Resources on youth employment

Migrant workers in the international hotel industry

01 April 2012

This Report addresses complex themes relating to migrant work and migrant workers in the international hotel industry, recognizing that the experience of migrant workers (international and internal), their employers and the wider community varies greatly in different countries and cultures.

Fostering Future Entrepreneurs

13 March 2012

The ILO approach to entrepreneurship education - Sustainable Enterprises

Brief on partnerships for decent work for youth

29 February 2012

Note on partnerships for decent work for youth prepared by the ILO’s Programme on Youth Employment for a joint ILO, ECOSOC, DESA event on more and better jobs for young people worldwide, held on 27 February 2012.

(I-077) Yearbook of Labour Statistics - Time series - 2012

01 January 2012

World of Work Magazine No.73, December 2011 - A double-dip in employment?

05 December 2011

This issue of the ILO magazine focuses on jobs recession and also features stories from the world of work: Ageing population, migration, gender equality...

A worsening global youth employment crisis

01 December 2011

Last October, the ILO issued its “Global Employment Trends for Youth: 2011 update”. The report warns of a “scarred” generation of young workers facing a dangerous mix of high unemployment, increased inactivity and precarious work in developed countries, as well as persistently high working poverty in the developing world.

Building Business and Entrepreneurship Awareness.

17 November 2011

An ILO experience of integrating entrepreneurship education into national vocational education systems

Skills for Employment Policy Brief: Increasing the employability of disadvantaged youth

09 November 2011

Young people are in a vulnerable state in the labour market, many of them lacking the skills, work experience, job-search abilities and financial resources to find employment. This brief looks at ways to improve the chances of young women and men already disadvantaged by their circumstances to enter or re-enter the labour market. It also draws from several key documents, chief among them: "Conclusions on promoting pathways to decent work for youth", International Labour Conference in 2005.

Skills for Employment Policy Brief: Upgrading Informal Apprenticeship Systems

09 November 2011

This policy brief focuses on the opportunities made available in informal apprenticeship systems for improving skill provision in the informal economy to offer young people, especially in developing countries, ways to more productive and decent jobs. The brief draws from ILO Skills and Employability Department's work with constituents to upgrade and expand informal apprenticeship systems through technical cooperation projects operating in Asia and Africa.

The Sultanate of Oman The enabling environment for sustainable enterprises: An “EESE” Assessment

08 November 2011

Employment Sector - Employment Report No. 14