Podcasts about youth jobs

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson joins Lisa Dent to weigh in on Ald. Walter Burnett Jr.'s suggestion that his son replace him upon retirement and reflects on what leadership means for Chicago's next generation. Johnson also shares updates on the city's progress, including efforts to bring more affordable housing downtown, expand mental health services through the […]

IFPRI Policy Seminar The Future of Youth Jobs in Agrifood Systems in Africa Hosted by IFPRI, the CGIAR Policy Innovations Program, the CGIAR Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator, and the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) July 15, 2025 Africa's population is the youngest of any region, affording the continent an adequate workforce to drive economic and social transformation. However, African economies are finding it difficult to create employment opportunities for this “youth bulge”—opportunities that are needed to advance on SDG target 8.6 to substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training (NEET). As of 2020, more than 20 percent of young men and women in Africa fell into this category. African youth wield growing political and social power as they vent their frustrations about the lack of opportunities. Although youth-led protests and their underlying causes are not new in Africa, the recent movements represent an important moment for the region's youth. The agrifood system in Africa remains the backbone of national economies and provides more than half of jobs in most African countries. Thus, it still holds substantial potential to absorb or catalyze youth engagement in productive activities in Africa. But this change will not happen by itself. It will require sustained efforts in policy research and development. While much of the literature and debate on the employment crisis have focused on the role of agriculture in absorbing Africa's youth, the scope of debate and research should be expanded to include the role of youth across the entire food system. Introduction and Opening Remarks Sandra Cristina Kothe Milach, Chief Scientist, CGIAR Alice Ruhweza, President, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Steven Were Omamo, Director for Africa, and Director for Development Strategies and Governance, IFPRI Jobs in Agrifood System in Africa Luc Christiaensen, Lead Agricultural Economist, Eastern and Southern Africa, World Bank Landscape of youth engagement in agrifood system in selected African countries Kibrom Abay, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Youth aspirations and constraints in Nigeria/Rwanda Jessica Heckert, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Initiatives to support young women: learnings from AGRA Catherine Rusagara, Head, Youth Entrepreneurship for the Future of Food and Agriculture, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Panel Discussion: How can Africa create more jobs for the youth: Cases and success stories from youth-led initiatives and experiences? Moderated by Nana Amoah, Director – Gender, Youth and Inclusiveness, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Innocent Ogirinye Adoga, Youth Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture (YISA), Nigeria Mashoko Chakanyuka, Head of Youth Employment in Agriculture, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Kisanet Haile Molla, Spatial Engineer, Civil Engineer, Youth Representative for Infrastructure, World Bank Elizabeth Mwende, Agricultural Engineer, and Youth Representative, the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub Esther Kimani, CEO and founder, Farmer Lifeline Technologies Janette C. Toroitich, Agripreneur, Kenya Closing Remarks Clemens Breisinger, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI; Interim Director, Policy Innovations, CGIAR Nicoline de Haan, Interim Director, CGIAR Gender Equality & Inclusion (GEI) Accelerator Boaz Blackie Keizire, Director for Policy and State Capability, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) Moderator Christine Mwangi, Research Officer, IFPRI Links More about this Event: https://www.ifpri.org/event/the-future-of-youth-jobs-in-agrifood-systems-in-africa/ Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

In this special edition of the People First Podcast, we explore the challenges and opportunities shaping the job market in Western and Central Africa. We have gathered the voices of young people from the region, who share their visions and aspirations for quality employment. We will examine what quality employment means to them, their expectations, and their proposals to invigorate the job market. Join us on a journey through their challenges and discover how they plan to stand out in the workforce.The People First podcast is available online, on Spotify, and on Apple Podcast. For more updates, follow us by subscribing, and don't forget to rate and comment on this episode.Sequences 00:00 Introduction01:48 The importance of education and youth empowerment programs 04:27 The key role of the private sector and the digital accessibility in job creation08:12 Strategies for landing a good job in Western and Central Africa11:09 ConclusionAbout People First PodcastPeople First Podcast provides a human angle to concrete development topics as they affect people in Western and Central Africa. It also features World Bank project and initiatives. Join us for a sustainable and inclusive development!About World Bank GroupThe World Bank Group is one of the world's largest sources of funding and knowledge for low-income countries. Its five institutions share a commitment to reducing poverty, increasing shared prosperity, and promoting sustainable development.

