Sites Designed to Assist Youth

On this page: Argentina • Australia • Belgium • Canada • Singapore • Spain • South Africa • United Arab Emirates • United Kingdom • United States • Uruguay

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Argentina

• Guía Joven
  http://www.i.gov.ar/guiajoven/, ES
  Guía Joven is a youth portal of the City of Buenos Aires. It offers career planning and development resources in three of its sections: Trabajo, Orientación Ocupacional and Orientación Vocacional. The resources include advice on job search and information on labour laws and contracts, institutions offering vocational education programmes and career development.

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Australia

• Make a Noise — Youth Voice Portal
  http://makeanoise.ysp.org.au/life.asp
  This collaborative initiative between New South Wales (NSW) Health and the NSW Department of Education and Training has online information on job applications, apprenticeships, finding a new job, job interviews, exam skills, studying at home, study skills and educational institutions.
• Source
  http://www.thesource.gov.au/
  The careers section of this government youth site gives information on new apprenticeships, getting a job (resumés, interviews etc.), career advice, job search and starting a business.

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Belgium

• Dreamit
  http://www.dream-it.be, FR
  This career development web site for youth includes comprehensive information and tools for identifying a suitable course of action in career promotion and taking the necessary steps to realize one’s chosen career path.

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Canada

• nextSteps.org
  http://www.nextsteps.org/
  NextSteps.org offers young Canadians step-by-step guidelines, from career planning through career-seeking to career maintenance.
  The resource features hundreds of career profiles, including some demonstration videos. It also has an extensive frequently asked questions site on choosing a career and finding work, as well as online discussion boards.
• Youth.gc.ca
  http://www.youth.gc.ca, EN FR
  Youth.gc.ca is a government web site aimed at young people between 15 and 30. Its extensive section “Jobs” provides guidelines on:
  • Looking for a job
  • Summer jobs
  • Career information
  • Working abroad
  • Getting working experience
  • Job listings, and
  • Starting a business.
  The Education section contains an interactive tool, the Student Planner, to help discover one’s occupational interests and plan a career. The web site also has a Youth Employment Strategy section, which provides information on this national strategy, implemented under three programmes. One of the programmes, Skills Link, is intended for young people who face specific obstacles in finding work and targets groups which include First Nations youth or persons with disabilities. Online publications/toolkits on career planning, self-employment etc. are also available on this web site.

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Singapore

• Experience Youth
  http://fcd.ecitizen.gov.sg/TeenageNYouth/ExperienceYouth/
  This government web site has a career page and extensive information on educational and job opportunities.

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Spain

• 5Campus.org
  http://www.5campus.org/empleo, ES
  5Campus.org gives guidance on how to write cover letters, build CVs, prepare for job interviews, create a business and find work.
  The web site also provides an extensive list of Internet resources on career development and job search.

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South Africa

• Umsobomvu Youth Fund
  http://www.youthportal.org.za
  Umbosomvu Youth Fund aims at promoting the job creation and skills development and transfer among young South Africans.
  The web site provides the following resources to facilitate career development:
  • information and exercises for self-exploration and career planning;
  • detailed description of occupations and their skills/educational requirements;
  • comprehensive step-by-step guidance on starting a business;
  • labour market information and online guides on finding work and other workplace issues;
  • a job bank and an internship bank;
  • a separate portal for youth development practitioners offering online information resources on supporting self-employment, youth employment and career development programmes.

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United Arab Emirates

• Career Services of Zayed University
  http://www.zu.ac.ae/cs/index.htm
  Career Services offers extensive career development resources for students, and, for employers, provides information for employers on how to participate in various career programmes. Resources include a Graduate Recruitment Opportunities Web site (GROW). It helps students to build online CVs; connects students and employers by listing jobs and introducing student CVs to employers; and provides online guides, articles, and information on finding a job.

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United Kingdom

• Connexions
  http://www.connexions.gov.uk/
  This web site gives career advice, support and information for 13-19 year olds.
• Big Trip
  http://www.shell-livewire.org/thebigtrip/
  This is one of the Shell United Kingdom’s community investment programmes, helping young people who consider the option of starting their own business. The site is organized in three sections, as cited below:
  • “Finding Yourself — Think about the skills you have developed throughout your life, and create your own personal profile
  • Plan Your Route — Planning ahead will help you focus on your priorities, whatever you want to do
  • Action Planner — Create your own personal action plan! Use the form on this page to set targets for yourself.”
  An online Mentor provides individualized assistance to provide guidance on career planning.
• Young Scot Enterprise
  http://www.youngscot.org/channels/trainingwork/
  This Scottish youth portal has a number of section with career information and guidance:
  • Thinking Of Leaving School?
  • Training Options
  • Looking For Work?
  • Starting Work
  • Leaving Work
  • Self Employment
  • Who Can Help?

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United States

• National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability
  http://www.ncwd-youth.info/
  The NCWD/Youth web site offers resources for administrators, employers, front-line workers and policy-makers serving persons with disabilities and youth. It includes advice on how to facilitate the career development of young people with disabilities.
  Resources for the youth and their families include material on work-based learning programmes, support services, youth development and leadership and preparatory experiences. The preparatory experiences section provides information on:
  • how to learn about one's interests, strengths and abilities;
  • about informational interviews and their advantages;
  • types of skills needed to find and keep a job; and
  • the role of parents in helping youth prepare for their future.
  The web site contains various online publications and guidelines, promising practices and success stories.
  (This site is also listed in Section 1c, ‘Sites Designed to Assist Persons with Disabilities.’)

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Uruguay

• Projoven
  http://www.projoven.gub.uy/index2.htm, ES
  This is a government programme for capacity building and the labour market integration of young people. Its website introduces the three components of the programme: Youth and Employment, World of Work, and Capacity Building for Work.