Leaving the country to find a job? That might increase young people’s chances of finding a decent job.
In 2023, 83.5% of recent graduates in the EU were employed, marking an increase of 1.1% compared with 2022 (82.4%). Recent graduates are individuals aged 20-34, who completed their studies within the past 1 to 3 years at medium or tertiary education levels.
The overall employment rate of recent graduates was 80% or higher in 22 EU countries. Malta led with 95.8%, followed by the Netherlands (93.2%) and Germany (91.5%).
The lowest employment rates were recorded in Italy (67.5%), Greece (72.3%) and Romania (74.8%).
Have you ever thought about moving to another country for better job opportunities? Or have you already done so?
Italy being more of a hot mess than Greece is a bit unexpected, guess they are doing worse than I though.
Even worse, the country is deeply divided. The north has relativly little unemployment, whereas the south is even worse then that. Sicily has an unemployment rate of 42%. That is normal unemplyoment and not youth. Lombardy is at 15.4%. That is not great either, but it is not a total nightmare.
Holy shit, that’s a recipe for disaster
Research utterly sucks here, from what I gather. Those I know who graduated in fairly advanced fields, with good results, have all emigrated.