The theme of this paper is the requirement of lifelong learning and ability to finding a job. Lifelong education means a permanent process that prepares for professions, which result from requirements of the tehnological development and concrete needs of a society. Along with labor it makes a field in which forming a judgement about some human characteristics has a great meaning not only in the life of an individual but also for the whole society. Besides requirements in regard of motivation and capabilities of a person for a Lifelong Learning, tendencies of economic changes and requirements of labour market, trend obsolescence of knowledge and ability are taken into consideration. The results of analysis a poll and their explanation was supported by statistic data regarding education level of the population Republic of Croatia. The result indicate that by long duration monitoring the trends of labor supply and demand and other factors affecting the labor market, it is possible to foresee future economic trends and, in accordance with that, it is possible to affect development of education positively by long duration planned approach. By development educational motivation of programs of occupational directing, vocational re-training and completing the education, it could be possible to positive influence one of the key problem of hard ability to finding a job, discouragement after long-term unemployment and educational motivation. The reform of the system lifelon learning can be carried out only along with strategically organized educational policy that should gradually reduce and overcome a gap between modern educational trends and standards of the countries in transition.