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Alessandro Niccolò TIRAPANI

10th October, 2012 – The Solvay Library, Brussels

Overcoming the Skills Mismatch

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GGETTINGETTING TOTO THETHE TOPICTOPIC

What is Skills Mismatch?

Skills mastered by youth VS skills needed by industries

A social and cultural phenomenon Trending topic

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MMETHODOLOGYETHODOLOGY

Quantitative o 22 questions, 868 respondents under 30 o 16 languages, 48 countries within Europe o 50% students, 25% working full time Qualitative o Interview to 6 skills experts o Documentary film in 6 Countries o Audiovisual online archive TIRAPANI Alessandro Niccolò

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WWHATHAT SHOULDSHOULD ANAN IDEALIDEAL JOBJOB ENTAILENTAIL??

Ideal Job

Challenging 238 Remunerating

158

Travel, dynamic

147

Happiness, fun 141

Passionate, rewarding

118 Creativity, artistic

72

Network, team

70

Individual develop.t

55

Improving society

52

Stable 44

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WWHICHHICH GOALSGOALS AREARE DESIREDDESIRED??

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PPERCEPTIONSERCEPTIONS OFOF YOUNGYOUNG PEOPLEPEOPLE

•82% aim to acquire the necessary skills for an ideal job •Majority feel closely matched with current job

Youth do not feel particularly mismatched

• Willingness to relocate or to accept a challenging job • Limited knowledge of EU programmes

Adaptability

• Field of specialisation more important than specific role

Industry is particularly significant

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MMISMATCHISMATCH IINDEXNDEX

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Range: 0,00 to 1,00 - 0 is totally mismatched and 1 perfectly match

AADVICEDVICE TOTO YOUNGYOUNG PEOPLEPEOPLE

Be entrepreneurial

Be well informed about the industry

Create a ‘focused’ profile through carefully selected internships

Propose a “project for life” upon application

IMPORTANCE

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CCOMPANYOMPANY PPERCEPTIONSERCEPTIONS

SKM affects all industries

A general

soft and

A general lack of

soft and hard skills

don’t master Candidates

don’t master niche skills

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AADVICEDVICE TOTO CCOMPANIESOMPANIES

Highlight very specific skills in job advertisements

Identify transferable skills

Redesign workplaces considering the aspirations of youngsters

IMPORTANCE

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AAWARENESSWARENESS OFOF THETHE MAINMAIN EU EU PPROGRAMMESROGRAMMES

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Comenius Erasmus Erasmus Mundus

Erasmus for entrepreneurs

Youth in action

External cooperation

1 - I have never heard of it 2 - I know it, but I am not interested 3 - I know it and I may apply 4 - I have already applied

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AADVICEDVICE TOTO EEUROPEANUROPEAN POLICYPOLICY--MAKERSMAKERS

Enforce and promote current EU projects

1% reduction school dropouts means 500k more skilled people

Weststar: “education should develop ‘core’ capabilities and the

ability to learn and adapt”

IMPORTANCE

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The labeled “lost” generation is instead mobile, adaptable and, in

the long term, idealistic

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