A European Project for Measuring Employability Skills for Young People

1. A European Project for Measuring Employability Skills for Young People

2. Who are our Guests?

3. What is the mass project?

4. MASS Partnership Bureau Zuidema, Netherlands Adult Learning and Employment, Sweden Roc Aventus, Netherlands Angus College, Scotland Teacher Training Centre Of Bucharest, Romania Second Chance School of Neapolis, Greece

5. MASS Project – the full picture • WP4 – Needs Analysis and Piloting • WP6 – Employer Consultation and Piloting • WP8 - Website • WP1 – Project Management • WP2 – EQF Mapping • WP3 – Preparation and Transfer of Products

6. A Leonardo da Vinci Transfer of Innovation Project

7. Target Groups • Unemployed • In initial vocational education/training • Experiencing disadvantage – • Drug/alcohol abuse • Low literacy skills • Social or emotional problems • At risk of drop out/social exclusion

8. What do you think soft skills should be?

9. MASS Project Soft Skills

10. What does MASS Methodology Offer? • Individualized approach • Creation of a safe environment • Deliberate development of soft skills

11. Project Results, Outcomes & Impacts • Online and paper resources • Placement of assessment on EQF • Website www.mass-project.org • Dissemination strategy • Report of pilot study • Employer soft skills report • Participation of 49 teachers/trainers • Participation of 213 students

12. Results, Outcomes & Impacts of Pilot • Student improvement towards self & soft skills awareness • Active participation and evident interest • Very good feedback on resources • Very good feedback from teachers/trainers on the adaptability of resources and coverage of soft skills needed in vocational education and training

13. Benefits to Learners & Staff • High quality learning and teaching material • New approaches • Improvements in soft skills and thereby employability skills • More enthusiastic trainers and teachers

14. Eu 2020 and how mass can help young people into employment ...

15. EU 2020 - Three key priorities • Maintaining employment, creating jobs and promoting mobility • Upgrading skills and matching labour market needs • Increasing access to employment • Knowledge, skills and competences acquired during initial education and training can help movement into employment and adjustment to change • Vital that adults and young people continue to learn and adapt to change for access to employment and participation in society • Important to make education and training more relevant to work.

16. Employability Prospects – a young person’s perspective • Few or no qualifications • Low level technical skills • Poor soft skills • Little self awareness • History of failure • Low aspirations • Bleak future

17. Employment prospects • Challenging job market • Few vacancies • Rising unemployment • Rise in experienced adults looking for work • Poor skills match • Attitude of employers

18. Linking to Employment • MASS helps link employee to employer through development of soft skills

19. Employer Consultation – UK, SW, NL

20. How do these frameworks enhance our ability to transfer this methodology?

21. SCQF Level 4 = EQF Level 2

22. www.mass-project.org 2045 registered users across Europe and beyond

23. Personal Success Stories?

24. The Partnership