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Soft Skills for Youth Employment

2022-1-TR01-KA220-YOU-0000870782022Cooperation partnerships in youthfinalized
Countries: TR|MT|PL|BE · Grant: €120,000
Soft skillsYouth employabilityYouth policy development

Objectives

The following objectives were realised in this project: Identification of deficiencies in the fine skills of young graduates Identification of deficiencies from the employer's perspective, Training of young people through the organisation and implementation of fine skills training, A more inclusive awareness of the importance of fine skills in working life, Improving the fine skills of young people, enabling employability and sustainability in the labour market, Publishing the findings in an academic and peer-reviewed journal to provide policy recommendations and a policy tool for the youth employment problem, Thus strengthening the link between policy, research and practice.

Background

Newly graduated young people find it difficult to be employed and to make it sustainable. The development of technical and fine skills is very effective in dealing with these challenges. Nowadays, recruitment specialists take into account fine skills rather than technical skills. The development of fine skills is considered to be vital for the employment of young graduates. Therefore, in this project, this project application was made in order to understand how effective fine skills are in the employment of young graduates and to increase their employment rates. This project addressed the following needs Identification of deficiencies in the fine skills of young graduates Identification of deficiencies from the employer's perspective, Training of young people through the organisation and implementation of fine skills training, A more inclusive awareness of the importance of fine skills in working life, Improving the fine skills of young people, enabling employability and sustainability in the labour market, Publishing the findings in an academic and peer-reviewed journal to provide policy recommendations and a policy tool for the youth employment problem, Thus strengthening the link between policy, research and practice.

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