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Sweden to jobless youth: find work in Greece
The Swedish Public Employment Service is urging out of work young Swedes to look for employment in crisis-hit countries like Spain and Greece, where youth unemployment is twice as high as Sweden's.
Published: 29 Jan 2013 07:16 CET
Sweden's government-funded employment agency on Monday launched a campaign encouraging unemployed Swedish youths to look for summer jobs in crisis-stricken Mediterranean countries including Spain and Greece.
The jobs, most of them in the hotel and entertainment sectors, will mainly serve Swedish tourists.
"We hope our Swedish youths will get every single one of these jobs. These companies have had good experience of young Swedish workers," said Kristina Gärdebro Johansson, a European Employment Services (EURES) advisor at the Swedish Public Employment Serivce (Arbetsförmedlingen).
Hundreds of jobs in Greece, Spain, Italy and Cyprus -- all popular tourist destinations for Swedes -- will be marketed at a special event organized by the country's employment agency and EURES in the southern city of Malmö next week.
The positions include football coaches, aerobics instructors and dancers at hotels and resorts around the Mediterranean. Some of the jobs require Scandinavian language skills, but not all of them, said Gärdebro Johansson.
Youth unemployment in Greece and Spain currently stands at more than 50 percent.
Although Sweden's export-driven economy is beginning to feel the effects of Europe's economic woes, it has posted strong growth since making a quick recovery from the 2008 recession. It also has a low level of government debt.
But youth unemployment has remained above the European average, reaching a seasonally adjusted 23.9 percent in December.
Sweden's employment agency is offering to reimburse those who want to travel to the Mediterranean job fair from other parts of the country.
"This is a great opportunity if you want to enter the job market," Gärdebro Johansson said.
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The jobs, most of them in the hotel and entertainment sectors, will mainly serve Swedish tourists.
"We hope our Swedish youths will get every single one of these jobs. These companies have had good experience of young Swedish workers," said Kristina Gärdebro Johansson, a European Employment Services (EURES) advisor at the Swedish Public Employment Serivce (Arbetsförmedlingen).
Hundreds of jobs in Greece, Spain, Italy and Cyprus -- all popular tourist destinations for Swedes -- will be marketed at a special event organized by the country's employment agency and EURES in the southern city of Malmö next week.
The positions include football coaches, aerobics instructors and dancers at hotels and resorts around the Mediterranean. Some of the jobs require Scandinavian language skills, but not all of them, said Gärdebro Johansson.
Youth unemployment in Greece and Spain currently stands at more than 50 percent.
Although Sweden's export-driven economy is beginning to feel the effects of Europe's economic woes, it has posted strong growth since making a quick recovery from the 2008 recession. It also has a low level of government debt.
But youth unemployment has remained above the European average, reaching a seasonally adjusted 23.9 percent in December.
Sweden's employment agency is offering to reimburse those who want to travel to the Mediterranean job fair from other parts of the country.
"This is a great opportunity if you want to enter the job market," Gärdebro Johansson said.
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these jobs are low paid, long hours and whilst looking better than nothing on the cv, look worse than working in fast food.
Why not suggest going to the UK/Ireland where is a huge demand for call centre people (tech support) who speak Swedish and have pretty much no experience. They will get better paid and will be working for companies many of which can lead to good jobs back home after (eg ibm)
Spain's youth unemployment figures at the end of 2012, according to its own National Statistics Institute, were 59.8%. The Hellenic Statistical Authority says Greece's youth unemployment figure in October 2012 was 56.6%. Both figures were rising - fast.
Figures like this are socially unsustainable and usually lead to extreme social unrest. A fact I'm sure Arbetsf?dlingen won't mention to interested candidates.
In Greece, the local Nazi party, Golden Dawn had a 22% approval rate in polls conducted in September 2012. That figure is much higher now. Golden Dawn members enjoy chasing down foreigners in the streets and beating them up, often to the acclaim of bystanders and Greek policemen who cheer them on. The Greek police now refer Greek victims of crimes committed by immigrants to the Golden Dawn youth wing who handle "investigations" and punishment.
Swedes really need to think about this before listening to Arbetsf?dlingen's rosy description of a new life in paradise.
The unemployed rate among young Spaniards is 50% and raising. The unemployment rate (official ) is 26% (South Spain= 36%). We are talking about an emergency situation, a tragedy.
Sweden has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in Europe. Blaming it on a statistical anomaly isn't much of a defence since other European countries use the same definitions and so are subject to the same statistical anomaly.