Educational Mobility of the Unemployed with no Vocational Qualifications in Warmia and Mazury Region

• Authors: Czesla A.
• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

This study targets at the unemployed being without the vocational qualification. They constitute 40% of the number of the unemployed people in the Warmia and Mazury region. The majority of which are women, aging 35 to 54, with elementary or lower secondary education, in difficult financial situation, laden with family obligations, living in multi-member households, being supported by the family and social welfare, and remaining without work for longer than 5 years.. They are aware of their lack of vocational qualifications. Yet, their educational mobility does not improve. They are interested in participation in a number of courses, such as: shop assistant, cook, driver, brick - layer, carpenter, waiter, hair dresser. Their activities are directed mainly towards: ensuring financial conditions, successful personal life and their own home. The education is placed unfortunately low in their standings of the aims to reach. Young people and secondary schools graduates are particularly interested in obtaining higher education.

Keywords

EN

EDUCATIONAL MOBILITY; LABOUR MARKET; UNEMPLOYED; VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCE; VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Discipline

• ECONOMICS: ECONOMICS

• Publisher: Institute of Labor and Social Studies, Warsaw
• Journal: Polityka Społeczna
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 35
• Issue: 9(414)
• Pages: 20-24
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Czesla A.

• A. Czesla, Wojewódzki Urzad Pracy w Olsztynie, Olsztyn, Poland

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09PLAAAA06335