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Catálogo de competencias clave para la innovación en el trabajo

Catálogo de competencias clave para la innovación en el trabajo

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Catálogo de competencias clave para la innovación en el trabajo
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Spanish

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Governments

Governments hold a wealth of knowledge on skills development, and are increasingly realizing the value of learning from each others’ experiences. Their policy documents, programme evaluations, and research findings contain their experience and ideas on how to better link skills to employment

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions. 

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Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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Publication Date:
18 Feb 2015
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wcmstest4_132057.pdf

Una competencia es más que conocimientos y destrezas. Involucra la habilidad de enfrentar demandas complejas, apoyándose en y movilizando recursos sicosociales en un contexto en particular.

En el presente documento, las competencias se definen como una combinación de conocimientos, habilidades, actitudes y valores adecuados al contexto. Las competencias clave para la innovación son aquellas que todas las personas precisan para su realización y desarrollo personales, así como para la ciudadanía activa, la inclusión social y el empleo.

El Catálogo de competencias clave para la innovación en el trabajo identifica los conocimientos, habilidades, actitudes y valores que el trabajador debe poseer, y los empresarios y empleadores fomentar para promover entornos favorables para desarrollar la capacidad creativa e innovadora de los trabajadores y lograr un desempeño superior en el plano individual, grupal y organizacional.

El documento tiene como objetivo presentar una guía de referencia para las organizaciones, los empleadores, los trabajadores y los recién egresados, identifica y describe las competencias necesarias para interactuar positivamente en los entornos laborales, ser innovador y, en consecuencia, más competitivo.

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Education and training

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education-and-training
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116

Skills anticipation

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skills-anticipation
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677

Skills upgrading

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657
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World Economic Forum: Bridging the skills and innovation gap to boost productivity in Latin America

World Economic Forum: Bridging the skills and innovation gap to boost productivity in Latin America

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World Economic Forum: Bridging the skills and innovation gap to boost productivity in Latin America
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English

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Employers' organizations

Employers invest in training in order to improve productivity, innovate and adopt new technologies, and compete in changing markets. Case studies and research from individual employers and associations of employers on the Global KSP deal with apprenticeship and workplace skills provision, quality assurance and governance of training institutions, and employers’ roles in anticipating skill needs and in influencing national and sector policies on skills development.

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Other sources

Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Anticipating and matching skills needs

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Anticipating and building skills for the future is essential to a rapidly changing labour market. This applies to changes in the types and levels of skills needed as well as in occupational and technical areas. Effective methods to anticipate future skills needs and avoid potential mismatches include: sustained dialogue between employers and trainers, coordination across government institutions, labour market information systems, employment services and performance reviews of training institutions. 

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skpAFSN
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anticipating-and-matching-skills-needs
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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice. 

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Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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12 Feb 2015
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wcmstest4_131468.pdf
This is the first output of the Competitiveness Lab Initiative. Latin American leaders face a challenge and an opportunity to boost competitiveness by addressing the region’s productivity lag. Supporting a transition towards higher productivity levels – which requires improving the functioning of its institutions; the quality of infrastructure; the allocation of production factors; and, crucially, strengthening the region’s skills, technology and innovation base will be key to the region’s well-being and prosperity. This report analyses the current situation and challenges in Latin America’s skills and innovation landscape and recommends ways to address these challenges. This effort is the first output of the Competitiveness Lab initiative, which will continue to focus on key competitiveness issues and challenges of global relevance and applicability in other regions and/or countries. The Competitiveness Lab seeks to achieve this by designing competitiveness strategies, defining policies in specific areas of competitiveness and facilitating public-private collaborations.
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Employers

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employers
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Public private partnerships

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Skills anticipation

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677

Skills indicators

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skills-indicators
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653

Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch
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654

Vocational training

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124
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Preparing for an aging workforce

Preparing for an aging workforce

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Preparing for an aging workforce
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Other sources

Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Older workers

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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business.

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Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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27 Jan 2015
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wcmstest4_129670.pdf

Executive Summary

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the SHRM Foundation have launched an initiative recognizing the value of older workers and identifying -- through original research -- the best practices for employing an aging workforce. The Executive Summary provides a full overview of the survey findings. The detailed survey results are presented in a three-part series:

• Part 1: State of Older Workers in U.S. Organizations
• Part 2: Recruitment and Retention
• Part 3: Basic and Applied Skills

The basis of these materials is the Older Workers Survey, which collected comprehensive information on the aging workforce.

