Youth Guiding Youth to Virtual Work

Posted on July 6, 2020
By Kimber Kunimoto

Youth Guiding Youth to Virtual Work image (1)Having closely monitored the impacts of COVID-19 on the Canadian labour market, Statistics Canada announced in March 2020 that employment in Canada fell by more than 1 million, with the fastest rate of decline across age groups being young people aged 15 to 24. 

Approximately 20% of employed young people lost all or most of their work hours. At a rate of 16.8%, youth unemployment in March 2020 is the highest it has ever in the past 20 years (Statscan, 2020).  

This summer, considering the current COVID-19 crisis, the number of jobs and internships available for young people will significantly decrease in comparison to previous years. In some cases, the jobs themselves will look very different as social distancing continues to impact the labour market. With fewer physical job opportunities for youth, this is an opportunity for employers to tap into the virtual workforce. To prepare young people for the future of work, Canadian Council for Youth Prosperity partnered with Tamarack Institute to produce Virtual Work is Here: A Guide for Youth. 

This guide seeks to give youth, the people that employ them, and the people that seek to support them, a toolkit for how to grow within a team, how to make the best of the skills they build, and how to navigate and support a new career, all virtually. It also seeks to begin a conversation in the virtual work, mentorship, and career development space. 

Virtual Work is Here: A Guide for Youth 

Developed in collaboration with youth, for youth, this free, interactive guide is full of tips and resources: 

  • Finding virtual work 
  • Preparing for your first virtual job 
  • Understanding virtual Human Resource practices 
  • Creating your virtual workspace 
  • Finding virtual work mentors 

Join us on July 22nd for a webinar where we’ll learn from two young people about why the virtual workforce will be an important space for youth, and how young people are using this guide to prepare for virtual work. We hope this guide will be an opportunity for youth and employers alike to turn the COVID-19 challenge into an opportunity to create adaptive work environments.  

Take your Learning Further 

 

Topics:
Youth, Remote Work, Working Remotely, Communities Building Youth Futures, Virtual Engagement


Kimber Kunimoto

By Kimber Kunimoto

Kimber recently joined the Communities Building Youth Futures team to support communities in addressing complex issues impacting young people and to develop learning opportunities and resources for community change. She values choice and voice and prioritizes the involvement of people with lived experience in community development.

Kimber s’est récemment jointe à l’équipe de Communautés bâtissant l’avenir des jeunes pour aider les communautés à résoudre les problèmes complexes qui affectent les jeunes, de même que pour aménager des occasions d’apprentissage et développer des ressources pour le changement communautaire. Elle accorde une grande importance à la possibilité de faire des choix et de s’exprimer, et considère qu’il est prioritaire d’impliquer les personnes ayant vécu des expériences en développement communautaire.

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