The youth unemployment phenomenon is a global problem that prevents the positioning of young people in the labor market and often brings about negative consequences that can even lead to poverty and social exclusion. The concept of lifelong learning based on formal and informal education takes on an increasingly important role in the development of society and places great emphasis on the new knowledge and skills that an individual makes more competitive on the labor market. Recognizing the importance of education and continuous learning and improvement enables the quality and efficiency of an individual country's education system to be improved and, consequently, contributes to greater employability and mobility of the workforce.Therefore, here is an emphasis on the availability of active and passive employment policy measures, the measures currently being implemented by the Croatian Employment Service and the better compatibility of education and labor market. The central part of the work is an anonymous survey of youth unemployment in Vukovar-Srijem County, and it was conducted on a sample of 50 people out of 475 registered young unemployed persons in the county. Respondents were selected randomly by their counselors at the Croatian Employment Service, and the questionnaire method was applied. The target group is young unemployed people of different sex, different educational profiles and different living standards up to 30 years of age. Research results should answer the question of economic migration or preferences of young unemployed persons moving to other parts of Croatia and even abroad in search of a job. This points to some new trends and the increasing mobility of the workforce, which is particularly pronounced after Croatia joined the European Union.