Title Savanorystėje ugdomų įgūdžių reikšmė profesinėje veikloje /
Translation of Title Importance of skills for professional work developed in volunteering.
Authors Balynaitė, Kristina
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Pages 97
Keywords [eng] learning ; volunteering ; skills training ; youth unemployment ; the main skills important for employers
Abstract [eng] The transition from education to the labor market is one of the most advanced stages in a young person's life. An increasing number of young people aspire to acquire higher education, however there are a lot of facts that constitute obstacles for young people in the labor market. The two main causes of high youth unemployment are: the lack of qualifications and flexibility. Employers offering long-term work, always value the employee's competences. The more experienced is the worker, the less integration period costs. Many employers emphasize that young contenders have a lack of social, communication and problem solving experience. Long-term unemployment problem substantially affects the assimilation of young people, their experience of intellectual and social engagement and of course their living conditions. The successful integration positively effects on youth prospects and their social stability. The employers also highlight, and the scientific literature confirms, that employees with strong interpersonal skills are generally more productive with those who do not have such interpersonal skills. The training of personal skills is the basis for development of other very important skills, such as an active learning and critical thinking. It focuses and forms a positive approach to work and tends to look up for different solutions. The volunteering developing skills educates the youth’s personality, professional and social skills, as well as it allows a young person to identify his professional trajectory and conditions on life’s ambition. The main tool for youth organizations is multifarious training as well as learning from the more experienced members by observing them and conducting joint activities. The aim of this work is to reveal the significance of the volunteering skills in the professional activities. The work’s tasks: 1. to disclose to the relevant employees' skills for employers. 2. to disclose volunteering skills. 3. to form the interfaces model of volunteering and relevant developing skills for employers. 4. to investigate empirically the interfaces of volunteering skills and relevant developing skills for employers, to perform the comparative analysis. According to the employers, the most important skills are the information search (active learning), responsibility/dependability and teamwork. The most active trained skills by volunteers presented by the overall survey average are: teamwork, initiative, responsibility/ dutifulness, adaptability and flexibility, communication. More than 50 per cent of respondents believe that the reasonable period of time to view the change of improved skills is more than 1-2 years. While personal and interpersonal skills are not measurable, however we can by judging their skills and development over the person's experience. Just as professional practice, it is set off and evaluated academic hours, so volunteering can be set off on the basis of time and activity. Typically, all voluntary organizations have coordinators, that just as practice managers can make recommendations about a person's abilities.
Dissertation Institution Kauno technologijos universitetas.
Type Master thesis
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2016