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Youth skills: tackling challenges and seizing opportunities for a brighter future of work

Youth skills: tackling challenges and seizing opportunities for a brighter future of work | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
Leveraging the ILO’s microdata, an analysis of global labour market and occupational trends highlights strategies to strengthen skills development and boost the competitiveness, agility, and resilience of youth.
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The Key to Retaining Youth Workers

The Key to Retaining Youth Workers | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it

Employee retention is essential for an efficient and profitable workplace. As younger generations enter and exist in the workforce, it is critical to identify factors that can influence their productivity, performance and success.


These factors may range from setting goals and clearly defining workplace culture to providing a supportive workplace. Combining all these factors to enhance employee experience can aid in the retention of youth workers.

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Skills Development & Youth Employability in West Africa (Senegal, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Nigeria)

Many Sub-saharan African countries are facing huge challenges in creating relevant education and employment opportunities for their young and fast growing population. Demand for jobs outpace growth in job opportunities. While many of the jobs available are in technical and fields, Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is generally not leveraged effectively for a range of reasons - including lack of legislative and political support from the state, outdated curricula, insufficient public-private partnerships and undesirable perception of TVET among the public. However, even in the face of these challenges, there are a number of successful initiatives operating in TVET.

Recommendations to improve the state of TVET in this part of the world could be to recognize and support formal as well as informal TVET paths in order to improve its image. Also, the private sector could play a huge role by becoming more engaged in TVET through offering more internships, apprenticeships etc.

Last but not least, it seems important to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset in the African youth, to move from job search to job creation.

This report provides an overview on the state of TVET in West Africa (focusing on Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana and Ivory Coast) and highlights examples of successful models and good practices from the ground.
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Ghana. Insufficient exposure to actual world of work impedes graduates’ employability: The case of Ghana

Ghana. Insufficient exposure to actual world of work impedes graduates’ employability: The case of Ghana | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
William Baah-Boateng and Eric Kofi Twum highlight the mismatch between the skills demanded by industry and what Ghana's graduates actually possess upon completion of their studies.
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Young People Co-Design Regional Framework: Developing a Regional Framework on Youth Employment in West Africa

The Regional Framework on Youth Employment was co-designed with young people from Benin, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Senegal during a co-creation workshop that took place from 3-9 April 2016 in Cotonou, Benin. The workshop brought together 46 people
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Canada/Ontario. Student Success ePortfolio: Student, Faculty and Employer Perspectives on the Value of ePortfolios in Assessing the Development of Essential Employability Skills

Canada/Ontario. Student Success ePortfolio: Student, Faculty and Employer Perspectives on the Value of ePortfolios in Assessing the Development of Essential Employability Skills | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it

By assembling a digital record of a student’s skills and academic accomplishments, ePortfolios have the potential to improve educators’ assessments of students and the ability of students to clearly communicate and connect with employers. But are they effective?

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Australia. Preparing young people for the future of work

Australia's education system is not preparing students for twenty-first century success. 

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They got mad skills : the effects of training on youth employability and resilience to the Ebola shock 

This paper discusses a randomized control trial to measure the short-term impacts of a skills intervention among urban youth in Sierra Leone at the onset of the Ebola crisis. The intervention provided (i) technical skills training, plus on-the-job training; (ii) business skills training; and (iii) a mix of (i) and (ii). All groups received stipends and literacy and numeracy training. The findings support evidence that combining cash injections and skills training can stimulate employment and entrepreneurship. The program boosted household consumption and investments in housing and assets, thereby building resilience to the Ebola shock.
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Young Workers Index 2016: Empowering a new generation

Young Workers Index 2016: Empowering a new generation | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
Empowering a new generation: how governments and businesses can unlock a $1 trillion prize.
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Perspectivas económicas de América Latina 2017: Juventud, competencias y emprendimiento

Presenta un análisis detallado de la participación de los jóvenes latinoamericanos en las actividades productivas, examinando su inserción en el mercado laboral, las competencias adquiridas y sus actividades emprendedoras. El informe incluye un análisis macroeconómico y explora de qué modo el contexto global incide en la economía de la región. También analiza la integración social, política y económica de los jóvenes en la región, en particular a través de la educación, las competencias y las oportunidades de emprendimiento, y las barreras a las que se enfrentan en estos ámbitos. Por último, explica de qué modo el futuro de los empleos, las políticas y las ciudades va a introducir nuevos desafíos y oportunidades para los jóvenes de la región y ofrece recomendaciones de políticas públicas para aprovecharlas.
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A Comprehensive Approach To Student Employability

A Comprehensive Approach To Student Employability | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
What happens when a country is poised to have millions of workers in the age bracket of 20 to 24 years but only handfuls of them are employable?

Via Peter Mellow
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EU. Intereconomics: Challenges Facing European Labour Markets: Is a Skill Upgrade the Appropriate Instrument?

