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Youth online reputation- think what you do on internet!
Start date: Jul 1, 2014, End date: Sep 15, 2014 PROJECT  FINISHED 

We regularly post pictures, comments, opinions and other personal information on sites like Facebook and Twitter, but how safe is it for our reputation? Recruiters and human-resource professionals report that their companies require them to do research about candidates, and many use a wide range of sites when scrutinizing applicants — including search engines, social-networking sites, photo and video sharing sites, blogs etc. Studies in this area show that companies reject 1 in 10 people between ages 16 and 34 because of something the person posted on a social media site. Our aim is to raise awareness of social medias impact to youth employment in the project partner areas. The aims of the project are: 1) To raise awareness about: 1.1. Youth action in social media; 1.2. Social Media Background Check; 1.3. Appropriate online reputation for labor market; 2) To improve youth and youth workers skills and knowledge through learning about: 2.1. Privacy protection on the internet; 2.2. Social media use for finding a job 2.3. Appropriate CV and motivation letter creation for labor market 2.4. Job interviews There will be four partner organizations from Latvia(Youth club "Sliedes"), Poland(Association of Active People), Italy(Associazione Culturale Eufemia) and Turkey(Dernegi Genc Erisim). Four youths + group leader from each organization. The youth mobility project is designed for those participants who are focused on developing their competences, to strengthen their effectiveness in labor market as job seekers. Project participant profile: - be aged 16-25; - be able to communicate in English; - be interested in personal and professional development; Project will involve 12 participants with geographical, social and economic obstacles. Activities will mostly consist from workshops where the participants will learn about their online reputation, background checks etc. by doing a variety of different tasks, mostly in teams. There will also be some outdoor activities, since our stay will be at a rural location. There will be a trip to Aluksnes Youth club to share experience with them and to just get a better understanding of the local environment. WORKING METHODS USED: work program will consist of mix of exercises, role-plays, simulations, outdoor activities, workshops, debates, team building activities, energizers, ice-breaking games. For them to have a better understanding of social medias impact on their job seeking and the chances of them landing a job, how to properly make a CV, what it is to be interviewed for a job and to get an insight how the background checks actually work. To get a better understanding and tolerance of different cultures and to have a greater insight about them. During mobility activity project staff (youth and youth workers) will gain fallowing outcomes: Despite the outcomes which are written below, project staff will gain a lifelong learning about 8 key competences, which are described with essential knowledge, skills and attitudes related to each of these below. 1) Improve competences linked to their professional profile; 2) Develop understanding and responsiveness to social, cultural and linguistic diversity; 3) Increase ability to address the needs of the disadvantaged; 4) Increase opportunity for professional and career development; 5) Improve foreign languages competences; 6) Increase motivation and satisfaction of daily work; 7) Increase support for and promotion of mobility activities for learners. During mobility activity project participating organizations will gain fallowing outcomes: 1) Increased capacity to operate in EU and international level; 2) Reinforced cooperation with partners from other countries; 3) Increased quality in the preparation, implementation, monitoring and follow up of EU and international projects; 4) Improved youth work methods and practices to actively involve young people and/or to address disadvantaged groups; 5) Develop a more modern, dynamic, committed and professional environment inside the organization; Impact from our project to local communities in project partners areas: - Higher rate of youth employment; - Improved socio-economic situation at local, regional and national level. - Raise awareness and understanding of other cultures and countries.
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