Raising employment and quality of life among people with disadvantages - results of a Hungarian project.

People with disadvantages are a high-risk group of unemployment or underemployment. Disadvantages include disability, under-education, or being a member of a minority, etc. Effective labor market programs could be a key in raising employment and quality of life among this high-risk group of society. The TOP 6.8.2.-15-NA1 project is one of the main Hungarian labor market programs. The project's primary aims are increasing the employability of disadvantaged unemployed and supporting the efficiency of job-seeking. Our goal was to analyze the effects and methodology of the TOP 6.8.2.-15-NA1 project in Hungary. The sample of our study contains participants of the project (n = 300), based in Zala County, Hungary. After 28 days, 53.3% of participants had a job. At the 180th day status, the rate of employed people was 47.3%. We could identify low-educated participants and older participants as higher-risk groups of long-term unemployment. We emphasize the role of these services (job-seeking clubs, organization of job fairs, and mentorship) in the long-term individual success of participants. Improving the employment rate for people with disadvantages is a critical factor for enhancing the quality of life for individuals with disadvantages. © 2021. The Author(s).

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Noémi Meisznerné Kuklek, Máté Cséplő, Eszter Pozsonyi, Henriette Pusztafalvi. Raising employment and quality of life among people with disadvantages - results of a Hungarian project. BMC public health. 2021 Sep 23;21(1):1729

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