EU. Intereconomics: Challenges Facing European Labour Markets: Is a Skill Upgrade the Appropriate Instrument? | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
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The financial and economic crisis shattered the Lisbon Strategy’s attempt to increase the EU’s employment rate to 70% among 15-64 year old by 2010. The new Europe 2020 strategy envisages a 75% adult employment rate by 2020; however, this goal also seems unrealistic in light of the economic crisis which has caused the EU’s employment rate to drop significantly below 70%. A crucial question now is whether a skill upgrade of the European labour force would help to increase the employment rate, especially among youth. This Forum explores the relationship between education and employment throughout the EU.


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USA. The Unemployed Generation

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With the youth unemployment rate in the U.S. reaching a record level at 17 percent, a whole new generation of students is going to college and taking the wrong majors and receiving the wrong type of degrees. The top three industries for the future: - Health Care - Educational Services - Food Services and Drinking Places

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Does the education system prepare young people for the future?

Does the education system prepare young people for the future? | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it

The future of every economy and community will be determined by young people (YP) and their ability to imagine, innovate and deliver services and products to the global ecosystem. As learning objectives continue to evolve, skills will become the new currency, not content and knowledge.

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UK. The Impact of Vocational Qualifications on Young People’s Employability and LM Outcomes

UK. The Impact of Vocational Qualifications on Young People’s Employability and LM Outcomes | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
The report follows a 4 month inquiry that seeks to understand the impact of proposed changes to post–16 education policy on future labour market outcomes of young people.
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Young Africans need more and better jobs, not more training

Young Africans need more and better jobs, not more training | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it

When the world rebuilds after the COVID-19 crisis, Africa will have a unique challenge to face: bringing its overwhelmingly young workforce into decent, productive, and secure jobs. Africa has the world’s youngest population, a fact that some hope will mean fewer deaths and serious cases, despite the region’s health care systems being extremely underfunded.

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Australia. Most young people who do VET after school are in full-time work by the age of 25

Australia. Most young people who do VET after school are in full-time work by the age of 25 | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
More than 80% of young adults who did a short spell of post-school education or training (such as a certificate or diploma), or went directly into work, were in full-time work by the time they were 25. This was compared to 64% of those who studied at university first.
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UK. Employability in the 21st Century. Preparing College students for cloud working in the gig economy.

UK. Employability in the 21st Century. Preparing College students for cloud working in the gig economy. | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
Digital disruption. An often used phrase but for visible evidence of its impact take a look at the high street where names such as Blockbuster, Maplin and Toys R Us are no more. These businesses have been replaced by the likes of Netflix and Amazon and many more will likely follow.
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England. Employability, knowledge and the creative arts: reflections from an ethnographic study of NEET young people on an entry to employment programme

Whilst creating demand for young people's labour is central to tackling youth unemployment, the paper contends that using the arts can go some way towards breaking down barriers to learning experienced by many marginalised young people, and argues that creative activities can be used to introduce them to forms of knowledge which have been largely flushed out of vocational education - at least for many working-class learners. The paper presents ethnographic data which suggests that skilful, well-informed tutors can, at least in some circumstances, use the creative arts to provide young people with access to forms of learning which transcend official discourses of employability, and introduce marginalised youth to forms of learning rooted in what Bernstein described as 'powerful knowledge'.
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Liberia Skills Development Constraints for Youth in the Informal Sector

Liberia Skills Development Constraints for Youth in the Informal Sector | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it

The labor force in Liberia is quite young. Youth aged 15 to 34 constitute over a third of the population in Liberia and are somewhat concentrated in urban areas. These youth represent both a demographic dividend and a concern. The educational attainment of Liberian youth is steadily improving but remains low on average.Youth recognize that their lack of skills and experience are impediments to employment.The objective of this report is to assess youth skills development in Liberia.Given the composition of Liberia’s economy and the concentration of the labor force outside formal employment, this report has a particular focus on skill development in vocational trades and the informal sector.

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USA. Three quarters of students say study abroad improves employability

USA. Three quarters of students say study abroad improves employability | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
The majority of US students who study abroad believe the experience improved their employability and helped them secure a job or internship.
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Australia. Preparing young people for the future of work

Australia. Preparing young people for the future of work | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it

Australia's education system is not preparing students for twenty-first century success. 
Young Australians are studying for longer than ever before but are disengaged and struggling to find permanent jobs. Young people entering technology-rich, global, competitive job markets need different skill sets to what our education system has traditionally valued.

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USA. I Needed a College Degree for This? Why Companies Are Failing at Hiring

Only a third of Americans aged 25 to 34 have graduated from college, but a university degree has become a “blunt proxy” for ability, leaving behind many young people who are capable of learning on the job.

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Everybody Agrees, It's Harder to Get Started Professionally Than It Used to Be

Everybody Agrees, It's Harder to Get Started Professionally Than It Used to Be | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it

. A soft economy and rising student debt are just two factors that Americans say make things more difficult for today’s young adults

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Where is Youth Unemployment Rising and Falling Globally?

Where is Youth Unemployment Rising and Falling Globally? | Vocational education and training - VET | Scoop.it
Download as pdf Young people aged 15-24 are a key consumer group, which have been badly hit by unemployment in most countries since the start of the global economic downturn in 2008 and the profits of many consumer goods companies have been hit as a result. Western Europe had the...
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