Bambúch, FilipŠolcová, Jana2025-09-052025-09-052025978-80-87952-42-9https://repo.umb.sk/handle/123456789/780In: QUAERE 2025 : recenzovaný sborník příspěvků interdisciplinární mezinárodní vědecké konference doktorandů a odborných asistentů / rec. Jiří Králík, Jerzy Olszewski ... [et al.]. Roč. 15. 1. vyd. Hradec Králové : Magnanimitas, 2025. ISBN 978-80-87952-42-9. S. 526-536.This study examines young people in NEET situations (Not in Employment, Education or Training) in Slovakia, analysing their demographic, socio-economic and psychological challenges, as well as the long-term consequences of NEET status. The research is based on qualitative analysis of focus groups with young people in the Banská Bystrica region and explores volunteering as a tool for their activation and enhancement of employability. The findings demonstrate that volunteering contributes to the development of basic work habits, increases self-confidence, provides practical experience, and improves the professional profiles of young NEETs. Respondents perceive volunteering as a bridge between inactivity and integration into the labour market, appreciating its motivational and social benefits. The study confirms that volunteering is an effective and comprehensive instrument for supporting the employability and social inclusion of young people outside education and the labour market, recommending its systematic integration into policies and programmes targeting this group.en© vydavateľinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessmládežmladí ľudiayouthyoung adultsdobrovoľníctvovoluntarismvolunteeringzamestnateľnosťsociálna inklúziasociálne začleňovaniesocial inclusionpracovné návykyArticle