YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Employment and entrepreneurship  137 When it comes to attitudes and preferences towards work, there is also a trend towards a greater preference for private sector employment and a decline in the attractiveness of public sector employment. Figure 3.12: Young people’s employment sector preferences (15-29). SJM 2005/1 (younger than 30 yrs) 2010 2020 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% Private sector employment 26.4 34.1 46.2 58.7 41.1 26.5 Government or public sector employment 14.9 24.8 21.1 Undecided 6.1 Employment in NGOs 0% Sources: European Social Survey (Slovensko javno mnenje) 2005, Mladina 2010 and Mladina 2020. At this point, it is also important to look at what young people would be willing to do to avoid the risk of unemployment. For this purpose, four statements were used, which have been previously used in the frame- work of the international Employee Attitudes Survey (Stališča o delu – Slovensko javno mnenje 2005/1) (Malnar et al., 2005).