"I look like a mess ... AmI needed in the profit-oriented society?" The labour market and employment situation of some vulnerable categories of unemployed and inactive people in Slovenia

In Slovenia there is little information available on the labour market and employment situation for some of the most deprived categories of unemployed people. This article presents the research methodology developed and the most outstanding results regarding the labour market and employment situation of the most vulnerable categories which were obtained in the research project supported by the Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs. We focused on seven vulnerable categories: homeless people, people with mental health problems, people with drug addiction problems, people with alcohol addiction problems, people with experience of violence, people undergoing post-penal treatments and people without a work permit. Despite the common notion of professionals that individuals from the vulnerable categories are not motivated for job searching and employment respondents from the vulnerable categories claim they do want a job but under reasonable circumstances. Therefore a lot of obstacles should be removed first in order to improve the labour market and employment situation.