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Human resources development

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118

Older workers

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682
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Upper secondary education and vocational education: Challenges of integration

Upper secondary education and vocational education: Challenges of integration

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Upper secondary education and vocational education: Challenges of integration
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English

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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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Other topic

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Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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15 Jan 2015
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wcmstest4_129255.pdf
This publication seeks to contribute to the implementation and follow-up of the new proposal to build a model of Secondary Education integrated with Vocational Education in Brazil. It not only provides a legal framework supporting the design and integration of the proposed model but provides two case studies that showcase the implementation of integrated educational policies. Recommendations have been provided to stimulate further integration initiatives. These include the need for systemic capacity building actions for educational personnel, directors and technicians so that they can design, plan and implement curricula with a perspective of flexibility, innovation, creativity and boldness, and so that they can use methodologies that are active, context-based and inter and trans-disciplinary.
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Career guidance

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640

Employability

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employability
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643

School-to-work transition

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652

Skills and training policy

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40 preguntas sobre competencia laboral

40 preguntas sobre competencia laboral

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40 preguntas sobre competencia laboral
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Spanish

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ILO

The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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26 Sep 2014
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wcmstest4_081645.pdf

Este libro intenta facilitar la consulta y los primeros pasos de quienes, desde las instituciones de formación o desde la gestión de recursos humanos, se acercan a la aplicación de este novedoso concepto sobre el trabajo. Fue publicado en forma de hipertexto en 1999; ahora se ha actualizado y ampliado considerando el avance del enfoque de competencia en la región. Los contenidos se han organizado en seis grupos de preguntas: conceptos básicos; identificación de competencias; normalización de competencias y normas de calidad; certificación de competencias; formación por competencias; y, gestión de recursos humanos por competencias.

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Competency

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competency
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Human resources development

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human-resources-development
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118

Qualification frameworks

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qualification-frameworks
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Skills recognition

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skills-recognition
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656
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Americas

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Youth and skills in Latin America: Strategies, programmes and best practices

Youth and skills in Latin America: Strategies, programmes and best practices

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Document
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Youth and skills in Latin America: Strategies, programmes and best practices
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English

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skpEng
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Information is gathered from other international organizations that promote skills development and the transition from education and training to work. The Interagency Group on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (IAG-TVET) was established in 2009 to share research findings, coordinate joint research endeavours, and improve collaboration among organizations working at the international and national levels.

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Access to training

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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.  

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business. 
 

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Career guidance and employment services

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Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective career transitions, livelihood planning, entrepreneurship and in increasing labour market participation. They are instrumental in promoting skills utilization, recognition (RPL), as well as in improving enterprise human resource management.

Career development activities encompass a wide variety of support activities including career information and advice, counselling, work exposure (e.g. job shadowing, work experience periods), assessment, coaching, mentoring, professional networking, advocacy, basic and employability skills training (curricular and non-curricular) and entrepreneurship training. It is often an area which is fragmented across different ministries (e.g. education, TVET, employment, youth) requiring an effort to achieve the necessary coordination to provide adequate support to individuals during learning, employment and unemployment/inactivity periods.
 

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Rural employment

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Eight out of 10 of the world’s working poor who live on US $1.25 per day live in rural areas, where many are caught in vulnerable employment, especially in agriculture.Flourishing rural areas are vital to regional and national development. Yet, rural economies tend to face a wide range of challenges that urban areas are more likely to overcome. These include access to transportation, sanitation and health services, and a consumer base in close proximity to support small and medium enterprise development. Women and men working in rural areas also face difficulties associated with a paucity of economic opportunities, under investment, poor infrastructure and public services, including education, and, in many cases, weak governance and underdeveloped markets.

Education, entrepreneurship, and physical and social infrastructure all play an important role in developing rural regions. Skills are central to improving employability and livelihood opportunities, reducing poverty, enhancing productivity and promoting environmentally sustainable development.

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Training quality and relevance

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice. 

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Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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25 Aug 2014
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wcmstest4_118851.pdf
Background paper prepared for the Education for All Global Monitoring Report, 2012 - Youth and skills:Putting education to work The paper offers a general overview of skills development strategies and programmes in Latin America which benefit marginalized groups. It delivers: (1)a general overview on skills development and marginalization in the Region; (2)an analysis of formal and non-formal skills acquisition architecture focusing on institutional arrangements, donor initiatives, and south-south technical cooperation; (3)an analysis of the relevance of post-primary education; and(4)an identification of best practices in skills programmes and vocational training, with a focus on the informal sector, urban and rural areas, and indigenous people.
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Disadvantaged youth

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Employability

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employability
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Entrepreneurship

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Public private partnerships

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Rural employment

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Rural workers

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Transferable skills

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From better skills to better work: How career ladders can support the transition from low-skill to high-skill work

From better skills to better work: How career ladders can support the transition from low-skill to high-skill work

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From better skills to better work: How career ladders can support the transition from low-skill to high-skill work
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English

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english
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Other sources

Experts from many international, regional and national agencies generously share their views, experiences and findings on skills, helping policy-makers among other stakeholders to understand the linkages between education, training and the world of work, and how to integrate skills into national development planning to promote employment and economic growth.

