Info APYouthNet News Document Actions RSS feed Send this Print this Spain's Lost Millennial Generation? policymic, 3 February 2012 - A few days ago, Spain’s National Statistics Institute reported that the country’s unemployment had hit 5.3 million last December, or 22.8%. This is the highest unemployment rate in nearly two decades, and the highest jobless rate in the European Union. As if this data alone were not shocking enough, unemployment amongst Spanish youth aged 16-24, currently stands at 48.6%. Read More… UN Commission for Social Development kicks off with focus on poverty and youth UN News Centre, 1 February 2012 – Poverty eradication, youth unemployment and socially inclusive policies will be the main focus of the 50th session of the United Nations Commission for Social Development, which kicked off today at UN Headquarters in New York. Read More… DUP seeks to introduce quota for youth employment The Korea Herald, 2 February 2012 - The main opposition Democratic United Party will seek to make it mandatory for local large firms to institute a special additional employment quota for young job seekers, officials said Thursday. Read More… [VOICE] Are Koreans overeducated? The Korea Herald, 30 January 2012 - Some 82 percent of Korean high school graduates go on to third level education, more than in any other OECD country. There are more than 400 colleges and universities and 70,000 second-level private academies called “hagwon” around the country, while Korean high school students consistently outperform their international peers in reading and math. But with youth unemployment a prominent policy issue and students facing sometimes unbearable pressure to perform, many are questioning the nation’s feverish devotion to academic study. Read More… Struggle for youth employment opportunities in Egypt BBC, 28 January 2012 - With nearly 90 million people, Egypt is the most populous country in the Middle East region. It also has one of the region's highest youth unemployment rates, and key to Egypt's economic success is getting these millions of young people into jobs. But for that to happen, businesses have to feel confident about the future and start hiring - and that is proving a challenge in uncertain times. Watch the news story here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-16758390Struggle for youth employment opportunities in Egypt Read More… Youth unemployment crisis sparks Davos leaders into action The Guardian, 28 January 2012 - Summit to debate plans to spend billions on continent-wide youth job schemes in bid to reverse upward trend Read More… IAP programme to also focus on jobs for youth The Hindu, 24 January 2012 - Taking cue from the Planning Commission authorities, the district administration decided to take up employment generation schemes for the local youth and expose them to development along with creation of infrastructure such as roads, school buildings etc. Read More… Entrepreneurship camps from January 25 The New Indian Express, 22 January 2012 - VELLORE: The district administration is organising a series of awareness-cum-motivational camps on employment generation opportunities for unemployed youth under the Unemployed Youth Employment Generation Programme (UYEGP) in all the 20 blocks beginning January 25. Read More… Minister says only 25% grads are employable Deccan Chronicle, 21 January 2012 - Union minister of state for external affairs and human resource development (HRD) E. Ahmed on Friday said the government has decided to increase the 12th Five Year Plan budget spending seven times. Read More… Employment exchanges may turn training centres Deccan Chronicle, 23 January 2012 - Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT), a career skills training organisation, which has turned the government employment exchanges in Karnataka to employment training centres, is in discussion with Kerala government to replicate the project in the state. Read More… Philippines: DOLE 2 targets 9,000 students for SPES program this year Philippine Information Agency, 22 January 2012 - Around 9,000 poor but deserving students of Cagayan valley region are to benefit from the Special Program for Employment SPES this year, higher than the 8,553 beneficiaries last year, according to Grace A. Pomar, SPES focal person. Read More… TeamLease-IIJT offer employment opportunities to 386 youth in Bangalore Job Fair India Education Diary.com, 21 January 2011 - Bangalore: Team Lease Services, India's largest staffing solutions company and Indian Institute of Job Training (IIJT), India's fastest growing vocational skills training company organized a job fair for youth in Bangalore today. The job fair was conducted with an aim to connect job aspirants with employers, assessment counselors and training professionals. Top companies like Linkin consultancy,Gitit Info, Rose Valley, Cafe Coffee Day, Allsec Technologies, Kochar BPO participated in the job fair. Read More… Developing negotiating skills of youth Daily News, 17 January 2011 - The Youth Model United Nations conference aimed at inculcating and developing diplomatic and negotiating skills of the youth of Sri Lanka, concluded successfully last month. The two day conference held at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute was attended by more than 250 delegates both local and foreign universities and institutions. Read More… Orissa to provide vocational training to Maoist-affected tribal youth Asian News International, 13 January 2012 - State authorities in Orissa's Gajapati District, in association with private companies, have undertaken a vocational training programme in Maoist-inflicted districts to provide employment to tribal youth to bring them into the mainstream. The authorities set-up training centres to provide vocational training, in order to aid the rural youth to become self-sufficient and earn a livelihood. Read More… Youth unemployment crisis in Sri Lanka The Sunday Times, 15 January 2012 - Youth unemployment is a major issue in Sri Lanka in which many qualified youth have the ‘technical skills’ or appropriate academic qualification for a job but lack the soft skills to convert knowledge into a profession, according to a top ILO (International Labour Organisation) official. Read More… Next 15 items » [1] 2 3 4 ... 15 Basic search Portlet Share News Have news to share? 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