{"id":5788,"date":"2019-04-17T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T04:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?p=5788"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:04:12","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T04:04:12","slug":"together-for-employment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/index.php\/together-for-employment\/","title":{"rendered":"Together For Employment!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-103-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5791\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-103.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-103-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-103-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparing for the future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-134-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"employment workshop\" data-id=\"5802\" class=\"wp-image-5802\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-134.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-134-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-134-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-101-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5805\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5805\" class=\"wp-image-5805\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-101-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-101-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-101-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-95-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5806\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5806\" class=\"wp-image-5806\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-95-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-95-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-95-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p> <br>Looking for the right kind of employment to suit their skills and abilities can be intimidating for many young people. They can be unsure of what training or other opportunities may be open to them. They may not know how to &#8216;sell&#8217; themselves the right way. Some may even feel they will have problems getting  a job because of the social circumstances they are currently in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Creating opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-116-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5807\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5807\" class=\"wp-image-5807\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-116-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-116-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-116-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-137-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5808\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5808\" class=\"wp-image-5808\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-137-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-137-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-137-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/in-thailand\/\">Peuan Peuan<\/a>, with support from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/thailand\/\">UNICEF Thailand<\/a> and donors Manchester United and Credit Suisse set out to change that by planning for a space where youth would be comfortable to meet professionals from the employment field. This would be a great step for them to prepare for their future as employees and workers.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employment workshop<br><br><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-113-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5809\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5809\" class=\"wp-image-5809\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-113-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-113-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-113-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5810\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5810\" class=\"wp-image-5810\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A date was set for the Employment Workshop at the end of March. We are absolutely delighted that almost 100 people attended it! Two-thirds of them were youth from\u00a0three communities in Bangkok where\u00a0Peuan\u00a0Peuan\u00a0works. Young people were also there from\u00a0four government shelters,\u00a0partners of\u00a0Peuan\u00a0Peuan. These are under the jurisdiction\u00a0of the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection and the Department of Children and Youth from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security. Our ChildSafe Alliance partner Childline\u00a0also brought along a group of young people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Business insights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-7 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-117-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5811\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5811\" class=\"wp-image-5811\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-117-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-117-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-117-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-104-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5812\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5812\" class=\"wp-image-5812\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-104-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-104-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-104-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We wanted to share practical advice for the youth from the business sector. Eight companies, some of them international chains were invited to coach them. Thank you to Sansiri, Central, Grand Center Point Hotel, Pandora, PTT, Premier, Starbucks,\u00a0 and our\u00a0ChildSafe partner\u00a0the Nouvo city hotel for their participation!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Afternoon activity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-9 is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-120-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5813\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5813\" class=\"wp-image-5813\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-120-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-120-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-120-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-126-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5814\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5814\" class=\"wp-image-5814\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-126-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-126-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-126-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-128-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5815\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5815\" class=\"wp-image-5815\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-128-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-128-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-128-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5816\" data-link=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=5816\" class=\"wp-image-5816\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-2.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-2-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF-131-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Following round table talks on job interviews, CV, dress codes and other important areas to consider, a full afternoon of simulation, role plays, and practical exercises happened.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opportunities!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The workshop was a great opportunity for youth to talk directly to companies, to Human Resources experts, asking questions and expressing any frustrations they felt in looking for employment. Discussions were  frank and interesting , and professionals were amazed to see the relevance of the questions and topics the youth brought to the table!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF135-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5817\" srcset=\"http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF135-1.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF135-1-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/friends-international.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/UNICEF135-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The\u00a0workshop\u00a0was\u00a0voted\u00a0a\u00a0great\u00a0success\u00a0by\u00a0all,\u00a0so thoughts\u00a0are\u00a0now\u00a0turning\u00a0towards&#8230; yes, \u00a0organizing\u00a0a\u00a0second\u00a0event\u00a0like\u00a0this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo Credits &#8211;  \u00a9 UNICEF Thailand\/2019\/Bundit Chotesuwan <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Preparing for the future Looking for the right kind of employment to suit their skills and abilities can be intimidating for many young people. 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