Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes: Canada 2008 [electronic resource] /
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Vandenberghe, Vincent.
Paris : OECD Publishing,
2008.
Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. As labour markets become more and more selective, a lack of relevant skills brings a higher risk of unemployment. Whatever the level of qualification, first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Canada contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS -; Summary and Main Recommendations; Résumé et principales recommandations; Introduction; CHAPTER 1. THE CHALLENGE AHEAD; 1. Demographics and labour market outcomes; 2. The transition from school to work in Canada; 3. Characteristics of jobs held by youth; 4. Key points; CHAPTER 2. INITIAL EDUCATION AND ON-THE-JOB TRAINING; 1. Structure of the education system; 2. Performance of the education system; 3. Strategies to reduce early school-leaving; 4. Between school and work; 5. On-the-job training/work-based education; 6. Key points
CHAPTER 3. DEMAND-SIDE BARRIERS TO YOUTHEMPLOYMENT1. Employers' views of recruiting and retaining young workers; 2. Wages and labour costs; 3. Type of jobs and working conditions; 4. Is it key to move to another province to set up a good career?; 5. Key points; CHAPTER 4. PASSIVE AND ACTIVE LABOUR MARKETPOLICIES TO MOBILISE YOUNG PEOPLE INTO WORK; 1. Youth welfare and unemployment benefits; 2. Activation of jobless youth; 3. Key points; Annex; Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Improving the performance of youth on the labour market is a crucial challenge in OECD countries facing persistent youth unemployment. As labour markets become more and more selective, a lack of relevant skills brings a higher risk of unemployment. Whatever the level of qualification, first experiences on the labour market have a profound influence on later working life. This report on Canada contains a survey of the main barriers to employment for young people, an assessment of the adequacy and effectiveness of existing measures to improve the transition from school to work, and a set of policy recommendations for further action by the public authorities and social partners.
Youth
School-to-work transition
Labor market
Jobs for Youth/Des emplois pour les jeunes