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Figure 3 Highest level of education of any parent or primary caregiver
Source: Bath/ ICF-GHK survey
3.2.4 Stakeholder workshop
The objective of the workshop with stakeholders was to better
understand whether and how employers take young people’s
experience in youth organisations into consideration. The
stakeholder workshop also was a means to gather information
regarding employers’ views on the ways in which young people
articulate their engagement in youth organisations on their CV’s
and/or motivation letter.
The workshop took place on the 27 th June 2012 in Brussels, and
brought together employers, guidance services and youth sector
representatives. Seven people, mainly from Brussels and Paris area,
participated, including:
− Three senior human resource managers with each over
eight years of experience in recruitment for organisations
in the Benelux, Europe and beyond;
− Two senior managers, involved in management and
recruitment with over twenty years of experience;
− A director of a Flemish youth guidance service; and
− A representative of a youth organisation.
Out of the three senior human resources managers, two were
employed by a Brussels-based organisation; one of which was a
recruiter at a large University and annually recruits between 200 –
300 people for a range of functions (from academic to administrative,
managerial or marking positions); the second person was a human
resources manager who works for an international company that
recruits staff from across Europe and beyond. The other senior
human resource manager had over eight years of experience in
human resources for a large Paris-based multinational corporation.
The two participating senior managers were based in Brussels and
had over 20 years of experience. The representative of the Flemish
youth guidance worked in the areas of formal and non-formal
education, in particular for disadvantaged youth, and their linkages to
employment. The representative of a youth organisation had been a
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