The Frontiers of Youth Employment

Between Labor Recruitment and Entrepreneurship

Abstract

ILO studies claim that being young in the current job market is not easy, since the weak global recovery in 2012 and 2013 has deepened the crisis of youth employment, especially in Spain where youth unemployment rate is alarming. The “Strategy for Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment” has launched a series of measures aimed to promote hiring, to amend the recruitment regime among the young, to facilitate mobility and entrepreneurship, and to enhance labour practices and job training in the transition to employment. In our opinion, the best option to achieve youth employment and to facilitate the transition from school to work is dual training and a good education system.