problem is of much more importance.



To the question Who should solve the problem of provision of employment to the juvenile? 46% of men and 51% of women have answered –“the government”. The youngest – under 17 (63%) and the eldest – over 45 (71%) agree with this and of 30-45 years old stress on the independence of juvenile; more than a half of this group think that the young should care of their future jobs themselves. It is noticed that Lithuanians stress on the role of government, and according to the Lithuanians who live abroad the role of the juvenile is the most significant in this process. According to the examinee Labor unions have no significance to the provision of employment.



The examinee were answered quite a provocative question — whether they agree with the opinion that elder people should give their workplaces to the younger. Almost the half has answered positively, especially the youngest (63%), less inclined to agree people of 30-45 years old (only 23%). The same dependence is noticed talking about the education of the examinee –the higher is the education the less is the person inclined to think that the elder should give their workplaces to the young.

The youth enumerated on such basic values, which to their mind are the most important while looking for a job: good payment, opportunity to realize one’s abilities and an opportunity to promote. It is interesting that such an aspect of the job –opportunity to do managerial work, and the relations with the chief do not mean much to them. Talking about the system of values of the juvenile it is thought that priority is given to the plans for future profession — education and job. The friends, leisure and the family are considered to be of the medium importance. The least value is given to politics and religion.

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