Second Survey School and WOW.pdf

WORKING GROUP: TRANSITION
Last four year I have been focusing on the developing a Web‐based resource‐centre for period
of work experience.
Activities and development work around TET‐tori are carried out in close collaborations, with
Career counsellours, Researchers, regional Enterprise network, Chambers of Commerce,
Municipalities, companies and with represtatives of different regional projects. More than
3000 enterprises in Finland are already as registered users. More and more companies,
municipalities and cities are joining in TET‐tori. Regional development is done in close cooperation.
Germany
Our experience is, that the interests in networking is very high. Often the network activities are
more or less informal and non‐committal. The employers are interested in cooperation in the
sector, because the lack of well educated and competent employees grows in the last years.
(see also section 2.7)
Italy
My personal experience is as trade‐unionist, director of an information and counselling centre
for unemployed, member of different institutional committees dealing with labour market,
training and guidance policies at national, regional and municipality level.
Having such a role I never experienced problems to get in contact or to cooperate with
companies, HRM, professionals, workers a.s.o.
The Netherlands
Positive experience, there is a real co‐operation companies want to invest in a better relation
with the schools and other partners. The problem is that nationwide 300.000 vacancies can’t
be filled in. Two reasons: not enough offer of people and a problematic match between jobs
and unemployed.
Poland
Czeslaw Noworol: I have a great personal experience to conduct research in companies, HRMs,
cooperating with professionals and workers. I have also had lectures and provided HR
Masterclasses at the university for prestigious organizations like Philip Morris, Pliva –
pharmacy entreprice, Toyota or Opel.
I have elaborated methodology and professional tests for Service of Civic Force – Chancellery
of the Prime Minister. The methods concerned the procedures of selection to positions of
Department’s Director in Ministry or General Director in Regional Office, and the tools for
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