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Generation jobless? : turning the youth unemployment crisis into opportunity

By: Vogel, Peter
Material type: BookPublisher: Hampshire : New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, c2015.Description: xxiii, 253 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 9781137375933Subject(s): Youth -- Employment | Labor market | Entrepreneurship | Manpower policy | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Human Resources & Personnel Management | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Motivational | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / SkillsDDC classification: 331.3/41370973 Online resources: Location Map
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"Generation Jobless? uniquely explores the characteristics of both today's and tomorrow's youth and the causes of the youth unemployment crisis. The book takes a global, multi-stakeholder perspective to showcase proven solutions to tackle the crisis. Featuring interviews and input from business leaders, policy makers, educators, entrepreneurs and the Next Generation itself, it offers a positive and constructive look at change by directing each group to become part of the solution and in particular youth to take on responsibility for themselves and their peers by turning into job creators rather than job seekers. #generationjobless"--
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword -- PART I: YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT -- 1. The Youth Unemployment Crisis and the Threat of a 'Generation Jobless' -- 2. Milennials and Digital Natives -- 3. Trends and Outlook -- PART II: FROM CRISIS TO OPPORTUNITY -- 4. Entrepreneurship: Turning Job Seekers into Job Creators -- 5. Addressing the Gap Between the Education System and the Labor Market -- 6. Employers' Contribution to Tackling Youth Unemployment -- 7. Designing Active Labor Market Policies To Tackle Youth Unemployment -- 8. More Proposed Solutions -- 9. Building Multi-Stakeholder Solutions for Youth Unemployment -- Afterword.

"Generation Jobless? uniquely explores the characteristics of both today's and tomorrow's youth and the causes of the youth unemployment crisis. The book takes a global, multi-stakeholder perspective to showcase proven solutions to tackle the crisis. Featuring interviews and input from business leaders, policy makers, educators, entrepreneurs and the Next Generation itself, it offers a positive and constructive look at change by directing each group to become part of the solution and in particular youth to take on responsibility for themselves and their peers by turning into job creators rather than job seekers. #generationjobless"--

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