EmployAbility Pathways

17/07/2020

Did you know that "Life skills" are behaviors that enable individuals to adapt and deal effectively with the demands and challenges of life. 10 core life skills, set by WHO include:
Self-awareness
Empathy
Critical thinking
Creative thinking
Decision making
Problem Solving
Effective communication
Interpersonal relationship
Coping with stress
Coping with emotion

17/07/2020

How do you prepare for a post CoronaVirus Job market? By continuous building your skillset, networking, accepting gig/temporary work, improve your online presence and update your resume...The world is changing fast, change with it :-)

If you find yourself in the job market after the coronavirus pandemic, it’s important that you are prepared to adapt and stand out in the new reality. There are things every professional should be doing to keep relevant regardless of a global pandemic.

17/07/2020

Did you know that the increasing demand for digital skills is not only a prerequisite to enter the information technology sector; these skills are also needed in non-technical roles, such as customer services, health and social care? A closer interlinkage between the education and labour sectors is important :-)

17/07/2020

Covid-19 is forcing economies and companies to speed their digital transformation to meet the sudden boom in home working and online shopping. The crisis is also driving expansion of artificial intelligence and automatisation. With new online tools like video conferences now in wide-use, global business trips are set to decline post-crisis, with a significant knock on effect on jobs in administrative support, events, travel and transport. An increase in temporary and part-time jobs is forecast, with little stability and benefits as companies become reluctant to return to full-time employment models.

17/07/2020

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) claims almost 1.6 billion informal economy workers are significantly impacted by lockdown measures worldwide. This is likely to be hard-hitting for vulnerable groups such as women and persons with disabilities (PWDs) as they are more likely to hold these types of positions over formal roles.

28/05/2020

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/27/coronavirus-effects-on-the-young-could-lead-to-a-lockdown-generation.html

More than one in six young people, aged 18-29, have stopped working since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Youth unemployment rate was already higher than any other group. If young people’s “talent and energy is side-lined by a lack of opportunity or skills it will damage all our futures and make it much more difficult to re-build a better, post-COVID economy.”

The multiple shocks facing young people from the coronavirus pandemic could result in them being scarred throughout their working lives, creating a "lockdown generation," the United Nations' labor agency warned.

29/04/2020

Word for the week: Teleworking.

Teleworking means working from home or remotely using modern technology and telecommunications to remain in touch with your employer or business. It allows individuals to work either at home, a local cafe with WiFi, or at a local telework center for one or more days each week, or full time. Teleworking is also called Telecommuting or Remote working. Now you Know :-)

29/04/2020

3 out of 4 young people globally work in the informal Sector. In Kenya, 9 out of 10 people worked in the informal sector in 2019. Employed youth get their hours cut or laud off first in case of emergencies, such as COVID-19. This means they are at higher risks to loose their jobs. As everyone response to crisis, EmployAbility Pathways is here to walk with you, as we acknowledge that you have skills that need to be put into work. Like us and talk to us.

Crises fall hardest on the most vulnerable. When it comes to the social and economic impacts of the pandemic, young people are more likely to feel the pinch harder.

28/04/2020

"Youth are critical and part of the
active plan to limit the Coronavirus’s spread and its impact on public health, society, and the economy
at large".