According to a recent survey 61% of Europeans think that the world crisis will impact their jobs in the future. One thirds f these people believe that they will lose their jobs. However, according to the same survey, Europeans are optimistic. Most of them (71%) think that the European Union has a positive role in opening jobs and cutting down unemployment. One thirds of these people know about the European social foundation, which is the EU’s main tool for investing in the human capital and labor and keeping their jobs. About 32% are concerned of the possibility of losing their jobs, 38% worry about the jobs of their wives or husbands, and 47% – for the jobs of their children. This concern is a result of the growing routine rumors concerning closing jobs and vacancies. In addition, Europeans are not so optimistic concerning the possibility of overcoming the crisis. Six people out of ten surveyed people think that the worse results of the crisis are not seen yet and they will feel it in the future. By the way, the most pessimistic people are the people from the Baltic states: 82% of people surveyed in Latvia expect a worse time, 76% in Estonia and 74% Lithuania think that it will be worse in the future. Only 28% of the surveyed people think that the crisis has reached the boiling point and the worse things are in the past. According to the results of the survey the most optimistic country is Sweden (45%) and Denmark (36%). The Europeans believe in the European Union but they think that the most important factors to find a job are work experience, professional qualities and adaptability.
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