1. Team members:
Filip Mladenovski | Jovana Gjorgjioska | Dragana Stojanovska

2. General rate of unemployment: 30.6%
Unemployed by age - in thousands
60-64 Unemployment by level of
55-59 education - %
90
50-54 80
45-49 70
60
40-44 50
40
35-39 30
20
30-34 10
0
25-29
20-24
15-19
0 20 40 60

3. Average age of respondents: 23.8 years old
Formal education
25
20 City
15
Other
10
5 Veles
0
Stip
Prilep
Kumanovo
Occupation
Full time employee Bitola
Part time employee
Unemployed Skopje
Postgraduatestudent
Undergraduate …
0 20 40
0 10 20 30 40 50

4. Reasons for high unemployment according to the youth
Other
Inability of Macedonian companies to produce workplaces
Weak labor laws
Political situation
Financial crisis
Educational system
Companies 0 10 20 30 40
require previous
experience in The educational system is different
order to give a job, but from what companies want.
companies are reluctant to 95% agree
give this experience
to students and recent The internships have lost their value
graduates. due to the fact that they do not focus
93% agree on providing experience.
76% agree

5. The Bureau of Labor does not serve it’s purpose and does not help young people get employed. 89%
There are many opportunities for young people to find work in Macedonia. 10%
Career centers at Macedonian Universities are almost non-existent. 78%
The current internship system is unfair and exploitative towards young people. 73%
Social ‘Students from other cities don’t use the opportunities
Sciences ‘Students apply for postgraduate studies because in their home towns and flock to Skopje, leading to
Professors
they can’t find a job after graduation.’ overpopulation in Skopje University and greater
students
competition for fewer workplaces.’
‘Short term jobs prevail on the job ‘Students need to be stimulated into seeking
Arts and market, with a great degree of uncertainty for other, more perspective career paths; Educational Company
Humanities a stable career path for arts and humanities
professionals.’ system is not compatible with the demand side of representative
students
the job market.’
‘Students need to diversify themselves and to
Technical ‘Students are forced to work virtually for free in the NGO
Sciences invest in their formal and non-formal education
first two years after starting a career.’ before looking for a job.’ representative
students

6. If you were given the chance,
Yes (85%)
would you leave Macedonia in No (15%)
search of better employment?
With the current rate of unemployment among young
people, the diminishing number of new work
places, aging population and increasing
immigration, it is crucial to keep the Macedonian
youth in the country and employed.

7. We asked young people whether they would
use the services of an intermediary agency to
help them gain non-formal education and So we decided, that instead of
offer them part-time and/or permanent job encouraging young people in
positions Macedonia to go abroad and
seek a job there, we need to
offer them the support and
Yes (90%) the chance to utilize their
No (10%) potential in their own country.
Vision: To provide guidance and
Mission: Assist every young person non-formal education to every
in Macedonia to find their place in young individual in Macedonia in
the professional environment. order to help them launch a
professional career.

8. Target group: young people aged 19-26
Educational background: social sciences, technological sciences and arts and humanities.
Our program consists of two segments: Temporary
employment:
Education: After they have been
We recognize that these people educated, they are connected
already have a professional with domestic and foreign
profile. Therefore, our aim is to companies that need additional
decrease the gap between the workforce, through
formal education and the job outsourcing, micro sourcing
market requirements, by soft and crowd sourcing. We will
skills trainings, career direction ensure partnerships with the
advices, workshops about companies, who will offer short
realizing their potential, self term job opportunities. Young
development through self people will work from their
discovery, all headed towards With this program we will help the homes in Macedonia or will
helping them sell themselves on fresh graduates to decrease the work at the company in the
the job market. discrepancies between their formal foreign office for a brief period
education and the job market of time thus gaining valuable
requirements. With that the young experience.
people will be one step closer to
reaching their professional goals and
getting a permanent job. That will
help the Macedonian society by
decreasing the brain drain and
boosting the economy.

9. Employment
After young Decreasing youth
people attain unemployment
critical skills, they
are fit to open Final solution
their own business
or apply for a job
with their
experience
Temporary Evaluation
Employment Current formal and non-
Intensive short formal education of
term working applicants, their profile and
experience in a competencies are assessed
domestic or and a plan for improvement is
foreign company drafted
with the additional
help of a mentor Education
Our organization will assist
people in getting and
improving relevant job skills
through
training, mentorship and
intelligent matching

10. In the end, we hope to improve the position of young
people in Macedonia, create a stable organization
which is self-sufficient and partners with the relevant
educational, business and governmental entities.
We measure our success by:
– Decreased brain drain
– Increased % of young people employed in Macedonia
– Increased number of successful new business started by
youth