Abstract:

The article is a study based on the We Welcome Work (WWW) project (No.2016-1-RO01-KA202-02471), which meets the growing needs of high school students. Nowadays young people live in a very mobile environment and their employability is a challenge due to their lack of workplace experience and the related skills and competences. The article presents the project main objectives and outputs. The main aim of the WWW project with partners from Romania, Cyprus, Germany, Italy and Spain, is to offer non-formal opportunities for young people to acquire employability, entrepreneurship and digital skills to support their transition from school to the world of work thus achieving a better skills match and career orientation. The project aims at facilitating students’ induction into the world of work by connecting the theoretical knowledge they acquire at school with the world of work. This is made possible by creating a data base of support resources (job profiles studied from different perspectives), equipping teachers and schools counsellors with interactive tools to tests and evaluate students’ competences and skills and guide them according to their specific needs for their career and finally involving students in an interactive training session of apprenticeship, simulating various jobs situations in the form of animation problem-solving game.

Keywords:

Teachers, students, companies, job simulation, world of work, school.