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The economic slowdown is impacting young people throughout the world, particularly those who graduate in June, 2009. A group of high school students in Iceland decided to address the issue of jobs for graduates by developing a website for Icelandic high school students which features innovative ideas. It is also an online social network– frumkvaedi.is.

The website allows students and potential employers to pitch ideas on projects that might lead to jobs for high school graduates. It is hoped that start up companies would examine ideas of students in hope some would lead to a possible commercial product or service. Gudjon Mar Gudjonsson of the “Ministry of Ideas” assisted the students in developing their website.

The website is also a social network geared mainly for high school students. There is hope summer jobs would be identified for those who face unemployment this year due to the economic slowdown.