Success story Despite the crisis: Ms. Altenberger finds her dream job!

Success story Despite the crisis: Ms. Altenberger finds her dream job!

In Austria, more and more people are fighting unemployment, and among them in particular young refugees and long -term unemployed are affected by the current challenges. Veronika Altenberger, a woman who was two years without a job, has dared to start a new start through the Perspective Perspective Perspective Handel Caritas GmbH. Altenberger, who lived in a supervised living environment, received support from social workers, and thanks to her motivation and the targeted funding, she was able to work in the Spar Supermarkt in WR. Find Neustadt. The initiative has been helping long-term unemployed to integrate on the labor market for six years, with 278 people being trained and 114 received a permanent job, as waff.at . This development requires increased attention to integration measures from politics. AK President Renate Anderl demands that more targeted German funding and basic qualifications are provided for this population group to improve their perspectives on the labor market.

The combination of increasing unemployment and the special situation of entitled to asylum brings new challenges for labor market policy. Anderl emphasizes that the planned budget cuts in the AMS are a wrong step and the integration of young people can endanger. Successful projects such as the Öko-Booster program in Vienna show that cooperation and targeted promotion of integration is possible. Veronika Altenberger's successful way is an example of how commitment and correct support can lead to new professional perspectives.