Unemployment is a social phenomenon which is constantly present in our environment. Increasing as well as reducing the number of people without employment follows the economic development and is in some ways a natural indicator of the state of the country. In recent years, the economic crisis has particularly emphasized the problem of young job seekers, who are most affected by reduced demand for workers, since employers generally prefer those with experience. In 2013, Employment Service of Slovenia in cooperation with the Ministry of Labour, Family, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities issued a report entitled Youth and the Labor market. The publication lists some of the reasons for the increase in the number of unemployed young people in Slovenia, as well as statistics confirming the situation. The European Union has also actively approached to solving the problem of youth unemployment and has taken certain directions, which obliges members to take an active operation. At the end of January 2014, the Government of Slovenia has adopted a program for young people called %Jamstvo za mlade%, which suggests a different approach to increasing the employment of young job seekers. Actions that are available to young people in the first four months of egistering as unemployed are different, as they also vary in successfulness depending on the region of egistering. Even amongst the young unemployed, there are also considerable differences in job opportunities, so in this assignment, we have focused on young people in Zasavje, which is, as a region, specific in many aspects. However, a reflection of all the problems in this area is precisely the number of young people without an employment. Nowadays, it is already clear that, at least in this area, the actions mentioned above do not bring desired and expected results.

Brezposelnost je družbeni pojav, ki je stalno prisoten v našem okolju. Povečevanje oz. zmanjševanje števila oseb brez zaposlitve sledi gospodarskemu razvoju in je na nek način naraven pokazatelj stanja v državi. Gospodarska kriza je v zadnjih letih še posebej izpostavila težave mladih iskalcev zaposlitve, ki najbolj občutijo zmanjšano povpraševanje po delavcih, saj delodajalci večinoma dajejo prednost osebam z izkušnjami. Zavod RS za zaposlovanje je v sodelovanju z Ministrstvom za delo, družino, socialne zadeve in enake možnosti v letu 2013 izdal poročilo z naslovom Mladi in trg dela. V publikaciji so navedeni nekateri razlogi za povečanje števila brezposelnih mladih po Sloveniji, dodani pa so tudi statistični podatki, ki navedene razloge potrjujejo. Tudi Evropska unija je aktivno pristopila k reševanju problematike nezaposlenosti mladih in sprejela nekatere usmeritve, ki države članice zavezujejo k aktivnemu delovanju. Vlada Republike Slovenije je tako konec januarja 2014 sprejela program Jamstvo za mlade, ki pomeni drugačen pristop k povečanju zaposlenosti mladih iskalcev zaposlitve. Ukrepi, ki so na voljo mladim v prvih štirih mesecih po prijavi na zavodu, so različni, prav tako pa je različna njihova uspešnost glede na regijo izvajanja. Tudi med brezposelnimi mladimi so precejšnje razlike v možnostih za zaposlitev, zato smo se v magistrskem delu osredinili na mlade v Zasavju, ki je kot regija specifična v več pogledih. Odraz vseh težav na tem področju pa je ravno število mladih brez zaposlitve. Danes je že jasno, da omenjeni ukrepi vsaj na tem področju ne prinašajo želenih in pričakovanih rezultatov.