Skills & Training
Help us identify new types of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ skills that today’s young people might need to succeed in the workplace, and the ways in which they’re being acquired.
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Real-life advice on the new types of ‘soft’ and ‘hard’ skills that today’s young people need
At the IDEO London open house last week, students and designers helped inspire the latest OpenIDEO challenge around youth employment by telling us what new types of 'soft' and 'hard' skills today’s young people might need to succeed in the workplace.


Disruptive technologies regarding education models
"Udemy enables anyone to take and build courses online. Our goal is to disrupt and democratize education by enabling anyone to learn from the world's experts."


Strategies and Tools towards Meaningful Employment
To know that one is not alone, and that there are steps to help one forge a path into a career that is meaningful is helpful. One can build up expertise in an area of interest even when not on the job. This is helpful tool to show you how.


World peace and other 4th-grader achievements
This stunning TED video is about Gamification for experiential learning to make meaning out of your own understanding and about how to embrace the things we love to do.


Self-Development, the Inner World . . .
Youth need to look within themselves and what really moves them. Their passions, their loves and most importantly their own self-belief. They need a strong conviction of their core values, belief in their own abilities and passion for their field.


'It is the rainy season that gives wealth'. Hausa wisdom
It's often only when we get derailed do we realise that we've been sitting on the wrong train. A successful job hunt in 2012 requires us find our perfect match. To do this we need to first understand and then communicate our unique brand properties.


Data-driven thinking
Wherever and whenever possible, data should be used to inform decision making. You don't have be a quantitative or statistical expert. Rather, everyone can learn to think empirically and to analyze data to improve performance.


Trade School: A Learning Space That Runs On The Barter System
Education can be expensive. But a new learning system lets you pay your teachers with your own skills or goods.


The Start-Up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, & Transform Your Career
In this #1 NY Times Bestseller, LinkedIn cofounder and chairman Reid Hoffman and author Ben Casnocha reveal the best practices of Silicon Valley start-ups, and how to apply these entrepreneurial strategies to careers.


My Story of Finding Inspiration & Direction in Life
I have my MBA &worked at the #1 brand company.I had a great career &social life, but I felt like there was more to life. I didn’t know what the answer was, but I knew it was not continuing to wake up unhappy. I turned in my 2wk notice without


Educate & empower youth through tinkering: The Tinkering Studio
The Tinkering Studio is part of San Francisco's Exploratorium. It's a place where youth can experiment with art, science, and technology.


Teenage Entrepreneurs on Quora.com
Teenage Entrepreneurs are asking questions and helping each other on Quora.com


Identifying Core Strengths and using them. Learning How to achieve Work-Life Balance
Spotting personal strengths early on in life, will help our young people plan out their career to a direction that they mostly will enjoy and become their best. Also achieving work-life balance is vital for them to endure and excel at work.


VET (Vocational Education and Training)
VET is a system for providing all Australians, but principally young Australians, with a number of pathways between secondary school and work.


Systematic school-to-work transition
How can we ensure that graduates make their way from school to job? The German job training system of dual education is a good start - but not everybody can join this system easily.


Livemocha: learning how to be multilingual
Being multilingual is key in today's global world and can become a competitive advantage. Yet language instruction is not always very efficient in schools, and even after several years of classes, many students can still not speak a foreign language.


The Year in Industry
There's a fantastic scheme in the UK which matches up school leavers with organisations for a 'year in industry' before they go to university.


Turn the Kids Into Makers
Introducing young adults and children at early ages to communities of makers and self-learning will empower new generations to realize that when there isn't a job available, they can make one themselves.


Hidden Talent
New tv series on the UK’s Channel 4 on finding people’s ‘hidden potential’--going through a series of diverse tests around physical, mental, sensory and creative skills, in order to discover unknown aptitudes (not traditional knowledge).


NEW DOOR VENTURES: Helping At-Risk-Youth Get Ready for Work and Life
Founded in 1981, New Door Ventures New Door Ventures provides over 130 paid internships a year and serves more than 200 youth annually through job-readiness training and supportive case management.


The Mind Body Awareness Project
At the Mind Body Awareness Project people believe at-risk & incarcerated youth have the potential to take control of their actions and fully transform their lives – they are literally one breath away from making better decisions.