With Croatian membership in the European Union, the internal market became very strong and it's difficult to resist competition and strengthen up, although the country has not yet fully recovered from the effects of war in all aspects of economic development. It underlines the importance of education, science and technology for the development of competitiveness. Economic theory and practice confirm that the prerequisites for achieving competitiveness and economic growth are mainly accumulation of human capital and innovation. In Croatia, the poor utilization of human ressources and European Union countries offer a list of shortage occupations that professional staff offer employment and residence, causing a "brain drain" and for Croatia this is a great loss. Analysis of employment over the years of 2012- 2014 shows that in 2012 the number of employed was on the highest level. By the structure of most of the unemployed by gender are women, while the average number of aged unemployed are young people aged 25-29 years, while the level of education increased the number of educated people with university or academy. On the basis of the employment incentive measures implemented by the states and the Croatian Employment Service, we are still not at a border sustainable development and growth. According to the indicator of the level of development, or gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, the Croatian economy is struggling with recession and poor working conditions in the market. Since 2009 begins a negative trend of decline that continues. Gross fixed capital formation recorded a positive trend in the period from 2000 until 2008, the highest in the sector of construction. Current macroeconomic indicators showed positive GDP growth in the second quarter of 2015 years.