Youth Employment Project
Sparked by the BC Skills Force Initiative in September of 2005 identifying a clear disconnect between youth of today and small business employers, Community Futures of the Okanagan Valley and Central Kootenays designed the Bridging the Generational Divide - Youth Awareness Initiative, a Local Labour Market Partnership Project. This project primarily focuses on the identification, development, and implementation of "strategies" that encourage employers of youth, participants in the education system, and youth themselves to develop effective workplace practices and realistic expectations in light of the challenges of today’s labour force and multi-generational workplaces. A segment of this project is to gather Best Practices and research that provides information on:
- Clarification of the four generations including the main differences between the generations in the workplace today
- General workplace behaviour of Generation Y youth
- Problems and issues for today’s employers
- Best Practices for Human Resource Management of Generation Y
This best practices research and literature review provides the foundation for the development of two workshop series aimed at both employers of youth and youth themselves.
