Report on the Training Course “The Mirror
that leads to Employability” (The MiLE
Project)
(funded by Erasmus+)
Youthnet Hellas implemented with success the Training Course “The
Mirror that Leads to Employability” in Edessa (Greece) at 03.07.2018
– 12.07.2018, in the frame of the Erasmus+ program for Youth.
37 youngsters from 10 European countries (Italy, Spain, Hungary, Czech
Republic, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Croatia, Germany, Poland and Greece) took
part in the ‘MiLE Project’ that was designed to sensitize and especially train
youth workers (presidents, board members, leaders, trainers, mentors, coaches,
project managers and others) from various European organizations on how to
strengthen and promote the employability of their members and volunteers,
making the most of the work accomplished by them in the field of youth.
Participants engaged in
multiple workshops and activities that took place with the use of non-formal
methods.
Some of the most important achievements were that this project managed:
• To raise awareness on the
participants about the important role that youth organizations can have in
enhancing the employability of young people that are associated with them.
• To familiarize the trainees
with ways and methods to create a "self-reflection culture" within
their organisations, which will help young people at all times to be aware of
the competences, skills and qualifications they have acquired.
• To train the participants on
issuing certificates of employment for the staff and volunteers in their
organizations, whereby the individual qualifications of youth workers will be
clearly shown and with refer to the working positions they look for.
• To train the participants on
how to conduct coaching, mentoring, counselling for employability issues to the
young people associated with their organization and on how to outline (in their
CVs, their cover letters and interviews with employers) the individual soft
skills and specific qualifications held and acquired through youth work and
engagement in youth work activities.
• To familiarize the trainees
on how to utilize the tools "Youthpass", "Europass CV",
"Europass Cover Letter" for self-reflection and promotion of
individual qualifications with an aim to increase the employability of young
people.
• To make the trainees
recognize the importance and necessity that contacts and synergies of youth
organizations with companies, employer associations and employment agencies
could have, with an aim to enhance the chances of finding employment for the
young people associated with their organisation.
• To raise awareness on
participants about the importance of enhancing employability, not only for the
obvious economic reason for the creation of income, but also for the social
importance of employability, which can enable social integration and cohesion
amongst young people and especially among those with fewer opportunities.
The training course had multiple
benefits for the participants and they acquired very important competencies and
knowledge, with which they can become competent in demonstrating the skills
acquired by members and volunteers of the organization from youth work, thereby
enhancing their employment prospects and their job profile. The training course
also offered the opportunity for networking and creation of future partnerships
between participating organizations.
The whole progress and process of the project can be followed through the
website of the project (https://the-mirror-to-employability.blogspot.com/) and the official website of Youthnet Hellas (www.youthnet.gr).
For more information, please contact us at:
the.mirror.to.employability@gmail.com
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