Skills mismatch

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Risk factor

Description

Skills mismatch is another significant factor that might lead young people to inactivity and social exclusion and regards those people with qualifications and/or previous work experience in a very specific subject or domain. This share of youth may face difficulties to match their skills in the labour market and possibly wait for a specific job opportunity.

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Good practices
Good practice
PLAY YOUR SKILLS
Mobile Gaming App for Identification and documentation of Skills and Competences for disadvantaged young NEETs

Getting NEETs back on track by the "VET-ification" of gaming to encourage them to take part in Vocational Education and Training (VET) or at least get in touch with VET.

Austria
Germany
Ireland
Italy
Portugal
Spain
Good practice
Transnational Employment YOUTHShare Centre- Greek Branch
Διακρατικό Κέντρο Απασχόλησης YOUTHShare, Ελληνικό Παράρτημα

The Transnational Employment Branch of YOUTHShare in Greece adopts, adapts and elaborates on the new practices for work inclusion based on Ripples in the Water Methodology from Norway -NHO- Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises). Based on this methodology, the YOUTHShare employment Centre and its staff aims through a person-centred and empower-focused approach at matching effectively the jobseeker with a potential employer.

Cyprus
Greece
Italy
Spain
Publications
Objave
European Commission: Sustainable activation of young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs)
Practitioner's toolkit

This toolkit is intended to assist you in designing and implementing your approach to activate people not in employment, education and training (NEETs). The toolkit provides concrete guidance and tools for PES to assess the NEET challenge and set priorities; draft and implement an Action Plan; and develop new tools, measures and competences from scratch.

EU level
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