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FieldNotes: Promoting Employee Engagement

• Best Practices
   posted in
• Employer/Employee Engagement
  Private Sector Collaboration
  Volunteerism
   in
• 2007

This issue of FieldNotes focuses on successful employee engagement. It includes examples, advice, and first-hand accounts. Much of the material comes from the volunteer activities of Lucent employees, who have

YOUth No. 1, Spotlight: Work vs. War—Mindanao's Youth Choose Classrooms & Careers

• YOUth Magazine
   posted in
• Job Training
  Multisectoral Partnerships
  Out-of-School Youth
  Peace and Tolerance
   in
• 2007

This article by Christy Macy appeared in the Fall 2007 edition of YOUth magazine. Macy is Director of Publications at the International Youth Foundation (IYF). In this article, she discusses

What Works in Unlocking Local Resources: A Case Study in National & Community-Based Alliances

• Best Practices
   posted in
• Job Training
  Multisectoral Partnerships
  Out-of-School Youth
  Peace and Tolerance
  Scale/Sustainability
  Vulnerable Youth
   in
• 2007

Punjab Vocational Training Council: Using Muslim Philanthropy for Youth Employability

• Studies/Reports
   posted in
• Assessments-Labor Market
  Education
  Job Training
  Livelihoods
  Multisectoral Partnerships
  Private Sector Collaboration
  Public Sector Collaboration
  Vulnerable Youth
   in
• 2007

This study presents the lessons and the challenges of youth employment in Pakistan. It examines the case study of Punjab Vocational Training Council (PVTC), which has pioneered a way to channel Zakat funds, or

FieldNotes: Implementing Life Skills for Employability

• Best Practices
   posted in
• Employer/Employee Engagement
  Life Skills
  Livelihoods
  Out-of-School Youth
  Vulnerable Youth
   in
• 2006

This issue of FieldNotes focuses on the challenges and rewards of implementing a life skills and employability program that works with at-risk youth. It  discusses suggestions for best practices when