Employment services: News and events
August 2022
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Skills and employment
Big data offers new way to monitor changes in the demand and supply for skills
31 August 2022
A new study by the International Labour Organization finds that, with the right tools, data from online jobs platforms can provide important information about current and future demand and supply of skills in the labour market
July 2022
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Event
Blended Vocational Training in BLK in Indonesia: Curriculum standardization, Instructors’ competencies, and Implementation of training programmes
The Ministry of Manpower and the ILO Jakarta Office – through INSIGHT II project funded by the Government of Japan and UNIQLO project funded by Fast Retailing, Co., Ltd. – collaborate in the development of blended vocational skills training in BLKs for the almost three years now.
May 2022
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News
ILO Launches Ratification Campaign to Broaden Adoption of its Key Employment Services Conventions
25 May 2022
Emphasizing the critical importance of public and private employment services to achieve robust labour markets and a human-centered and job-rich recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the International Labour Organization has launched a targeted effort to increase ratifications of two key conventions among its member States.
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The ILO’s Youth Employment Action Plan (YEAP) 2020-30
YEAP objective: To effectively make a difference in securing a better future of work for young people by promoting a human-centred, pro-youth job rich recovery from the COVID crisis, and beyond.
10 May 2022
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Virtual event
Technical tripartite webinar for the ratification campaign of ILO Conventions on Employment Service, and Private Employment Agencies
This tripartite webinar aims to raise awareness of the importance of the fundamental role played by the Employment Service Convention, 1948 (No. 88) and the Private Employment Agencies Convention, 1997 (No. 181) in supporting a human-centred, job-rich recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and helping workers and employers adapt to challenges in rapidly changing labour markets.
April 2022
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News
To Support a Job-Rich Recovery, ILO Launches Drive to Broaden Ratification of Key Employment Services Conventions
05 April 2022
The International Labour Organization is launching a campaign aimed at increasing ratifications and implementation by member States of its key Conventions on public and private employment services, which have become increasingly vital to shoring up labour markets and assuring a job-rich recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
March 2022
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Fair Recruitment
The ILO launches the Fair recruitment Initiative (Phase II, 2021-2025) for Africa
The ILO Regional Office for Africa in collaboration with the African Union Commission, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the International Organization of Employers (IOE) are partnering to launch the Fair Recruitment Initiative in Africa in March 2022. This launch is an opportunity to expand the implementation of successful fair recruitment approaches to other countries in Africa.
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Event
Webinar on Career Guidance for Building Young People’s Future: The Role of Employment Services
February 2022
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Fair recruitment
The ILO’s Fair Recruitment Initiative (FRI) builds momentum with its new advisory committee
08 February 2022
Representatives of the governments of Bangladesh, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Qatar, Switzerland and Tunisia, the International Organisation of Employers (IOE), the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) and the Swiss Development Cooperation agency met for the first time in January 2022 as members of the Advisory Committee of the ILO Fair Recruitment Initiative. Committee Members will share knowledge and expertise, identify common challenges and opportunities and provide strategic guidance to the ILO in implementing the Fair Recruitment Initiative strategy for 2021-25.
December 2021
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Webinar
Labour market transitions: Findings and research directions from a novel dataset
In this virtual event, authors of the ILO brief that introduces this occupational mobility network will discuss their collaboration, methods used, initial findings, and future research directions that may be pursued in 2022 and beyond.