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The top 6 skills today’s employers want
Laura Brewer, ILO Specialist in Skills for Youth Employment After four years of college, my son is about to graduate with a degree in Environmental Politics. We are both aware that he is entering...
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5 reasons you should consider an apprenticeship
Michael Axmann, Senior Expert in Skills Development Systems at ILO “You will get the right skills with an apprenticeship!” Those were my mother’s words when, at the age of 18, I came home with a...
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4 things you should know about NEETs
Sara Elder, CTA Work4Youth Project, Youth Employment Unit If you’re as baffled as I am by the speed at which the acronym NEETs has become standard jargon in the media, academia and international...
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Are young people overskilled or underskilled?
Paul Comyn, ILO Senior Vocational Skills and Development Specialist and Drew Gardiner, Youth Employment Specialist This week, as we prepare ILO’s participation in the World Skills Competition 2017,...
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Young workers will be hit hard by COVID-19’s economic fallout
Susana Puerto (ILO Research and Technical Specialist) and Kee Kim (ILO Macro-Economic and Employment Policies Specialist) The COVID-19 emergency is affecting almost everyone in the world, regardless of...
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