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Access to training

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Access for all to good quality education, vocational training and workplace learning is a fundamental principle of social cohesion and economic growth. Some groups of people may require targeted attention if they are to benefit from education, training and employment opportunities.  

This is particularly the case for disadvantaged youth, lower skilled workers, people with disabilities, and people in rural communities. The attractiveness of vocational education and training is enhanced when combined with entrepreneurship training and when public policies encourage utilization of higher skills by business. 
 

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skpATSU
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Career guidance and employment services

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Career guidance and counselling, career education and lifelong development of skills for employability are key for success in learning activities, effective career transitions, livelihood planning, entrepreneurship and in increasing labour market participation. They are instrumental in promoting skills utilization, recognition (RPL), as well as in improving enterprise human resource management.

Career development activities encompass a wide variety of support activities including career information and advice, counselling, work exposure (e.g. job shadowing, work experience periods), assessment, coaching, mentoring, professional networking, advocacy, basic and employability skills training (curricular and non-curricular) and entrepreneurship training. It is often an area which is fragmented across different ministries (e.g. education, TVET, employment, youth) requiring an effort to achieve the necessary coordination to provide adequate support to individuals during learning, employment and unemployment/inactivity periods.
 

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Sectoral approaches

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Matching skills to labour market demand requires reliable sectoral and occupational information and institutions that connect employers with training providers.  Sector based strategies and institutions have proved effective in engaging all stakeholders in promoting both pre-employment training and life-long learning.

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Training quality and relevance

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Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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Publication Date:
25 Aug 2014
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wcmstest4_118849.pdf
This is the third in a series of research briefs on 'Becoming State of the Art', which encourages innovation in the delivery of literacy and essential skills to achieve results that matter. In Ontario, literacy and essential skills (LES) programming and transitions into skills training or postsecondary programs are not typically aligned with employment sectors, labour market information or workplace progression. This is particularly true when it comes to the types of occupations normally available to non-high school graduates. Under-skilled job-seekers and workers alike often experience tremendous barriers to advancing their skills as they struggle under financial constraints, child care and transportation needs, itinerant jobs and irregular work hours. At the same time for employers, having workers who can progress from lower-skilled to higher-skilled jobs results in a more satisfied and productive workforce with lower staff turnover, less time and money spent on recruitment and better overall business performance.

This brief explores the relevance of ‘Career Ladders’ - a series of connected literacy, language and skills training programs that enable individuals to secure employment within a specific industry or occupational cluster, and to advance to successively higher levels of education and employment within that sector. Each step is explicitly designed to meet the needs of both participants and employers in obtaining necessary workplace skills.
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Employability

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643

Low skilled workers

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Skills and training policy

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Skills mismatch

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skills-mismatch
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Skills upgrading

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Innovative Apprenticeship and Internship Models in the IT Sector in the United States

Innovative Apprenticeship and Internship Models in the IT Sector in the United States

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Innovative Apprenticeship and Internship Models in the IT Sector in the United States
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English

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ILO

The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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Youth employability

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Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work,  and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.

Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market. 

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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice. 

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Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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Publication Date:
24 Jul 2014
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wcmstest4_116891.pdf
This paper recounts three examples of innovative public-private partnerships in the Information Technology sector in the United States that help disadvantaged young people stay in secondary school and make the transition to good jobs. These programmes provide practical training as well as equip young people with critical core skills and a better understanding of the world of work that improves their chances for success in the labour market.

