YOUTH 2020 - The position of young people in Slovenia

Employment and entrepreneurship  145 Figure 3.18: Skills-job mismatch. Do you currently work on a job within your profession? 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% Yes 52 48 57 No 48 52 43 2013 2018 2020 0% Sources: Slovenian Youth 2013, YSEE 2018, Mladina 2020. The mismatch between skills and job requirements starts to diminish the moment young people leave the education process. More specifically, the share of those who say they are not in a job in their profession drops from 43% to 38% when looking data of only those who are no longer in education or training. Moreover, and contrary to popular belief, the larg- est gap between skills and job requirements is found between those who have completed secondary education and those who have not completed their studies. On the other hand, the highest proportion of people work- ing in their profession can be found among those whose education ex- ceeds the level of a first-level Bologna degree (79%; all percentages refer to those who are not in an educational or training programme).