Magyar_Ifjusag_2012_tanulmanykotet

Summary of the volume of studiesIV. WorkTibor Gazsó: The current labour-market situationAmong the results produced by the assessment of data collected for theHungarian Youth 2012 survey, research figures concerning employmentand the labour market clearly indicate that young people in a disadvantagedposition on the labour market are burdened by an accumulation of setbacks,which – along the empirical dimensions laid out in the research – is apparentprimarily from the loss of employment, the lengthier amount of time andgreater effort needed to find a job, and with respect to personal labour marketposition, the predominance of pessimist expectations.However, high levels of unemployment (10 per cent of the populationaged 15-29 is out of work) does not only affect the group of poorly qualified,socially disadvantaged or multiply disadvantaged young people, but can beconsidered a phenomenon significant in general terms if compared with empiricalexperiences of the 2008 survey.Tibor Gazsó’s piece reveals that holding higher qualifications in itself,independently from other factors, provides an elevated level of protectionfrom unemployment, resulting is less frequent and shorter periods of worklessnessand less effort necessary to find a new job. Consequently, figures for2012 contradict the unfounded claim that a large proportion of young peopleon the Hungarian labour market are overqualified, although this allegationcan be proven false with prudent statistical analyses anyway. Empiricalfigures for the year 2012 reflect that the lower the qualifications of a youngperson are, the less favourable his or her position on the labour market is.The time needed to find a job has increased at all qualificational levels inthe previous years. In the case of those who have already entered the labourmarket or regularly worked during their years in education, seeking employmentconsumed an average of five months, while this period averaged atseven months for young people without any work experience.In the view of young people, the overall role of good connections and“back-stair influence” is identical with professionalism, expert knowledge,fluency in languages and work experience in a relevant field in finding agood job.349