Youth Employment: Challenges and Trends

Elena A. Semionova – Leading Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Candidate of Economic Sciences (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Young people’s success in employment depends considerably on the standard of the chosen line of vocational training. A lack of jobs which is referred to by the youth as an employment problem points not only to the fact that the training of personnel does not meet regional economic needs, but in some cases to the redundancy of young specialists’ qualifications.

Key words: youth, employment, labor market, youth unemployment.

JEL-codes: J21.