We have been working alongside the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and Auckland Council in recent months, exploring youth employability in the city.
As part of the project, we spoke to a range of young people from all walks of life and ethnicities, as well as speaking to employers and business owners, to get views on the opportunities, barriers and challenges for both young employees and employers in the space.
As a result, we now have two insightful new resources which we created for our Employability Forum on November 14th, and also for you to make use of in your work. The resources are a short and informative video showing interviews and focus groups (click here for a link to the video) and an extensive report (click here for a link to the report) highlighting the views, key themes and challenges for young people and employers today.
The video is a useful resource that shows the different views, concerns and aspirations of young people trying to get into the workforce, and we also hear from employers on the other side of the story, who speak about what they are looking for in young employees and apprentices and what some of the common challenges are in employing young people.
The report, Enhancing Youth Employability to support economic growth in Auckland, was prepared by Alison Sutton and Shirley Johnson (COMET Auckland) and Penelope Tuatagaloa (RIMU, Auckland Council).
Feel free to share this video and the accompanying report with your networks, so we can all have a better understanding of the important issue of youth employment, unemployment and employability.
Thanks to Auckland Chamber of Commerce, Auckland Council, Invesure Media Productions, Auckland Communities Foundation and all the young people and employers who made this project possible.
