Connecting work to education should be priority beyond pandemic

To ensure the pandemic doesn’t leave today’s youth behind, governments, employers, and post-secondary institutions need to find innovative ways to create smooth transitions to an otherwise bumpy labour market.
Despite the challenges of offering hands-on placements during a pandemic, relevant employment experience is more critical now than ever.
COVID-19 has disrupted labour markets unlike anything since the Great Depression. Young people have been especially hard hit by the economic slowdown, with school closures and a transition to remote learning. Youth were also among the hardest hit when employers reduce...

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