EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG ADULTS AND SLOVENIAN LABOUR MARKET

V sodobni družbi zaposlitev predstavlja osrednji del vsakdanjega življenja ter ključni vir finančne neodvisnosti. Razvoj trga dela spreminja stabilnost zaposlovanja, ki predstavlja pomemben vir socialne vključenosti. Slovenski trg dela se še vedno sooča s posledicami nedavne gospodarske finančne krize, ki je močno zaostrila stanje med iskalci zaposlitve. Dogajanja v gospodarstvu so se namreč odrazila na trgu dela. Od leta 2004 dalje je število delovno aktivnih naraščalo, odpuščanja in stečaji pa so v letu 2009 že povzročili večji padec delovne aktivnosti, ki se je nadaljeval tudi v letu 2010 in 2011. Od leta 2008 tako ponovno beležimo postopno rast brezposelnosti. Najbolj se je število delovno aktivnih zmanjšalo v gradbeništvu. Ko gre za stanje brezposelnosti, so še posebej izpostavljeni mladi odrasli, kot novi iskalci zaposlitve, ki se po končanem šolanju skušajo vklopiti na trg delovne sile. Problemi nastopijo predvsem zaradi njihovega pomanjkanja delovnih izkušenj, ki jih tekom študija niso uspeli nabrati. Četudi so opravljali morebitna dela na področju njihovega izobraževanja, to veliko delodajalcev ne smatra kot delovne izkušnje. S težavami na trgu dela pa se sooča tudi starejša populacija. Tu mislimo predvsem starejše od 50 let, ki se ob morebitni izgubi zaposlitve soočajo s ponovnim vstopom na trg delovne sile. Ti, ki imajo, za razliko od mladih odraslih, dovolj delovnih izkušenj, se tako srečujejo z drugačnimi težavami. Delodajalci v njih vidijo pomanjkljivosti zaradi same starosti, pa tudi zaradi pomanjkanja sodobnejših znanj, kot so poznavanje računalnikov, znanje tujih jezikov,… V Sloveniji zaradi zgoraj omenjenih težav ter drugih možnih situacij na trgu dela sodelujejo razne agencije, kot je Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje, ki z izvajanjem aktivne politike zaposlovanja stremijo k odpravljanju brezposelnosti in kreiranju novi delovnih mest.In contemporary society employment represents the big part of our everyday lives and the key part of our financial independence. The development of labor market is changing the stability of employment, which represents an important source of social security. Slovenian employment market is still facing with consequences of recent economic crisis, which has harshen the situation among the jobseekers. Results in the economy have reflected in the labor market. The number of economically active people has increased since the year 2004. Later, in the year 2009, layoffs and bankruptcies caused even higher drop of economic activity, which continued in 2010 and 2011. Since the year 2008 we can again see the progressive growth of number of unemployed people, especially in construction industry. When we are talking about unemployment, we can say that young people, who have just finished school and became active jobseekers, are more exposed than the others. The biggest problem is the lack of their working experiences, which they did not get in school. Even if some of them were working during their education, a lot of employers do not treat this as a working experiences. The elders are also facing with many problems when they enter the labor market, especially those of age 50 and more, which have lost their job and are trying to re-enter the labor market. They have a lot of working experiences (which the young adults don’t have), but they have other disadvantages. Their age, the lack of modern knowledge, the lack of computer skills and not knowing foreign languages are just some of the weaknesses that employers see in them. In Slovenia we have different agencies, as Zavod Republike Slovenije za zaposlovanje (Institute for Employment), working to undo the problems in labor market we just talked about. Their goal is to undo the unemployment and to create new jobs