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Practical Recommendations to Boost Graduate Employability Through Internships
In Finland, internships are a compulsory component of the majority of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) degrees, forming a central bridge between academic study and professional practice. Because of this bridging role, the quality and accessibility of internships directly shape young people’s readiness for work — and, ultimately, their opportunities after graduation. While higher education
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Tampere Summer Job Voucher: a social innovation for youth employability
Across Europe, cities are looking for practical ways to help young people enter working life at a time when entry-level jobs are becoming scarcer and competition is increasing. Summer Job Voucher (Kesätyöseteli) is one such instrument available almost in every city in Finland: a subsidy that supports young people in accessing their first work experience
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Rethinking Youth Education-to-Work Transitions: From Fixing Graduates to Building the Ecosystem
For years we have tried to improve youth employment by ‘fixing’ young people with more workshops, more micro-credentials, and more bootcamps. Yet many early careers still get stuck. The real problem isn’t a lack of effort or talent. It’s that the system young people enter is not joined up. The move from education to work
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In Finland, internships are a compulsory component of the majority of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) degrees, forming a central bridge between academic study and professional practice. Because of this bridging role, the quality and accessibility of internships directly shape young people’s readiness for work — and, ultimately, their opportunities after graduation. While higher education…
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For years we have tried to improve youth employment by ‘fixing’ young people with more workshops, more micro-credentials, and more bootcamps. Yet many early careers still get stuck. The real problem isn’t a lack of effort or talent. It’s that the system young people enter is not joined up. The move from education to work…
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Across Europe, cities are looking for practical ways to help young people enter working life at a time when entry-level jobs are becoming scarcer and competition is increasing. Summer Job Voucher (Kesätyöseteli) is one such instrument available almost in every city in Finland: a subsidy that supports young people in accessing their first work experience…