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Youth UnEmployment
The statistics show that unemployment among young people is increasing across Europe, where in several countries it has even reached more than 40%. Nowadays, being a graduate from a reputable university with high marks is not enough to ensure rapid employment. There are many reasons behind the problem of youth unemployment, for example: lack of particular skills, wrong educational system, mismatches between education and needs in labor market, lack of self confidence, lack of self esteem, and of course structural lack of working places.
What can young people do to increase their employability then? How are they going to find a job? How are they going to effectively present themselves in the labor market and succeed? These are just some of the questions which youth and new graduates are looking answers to.
[Update] YO! Fest 2012- Intern Action Day
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YO! Fest 2012
INTERN ACTION DAY For a European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships 16 May, EP Esplanade, Brussels, Belgium
THE INITIATIVE: the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships Since 2010 the European Youth Forum has been leading the work of numerous civil society organisations, including the European Trade Union Confederation, in drafting Europe-wide quality standards for internships and apprenticeships. This initiative has been strongly supported by MEP Emilie Turunen who in 2010 wrote the European Paliament's report on youth access to the labour market. The European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships is a set of basic quality principles to ensure that internships and apprenticeships become a valuable and quality experience across Europe and beyond. [Continue reading] In preparation of the event we propose you to watch INTERNVIEW ans THE INTERNS Please find the programme of the day here
** The European Commission has published a staff working document to explore the views of stakeholders for a Quality Framework on Traineeships. This should result in Council Recommendation by the end of this year, which means that all the EU member states will have to at least think about this topic for once. This is certainly a success because in many countries on their own initiative nothing is done about abusive internships. The document is attached and the deadline to respond to European Commission is 11 July. It will be important that many responses are supportive of this work so we would very much like to encourage you to take part! The European Youth Forum will respond to the consultation based on the content of the European Quality Charter on Internships and Apprenticeships.
More information about the employment package is available here: http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/andor/headlines/news/2012/04/20120418_en.htm
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"Getting employed – the non formal way" AEGEE Lyon in partnership with YuE and HED will be organizing a youth exchange "Getting employed – the non formal way" in Lyon, from 20th till 26th May 2012. The partner countries are France, Georgia, Albania and Bulgaria. The main objective of the project is to enable young people coming from 4 very different countries to explore different kinds of voluntary work, in order to stress on the importance of social conscience and non formal skills in a person's employability, and encourage young people to get involved in volundtary projects in their home towns.
Employment Action Day 2012 Employment Action Day 2012 was successfully held in AEGEE-Izmir, AEGEE-Sumqait, AEGEE-Tbilisi and is still going on!!!
ESE 2011 European School of Entrepreunership, an event organized by AEGEE Catania and YuE, took place in Catania in early December. This innovative project brought together young AEGEEans willing to learn more about entrepreneurship. Local businessmen and young entrepreneurs provided the participants with their tips. We'll see what the final outcome will be in some years! Read the article in "the AEGEEan"!
Employment Action Day 2011 Employment Action Day 2011 was successfully held in AEGEE-Skopje; AEGEE-Yerevan; AEGEE-Istanbul; AEGEE-Gdansk. The fact, that EAD isn’t covering only AEGEEans is significant! More than 350 students have already participated all over the Europe. Such topics as voluntary work, all about getting a job; were shaped! Currently AEGEE-Tirana is organizing cascade of EAD. They are reaching 8 high schools and universities. Through EAD Students have an opportunity to meet experts, businessman and get valuable knowledge. Join EAD in your city!
Britain's new entrepreneurs: young guns go for it
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Britain's new entrepreneurs: young guns go for it http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/mar/06/young-british-entrepreneurs |
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