Giancarlo Raicovi is the founder of Doctor CV and serial entrepreneur awarded for his innovative spirit by private firms and the governments of Peru and Chile. He is an employability expert and a special guest in our blog series about the development of #skills21 in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the past, we used to write our resumé to persuade the person reading … [Read more...] about Digital skills to write a 21st Century CV and navigate the labor market with Artificial Intelligence
Digital education and teacher training program in Barbados
This blog was written jointly with Virpi Heinonen who is responsible for the cooperation initiatives and projects in the Latin America and the Caribbean at Tampere University of Applied Sciences, Finland. We work closely together with our partners to provide Finnish higher education know-how to the region. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, from March to June 2020 schools … [Read more...] about Digital education and teacher training program in Barbados
Barbies, employment and digital skills
Laura Ripani is a principal specialist in the Labor Markets Division of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), in charge of coordinating the agenda for the future of work. He specializes in the area of labor markets, with a particular interest in improving opportunities for young people. Mariana Costa Checa was honored with her own Barbie. Is this one of the top … [Read more...] about Barbies, employment and digital skills
The pandemic caused job disruptions, but digital careers offer new opportunities
Justina Nixon-Saintil is the Vice President and Global Head at IBM Corporate Social Responsibility. Her career has spanned leadership roles across marketing, program management, network engineering, and social responsibility. Currently, she focuses on creating and leading programs that address the barriers to digital inclusion, and she is a special guest in our blog series … [Read more...] about The pandemic caused job disruptions, but digital careers offer new opportunities
Education 2030: The Game Changers
Education is being challenged from many fronts: students are not learning what they need in the basics (literacy and numeracy); they are abandoning schools; they need to be prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist, and skills that were not traditionally taught (or at least not formally and effectively included as part of the curriculum and teachers training), are now in high … [Read more...] about Education 2030: The Game Changers