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Introduction to Tamheed Helping Youth Make Informed Career Choices June 2012

Introduction to Tamheed Helping Youth Make Informed Career Choices June 2012. Who is silatech ?. Background. Silatech is a social enterprise that was established in 2008 to address the critical and growing need to create jobs and expand economic opportunities for young people.

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Introduction to Tamheed Helping Youth Make Informed Career Choices June 2012

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  1. Introduction to Tamheed Helping Youth Make Informed Career Choices June 2012

  2. Who is silatech? Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  3. Background • Silatech is a social enterprise that was established in 2008 to address the critical and growing need to create jobs and expand economic opportunities for young people. • Silatech promotes large-scale job creation, entrepreneurship, access to capital and markets, and the participation and engagement of young people in economic and social development throughout the Arab world. • Silatech was founded by Her Highness Sheikha Moza bint Nasserwith broad support from other regional and international leaders. Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  4. Vision & Mission • Silatech envisions an Arab world in which young people are able to work, and are engaged in the economic and social development of their societies. • Our mission To connect young people with improved opportunities for employment, enterprise and civic engagement. We do this by mobilizing knowledge, investment, technology and networks, and by influencing mindsets and policies that are key to unlocking wider impact. Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  5. What is Tamheed? Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  6. Tamheed is flexible and adaptable Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  7. About the Assessments • Psychometric assessments • Available online in English , Arabic & French • Normed to the region • Assess the natural aptitudes, abilities and motivation of young people and help them make choices regarding education, training and job opportunities. • Developed by Silatech in partnership with Mindmill, a U.K. assessments company, to develop career guidance tools for youth in the Middle East. Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  8. Tamheed = online assessments + so much more • Tamheed is also: • supporting young people through quality career guidance and links to activities and interventions; • Building the capacity of career advisors • Providing an action-oriented career guidance framework for organizations that support youth employment.. Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  9. For young jobseekers… • A scientific tool that helps to evaluate natural ability, personality traits, interests and motivations. • Help to identify strengths, areas for improvement, and potential careers to explore. • A key step (and often the first step) in a young person’s path to self-awareness Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  10. For Career Advisors… • Creating capacity where little currently exists; • Comprehensive training program • Tamheed system • Career advising traits and processes • Tamheed Advisor Certification Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  11. For Partners working with youth … • Developing comprehensive support processes • Linking youth to employability experiences: • Internships & mentorships; • Volunteering & civic engagement; • Training & skills building Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  12. A look at the Career Guidance Assessments • A series of 4 assessments: • Personality • Cognitive Abilities • Literacy • Numerical Fluency • Career preference interests and motivations • Language (with Bright Language Tests) Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  13. tamheed.org Demonstration Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  14. Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  15. Personality (SIED) Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  16. Numeracy Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  17. Literacy Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  18. Jobs Inventory (JOIN) Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  19. Language Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  20. tamheed.org Career guidance reports Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  21. One Assessment, Two Reports Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  22. CPI Scores Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  23. Career Advising Sessions • What happens in a typical career advising sessions? • The Tamheed Difference • Action-oriented career guidance Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  24. Sustainability • Grant subsidised: • Grant based for first year, extendable by a year • Generate revenue by engaging with employers to offer screening services • Unlimited users for 5000 USD per year • Portal Partners: • Free for NGOs providing counseling support • Virtual counsellors subsidised by corporate sales • Revenue generating: • Schools and Colleges in High Income countries • Custom screening solutions for Employers (with 8 cognitives) Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  25. Career Guidance Success across the region and growing... Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  26. What are young people saying? “Every student should be required to take these and get the counselling to help them decide what to study” “I had not realised that some of my personality traits were strengths I could use in my career. It is really valuable.” “This is the first time I have experienced anything like this, and the picture has become a lot clearer.” “I was amazed at the accuracy of my personality profile and how it had made me think differently about my career” I have learned things about myself – and my strengths – that I never knew before. I am thinking seriously about my future as a result of this guidance. “This is an amazing, life changing experience!” Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  27. What are career advisors saying? “Career guidance services hardly exist here, and is needed desperately.” “Thank you for enabling us to provide a service that our young people need.” “The training and the materials are extremely useful. We are now able to better support the youth of our country.” Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  28. THANK YOU Jo Aggarwal jaggarwal@silatech.com Twitter: ActioninMarkers Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  29. The “Action in Markers” Framework Name Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  30. Khaled A. Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

  31. Coaching at his club (M) “Taster Day” in a Sports Medicine clinic (V, M) Ongoing follow up sessions with Tamheed Career Advisor (P) Sports Marketing Internship (M) Khaled A. Name Volunteer at Sports Events (M) Informational meeting with a Sports Lawyer (V, P) Tamheed - Making Informed Career Choices

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