"When we analyze the phenomenon of unemployment of the young and the phenomenon of early school leaving three paradoxes are revealed:1.Among young people in Europe, we see high unemployment, but at the same time in certain professions there are still shortages of workers2.It is clear that education provides more competitiveness in the labor market and at the same time maintains the phenomenon of early school leaving3.Young people often duplicate negative family patterns of lifestyle and career, even though they have a theoretical knowledge of how they can overcome these negative patternsThe above-described three problems that teachers and educators have and that we can describe by the needs of:1.showing perspective career paths 2.awakening in them the motivation to continue the educational path towards ensuring the highest possible chances of future employment or self-employment3.raising self-esteem of the young and showing them positive patterns of professional careerThe main objectives of the project were:1.early support for students potentially at risk of unemployment, after completing school education2.early support for students at risk of early school leavingThe project was aimed at students who were classified to groups at risk of early school leaving and/ or of unemployment. They were students in the age of 14-16 from families with low economic status, families affected or threatened by unemployment, including youth with disabilities.252 students took part in the project (36 from each school)The 1-st year of the project included:workshops on labor markets, the strengths of the students, visits to local places of work, interviews with employers and employees. There were also two short-term students exchangesThe 2-nd year:workshops on labor markets, the strengths of the students, interviews with representatives of the professions of the future, interviews with immigrants, presentations on the subject of national labor markets. There were also three short-term students exchangesThe 3-rd year:workshops on labor markets, the strengths of the students, visits to places of creative, innovative entrepreneurship, projects “My innovative business” and “Maps of work” of own region and country. There were also two short-term students exchangesStudents were introduced to local, regional, national and European labor market, they l got to know their strong points and occupational predispositions, they acquired the ability of self-presentation, their self-esteem will increase, they became more creative, the level of language proficiency and IT increased. Teachers got to know in detail the regional, national and European labor market, learnt how to plan and carry out workshops on the labor market and on identifying by the students their strong points. Institutions involved in the project:1. started early identification of students at risk of early school leaving and unemployment2. added working methods for the early support of students at risk of early school leaving and unemployment in their programs.The material results which were developed by the project:1. Scenarios of classes/workshops and methodological materials for teachers on: labor markets, getting to know by the students their strong points and their occupational predispositions, entrepreneurship, career paths, job mobility, the European labor market2. Short documentary films: interviews with employers and employees3. Records of the interviews with representatives of the ""jobs of tomorrow""4. Short documentary films: interviews with immigrants5. Multimedia presentations on the subject of national labor markets6. Student’s projects on the subject of “My innovative business” and “Maps of work” of own region and country, “Maps of jobs in Europe”, “Occupations of the future”After the project is completed we have ready-developed methodological tools to carry out workshops with the wide-understood professional orientation (e.g. scenarios on labor markets, getting to know by the students their strong points and their occupational predispositions). Organizations participating in the project after the end of the project maintain identification of students at risk of early school leaving and of unemployment. They also have the methodological tools to carry out workshops on the professional orientation. They are able to direct their students to choose the right school and the future profession."