The document provides information for Generation Y individuals born in the 1990s about their path from school to university to employment, noting the high youth unemployment rate in Spain and stressing the importance of developing employability skills beyond one's degree, such as internships abroad, to improve career opportunities. It encourages exploring opportunities outside one's home country to expand career possibilities and gain experience in the face of limited job prospects domestically.

1. GENERATION Y
Did you born in the 90s ?
This is what you have to know
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2. You born…
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3. You go to school…
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4. You go to Institute…
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5. You go to University…
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6. And then…
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7. I want to work…
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8. …but the employability situation in Spain ???
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9. Employability in Spain in 2011
Unemployed in Spain is 5.273.600*1
Unemployment rate 22,85%*1
Youth unemployment rate 48,61%*2
*1 EPA Encuesta de Población Activa del INE
*2 Paro juvenil, del éxito al fracaso en cuatro años. El País
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10. Evolution of unemployment in Spain
Comunidadad 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Cataluña 6,95 6,6 6,55 9 16,25 17,75 18,06
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11. We have a problem…
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12. …High youth unemployment rate in Spain…
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13. … but we have a list of solutions…
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14. 1. Be more competent
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15. What you have to know ?
A DEGREE IS NOT ENOUGH
· You can't rely on your degree alone to automatically open doors after you
graduate. It will certainly unlock doors - in other words it will make you
eligible to apply for jobs that specify "must be a graduate"
· It is likely that you will be competing for this job with a number of other
graduates who are equally well-qualified academically.
NOTHING IS CERTAIN
· The world of work is in a state of continual change.
· Your career today may involve moving between a number of different job functions
and employers.
· Those jobs and employers are themselves likely to change and develop during the
time you are employed in them.
THINK AHEAD
· In parallel with your studies, you should aim to develop skills that will be of help to
you in your future career
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16. What do you need?
Employability skills
Employability has been defined as "the capability of getting and keeping
satisfactory work".
Employability skills "A set of achievements, understandings and personal attributes
that make individuals more likely to gain employment and to be successful in their
chosen occupations".
Other factors
· Knowledge and abalities relating to a particular job;
· Ability to identify suitable job opportunities;
· Self-presentation
· External factors such as the job market and personal circumstances.
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17. 2. The world is something more than
Tarragona
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18. Why not to do an Erasmus ?
Why not to do a Summer University ?
Why not to do an internship abroad ?
Why not to work abroad for some years ?
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19. If you are interested we have
here
something to communicate you…
… and maybe in some months
you will be…
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