Fly2Work aims at fostering youth employability by creating a methodology jointly with a set of tools and good practices that will help companies and, in general, all sorts of employers (social enterprises, foundations, associations, etc.) to design good onboarding plans adapted to their own needs. This way we want to contribute to the solution of the current situation by helping to create better jobs for youngsters in terms of quality, durability, and stability. Our specific objectives have been: - To improve youngsters' employability with a methodology ready to be implemented in every organisation in Europe willing to improve their processes of hiring young people, improving their employability. - To encourage employers to hire youngs by providing tools that help them to design good onboarding plans. - Help companies to retain talent. - Reduce the gap between the expectations of youngsters regarding work life and what it is in reality. - To involve public administrations at a more practical and "close to the reality" level.
Youth unemployment has become one of the main problems to be tackled in Europe. Although youth unemployment rates in EU countries in February 2020 (14.9%) improved compared to 2019 in the same month (15.5%), due to the COVID crisis it has increased again to the 17,1%. Moreover, they are still very high compared to the adults' unemployment rate according to the last figures released by European Union, 8,1% (March 2021). Taking these figures into account, FLY2WORK has addressed different needs: - Youngsters need to find jobs that enable them to have a fully independent adult life. - Youngsters and companies need to transform the adaptation period into a more effective process. - An opportunity to learn from each other instead of an unproductive needed period for both sides. - Social organisations need new tools that they could offer to companies to encourage them to hire youngsters and also to youngsters to help them to get their first opportunity. - Academia needs to offer their students those soft skills requested to have a good career. - Public Administrations and authorities need more practical tools that help them to stop this problem and change the trend.