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16 août 2013

Jobgate: Paving the way to a job

http://www.2e2f.fr/images/agence_erasmus/footer_logo_agence.pngEuropass Magazine - Juillet 2013 est paru ! Vous trouverez dans ce numéro une série d'articles rédigés par les membres du réseau Europass sur l'emploi des jeunes en Europe. Si ce thème représente un sérieux défi pour la stabilité sociale et économique du continent européen, il ouvre des perspectives et appelle à une meilleure coopération entre les États membres, les institutions européennes et, surtout, les citoyens. Lire Europass Magazine.
Jobgate: Paving the way to a job - page 9
By Isabel Götte | NEC Germany. JobGate - a project of the International Placement Services (ZAV) of the German Federal Employment Agency - started in 2004 within the framework of the Leonardo da Vinci Programme. Against a background of unemployment of (young) people, the aim of JobGate was the integration of workless people into the German labour market after a learning and working experience abroad. Participants could go to France, Great Britain, Ireland, Spain and the Netherlands for a language course and an internship. “The basic idea of JobGate was to interlink vocational education and training with the needs of the labour market” says Andrea Barg, Coordinator of European Programmes in the ZAV. People registered as unemployed could participate in the project that ended in May 2013 – provided they had fi nished their traineeships or studies or had at least two years of previous working experience.
Mobility as a chance
JobGate used mobility as a means of enhancing skills and competences of the participants and thus improving their chances on the labour market. The evaluation of the results of JobGate confi rms the concept: it shows that participants improved their language and intercultural competences as well as professional ones. Upon returning home, about 80% of the 1188 participants found a job. In order to get more information on the eff ects of the project, six to twelve months after the mobilities the ZAV will check whether the participants had succeeded in integrating themselves into the labour market.
Europass helps getting a foot in the door
The participants applied for JobGate using the Europass CV. Their learning outcomes and soft skills were documented with the Europass Mobility. Carolin Kleinow was one of the participants who went with JobGate to Wrexham, Wales, for six weeks. She returned with a lot of new impressions, improved language, personal and professional skills – and her Europass document that gives a clear picture of the outcomes. “I found it very helpful to receive a document that explains what I have learnt. I like to present my Europass Mobility because it contains offi cial confi rmation of my skills that is recognized all over Europe. This, in my opinion, is an important point where Europass Mobility diff ers from a simple letter of reference.” Carolin Kleinow used Europass Mobility for her applications after the internship in Wales – and was invited to several interviews in which she was always asked about her internship abroad recorded through Europass. Now she works as a graphic designer - and feels like going abroad again!

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