Key Youth Employment Programs and Tools

 

While parents have the primary responsibility for the social, ethical, emotional, physical, and cognitive development of their children, programs that support their efforts can strengthen the ability of the family to raise healthy children, productive workers, and responsible citizens.

There are many national, state and local programs and tools that impact youth employment:

 

• Summer Jobs+ 2012, a joint initiative that challenges business leaders and communities that join in providing hundreds of thousands of summer jobs for America's youth.
• United States Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration, youth employment  and career information.
• Occupational Outlook Handbook (OOH), 2012-13, reflect employment projections to 2020 and an updated training system.  It also include May 2010 wages from OES. The Occupational Outlook Handbook tells you:
• the training and education needed
• earnings
• expected job prospects
• what workers do on the job
• working conditions
• job search tips
• links to information about the job market in each state and more.
• The National Collaboration for Youth, youth public policy and employment.
• Degrees for the Next Decade, four degrees that hold the most potential in the next decade.

 

Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)

 

In 1990, the Secretary of Labor appointed a commission to determine the skills our young people need to succeed in the world of work. The commission's fundamental purpose was to encourage a high-performance economy characterized by high-skill, high-wage employment. Although the commission completed its work in 1992, its findings and recommendations continue to be a valuable source of information for individuals and organizations involved in education and workforce development. The SCANS Workplace Essential Skills.