1. Employment Services in Slovak Republic Life Long Guidance for Jobseekers: Development of Guidelines to Harmonize Career Guidance and Pathway Guidance 1st Peer Review Meeting, Brussels, March 13 – 14, 2008
Štefan Grajcár
Central Office of Labour,
Social Affairs and Family
Bratislava, Slovak Republic

2. Background information
population 5,4 mil. (2005)
labour force 2,398 mil. (IV. Q 2007)
those employed from all economically active population – 89,7 % (IV. Q 2007); employment rate as % of population aged – 60,6% (males 67,8 %, females 53,5 %)
unemployment rate (LFS, IV. Q 2007) – persons, i. e. 10,3 %; index (2006=100) – 86,3
registered unemployment rate by January 2008 – 8,06 %, persons
structure of PES – 1 central office and 46 offices of labour, social affairs and family (transformation of social sector services applied since January 2004)

3. Where we live...and where we came from

4. Where we live...and where we came from

5. Let's go back to work...

8. Structure of registered disadvantaged jobseekers (2007)
general
by duration of unemployment spell
by age
by level of education

12. ISCED 1: elementary education; no qualification
ISCED 3C (CoA): Certificate of Apprenticeship, 2-3 year courses
ISCED 3A (MSLC+CoA): „Maturita“ School Leaving Certificate + CoA, 4 year courses
ISCED 3A (MSLC-GEN): general education, 4-5 year courses
ISCED 3A (MSLC-VET): vocational education 4-6 year courses
ISCED 5+: postsecondary and higher education

13. Thank you for your attention!