The evidence and lessons drawn from these case studies provide both motivation and practical recommendations for partnerships between employers, schools and communities to improve young people’s access to workplace learning, internships and apprenticeships. These lessons may be particularly relevant to other sectors and other countries which do not have well-established apprenticeship systems but which are building up dual training systems that combine classroom and workplace learning. These examples expand the compelling business case for employers’ initiatives to scale up apprenticeship-like programmes – to meet their own needs for a pipeline of work-ready, qualified workers and to be part of the solution to the youth unemployment crisis.
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Apprenticeships

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639

Information and communication technologies

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Manufacturing

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manufacturing
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Innovations in quality apprenticeships for high-skilled manufacturing jobs in the United States

Innovations in quality apprenticeships for high-skilled manufacturing jobs in the United States

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Document
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Innovations in quality apprenticeships for high-skilled manufacturing jobs in the United States
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English

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english
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skpEng
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ILO

The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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ilo
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Youth employability

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Globally, nearly 68 million young women and men are looking for and available for work,  and an estimated 123 million young people are working but living in poverty. The number who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) stands at 267 million, a majority of whom are young women. Significantly, young people are three times as likely as adults (25 years and older) to be unemployed.

Skills development is a primary means of enabling young people to make a smooth transition to work. A comprehensive approach is required to integrate young women and men in the labour market, including relevant and quality skills training, labour market information, career guidance and employment services, recognition of prior learning, incorporating entrepreneurship with training and effective skills forecasting. Improved basic education and core work skills are particularly important to enable youth to engage in lifelong learning as well as transition to the labour market. 

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skpYoEmp
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youth-employability
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Case studies and good practices

Case studies that document good practices and illustrate the benefits and lessons learnt of particular approaches or methods in real practice. 

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skpCaseStdy
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case-studies-and-good-practices

Research papers

Working papers, reports, and other publications from international organizations, academic institutions and bilateral agencies. Research findings to stimulate informed debate on skills, employment and productivity issues. 

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skpRPS
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research-papers
Publication Date:
18 Jul 2014
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A report of three youth apprenticeship programmes in the United States conducted by the ILO. This paper investigates quality apprenticeship in three German companies (BMW, Siemens and Volkswagen) that initiated apprenticeship programmes in the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee in the southern part of the U.S. The report highlights the strong involvement of the three companies and their active cooperation with community colleges and municipalities in training apprentices in mechatronics, an interdisciplinary area of engineering that combines mechanical and electrical engineering with a high content of computer skills and software knowledge.

The ILO case studies examine the effectiveness of apprenticeships in closing the skills gaps, document key aspects of the public and private partnerships that created the apprenticeship programmes, assess the economic arguments for apprenticeship systems, summarize results for both young people and employers, and identify lessons for initiating apprenticeship systems elsewhere.
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Apprenticeships

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Realmente es más costoso contratar aprendices?

Realmente es más costoso contratar aprendices?

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Realmente es más costoso contratar aprendices?
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Spanish

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The International Labour Organization is the tripartite U.N. agency that promotes Decent Work through employment, social security, labour standards and social dialogue. Its work on skills development is guided by the conceptual framework on Skills to improve productivity, employment growth, and development agreed in 2008 by representatives of Governments, Employers’ Associations and Workers’ Associations. Research, policy advice, and pilot projects and technical cooperation programmes to apply good practices in different circumstances across its 185 member States aims to boost the employability of workers, the productivity and competitiveness of enterprises, and the inclusiveness of economic growth. The ILO Secretariat in offices in 40 countries works with Ministries of Labour, employers’ organizations, and trade unions to integrate skills development into national and sector development strategies in order to better meet current labour market needs and to prepare for the jobs of the future; to expand access to employment-related training so that youth, persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are better able to acquire skills and secure productive and decent work; and to improve the ability of public employment services to provide career guidance, maintain labour exchange services, and deliver active labour market programmes.For more information regarding the ILO’s work on skills and employability go to: http://www.ilo.org/skills/lang--en/index.htm; for ILO/Cinterfor's Knowledge Management Plarform, see: http://www.oitcinterfor.org

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Quality apprenticeships based on robust social dialogue and public-private partnerships can improve employment prospects for young people while developing high level skills identified by employers as necessary for growth and increased productivity. Both informal and regulated apprenticeship systems are important learning resources enabling young people to overcome the work-inexperience trap, gain new and enhanced skills and recognized qualifications.

Upgrading informal apprenticeships and expanding regulated ones is a cost-effective way to invest in a country’s skills base, promote economic growth and enhance the employability of youth.

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Presentations, discussion papers, meeting reports, promotional materials, videos, fact sheets, brochures and newsletters on skills development for employment.

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28 Jun 2014
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En América Latina, hay cada vez más evidencias del uso de modalidades de aprendizaje como herramienta fundamental para mejorar la pertinencia y eficacia de la formación. Este artículo examina cómo el aprendizaje está abriendo camino como una eficiente modalidad de vinculación entre educación y trabajo. Además, el artículo presenta un análisis costo beneficio de la alianza escuela-empresa, el cual resulta en beneficios netos.

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