Getting skills right

Across OECD countries 15% of youth is not in education, employment or training. Despite the recovery, the youth employment rate remains below its pre-crisis level. In multiple OECD countries, such as Greece, Spain, and Italy, the youth unemployment rate remains…

Can mobility be a solution for youth unemployment?

Youth unemployment is an issue in most parts of the world, often at higher rates than average unemployment. At the same time, employers are having difficulties filling their junior level positions. Education is failing to keep up with the development…

Top 3 challenges youth face regarding career goals

Not knowing what you want to do in the future is a common problem among youth, but what if you do know, but just can’t get there? Finding a job in itself can be difficult directly after graduation, but finding…

2 qualities my education didn’t teach me, but AIESEC did

It has been five years since I last engaged in any engineering books or discussions, a degree I invested seven years of high school plus university upon. I come from China, the second biggest economy in the world, ranked #8 to…

Learnability – the must-have characteristic of the future

As the technology keeps changing the world, what will soon define our success in our careers is not the things we know, but our ability to learn the new. The term learnability is usually associated with software or operating systems,…

Why should you include experiential learning opportunities in your cur...

I joined AIESEC in the beginning of my second bachelor studies. After my first degree, I did not feel that I had developed the competencies needed in the working life, so I decided to change to a more practical university.…