Swedish Youth and Academic Jobless Rates Hit Highest 20-Year Peak
Sweden's youth unemployment reached 23.3% as academic jobless figures hit a 20-year high with 100,000 graduates out of work following major layoffs at Volvo, Scania, and Ericsson.While half of Stockholm's unemployed have degrees, one in four hiring attempts fails due to a shortage of skilled blue-collar workers.Andreas Bergh,
Mia Bernhardsen from
Svenskt Näringsliv, and
Jonas Jegers from
Almega call for aligning education with market demands.