CIMO has together with a Helsinki-based think tank DEMOS Helsinki published a report “Hidden Competences”, which summarises the findings of a project that examined how Finnish employers rate the skills and knowledge acquired through international experiences in recruitment.

La difficulté pour les jeunes diplômés en recherche d'emploi est de traduire les connaissances qu'ils ont acquises lors de leur cursus en compétences professionnelles susceptibles d'intéresser les entreprises.
De la valeur du diplôme. En toute logique, le diplôme tient une place majeure dans l’esprit des jeunes diplômés. Ils viennent de consacrer au minimum quatre ans à son obtention et sont contraints pour certains par des engagements financiers. En début de recherche, ils sont persuadés que leur  diplôme est une valeur immédiatement transformable en emploi. Consulter l'intégralité de l'étude : L'intégration des jeunes diplômés sur le marché de l'emploi. Voir l'article...

A new Eurobarometer survey on the European area of skills and qualifications' (Special Eurobarometer 417) shows also that around a quarter (23%) of EU citizens feel that their education or training has not provided them with the skills to find a job in line with their qualifications.
While over half of the respondents (56%) think their qualifications would be recognised in other Member States, 6% tried to work or study in another Member State but were unable to do so, either because their qualifications were not recognised by their prospective employer or education institution, or because the respondents lacked information about recognition of their qualifications abroad.
Eurobarometer study on European area of skills and qualifications. More...

The overall objective of this project is to create mechanisms that enable to continuously support, monitor, assess, and acknowledge development of learners' soft skills with the help of state-of-the-art ICT tools. GRASS project's website. More...