This document presents the most common challenges that young people face. As particulary vulnerable group, they are often marginalized in society. Hight youth unemployment has become a permanent characheristic of modern world. Youth employment si often marked by poor and precarius work conditions. The emergence of new forms of work tends to greater flexibility of work and profitability, and their negative aspect is the lack of protection they provide to workers in contrast to traditional ways of working. The challenges that young people face have been recognized by the European Union and the International Labor Organization, which with their guidelines and strategies want to help countries solving and preventing youth unemployment. . One of the most important EU documents for faster activation of young people on the labor market or continuing education is certainly the Youth Guarantee. Based on the Guarantee, Croatia has adopted a number of measures that are in line with active employment policy. A particularly vulnerable group is the NEET population of young people who are not in the employment, education or training. This population includes all persons who are unemployed but are actively looking for work, as well as those who for some reason are unable to start work or have some other difficulties.