Obstacles for involvement of the Lithuanian higher school students into the labor market
ENThe situation in the labour market of the European Union (EU) within the past decade revealed the tendency of increase of youth unemployment, exceeding the general level of unemployment, which is the case in Lithuania, too. The academic youth is one of the most sensitive social groups, whose involvement in the labour market is regarded as a complicated and complex problem, which is not sufficiently researched by way of scientific researches. In order to understand what obstacles are most significant for involvement of the academic youth into the labour market, one of the concepts of the modern economy is used – the theory of the human capital. The said theory helps to reveal that the involvement of the academic youth in the labour market depends on their knowledge and skills and their relationship with the environment, in other words, on the accumulated “social capital”. On the other hand, the success of involvement of the academic youth in the labour market can be determined by most various factors: from internal (their personal traits, professional education) to external (systemic particularities of the labour market, education system). When analysing the social and economic situation of the European academic youth, it has been noted that the participation of students of higher education institutions in the labour market is not a new phenomenon: compared to other EU Member States, the academic youth of Ireland, Germany, Italy, and Portugal is involved in the labour market most.Meanwhile, in Lithuania, most of the academic youth have little experience in the labour market, whereas those who are employed mostly do the work that is not related or is little related to the field of their studies. Thus, there is a need to research the behaviour of the academic youth in the labour market, raising the following problem: what obstacles does the Lithuanian academic youth meet on the way to its involvement into the labour market? Object of the research: obstacles for involvement of students of higher education institutions into the labour market. Purpose of the research: to reveal the obstacles for involvement of the academic youth into the labour market. Methods of the research: analysis of scientific literature, questionnaire survey, analysis of statistical data.
