Skills, Rights, and Opportunities: Your Way to Quality Career

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This playlist equips you with the knowledge, skills, and tools to secure quality employment, advocate for fair workplace practices, and prepare for future job trends. It is designed to support you in becoming a proactive and informed individual capable of confidently navigating the job market, understanding your workplace rights, and contributing to better employment conditions for all.
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This playlist is part of the European Youth Goals initiative and supports actions contributing to European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All. Through interactive activities and practical tasks, you will explore job-seeking strategies, workplace rights, practical experience, future career trends, and advocacy for employment policies.
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Why should you care?Find quality jobs: Learn how to identify and pursue meaningful job opportunities that offer fair conditions and room for growth.
Know your rights: Understand your workplace rights and gain the confidence to address unfair treatment.
Build future-fit skills: Gain practical experience, adapt to future job market trends, and develop transferable skills employers value.
Advocate for change: Get involved in campaigns and initiatives that improve employment conditions for young people.
Earn recognition: Receive badges that showcase your achievements and skills, boosting your credibility and employability.
Connect with others: Collaborate with peers, mentors, and policymakers to share ideas and create impact.
Take real action: Use your knowledge and skills to influence policies, support workplace fairness, and secure quality jobs.
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How partners and organisations in Cities of Learning can support you:
Highlight successful career journeys: Share inspiring stories of young people who have secured quality jobs, showcasing their paths and the skills that helped them succeed.
Promote employability opportunities: Use social media and events to connect young people with job fairs, internships, and volunteering programs that align with quality employment standards.
Facilitate mentoring and networking: Partner with local businesses, trade unions, and career advisors to provide mentoring programs and networking opportunities for participants.
Organise skills workshops: Collaborate with organisations to deliver workshops on future-proof skills, resume building, and interview techniques tailored to quality employment.
Support advocacy efforts: Facilitate campaigns, hackathons, and policy dialogues focused on improving job quality and access for young people to help amplify their voices.
Celebrate achievements: To encourage ongoing engagement and recognise participants’ efforts and milestones through badges, social media shout-outs, and local events.
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How to get started:Select an activity that interests you and complete the related tasks to gain knowledge and develop new skills. 
Apply for each badge by submitting the required evidence. 
Once you have completed all activities, you will receive the playlist badge, which recognises your overall achievement and contributions to European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All.
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This playlist is a part of the European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning cooperation partnership implemented by four partner organisations:
System&G, lead partner in Greece
CODEC, Belgium
Badgecraft, Lithuania
System&G Finland
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The EU Erasmus+ programme co-funded this activity.
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Quality Job Seeker

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Know Your Rights at Work

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Gain Experience for a Better Job Future

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This activity encourages you to explore and pursue practical experiences like internships, volunteering, and project-based learning to develop the skills and confidence needed for quality employment. You’ll learn how to identify opportunities, make the most of these experiences, and use them to stand out in the job market. Participating lets you gain hands-on experience and discover how to showcase your new skills to potential employers.
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First, get inspired!Sorrel Gilbert made a quick video for National Volunteer Week on how volunteering has helped her career, what makes a good volunteer, and what you can get out of it.
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Claudia Vale da Silva, in a video testimony, describes her experience in Copenhagen, Denmark, through higher education traineeship placements in an Erasmus+ programme. Claudia is Portuguese and a former Erasmus+ trainee who is the digital content manager. Within the Erasmus+ programme, she did a 5-month internship in the social media department for Velux in Denmark.
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Now, take action!Participating in the following activities will give you practical insights into how internships and volunteering can enhance your employability and help you stand out in the job market.
Explore opportunities by researching local and international internships, volunteering programmes, or project-based initiatives. Use platforms like the EU Youth Guarantee, Erasmus+, or local non-profits to identify experiences that match your interests.
Reflect on your goals and create a personal plan for gaining practical experience. Identify which skills you want to develop and find opportunities that align with your career aspirations.
Share your story by documenting and presenting your experiences, highlighting the skills and insights you gained. Practice crafting this story to appeal to employers in an interview or resume.
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Get your badge.Complete some of the activities above and apply for a badge (=click the "Get this badge" button below). Share your experiences and reflections by submitting evidence that includes a list of opportunities you researched, a personal development plan, or a brief story about how your practical experience contributed to your growth.
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Who is behind this activity?Cities of Learning Network partners invite you to learn and take action on European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All. This badge recognises your efforts and contributions.
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Contact us for more details about the Erasmus+ co-funded project “European Youth Goals for Cities of Learning.”
System&G, Greece – the project lead partner
CODEC, Belgium
Badgecraft, Lithuania
System&G, Finland
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Disclaimer: We are grateful for the ideas generated by youth leaders and youth workers during the international study visits. To create this activity, humans collaborated with AI using the Youth Goals Hub GPT custom-built version, informed and inspired by the best youth work practices.
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Work-ready Experiences Få dette merket

This badge recognises your initiative in seeking practical experiences like internships, volunteering, or project-based learning to enhance your employability. By completing the “Gaining Experience for a Better Job Future” activity, you have demonstrated your ability to take proactive steps toward personal and professional development.
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Skills and experiences gained:
Exploration and research: Developed the ability to identify and evaluate opportunities that align with your career goals.
Planning for development: Learned how to set personal and professional goals and create actionable plans to achieve them.
Showcasing experience: Gained skills in presenting and translating your experiences into valuable assets for employers.
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This badge demonstrates your readiness to engage with practical experiences that enhance your employability and align with your personal and professional aspirations. Your efforts contribute to achieving the European Youth Goal #7: Quality Employment for All.

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Explore opportunities:
Task: Identify at least three internship, volunteering, or project-based opportunities that align with your interests and career goals.
Evidence: Submit a brief report or list of the opportunities you found, explaining why you chose them.

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Create a personal development plan:
Task: Reflect on the skills you want to develop and create a plan that outlines how practical experiences can help you achieve your goals.
Evidence: Submit your development plan, highlighting your goals and how you will pursue them.

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Share your story:
Task: Document and share how a practical experience (internship, volunteering, or project) has contributed to your growth and career readiness.
Evidence: Submit a written story, video, or presentation that showcases your achievements and the skills you gained.

Prepare for the Future of Work

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Advocate for Quality Employment Policies

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Network of Cities and Regions of Learning

Badgecraft driver denne plattformen og utvikler den sammen med ledende utdanningsorganisasjoner. EUs Erasmus Plus-program har delfinansiert utviklingen av den første versjonen av denne plattformen. Kontakt support@badgecraft.eu.