ABOUT THINKYOUNG

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ABOUT THINKYOUNG

o  WHY? 2007 EU lack interest & informaAon & representaAon about young people

o  2014: Brussels, Geneva, Hong Kong – 18 people

o  1^st think-‐tank focused young people o  1^st think-‐tank makes ﬁlm

o  1^st think-‐tank EU-‐Asia oﬃces

o  Researches, Surveys, Films, Policy Proposal

o  Focus: EducaAon – Entrepreneurship – EU/Asia RelaAons

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EXAMPLES OUR PROJECTS

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Skills Mismatch (SKM): an overview

  SKM is deﬁned as the gap between the skills demanded by the job market and those

possessed by employees

  Today in Europe, despite the unemployment rate:

  2 millions posiAons are unfulﬁlled (source: CEDEFOP)

  36% of companies experience diﬃculAes in hiring skilled employees (European Parliament)

  The European Union acAvated several programs to tackle the issue:

  EU Skills Panorama

  European Skills Passport

  EURES

  …

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Lessons from 2012 study

 ThinkYoung study in 2012: SKM is strongly inﬂuence by cultural

biases and percep3ons

  21

^st

Century skills,

business skills and the design of the work

place are criAcal issues for all the industries

 What about innovaAon

and STEM skills?

^(McKins_ey)

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STEM skills

  Central for innovaAon and advanced processes in high value-‐added industries

  STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering and MathemaAcs

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  Qualitative Analysis

  Quantitative Analysis

  Computation

  Data processing

  Estimation

  Mathematical

  Laboratory

  Monitoring

  Experimental Design

  Risk assessment

  Analytic and modelling methods

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ThinkYoung study

  Online survey

  2341 answers, Spring 2014

  18-‐30 years old, EU plus EFTA countries

  Bachelor-‐educated or higher, STEM and not STEM

  Interviews

  12 people

  HR in the private sector

  Experts of the European Commission

  Researchers and entrepreneurs

  Skills surveyed

  21^st Century skills

  ICT and digital competences

  STEM skills

  Stigma around STEM

  Mobility

  Employment issues

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21 ^st Century Skills

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Problem solving

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ICT and digital competences

Use of Word

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STEM skills

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Experimental design

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Why STEM? Why not?

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Employment issues

  Work Experience

  Mentorship

  Transferable skills

  Role of SMEs

  Job descripAons and expectaAons

  Clearer descripAon for beker match

  Local adverAsements

  RecogniAon of qualiﬁcaAons

  Informal educaAon

  StandardizaAon of cerAﬁcates

  Paid internships

  Smaller pool of talents

  Lack of moAvaAon

  Lack of learning

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Did you know...?

  Innova3on is prevalent in female Romanian

respondents from non-‐STEM; also female non-‐STEM graduates from Spain are the most competent in

problem solving

  Male Greek and Belgian STEM graduates are the most proﬁcient in coding

  Computa3on and Data processing skills are

predominant in Belgian and BriAsh respondents

  Experiment design and risk assessment scored the lowest in terms of STEM skills

  According to experts, today there is no s3gma surrounding STEM

  One in three young Europeans cite ﬁnancial

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Body of Knowledge

   STEM skills are not to be confused with 21

^st

Century skills or ICT skills

  Improve communicaAon between employers,

students and educators

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Body of Knowledge

   Increase mobility

  Funding

  Cross-‐country job adverAsement

  When possible, set English as working language

  Focus on experimental design and various

advanced sooware

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ABOUT THINKYOUNG