Unemployment and reducing measures : diploma paper

Zaposlenost ima važnu ulogu u životu pojedinca jer se ljude često određuje ovisno o tome što rade. Globalna financijaska i ekonomska kriza ostavila je traga i na hrvatskom gospodarstvu uslijed čega dolazi do povećanja nezaposlenosti. Ona za sobom nosi brojne negativne posljedice koje se potom odražavaju i na cjelokupno društvo.Nezaposlenost pogađa sve dobne skupine ali nezaposlenost mladih predstavlja jedan od najvećih problema današnjice. Hrvatska ima razmjerno visoke stope nezaposlenosti mladih, žena, osoba starije dobi.Politike zapošljavanja vrlo su važne u borbi protiv nezaposlenosti i socijalne isključenosti kako u Hrvatskoj tako i u Europskoj uniji. U nazad nekoliko godina znatno je veća pozornost posvećena mjerama aktivne politike zapošljavanja te se povećao i broj osoba koje sudjeluju u programima aktivne politike.Employment has a very important role in one's life because people are often defined by what they do for a living. Global financial and economic crisis has left its mark on the Croatian economy as well, which led to the increase of unemployment. Unemployment carries many negative consequences which are reflected thorugh the entire society.Unemployment affects people of all age, but unemployment of young people is one of the biggest problems nowadays. Croatia has a fairly high unemployment rate for the young, women, and elderly people.Employment policy has an important role in the fight against unemployment and social segregation, both in Croatia and in European Union. Much bigger attention has been paid to the measures of active employment policy in the recent years, so the number of people participating in the active policy programs has also increased