Students make a study about the labour market of the Industry sector.

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Industry labor market in Lithuania

About Labor Market in Lithuania

Lithuanian Labor Exchange consists of:

• Management (Director and Deputy Directors)

• Centralized Internal Audit Service

• Labor Resources Division (with Labor Market Services Subdivision)

• EURES Service

• Finance and Accounting Division (with EU Support Accounting Subdivision)

• Information Technologies Division

• Communication Division

• Personnel and Administration Division

• Law Division

• Employment Support Division (with EU Support Management Subdivision)

Active labour market policy in Lithuania is implemented by:

• The government

• The Ministry of Social Security and Labor

• Other ministries

• Lithuanian Labor Exchanges and its territorial branch offices

• Municipal institutions and offices

• Other legal and natural persons

Local labour exchange specialists provide information on:

• free job vacancies and requirements for applicants, job description, functions and terms of payment;

• profession selection, profession requirements, training and studying opportunities;

• vocational training and qualifications, their acquisition, upgrading and retraining conditions and procedures, qualification demand and forecasts;

• labour market services and procedures of providing these services;

• employment support measures and the conditions of participation;

• job search (e-services, EURES) career opportunities.

The Major Industry Sectors in Lithuania:

• Furniture production

• Energy supply

• Electronic and optical manufacturing

• Metal manufacturing

• Rubber and plastic products

• Chemical products

• Textiles and wearing apparel manufacturing

• Beverages manufacturing

• Food production

The most demanding professions in Lithuania: organic food experts, mechanics, electrical engineering specialists, building engineers, air-conditioning, plumbing and heating equipment masters, machinery industry professionals (engineers and technicians).

Diagram: In this diagram you can see how many vacancies are in each branch of industry sector in Lithuania at the moment. In equipment, maintenance there are 539 vacancies, in craftsmen branch there are 315 vacancies, in technical work branch there are 471 vacancies, in building branch there are 545 vacancies.

The most demanding industry jobs in local area: electrical engineers, tailors, construction engineers, mechanical engineers, car electricians, car locksmiths, food and beverage technologists, welders.

1st diagram: 81 % of corporations in 2014 in local area find employees in mediation of labor exchange, 30% through labor exchange web site.

2^nd diagram: Industry sector takes 23% of job vacancies in local area in 2015.

Lasers manufacturing: At the start of 2014, the laser industry of the country employed 640 people. The number of employees has grown by 50 % in the past five years. In the diagram you can see that the number of employees is growing.

Future career perspectives in Lithuania:

Metal products sector: 2012-2025 in Lithuania metal products sector plan to hire about 3000 - 3500 new employees. The most demanding professions in metal products sector will be: Metalwork specialist, Mechanical engineering specialist.

Electronics sector: 2012-2025 in Lithuania electronics sector will hire about 500 - 1000 new workers. The most in-demand professions in Electronics sector will be: Engineering Sciences Specialist, Physical Sciences Specialist, Mathematics Sciences Specialist, Machine operators and assemblers.

Electrical appliances sector: In 2012-2025, the Lithuanian electricity sector will hire about 3.5 to 4 thousand new employees. The most demanding professions in Electrical appliances sector will be: Physical Sciences Specialist, Mathematics Sciences Specialist, Engineering Sciences Specialist and the number of Unqualified workers will be growing.

Mechanical Engineering Sector: 2012-2025 in Lithuania mechanical engineering sector will look for about 1500 - 2000 new workers. The most demanding professions in Mechanical Engineering Sector will be: Machinery manufacturing specialist, Metalworking specialist, Mathematics Sciences Specialist, Engineering Sciences Specialist, Physical Sciences Specialist.

The number of vacancies in various economic activities.

You can see that Industry sector’s activities takes not small place in this diagram, 22% takes professional, scientific activities, 6% takes transport and storage. 5% takes construction activities, 4% takes manufacturing.

Numbers of job-finders in Europe by economic sector:

In this diagram you can see that number of job-finders in 2011 in Industry economic sector in Europe is mostly grown up compared to others.

Youth unemployment in Lithuania compared to other EU countries:

This diagram shows that in Lithuania there are 25% unemployment people under 25’s in 2013.

Survey in our school:

We asked our students what they are thinking, which of professions will be most popular in Lithuania after 20 years. 70% of students think that the most popular profession will be robotics foreman and technician and 17% of students think that the most popular profession will be hydrologist and 7% that IT Specialist.

Also we asked our students what they would like to become in future. 22% of students said that they would like to work as doctors, 20% would like to work as policemen, 15% would like to become a psychologist, 13% to work as businessman and only 4% would like to work as mechanic.