Obstacles for involvement of the Lithuanian higher school students into the labor market
Obstacles for involvement of the Lithuanian higher school students into the labor market

Summary/Abstract: The 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 higher school students 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. The article shows that the involvement of higher school students in the labour market is determined by their "social capital" and internal (dependent on the individual) as well as external (independent of the individual) factors. Quantitative research of the behaviour of Lithuanian higher school students in the labour market revealed the following obstacles for higher school students to join the labour market: unsuccessful job search and the lack of professional experience (internal factors), as well as reluctance of an employer to employ the student and insufficient experience gained during a placement (external factors).

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