Soft Skills or Hard Cash?

Jordan faces extremely high levels of youth unemployment: 19 percent of male and 48 percent of female youth between the ages of 19 to 24 years old want to work but can't find jobs. For men, the transition from school to work is slow (on average 15 months), but for women the school to work transition often never takes place. In this context of high female unemployment and low female labor force participation, the Jordanian government, requested the World Bank's support to develop an employment pilot targeting female community college graduates in 2009. This pilot is part of a broader technical assistance program supporting the reform of the public community college system in Jordan. The objective of the Jordan New work Opportunities for Women (NOW) pilot was to increase female labor force participation and help women gain real world job experience. In particular, the hope was to improve information between firms and potential workers, create an opportunity to change negative stereotypes from firms and young women about women's role in the labor market, and improve soft skills and communication. Overall, the objectives of the Jordan NOW pilot were to increase labor force participation and to give young female graduates a chance to accrue some work experience.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Report biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, ACTIVE LABOR, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET, ACTIVE LABOR MARKET POLICIES, ADMINISTRATIVE RECORDS, ADOLESCENT GIRLS, ADULT WOMEN, AGE GROUP, BANK ACCOUNT, BARRIERS TO ENTRY, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, CAREER, CAREER SERVICES, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE, CHILD CARE, CIVIL SOCIETY, CLERKS, COLLATERAL, COLLEGE ADMINISTRATION, COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS, COLLEGE GRADUATE, COLLEGE GRADUATES, COLLEGE STUDENTS, COMMUNITY COLLEGE, COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, COMMUNITY COLLEGES, COMMUNITY SURVEY, COMPLETION RATES, CURRICULUM, CUSTOMER SERVICE, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT BANK, DIFFERENTIATED IMPACT, DISADVANTAGED GROUPS, DISSEMINATION, EARLY MARRIAGE, EARNINGS, ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS, ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES, EDUCATED MEN, EDUCATED WOMEN, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT, EDUCATIONAL LEVEL, ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, EMPLOYABILITY, EMPLOYEE, EMPLOYER, EMPLOYERS, EMPLOYMENT, EMPLOYMENT CREATION, EMPLOYMENT DURATION, EMPLOYMENT GENERATION, EMPLOYMENT IMPACT, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES, EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, EMPLOYMENT PROSPECTS, EMPLOYMENT RATE, EMPLOYMENT RATES, EMPLOYMENT STATUS, EMPOWERMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, FACT SHEET, FACT SHEETS, FAMILIES, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY ROLES, FEMALE EMPLOYMENT, FEMALE LABOR, FEMALE LABOR FORCE, FEMALE PARTICIPATION, FEMALE POPULATION, FEMALE RESPONDENTS, FEMALE STUDENTS, FINANCES, FINANCIAL BURDEN, FINANCIAL MEANS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FIRST MARRIAGE, FURTHER EDUCATION, GENDER, GENDER NORMS, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT, HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, HIGHER EDUCATION, HOME COUNTRIES, HOUSEHOLD ASSETS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSEHOLD WEALTH, HOUSEHOLDS, HUMAN HEALTH, HUMAN RESOURCE, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, IMMIGRANT, IMMIGRANTS, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, INTERVENTIONS, JOB CREATION, JOB EXPERIENCE, JOB MARKET, JOB OPPORTUNITIES, JOB SEARCH, JOB SKILLS, JOBS, LABOR FORCE, LABOR FORCE PARTICIPATION, LABOR LAW, LABOR LAWS, LABOR MARKET, LABOR MARKET CONDITIONS, LABOR MARKET OUTCOMES, LABOR MARKETS, LEARNING, LEVEL OF EDUCATION, LIFE EVENTS, LIMITED ACCESS, LIMITED RESOURCES, LITERATURE, LOCAL UNIVERSITIES, MARITAL STATUS, MARRIED WOMEN, MINIMUM WAGE, MINISTRIES OF LABOR, MINORITY, MOTHER, NATIONAL COUNCIL, NUMBER OF PEOPLE, NURSERY SCHOOLS, NURSES, OCCUPATIONS, OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN, OUTREACH, PAYROLL TAXES, POLICY MAKERS, PREGNANCY, PRIMARY OBJECTIVE, PRIMARY REASON, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRIVATE SECTOR ACTIVITY, PRIVATE SECTOR FIRMS, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR, PROGRESS, PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT, PUBLIC SECTOR JOBS, RETAIL TRADE, ROLE OF WOMEN, SCHOOLS, SECRETARIES, SELF-ASSESSMENT, SELF-CONFIDENCE, SKILLS TRAINING, SOCIAL ACTION, SOCIAL IMPACT, SOCIAL NORMS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TEACHERS, TEACHING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNICAL SKILLS, TEMPORARY JOBS, TRAINING COMPONENT, TRAINING CONTENT, TRAINING COSTS, TRAINING COURSE, TRAINING FACILITIES, TRAINING GROUP, TRAINING PROGRAM, TRAINING PROGRAMS, TRAINING QUALITY, TRAINING SERVICES, TRAINING VOUCHER, TRANSPORTATION, UMBRELLA ORGANIZATION, UNEDUCATED MEN, UNEMPLOYED, UNEMPLOYED FEMALE, UNEMPLOYED WOMEN, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATES, UNIVERSITIES, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY DEGREE, UNIVERSITY DEGREES, UNIVERSITY EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY GRADUATES, VOCATIONAL TRAINING, VOCATIONAL TRAINING PROGRAMS, VOUCHERS, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, WAGE SUBSIDIES, WAGE SUBSIDY, WAGE SUBSIDY EVALUATIONS, WAGE SUBSIDY PROGRAMS, WOMAN, WORK ACTIVITIES, WORK EXPERIENCE, WORKER, WORKERS, WORKFORCE, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNG WORKERS, YOUTH, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT, YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT RATES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/329991468284338124/Soft-skills-or-hard-cash-What-works-for-female-employment-in-Jordan https://hdl.handle.net/10986/26884
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