Enhancing Youth Employability: The Importance of Core Work Skills

Event: 3rd International Skills Forum: Skills for Inclusive and Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia-Pacific

Enhancing Youth Employability: The Importance of Core Work Skills

10 December 2013
Author / Speaker: 
Laura Brewer, International Labour Organization - Email the author | Other materials by the author

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This presentation gives a background on the global unemployment and skills shortage situation. It enumerates the core skills for employability and explained their importance. Policy challenges, along with the innovative use of ICT in reaching and teaching core work skills to disadvantaged youth, are discussed.

Geographical Focus: 
Global
Type of Content: 
Learning Event

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