1. Unemployment
Causes and solutions

2. Who is an unemployed person?
- normal working age (from to about 60-65)
- no paid job, no salary
- social networks

3. Reasons for unemployment
- not willing to take a job for less money
- no experience
- too old
- health condition
- frictional unemployment

4. Reasons for unemployment
- moving to another country
- addiction to drugs or alcohol
- criminal past
- unsatisfied
- asking for impossible salary/benefits

5. Reasons for unemployment
- permanent job losers
- family problems
- poor communication skills

6. Unemployment rate

7. Consequences of long-term unemployment
- depression
- losing their flats/houses
- problems in the family
- lack of funds
- criminal activity (extreme causes – attacts against society)
- become addicted (drugs, alcohol)
- homelessness

8. How to solve it? - avoid laziness - ensuring the access to education
- more assistance to self employed people
- lower taxes for businesses
- teach students that it is normal to work
- more opportunities to retrain