Disability, both in the developing and developed countries, is believed to be linked to poverty and social exclusion, with consequences for individuals in access to services, in their educational achievements, labor force participation and consumption. 6,2 of the adult population in Albania – or 2 084 137 persons suffer from a form of disability. The [...]
One of the main activities of the program is advocacy on employability. For this reason, on May 12 the staff of Your Job participated in the first advocacy workshop. What was initially discussed was the perspective of each of the participants on advocacy. In key terms all participants were clear about the meaning of advocacy. [...]
In April 2020 YourJob Albania held the 3rd BootCamp event, respectively on 19-22 April 2021 in Shengjin, Lezhe. 23 young people from Shkodra, Lezha and Kamza attended the event and contributed with various ideas, introduced with great professionalism by every one of them. The 4 days training was led by Yunus Social Balkans, which is [...]
During the beginning of this year numerous activities of YourJob resumed, but we would like to mention the internships of 8 young people that brought a radical change in their lives. The internships have brought about such a great change because the 8 youngsters have been employed even after the financial support of YourJob. Each [...]
YourJob Albania during the two years of program implementation has held two events on the preparation of young entrepreneurs, Boot Camp. The two events received 178 applications and following a very selective and demanding work with a scoring system, only 45 youngsters were accepted as the most innovative ideas. It was a long process from [...]
The ultimate goal of YourJob program is to integrate young people into the job market. To give an opportunity to disadvantaged young people, who do not have a real employment opportunity, through vocational courses, internships and grants. So far 59 young people have attended internships and 49 youth have been employed on a regular contract [...]
Nadire came to Your Job Office in Kamza together with her young son. She had heard little about the YourJob project from a relative but wanted to get more information about the activities the project offered. During the conversations of Nadire with the Guidance Counsellor, she talked about her difficult life, how her husband had [...]
This was the topic selected for the Round Tables in the 3 areas of implementation of the YourJob Albania program. These Roundtables convened all the local actors, who contribute and play an important role in the youth employment and their orientation in the labor market. In the three project areas participated about 12 people, representatives [...]
“Can we repeat the training?”, or “this training really helped me to get rid of my complexes in public” were some of the comments of the 10 young training participants. By the end of this training there were so many positive comments, because it was really interactive, which means that the young people during all [...]
Internships and vocational courses still remain the most preferred and wanted activities of the young people in the three program areas. From the start of the project implementation, in total there are 52 active internships and 46 vocational courses. The staff’s continuous lobbying at all levels, has made YourJob widely known and to have a [...]
