Economic and Legal and Psychological Conditions of Professional Self-Realization of Youth in Ukraine

Abstract

The article notes that young people are the most mobile part of society, due to their active search for their place in life and lack of strong economic and social ties, and that young people are the most vulnerable category in the labor market, without work experience. The reason for this is the gap between theoretical training in vocational schools and the requirements of practical activities. The main legislative acts regulating employment and economic and legal conditions of professional self-realization of youth are analyzed, which is the basis for ensuring the increase of youth employment. It is determined that the normative component of organizational and methodological support for increasing the level of youth employment is represented by the legislation that regulates the issue of work with youth in Ukraine. These are the main legislative acts, orders of the Cabinet of Ministers, strategies and concepts that contain basic guidelines for the development of youth and youth policy and national programs governing youth employment, their professional self-realization, etc. The author reveals how youth policy and youth work create conditions for self-realization and psychological adaptation of young people in the process of entering the labor market. The article emphasizes that large-scale program and educational events in the field of youth work and work on strategic initiatives have been launched in Ukraine, which in the future may include a definition of the concept of "youth work". It is noted that an important mechanism for young people in achieving positive changes in society and intensifying the process of self-realization of young people is volunteering and promoting the development of youth entrepreneurship. The author analyzes that young people involved in volunteering believe that it complements formal education by teaching soft skills that are necessary for the labor market. It is noted that the main sources of funding for youth work in terms of their professional self-realization are state budgets, local government budgets and international donors