Nedarbas – sudėtinga socialinė problema, tiesiogiai ir stipriai veikianti tiek atskirus asmenis, tiek ir visą šalį. Darbo rinkoje jaunimas, dažniau susiduria su nedarbo problema bei gauna santykinai mažą darbo užmokestį. Todėl visos Europos Sąjungos šalys, tarp jų ir Lietuva, turi vieningai spręsti jaunimo nedarbo problemą. Šio mokslinio darbo tikslas – išanalizuoti Jaunimo darbo centrų veiklą, nustatyti problemas ir pateikti rekomendacijas joms spręsti. Teorinėje šio darbo dalyje apžvelgiama darbo pasaulio kaitos tendencijos, jaunimo situacija Lietuvos ir Europos Sąjungos darbo rinkoje, analizuojami specifiniai jauno bedarbio bruožai, įsidarbinimo gebėjimai. Šioje dalyje pateikiama informacija apie Lietuvos Jaunimo darbo centrus, jų veiklą, paslaugas. Siekiant išanalizuoti Jaunimo darbo centrų veiklą, dviejuose JDC (Vilniaus ir Panevėžio) atliktas tyrimas, kurio metu apklausti 107 respondentai (JDC lankytojai). Darbe naudojamas tyrimo metodas – anketinė apklausa. / Unemployment is a very difficult social problem, directly and strongly affecting not just separate people but the whole country as well. Youth in the job market oftenly faces unemployment and gets relatively small salary. That is why all European Union countries including Lithuania must solve youth unemployment problems unitely. The aim of this study is to analize Youth Labour Centers’ (YLC) activities, determine problems and give recommendations how to solve them. In the theoretical part of this study labour work tendencies, youth situation in Lithuania and EU labour market are described, specific young uneployed persons features and employment capabilities are analized. Information about Lithuanian Youth Labour Centers, their activities and services is presented also. Seeking to analize Youth Labour Centers’ activities deeper research was made in 2 Сenters (Vilnius and Panevezys). 107 respondents were interviewed (YLC clients), research type is questionnaire. Research showed that Youth Labour Centers activities like organizing special sessions, informing youth about changes in the labour market help solving youth unemployment problems. Thus YLC activities do have some problems and in order to solve them, time, human and financial resources are needed. Gained results are important for YLC workers, clients, specialists, students because they help better understand YLC activities, arising problems and limitations. Knowing YLC limitations we can more effectively organize it’s... [to full text]