From the "Report on Employment Evolution and Social Situation in Europe (ESDE)" by the EU Commission dated July 12, 2022, it emerged that young people were the most affected by job losses during the economic crisis triggered by the pandemic. Their recovery was slower than other age groups because the majority had fixed-term employment contracts (45.9%) and faced challenges in finding their first job after finishing school/university or training. Moreover, those under 30 continued to struggle in finding employment that matched their skills and experience. Their incomes were low, their households faced acute poverty, and they could not cover bills and rent expenses, with 61% being concerned about finding and maintaining housing. Those coming from disadvantaged backgrounds with lower education levels had reduced chances of professional employment or following an educational or training program. The EU unemployment rate in July 2022 for those under 25 was 14%. At the same time, according to Eurostat, the percentage of NEET (young people neither in employment nor in education or training) young people in Europe was 11.7%. The proportion of 15-29 year-olds in the EU neither in employment nor in education and training in 2022 ranged from 4.2% in the Netherlands to 19.8% in Romania. At the same time, according to Eurostat, in August 2021, 2.833 million young persons (under 25) were unemployed in the EU, and the youth unemployment rate was 16.2%, nearly three times the EU’s general unemployment rate of 6.8%. According to research published by the European Youth Forum in June, young people were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic: young people experienced substantial loss of work and income, with young people in marginalised situations being twice as likely to be affected by job loss, and unemployment rates had the potential to increase young people’s risk of long-term unemployment, exclusion from labour markets, and society generally as they grew older. From discussions with our partners who are all of the working with disadvantage young people and Roma, we found that shortly after starting a job, many young people quit because they did not like it, without being able to specify what job they desired. Some were uncertain about which higher education institution to attend or which profession to choose that would suit them. Others graduated from university and lacked knowledge about how and where to search for information on the national and European labor markets. Many had not heard of the Europass profile and had not practiced job interviews, especially online ones, which were predominant during the pandemic. After consulting with young people, we concluded that the issue of their employment needed to be addressed from two perspectives: • discovering and experimenting with specific aspects of career guidance and counseling for young people between 14 and 19, with a focus on identifying educational and professional paths to follow. • facilitating access for young people between 20 and 30 to online information specific to employment in terms of job interviews and document preparation for job application. The aim of our project was to provide an opportunity for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to gain information and experience new skills specific to career guidance and counseling, as well as accessing online information to prepare for job interviews and documentation for job applications. The 96 young participants from disadvantaged backgrounds came from 8 countries: Hungary, Bulgaria, Macedonia, Germany, Czechia, Serbia, Nederland, and Romania. The project addressed the following needs of disadvantaged youth: - enriching their knowledge regarding the search and selection of suitable colleges/professions according to their personal competencies. - facilitating access for disadvantaged youth to information about national and international labor markets. - learning how to complete the Europass profile and how to handle a job interview, especially online. providing disadvantaged youth with learning opportunities through erasmus+ projects. - acquiring knowledge, skills, and competencies specific to career guidance and counseling, and the process of job application. The objectives of our project were: • 1: to enrich the knowledge of the 96 disadvantaged youth from 8 countries, during exchanges, about identifying their educational or professional path and accessing online information about job applications. • 2: to develop, for the 96 disadvantaged youth from 8 countries during exchanges, skills and competencies related to defining their educational or professional path, job search, conducting a job interview, and preparing online employment documents. • 3: to support the access of the 96 youth, from 8 countries, to online information specific to career guidance and counseling, as well as the eures portal with the national and European labor market, during the project and after its funding ended.