Employability Portal

Employability
Portal
Catalyzing employability skills
A YouthSpark initiative that provides youth with exclusive access,
via internet and mobile phone, to courses to develop their
professional skills and boost employment. A platform with a job
search function, youth mentoring and social and professional
networking. A product made in MEA which will roll out in at least
in 15 countries this year in conjunction with Ministries of Youth,
Labor, donor organizations and lead NGOs.
Five steps to become employed:
1.
Plan your career. Career
counseling, job market info and
stats
2.
Get trained. Mentor matching, IT
training, entrepreneurship, CV
writing, soft & language skills.
3.
Find a job. Online and mobile job
matching.
4.
Entrepreneurs. Startup training,
connection platform with
entrepreneurs to share ideas and
experiences.
5.
Get engaged. Community-based
networking platform for users to
share ideas and volunteer
opportunities.
The Employability Portal
Workforce development. A full ecosystem to support workforce development across
the Middle East and Africa for job research and professional skill enhancement – Online,
on the ground and via a mobile function.
Personalized experience. A full-inclusive experience which provides career planning
resources for visitors to identify their career path and the training gap compared to the
requirements. It offers extensive training options for different skills customized to
specific target groups and jobs, directing visitors to online and physical locations where
they can identify the jobs available, and helping them prepare their applications.
Build Your Business curriculum. Within the portal, the entrepreneur section includes
BYB, a MEA Citizenship program for micro and small entrepreneurs to help them
promote skills training and create new businesses through cutting-edge tools. BYB will
help them leverage productivity and technology tools to grow their own company.
A localized tool. Implemented by local partners in each country, the portal will be
available in three languages: English, French and Arabic.
A partnership of best in class. A platform that draws on best practice training content
and approaches developed our principal partner Silatech, as well as Education For
Employment, World Bank and Middle East Partnership Initiative.
MasrWorks. Under http://masrworks.com/, the employability portal was already
successfully piloted in Egypt last year.
Broad outreach. The regional portal aspires to empower over 7 million youths across
the Middle East and Africa.
Be the spark of change.
Visit: www.microsoft.com/YouthSpark