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   On January 1st 2012, the Council of Labor Affairs promotes the Guidelines for the Youth Employment Subsidy, aimed at people between 18 and 29 years old who are looking for a job for the first time or have been unemployed for more than six months. The plan will offer two years NT$120,000 in training and studying grants to encourage unemployed youths to strengthen their working skills and improve their abilities for finding a job, as well as promoting employment.
   According to the Manpower Utilization Survey published in 2011 by the Directorate General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics（DGBAS）, people between 15 and 24, the main reason for having problems finding a job is lacking technology skills（ 55.29%）. The second reason is that the job functions do not suit the candidate（ 22.88%）. Regarding the challenges youths face when seeking a job, the main goals consist of improving their working skills and shortening the technology gap. Therefore, aim of the Guidelines for the Youth Employment Subsidy is to provide youths with a "fishing rod" to enhance their skills, in order to help them find a job after self-training and studying. Furthermore, the plan also has the following features:
1. Expand the scope of young people''s training and studying
   Besides the training courses which held, commissioned and subsidized by Bureau of Employment and Vocational Training, BEVT''s Vocational Training Centre grants, the plan''s scope of training and studying is expanded to courses directly related to seeking employment provided by legal training units which have been evaluated by the TTQS（ Taiwan TrainQuali System） within the past 3 years and awarded a bronze medal（or higher） when most recently evaluated, as well as government-held and commissioned courses.
2. Increase the autonomy of youth training and studying
   Unemployed young people can freely choose a suitable course among the aforementioned training and studying courses, giving priority to personal motivation, the course''s features and whether it benefits the candidate''s future goals and formulated with personnel of public employment service institutions. The personnel will help youths understand the situation of job market and the direction of their future profession. After agreement youth can participate in the course to strengthen their capacity for self-training and studying.
3. Provide employment counseling to guide unemployed youth to systemized training and studying
   Employment counseling is provided by public employment service institutions. The training and studying plan, formulated together with unemployed youth, will combine future profession direction and training and studying goals together via systemized or intensive courses to strengthen the youth career guidance function. Furthermore, youths not participating in training and study will have to regularly go to the employment service institutions for employment counseling to use the employment service''s existing resources and be actively helped to participate in training, learning and employment.
   Although the Guidelines for the Youth Employment Subsidy has been designed to help young people find a job after selftraining and studying, we must consider the substantial training and studying resources required. In the design of the plan, the public employment service institution that verified their qualifications must approving their training plan before they can register, pay the fee and then participate in the course inorder to strengthen the career guidance and counseling services.
   Furthermore, youths who want to obtain a NT$1,200,000 grant within two years required to comply with the following requirements: within ten days of the day after starting to attend the course, they shall reply attending record to the public employment service institution that verified their qualifications and finish the training course to obtain a completion certificate or a course credit certificate.
   Therefore, during the training process, public employment service institutions shall go to the training unit to conduct checks and keep track of students. If one has suspended the class or changed the time of the class, when it has not been agreed yet, has provided personal information to other course for participating in the training course or participate in the training course on behalf of someone, has avoided, obstructed or refused checks or has absence from attending 7 Taiwan Labor e-Quarterly No.12
class accumulated to tenth of the total hours of lectures, the public employment service institution must refuse to issue the grant in order to promote an effective investment in human capital. Furthermore, the public employment service institutions will pressure youths who has been qualified. If someone has not participated in the training course for half a year, the person''s qualifications shall be revoked. Expect that the aforementioned measures shall encourage youths to actively participate in the training course and eventually help them to plunge into their career.
   At present, until October 23 2012, the Guidelines for the Youth Employment Subsidy has helped 14,053 people complete verification of their qualifications, 6,749 people complete the training and studying plan and 6,042 people employed.

How to apply for the Guidelines for the Youth Employment Subsidy
   Young people who want to apply for the Guidelines for the Youth Employment Subsidy may go to a "Youth Counter" in a BEVT public employment service office to finish jobseeking registration and verify qualifications. The professional personnel of the public employment service institution shall provide employment counseling and shall help youth formulate a training plan.
   Youth who has participated in the training course and has obtained a training completion certificate, in accordance with the relevant provisions of subsidy application in the plan can go to the employment service institutions to apply for the subsidy. During this period, the employment service institution shall continue to provide youth career guidance, job-seeking and employment promotion services and accompany with youth during their job search period.
   Detailed plans, application forms and information of the training courses are available at the National Employment Network（https://www.taiwanjobs.gov.tw/home/new_index.aspx）. Youth can also call the Employment Service 24-hour free telephone number （0800-777-888）or make an inquiry at the closest public employment service institution.

• Source:Department of General Planning
• Publication Date:2013-02-19
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