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time, against the Lisbon objectives, the
working-age population employment rate in
2008 places Romania at a distance of 11 pp
(70%), and for the women at a distance of 7,5
pp (60% objective).
Secondary education graduates have an
employment rate varying on averages
around the national values, the employment
rate in the rural area being in reversed
proportion to the education level in the case
of pre-university levels of study, and the
opportunities provided by the rural area
being in (paid or unpaid) activities
developed in agriculture. Estimates
(CEDEFOP, 2008) show that up to the year
2015, approximately 30% of the jobs shall
require higher education and almost 50% at
least upper-secondary education with a
significant decrease of the jobs requiring a
low skill level. Professional insertion of a
graduate is strongly influenced by the
attended school, the field of study, the
economic development level of the region,
the firms/companies in whom he/she
effected internship or worked during
studies, the recruitment firms where he/she
sustained interviews, on the attended
conferences and trainings, etc.
Occupational guidance already during highschool
of youngsters towards the
40,00%
20,00%
0,00%
Source: Eurostat on-line database
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professional profile and choice of
university training in relationship to the
intended trade/profession for career
development, correlated with gained
aptitudes and competencies, but also with
the demand on labour market trigger a
higher employment rate of graduates and
less time searching for a job
“adequate/corresponding” to individual
aspirations. From this perspective,
employment opportunity is in reverse
proportionality to the sum of self-imposed
restrictions of the graduate. This is also the
reason why for young individuals (15-24 de
year) the long-term unemployment rate
(unemployment of 6 months or over) was,
for instance in Q3 2009 of 10,4% , and the
incidence of long-term unemployment
among youths of 46,9% (at an average
unemployment rate of 6,8% per total and of
22,3% among those aged between 15-24
years). Women have an unemployment rate
by approximately 30% lower as compared
with men. However, they register an
enrolment rate in high-school, respectively
tertiary education significantly higher than
the one of men, a situation which explains
the lower employment rate which is
specific to them (Vasile V., 2009).
Share of the young unemployed at the half of the year 2009
19,60% 18,30%
România
Media UE
33,60%
Spania
28,20%
Letonia
24,90%
Italia
6,00%
Olanda
8,90% 9% 10,50%
Danemarca
Austria
Germania
18,20%
Polonia