Welcome

Arbetsförmedlingen Stockholm City April 25th 2014

Workshop: Swedish Youth GuaranteeMs. Eeva VestlundEmployment Office Manager

Swedish “Youth guarantee” replaced “Special community programmes for young people” 2007

Due to:• High rates of youth unemployment • Strong demand on the labour market

Target group:• Unemployed jobseekers registered at

Arbetsförmedlingen, aged 16-24 years• Unemployed for three months

Goal:• Work or back to school

Aim

• Counteract youth unemployment• Reduce time in unemployment

By concrete and individually shaped activities, support from the Arbetsförmedlingen and continuous matching towards the labour market

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Employability Rehabilitation

38 400 participants (April 2014)

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Youth jobseekers – day 1-90Ms. Lisa Brandt, Employment officer

Youth aged between 16-24

Registration as a jobseeker • Contact person/employment officer• Action plan• Next appointment with Arbetsförmedlingen

The first 90 days – Focus on matching

• Activities; CV-seminars and vocational guidance

• Advise on how to contact employers• Drop in every Friday• ”Room 4 Work”

Ms. Karina Betancourt, Employment officer

Swedish Youth Guarantee

Concept

• A programme oriented to provide the youth (under 25) several tools, in order to facilitate their introduction into the labour market.

• These tools are offered according to their individual needs

Starting point

• Information Meeting (after 3 months)

• Individual profiling/action plan (current opportunities, potential developments, etc.)

• Internships, promotion of entrepreneurships, private providers, short training courses based on labour market needs.

• Subsidized employment (New start jobs, “Yrkesintroduktionsanställningar” (apprenticeships) and internships)

Target Groups / MeasuresActual Situation Action Plan Target Group Time frameEarly school-leavers Motivational course Young school

leavers without degree

3 months

Youth without work experience

Internships

External Collaborators

Finished school, no vocational orientation or work experience

3 months

6 months

Long term unemployed

Subsidized employment

Youth in unemployment for more than 6 months

6 months – 1 year

Finished school, no work experience

Apprenticeship “Yrkesintroduktions-anställning”

15-24 years old 6 months – 1 year

Mr. Kamyar Zarrin, Employment officer

“Room4work”

Career & Employment events”Room4Work”

• By-weekly events where young people and potential employers meet at our facilities generating job opportunities, internships.

• More than 10 employers from different branches have participated since December 2013.

Mr. Henrik Tunér

Universum Group

Mr. Alexander Grace

Mr. Felix Olse

From a jobseeker’s point of view

Mr. Thomas Wengholm Mr. Christer Gerdes Analysts from Arbetsförmedlingen Head office

National context and comparison

Customer Service Media sales representatives

Sales support

Restaurant clerks

Retail sales assistants

Companies recruiting in today’s”Room4Work”