The first two-week course, Service Education for Young People, trained 25 people in subjects such as guest psychology and service, Danish language training, living and working in the region and Danish labour law. It also included presentations given by the potential employer, Scandic.
‘We set out to empower the participants on the job market, not just by giving them a qualification but also by raising their confidence and giving them practical, marketable know-how. We feel the results indicate the pilot was a success,’ says Morten Hjorth Jahnsen, Cross-border Øresund Coordinator.
25 young people were selected from 50 who applied. Of those 2 were offered posts with Scandic in Copenhagen, 14 went onto part or fulltime work in Sweden and 3 decided to pursue further studies.
How did the cooperation work?
‘The employer had the opportunity to comment on course content before it started so they knew what participants had learned. This speeded up the recruitment process, saving time for both the jobseekers and the recruiter. The course itself was paid for by the public employment services of Sweden and run by a Swedish EURES Adviser,’ explains Morten.
A EURES Adviser at the one-stop-shop for advice and information, Øresunddirekt, also helped the trainees get their foot on the employment ladder. The info point offers seminars, drop-ins for personal meetings, and information through e-mail and over the phone. The cross-border partnership paid the jobseekers’ travel costs to go to interviews.
A win-win idea
‘A major advantage of the project is that it focuses on a sector which provides a low threshold entry into the labour market for young people without much labour market experience,’ says Morten.
He explains that Swedes are generally very appreciated by the employers in the service sector in Copenhagen. ‘So, overall, the project meets its purpose and it has given us the chance to learn important lessons. We will fine-tune our approach in future proposals for the hotel and other sectors.’
Related links
Read more:
Working and living conditions in EURES countries
EURES Jobs Database
EURES services for employers
EURES Events Calendar
Upcoming Online Events
EURES on Facebook
EURES on Twitter
EURES on LinkedIn
EURES on Google+
Details
- Publication date
- 28 January 2017
- Authors
- European Labour Authority | Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
- Topics
- EURES best practice
- EURES training
- Youth
- Related section(s)
- Sector
- Accomodation and food service activities
- Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
- Activities of households as employers, undifferentiated goods- and services
- Administrative and support service activities
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing
- Arts, entertainment and recreation
- Construction
- Education
- Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
- Financial and insurance activities
- Human health and social work activities
- Information and communication
- Manufacturing
- Mining and quarrying
- Other service activities
- Professional, scientific and technical activities
- Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
- Real estate activities
- Transportation and storage
- Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
- Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles