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The situation on the Polish labour market is getting worse. According to the latest estimates of the Central Statistical Office (GUS) there are 183,000 graduates who do not have a job. Thus, there are 66,000 more unemployed youngsters than a year ago. There are over 400,000 unemployed Poles at the age of 25 or younger, which is 40% more than in 2008. The latest survey by the Public Opinion Research Center (CBOS) brings equally alarming results. The great majority of respondents confirms that young people from their neighbourhood who have just graduated have serious difficulties finding a job. This was confirmed by 80% of those interviewed by CBOS. The result of such a situation is lack of workplaces (according to 82% of those interviewed), lack of acquaintances and contacts (73%), as well as lack of work experience (67%). Also, some respondents claimed that school knowledge is useless (40%) and that young people are not qualified and educated (29%). Specialists say, however, that it is poor experience and inappropriate education that cause high unemployment among youngsters. “The sad statistics mainly result from the unfitness of school education to the demands of today’s labour market. Many professions lack qualified employees whereas crowds of marketing and finance specialists are unemployed. As long as the Polish education system is not adapted to the market, the situation will not improve,” says Henryk Michałowicz from the Confederation of Private Employers. “Another cause for the unemployment is the economic slowdown. Companies are still too afraid to invest in young inexperienced employees,” adds Michałowicz.
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