1. Info Session – Rock Your Careers Erasmus+ training course in Kaunas

2. Contents  Sample  Your knowledge assessment  Follow-up  Interest groups

3. Sample (31 participant)  Median age: 22  Male/female ratio: 41% males against 59% females  Self-grade for level of participation: 5.8

4. Youth Unemployment

5. Volunteering Opportunities

6. Volunteering associates with?  All the answers are correct  Volunteering can be fostered by private, public and/or governmental sectors

7. Have you ever considered owning a business?

8. So what should be included in a proper business plan (BP)?  Usually found in BP: o Mission/vision o Product/service description o SWOT & competition analysis o Marketing & sales channels o Financial forecasts  Top 3 of your answers: 1. 2. 3.

9. 3 most important things in your CV?  Employers usually check: o Your photo o Schools attended o Previous experience o Languages spoken o Hobbies  Top 3 of your answers: 1. 2. 3.

10. Do you think employers check your Facebook before hiring?

11. In this training course 1. How can these boost young person’s career?  Volunteering/EVS  Social actions/initiatives  Youth organisations/NGOs 2. How to prepare youth for a job interview/successful career 3. How to teach youth entrepreneurship

12. Task 1 (7 min): interest groups  Prepare a piece of paper and a pen each  On this piece of paper, write down your name and the following according to your preferences/interest: A. Volunteering/EVS B. Social actions & initiatives C. Youth organisations/NGOs D. Entrepreneurship/self-employment  Once done, give your sheet of paper back to the organisers Example: if you find NGOs the most interesting, then volunteering, then social actions and, finally, entrepreneurship, write down the following: Your name - C, A, B, D

13. Interest groups  You will be grouped with like-minded people  You will work in these groups in some of the tasks throughout the training course  We will publish the composition of these groups tomorrow

14. Task 2 (20 min): creative solutions  In random groups:  Think about all the unemployed youth in your country;  What grand initiative/project would give a majority of them something to do or provide with a job?  It could be a volunteering effort, or some entrepreneurial idea. It is completely up to you.  There are no limits this time – so be creative!  Draw how this initiative/project would help to eliminate/reduce youth unemployment.