#8
All experience must matter
Youth Capital advocates for employers to recognise and reward young people’s informal, volunteer and extracurricular experience.
Career pathways are crucial to help young people move between the informal and formal sectors, and employers are part of this process. Acknowledging young people’s work experience in the informal sector can change this.
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A challenge I often encounter is that many employers don’t recognise all experiences that young people have. This puts many of us who don’t have experience in the formal job sector at a disadvantage in getting jobs.
– Lindokuhle Msele
RESEARCH
The impact of volunteer experience for both the host and the person doing the volunteer work is well documented.
In this impact study, Deloitte unpacks how the skills and leadership experience gained through volunteering are respected, and provide an edge for candidates during the hiring process.
What could improved recognition of experience look like?
An overhaul of the skilling pathway to ensure easier access to relevant on-the-job experience
Intentional partnering between government and local business on public employment programmes to provide participants with an exit opportunity
Employers use innovative hiring practices to test competencies, valuing all work experience
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