From today, Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 11:00, the submission of business applications for an additional 5,000 positions of the “Professional experience acquisition program for unemployed youth, 18-29 years old, in the Regions of Attica and Central Macedonia” began.

It is recalled that the initial 10,000 seats were sold out.

The application deadline ends when the additional 5,000 places are filled.

The goal of the action

The aim of the action, lasting 7 months, is to strengthen the access of young people to the labor market through the subsidized acquisition of professional experience.

DYPA pays a monthly compensation equal to the minimum wage (with full insurance contributions), as well as a proportion of holiday gifts and holiday allowance.

Beneficiaries are unemployed 18-29 year olds, graduates of at least compulsory education, registered in the DYPA registers of the Regions of Attica and Central Macedonia.

The process:

1. The company that is interested in participating, submits an online application in which it specifies the number of positions it has, as well as the specialties and their educational level (a necessary condition is that it has not reduced staff due to the termination of an employment contract in the quarter before The application).

2. DYPA confirms that the business meets the conditions.

3. DYPA’s employment advisors nominate candidates according to the required qualifications of the vacant position.

4. The company selects the beneficiary and they sign a cooperation agreement.

The program, with a budget of €100,500,000, is co-financed by the Greek State and the European Social Fund/Youth Employment Initiative within the Operational Program “Human Resource Development, Education and Lifelong Learning 2014 – 2020”. For the Public Invitation and for more information:

https://www.dypa.gov.gr/proghrammata-anoikhta