Czechia’s labor shortage has a blind spot: Late-career Gen-X professionals

Experienced 55–61-year-old Gen Xers hold the skills and knowledge Czech employers need, yet many are overlooked in today’s tight labor market.

Expats.cz Staff

Written by Expats.cz Staff Published on 02.03.2026 13:23:00 (updated on 02.03.2026) Reading time: 3 minutes

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Czechia enters 2026 with one of the tightest labor markets in the EU, but economists warn that a key structural weakness remains largely overlooked: the underuse of experienced workers in the later stages of their careers.

Unemployment remains low by European standards, at around 4.5 percent, according to the Labour Office, with more than 90,000 vacancies nationwide.

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Despite this persistent shortage of labor, participation among older workers remains weaker than it could be, says Kryštof Mišek, chief economist at Argos Capital.

“This is one of the least discussed problems of the Czech jobs market,” Mišek says. “At a time when companies struggle to find staff, a large pool of experienced people remains underutilized.”

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