Vocational training offers many answers to labour market challenges

An article by Stephan Howeg who is Chief Marketing Officer and Communications of the Adecco Group. Stephan Howeg is the Pan-European ambassador for the VET Week.

What would you say about an engineering apprentice ending up as an executive board member of a global Fortune 500 company? Or what about the thousands of contented former apprentices running, and often owning, the small and medium sized businesses that are the backbone of many economies?

Regrettably, I still often encounter scepticism when I spell out the merits of apprenticeships and work-readiness programs. That’s partly due to structural factors. Grow up in Finland, and there’s a 71% chance you will be exposed to vocational and educational training. Reside in Cyprus, by contrast, and such opportunities are available to barely 16% of young people. You may continue reading this article by clicking here (link to another page)…