About the project
The Building skills for future-ready employers - project seeks solutions to the mismatch problem in Finland's labor market by enhancing employers' competencies. There is a skills gap particularly in underutilizing the potential of a diverse workforce, recruitment expertise, and recognizing future change needs in a dynamic work environment. The project's aim is to focus on developing the foresight capabilities of key personnel in employer organizations, streamlining recruitment processes, and identifying skill needs within work communities, while also leveraging diversity. Additionally, the project aims to create tools for future employment areas to identify the diverse needs of working life.Project goal
The project has defined three sub-goals:1. Strengthening Employers’ Future-readiness The first goal is to enhance employers' understanding of the characteristics of a future-ready employer and employee needs to ensure attraction and retention, and to provide concrete tools for daily operations. It also aims to strengthen the regular dialogue between employers, educational institutions, and employment services to solve the mismatch problem.
2. Enhancing Recruitment Expertise The second goal is to improve and develop the recruitment skills of key personnel in companies, utilizing practices based on design thinking, which support the identification of a diverse workforce, enhance employer branding, and improve attraction and retention to foster regional growth and ensure the availability of skilled labor.
3. Strengthening the Ability to Identify and Anticipate Skills Needs The third goal aims to improve the ability of employers and employees to recognize skills, enabling them to anticipate future skill needs and effectively utilize a diverse workforce in rapidly changing work environments.
UN's Sustainable Development Goals
Alexandra Pellas
Project Leader