1. Challenge Future – Make. it. WORK
Simple Way for Undergraduates
Guiding High-school Students
in Job-orientation
Team Name: HANA from Vietnam
Team Member: Duong Ngoc Anh
Business Administration Faculty
University of Economics and
Business, Vietnam National
University Hanoi
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2.  25% of population ~ Young people Youth Employment
in Vietnam (1) (2) (3)
 1.4 million ~ Young new job seeker 1. United Nations Country Team
Vietnam, 2003 “Challenges to Youth
(entering labor market every year) employment in Vietnam”. Discussed
paper No.3, available through
<http://www.undp.org.vn/digitalAsset
 47% of total unemployment ~ Youth s/4/4723_Youth_Employment.pdf >
[accessed 24 Feb 2013]
unemployment (2012)
2. ILO, 2012 “Nearly 1 million out of
work, stronger job creation needed”.
 67% of youth works in small family Press release, available through
<http://www.ilo.org/hanoi/Informationr
farms and in the informal sector (also esources/Publicinformation/Pressrele
ases/WCMS_195908/lang--
accounted for underemployed) ( en/index.htm > [accessed 24 Feb
approx. youth lives in rural areas) 2012]
3. Dang Nguyen Anh, Le Bach Duong,
 30% of youth is full-employed Nguyen Hai Van, 2005 “Youth
Employment in Vietnam:
Characteristics, Determinants, and
 Many out – of – school youth work to Policy Responses” [PDF] available
through <
earn a living for their families in low http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pu
blic/@ed_emp/@emp_elm/document
paid jobs and petty trade. s/publication/wcms_114146.pdf >
[accessed 23 Feb 2013]
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3.  Job creation: LOW Reasons of Youth
Unemployment (1) (2)
 Financial crisis  low private
consumption and economic growth
(Economic slowdown)
 Policy incoherence  heightened
uncertainty, preventing investment
and faster job creation
1. ILO, 2013 “Global Employment
 Labor market: MISMATCHED Trends 2013 - Recovering from a
second jobs dip”. [PDF] Available
 Surplus or Deficit labor force in some through <
http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/pu
sectors (E.g. Surplus source in blic/---dgreports/---dcomm/---
publ/documents/publication/wcms_20
Finance & Banking, Deficit in Basic 2326.pdf > [accessed 24 Feb 2013]
Sciences) 2. ILO, 2012 “The youth employment
crisis: A call for action” [PDF]
 Lack of well-directed policies in Available through
education <http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/p
ublic/---ed_norm/---
 Ineffective and trivial job-orientation relconf/documents/meetingdocument
/wcms_185950.pdf > [accessed 24
 Unqualified labor force (lack of Feb 2013]
education, skills, vocational-
3 training, etc.)

4.  Situations Brain Drain in
 2% of Youth is sponsored by State Youth (1) (2)
scholarship program and must commit
to return and serve country
 15% of Youth seeks scholarship on
their own – 2% of them return home
 Reasons
1. Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, n.d. “Student
 Unqualified higher education system Mobility and Challengens in Vietnam
Education” [PDF] available through <
 Salary http://www.rihed.seameo.org/mambo/
mbseminar/vietnam.pdf > [accessed
 Unreasonable welfare 24 Feb 2013]
 Reserved mechanism 2. Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen, 2009 “Job
satisfaction – a core reason for brain
 Soliciting drain in Vietnam – a case study at
Vietnam’s Institute of Biotechnology
 Egalitarianism (IBT)”, [PDF] available through <
http://www.doko.vn/luan-van/Job-
 Ambiguous policies and regulations in satisfaction-a-core-reason-for-brain-
drain-in-Vietnam-a-case-study-at-
recruitment and promotion Vietnams-Institute-of-Biotechnology-
IBT-32087 > [accessed 24 Feb 2013]
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5. Solutions for Youth Unemployment
 Job Creation
 Government
 Encourage the establishment of small and medium enterprises
(SMEs), household business, etc. (favorable tax policy or
registration process)
 Improve policy coherences  raise confidence and trust in
foreign investor
 Firms
 Enhance the equality for the youth (In economic downturn, firms
often downsizing or stop recruiting)
 Cooperate with universities or institutes to implement new
technology or operation (esp. LEAN to cut down wastes) in
order to increase product offering, product quality, or
productivity  gain market share to expand business later.
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6. Solutions for Youth Unemployment
 Matched Labor Market
 Government
 Provide well-directed policy to fulfill the need of human
resources in specific field of economic in the futures
 Firms
 Provide pre-training course to new employees
 Provide vocational-training for employees’ continuous
improvement
 Individuals ~ well preparation
 Take job-orientation class in high school to find the most
appropriate one
 Enhance capabilities:
• Participate in short-term training courses
• Take part-time job to gain experience
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7. Solutions for Brain Drain
 Government
 Improved basic salary policy
 Establish suitable coefficient of the salary
 Differentiate standard salary for different level of education
 Pay more attention in research area
 Firms
 Income: paid fairly
 Opportunities for personal growth
 Study aboard
 Staff training (short-term or long-term training programs)
 Recruitment and promotion
 Process based on clear regulation and under strict control
 Promotion based on contribution not seniority
 Commend and reward regime be clear, precise and based on
comments
 Activities (long or short distances journey)
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8. Planned Project
 Situation for Individual Improvement
 Some organizations offer soft-skill courses
 University’s clubs, part-time jobs, or internship bring
opportunities to work in team, build up relationship net
work, etc.
 Job-orientation should be customized because of the distinctive
personality
 Objective
 Fulfill the mismatch in labor force through doing job-orientation
effectively
 Avoid the surplus or deficit in labor force
 Help to define the most appropriate job
 Might raise motivation to study further (in higher education: Master
or Ph.D.)
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9. Planned Project
Mission Vision
Target Group To become the truthful
• Teenagers (15-19) in high school
group that helps
Target Group’s Need
• Job orientation that suits their high school undergraduates
personalities and circumstances
students define practice what
the appropriate they have
Distinctive Capabilities job-orientation learned.
• Support team members from
many universities
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10. Planned Project
Value Major Goals
After 1 month
voluntary • Every students in
Phan Dinh Phung
High School
After 1-2 years
enthusiastic • All high school students
in Hanoi (Capital of
Vietnam)
After 3-5 years
responsible • High school students in
Vietnam
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