The employment industry fulfills four enabling functions, contributing to better functioning and more inclusive labour market:

1. Enabling work, contributing to social integration and providing hope to job seekers
2. Enabling adapation, creating agility and offering confidence to companies and workers.
3. Enabling properity by driving economic growth.
4. Enabling Security, by acting as trusted labour market advisors.

These four contributes can also be illustrated by statistics, showing the contribution of the employment industry to the economy and labour markets. On a yearly basis, the industry:

• Supports 8,7 million Europeans in their job life
• Helps 3,7 million young Europeans enter the labour market
• Up-skills 1,9 million Europeans, giving them more work choices
• Creates almost 1 million more jobs
• Serves 1,5 million companies with the right talent to succeed. 

The contribution of the employment industry to the labour market is also reflected in the more detailed Position Papers, which can be found here.