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Mentor Tax Credit Program
Governments supporting successful businessmen that choose to mentor the development of a “soon to be entrepreneur” will enhance the country’s business environment and will help expand the country’s economy and availability of quality jobs.
Experience capital loan
There are a number of different types of capital that can be traded, most often used is money. But we could also loan experience to get that break that will be the start to a successful career.
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Professionals as sometime teachers/advisors
A rotation of professionals come into schools to "teach" a class each week (or month) about what they do in their job, as well as some of the softer things about working.
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Being resilient
This concept focuses on securing what has remained of the asset base in a post disaster situation(people) and generating lost assets (resources) in a sustainable manner which is fundamental to livelihood rebuilding of affected communities.
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StartupHostel
Work at StartupHostel. A hostel entirely run by young people for young people. Join or kick-off a start-up at your local hostel. Join or host a class. StartupHostel is both for the globetrotter and for the entrepreneur. Make it yours!
Verified Skills Academy - V3
A multi-tiered on-line service focused on allowing employers to identify the skills that they most want and then for students to acquire and showcase those skills to employers.
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Project: ASPIRE HIGHER
The concept is about how if young people are encouraged to aspire to join a place of work rather than feeling the need to join it, there would be a greater impulse to work.
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iexpress
The concept is about being able to record and having your track record of what you like in front of you.It could be what one really likes to do and have a format to understand one's versatile interests which can work as a CV for later.
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Career+ Hangouts
What if community leaders, teachers and mentors create Google+ Career Hangout Events?
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Start Up Platform
Bring together Start Up Entrepreneurs, financiers and young talented people in order to find a future job, an employee or financing.
Toolbox
A online area where skills like Powerpoint, Excel, and any others that we can think of are taught in various forms. Print versions, Videos, Interactive do as you go lessons. It would really help fill the gaps in higher education.
Experience Bank (or possibly CV Lifeline)
A digital tool that helps young people 'bank' their experiences in an online 'vault' (which they can view as a timeline) and then retrieve at a later date, already formatted into a CV template specific to their job application.
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Youth@Concert. A recurring combined music festival and job fair.
The idea is to host a series of small 1-2 day music festivals in different locations. Young unemployed people can volunteer to help arranging the events in their locations. A non-profit org. will facilitate and at the same time host a job fair.
OpenIDEO Live! with Google Plus Hangouts on the Air!
Lets hangout to see and hear the the passion of OpenIDEO concept creators with others.
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Village People Empowered
As the saying goes, "It takes a village to raise a productive child" (adapted African proverb). Many skills sought after by progressive employers are not explicitly taught in schools today - perhaps we can supplement with practice and group feedback
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Video Gaming to Save the Generation
10,000 hours. That's the amount of hours you need to invest become excellent at something. When I heard this number I was really scared but then I looked at this statistic and I realized that people all around me are already putting in these hours.
a 3 months career trial + apprentice programs
Schools, universities and companies getting together to help developing a new generation of professionals.
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The Baushaus-Year of Job Discovery
Learning from the Bauhaus, let's give young people the opportunity to explore different jobs, industries, and career paths in one condensed into one year.
TAN Academy - empower young people to secure and create jobs
TAN Academy is a platform that provides Training, Advising, and Networking opportunities to help young people discover their career interests, develop new skills, and succeed in the world of work.
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An educational network for 8-12 year olds that builds bridges between students, schools and cultures
8-12 year old students take classes where they build software apps. A non-profit organization hosts a platform that connects students and schools to each other. They collaborate to build great apps learning to network, to create and working globally.
Youth Excellence Scheme
An agency giving young people experience of the workplace by allowing teams of students work in industry for 2-3 months spending half their time on a competition of their choice, and the other half on work set by the host company.