A new report released ahead of World Youth Skills Day by UNICEF and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), provides concrete recommendations for actions that businesses can take to help address the “skills mismatch” that young people all over the world are encountering.
All over the world, hundreds of millions of individuals are coming of age and finding themselves unemployed and unemployable, lacking the right skills to take up the jobs available today and, even more, the skills that will be needed tomorrow.
Based on combined insights from WBCSD’s Future of Work project and UNICEF’s programming and research experience in the area of education, this “Empowering the workforce of tomorrow: The role of business in tackling the skills mismatch among youth” report highlights the scale of the skills mismatch challenge globally, its root causes and the impacts it has on youth, business and society more broadly.
The recommendations outlined in the report bring to life the role that business can play in addressing the skills mismatch among youth, while also inspiring business leaders to strengthen their companies by empowering youth through business action, partnerships and advocacy on skills development.