This report details a study to determine effective interventions that foster employability skills and support young learners to pathway into future education, training and/or employment.
The accompanying guide outlines tips and tools for creating a youth-friendly workplace and support young people to become successful, contributing employees.
Resource download:
Report | Supporting young adult learners through stakeholder collaboration (PDF, 1.3Mb)
Creating a youth-friendly workplace – A guide for employers (PDF, 1.3Mb)
Background:
This project, completed in 2021 at REAP Wairarapa, that aimed to evaluate an existing programme (L2W) that teaches young people soft skills which are recognised as core employability skills, and investigate how other key stakeholders invested in young peoples’ learning and employment success can collaborate and build their capabilities to achieve this outcome. A key focus was to consider how employers can be supported in providing youth-friendly workplaces.
Report prepared by Peter McNeur, Tracey Shepherd, Maria McKenzie, Kylie Brady, Shirley Johnson, and Lesley Petersen.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa Regional Hub Project Fund (RHPF)