(Y)our Future

Junior Chamber International (JCI) is a worldwide non-profit organisation of (young) entrepreneurial adults between 18 and 40 years old. With the project (Y)our Future, JCI Gent vzw (a local division of JCI Belgium vzw) wants to inspire school leavers who are looking for a job, offering them advice as well as a network so as to strengthen their position on the labour market.

More than anyone else, our youth suffers from unemployment. Today, 28% of young adults in Belgium are unemployed.

With the (Y)our Future movement, JCI took the initiative to do something about this, all over Europe. JCI Gent took up the gauntlet and set up the project (Y)our Future in Ghent to lend a helping hand to young unemployed people from the area.

On 22 November 2014, the first (Y)our Future event will take place in Gent: 200 young people will be welcomed to learn new skills, build up a network and draw inspiration from:

• Inspiring keynotes: professionals who've built up a rewarding career but who as newly graduated also experienced difficulties on the labour market or have been unemployed, will take the stand;
• 9 workshops: on topics such as motivation, discovering your own key talents, drawing up a good CV, legal aspects and much more;
• CV assessments: by HR professionals and specialists in the field from companies and selection agencies;
• Networking: with “Experience Ambassadors”, i.e. young professionals with 1 to 2 years of work experience.

The purpose of this project is to increase the chances of success of young unemployed people on the labour market by upgrading their skills and widening their network, but also by showing that people believe in them and giving them the much needed energy to go for it.

Discover more about JCI Gent on: http://gent.jcivlaanderen.be
Discover more about (Y)our Future on: http://www.our-future.eu/gent2014