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The overall goal of the project is to have more employable vulnerable (future) jobseekers. In this project we develop 2 courses regarding 21st century and entrepreneurial competencies: one for the mentioned client group and the other one for the people supporting them, being teachers, instructors, job coaches. Within the scope of the project we also do research on how we can use Open Badges to recognise and acknowledge these competencies. An Open Badge is a visual digital and reliable proof of a skill or competence that someone has acquired. It gives insight and words to what the client is capable of. This strengthens clients’ self-confidence because their competencies are made visible in a digital, transparent and open way, it creates efficient learning paths and is recognisable for stakeholders (employers - funders - governments - business partners)The world around us is continuously changing and this in an always faster manner. Globalisation, digitisation, technology, robotisation, aging and hazing, social changes in the direction of working more and longer, growth and shrinking of companies, etc. The world is changing and so does the labour market. Today 's jobs will no longer exist in a few years, others will come instead. The work is increasingly flexible and volatile. In such a dynamic labour market, it is important for all involved (both employers, employees and self-employed) to be flexible and broadly employable. People on the labour market will need a different skillset that includes generic skills (key competencies). These key competencies entail the possibility to adapt to changing conditions and learn new technical skills when needed. At this moment of the Covid-19 crisis we are all convinced that digitisation will radically change our work, social live and learning environments and we must see this as a challenge to realise a positive support to an inclusive labour market. All the above mentioned changes can be confusing if a person feels uncertain about himself and doesn't understand all mechanisms in place to help find his own space in it. For people with more support needs due to all possible reasons, it is therefore immensely important that the people supporting them have a good understanding of this society and its labour market challenges.This means we need to be equip people in search for a job with futureproof competencies that meet these needs, whether they want to work as an employee or as a self-employed entrepreneur and especially support the underrepresented groups to find out about their skills and how to improve them.Often the staff supporting them has a background that has not put emphasis on the need of unveiling/ uncovering the key competencies of their pupils/clients. They either teach them technical competencies or guide them towards a job by general questions, internship follow up, helping with job applications etc. This all is relevant too, it's just not enough anymore. Therefore it is imperative that these front officers/staff become aware of this fact, what these key competencies are and how these keep changing over the years. Not only do they need to know more about the competencies, they also need to know how they can discuss them with their clients/pupils and how to reveal the competencies (by observation, by tasks, …)The course 'Discover and reveal your clients competencies!' that we will develop will support them to improve their knowledge and skills in the support of revealing extra potential of the people they support.The course for clients is a collective way of discovering and revealing their key competencies. When the course is finished, the clients will have an overview with the explored competencies and where the client is positioned compared to what is desired. The client will make an action plan to work on desired competencies that are currently missing (or insufficiently expressed). Also they learn to express their strengths and how they can be used to benefit the job. Competencies serve as a means to increase clients’ chances at employers because they can talk about their competencies open and clear and why these are important for the vacancy available. As said in the beginning, we will create Open Badges in order to recognise and acknowledge these skills. An indirect goal we hope for is that through learning about the entrepreneurial skills, more people will consider to become self-employed when they see they do have potential.
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