Half a million graduates enter the labor market, many will not find a job

Almost a million students graduated from schools and universities this year, and at least half of them will have problems finding a job, not helped by their lack work experience. The government's program "First Job" is aimed at helping these graduates. In Lower Silesia 67,000 left schools, but only 48,000 now have a job. In Pomerania the situation is not much better. Iwona Malmur, director of the Voivodeship Labor Office estimates that almost 17,000 will register as unemployed. Labor Minister Jerzy Hausner admits that, "A real problem on the labor market will appear in the autumn. For this reason we are granting labor offices an additional zl. 400 million to implement the "First Job" program. Iwona Radej, director of the Elblag Labor Office said, "A good education no longer guarantees future employment any more. Graduates now represent the fastest growing group of the unemployed. Graduates especially hit are those from the faculties of marketing, management, and public administration". (Rzeczpospolita, p. A1) P.W.