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Hillary Frey, Executive Director, St. Louis Youth Jobs, Katie Fischer, Market Executive, Bank of America St. Louis, and Camelia Henderson, high school student and STLYJ participant for the last two years all join Tom and Mean in studio talking about STL Youth Jobs and how it helps teens build life lessons.

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Founded in 2012, STL Youth Jobs seeks to prepare a new generation of workers with soft-skills, like how to perform well in a job interview, and hard skills, like knowing safety regulations of specific industries. Since the first group of “job seekers,” the organization has gone from finding employment for 200 area youth in 2013 — to 800 in 2019.

Carol Daniel and Tom Ackerman are joined in studio by STL Youth Jobs Executive Director Hillary Frey, 20 year old Enkosi Key and 17 year old Harmony Hudson to talk about STL Youth Jobs summer job season, which kicked off last week, and will provide over 500 job seekers between the ages of 14 and 24 with paid work experience and training. 

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Are adults taking jobs normally marketed to teens during the pandemic? Debbie Dujanovic joins Lee to break down what the Utah Department of Workforce Services is seeing when it comes to wages and jobs for teens during the coronavirus pandemic.  See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

A successful programme to get young people jobs will be rolled out across 23 of New Zealand's regions. Last month, a pilot in four areas teamed local businesses with rangatahi left unemployed by Covid-19. In South Wairarapa, 52 unemployed locals found jobs within the five week pilot period. Mayor Alex Beijin led the pilot scheme in South Wairarapa.

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

From the viewpoint of a community leader who made the journey from Compton to a University of California professorship, Dr. Gentry Patrick considers the difference between an open door and true access. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Education] [Show ID: 34908]

Australia’s jobless rate has fallen but behind the figures is an increasing number of young graduates who can’t find work.Six out of ten 25-year-olds hold post-school qualifications, but half of them are still looking for full-time jobs. - အခုေလာေလာဆယ္ ၾသစေၾတးလ်ႏုိင္ငံမွာ အလုပ္လက္မဲ့ ျဖစ္ေနတဲ့ႏွဳန္းက ေလ်ာ့က်လာေပမယ့္ တဖက္မွာလည္း ေက်ာင္းၿပီး ဘြဲ႔ရတဲ့ လူငယ္ေတြ အလုပ္ရွာမရတဲ့ ျပႆနာေတြ ရွိေနပါတယ္။အသက္ ၂၅ ဝန္းက်င္ ၁၀ ေယာက္ထဲက ၆ ေယာက္ႏွဳန္းေလာက္ဟာ ဘြဲ႔ရရွိသူေတြ ျဖစ္ၾကေပမယ့္ ဘြဲ႔ရသူဦးေရ တဝက္ေလာက္က အခ်ိန္ျပည့္ အလုပ္ရဖို႔ ရွာေဖြေနၾကတယ္လို႔ Gareth Boreham ရဲ့ ေဆာင္းပါးမွာ ေဖာ္ျပထားပါတယ္။

How do we create inclusive communities that support job opportunities for young people entering the working world? Andy Hall, VP and Chief Program Officer of San Diego Workforce Partnership shares results from the San Diego opportunity youth research report and unveils a regional “BHAG” (big, hairy, audacious goal) for reducing and preventing youth disconnection in San Diego County by the end of 2020. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32248]

How do we create inclusive communities that support job opportunities for young people entering the working world? Andy Hall, VP and Chief Program Officer of San Diego Workforce Partnership shares results from the San Diego opportunity youth research report and unveils a regional “BHAG” (big, hairy, audacious goal) for reducing and preventing youth disconnection in San Diego County by the end of 2020. Series: "Career Channel" [Public Affairs] [Business] [Show ID: 32248]

A study has found that three quarters of Australian interns don't end up with a job at the end of their work experience tenure. Lead author of the study from the UTS Business School Dr Damian Oliver joined Cam to discuss why this was the case and why pumping more internships into the market won't get young people into work.

In Connecticut, youth unemployment rates are at historic highs, with teenagers being disproportionately affected. This hour, we take a closer look at some of the latest trends and find out what's being done to help young people find jobs. Support the show: http://wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.