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- Author: United Nations Children's Fund
- Main Title: Learning for Careers , pp 3-4
- Publication Date: March 2024
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/9789213589298c001
- Language: English
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Today’s labor markets are turbulent and undergoing historic disruptions. In the face of accelerated automation, green and digital transformations, globalisation, fluctuating demographics, and recovering post-COVID-19 economies, the character of work is changing. For many this change brings about increased risks of joblessness, uncertainty, and precarious employment, young people being particularly affected by the current instability. Transitioning from school to work is therefore an ever more critical juncture that has consequences for the future employment, well-being, and social connectedness of the younger generation. However, rapid changes in the demand side of the labor market make decision-making about education, training, and work all the more difficult.
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