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Providing Post-Training Assistance to Young Jobseekers to Improve Employment Outcomes in India
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Digital Intervention Delivery in Remote Skilling
"Over the course of three months, researchers provided the post-training assistance to both wage-employed and self-employed trainees through WhatsApp-a messaging application on smart phones-groups already managed by YP to facilitate information dissemination and peer-to-peer interaction."
Macroeconomic Skill Mismatch and Shortage
"The World Bank estimates that only 2.3 percent of India's workforce has received some formal skills training... Survey results show that 56 percent of employers are finding it difficult to fill jobs in India."
Non-Skill Labor Market Barriers
"Youth may face other non-skill barriers, such as difficulties in knowing where to find work, which prevent them from finding employment."
Post-Training Livelihood Assistance
"In addition to access to online training materials, WhatsApp group members received access to wage employment and self-employment assistance from a YP livelihood coordinator."
Private vs. Group Mentoring Modalities
"Interactions with the livelihood coordinator were conducted via group messages or calls... [or] one-on-one assistance... conducted via individual messages or calls."
Informal Social Network Search Frictions
"They are also more likely to rely on their social networks in securing employment."