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About YOUTHinc
YOUTHinc is the Association of Young Mongolian Professionals, a membership-based organization. "YOUTH" represents young people and "inc" represents incorporation, i.e. organizations — it is a bridge, platform and network organization that connects young people with businesses and organizations and helps them develop.
YOUTH INC. is a young professionals network that focuses on personal and professional development by promoting healthy lifestyle, quality education, decent work and global partnership. YOUTH INC. means YOU THINK. YOU(TH) INC.
YOUTHinc is Mongolia's career-connected learning engine — bridging the gap between what young Mongolians learn and what employers need.
A generation of Mongolian professionals — future-ready, competent, and resilient — building meaningful careers and lives, anywhere in the world.
Our Principles: Everything we do must have a strong focus on: connecting the right-minded and like-minded young professionals through meaningful engagement; collaborating with prospective employers and organizations with shared vision; promoting SDGs; particularly healthy lifestyle, quality education, decent work and global partnership; bringing international best practices and knowledge sharing; support strengthening the local, global partnership; using the right technology to our advantage; building more inclusive and sustainable network together!
Youth Inc. has been re-established due to the challenges of skills mismatch and competence gap in our labor market, fast changes of technology and coping with the "New Normal". On the other hand, there is a growing need of building more inclusive and sustainable network to bridge the gap between youth and employers to meet the requirements of ever changing future of work towards a better future!
Mongolia is a country of youth. 64 percent of the total population are young people under the age of 35, and 31 percent are youth aged 15–34, while young people aged 15 and over make up two-thirds of the total labor force. However, 50–60% of Mongolia's unemployed are young professionals with higher education, and the youth unemployment rate is high — the supply–demand gap in Mongolia's labor market. On the demand side, businesses and employers keep searching for "highly competent, high-performing" personnel who can add value to their companies, yet on the supply side suitable qualified personnel cannot be found; the competence level of Mongolian youth is lower compared with other countries in the world, leading to a mismatch of youth skills and competencies; health problems arising from young people's lifestyles; and it was observed that there are large differences of information asymmetry and gaps between perception and reality.
The Association of Young Mongolian Professionals NGO in America was founded in 2009 in the state of Virginia together with a few like-minded young people, and I served as its executive director. Doing networking in America, we successfully ran events, workshops, seminars and job fairs for Mongolian youth together with other organizations, and by 2012 our organization's website ranked No.1 on Google; representatives of large American companies such as Boeing, GE, GM and Rio Tinto reached out to us looking for Mongolian youth, and we were awarded "best new organization" by the Association of Mongolians in America.
For a country's economy to develop, the sustainable and inclusive availability of supply and demand is essential; therefore the participation and competence level of young people entering the labor market, their initiative to continuously develop themselves, and the cooperation and coordination among businesses, employer organizations and stakeholders are very important. Therefore our young professionals located in every corner of the world need to connect, unite, share with others what they have learned and what they can do, work together, and build a more competent, healthy and meaningful life, and further contribute to their country's future and development. It is also necessary to introduce Mongolian young professionals not only to the domestic but also to the international labor market and to help them compete with their competence. Our organization was established to create this opportunity. Therefore we will create value in our society and act as a bridge between youth and employers. We also join the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and in particular will carry out our activities based on Health (SDG-3), quality education (SDG-4), decent work (SDG-8) and partnership, and work to introduce international best practices to our homeland.
Programmes
It is a 6-month Practical Internship Program. We first launched and piloted the first 4 internship programs within our organization in 2021–2022, and from the 5th program onward, in cooperation with organizations, we provide professional and soft skills, digital skills and practical work experience, promote the SDGs and decent work, increase competence, and connect YOUTH and EMPLOYERS, contributing to learning and development.
A comprehensive program for learning about Health and a Healthy Lifestyle. The global pandemic Covid-19 made us understand that we need to pay attention to our health, learn a healthy lifestyle, achieve work–life harmony and develop ourselves.
Joining & getting involved
We look for local and global partnership opportunities with Organizations including Universities, Businesses, Government and NGOs that share the common vision with us
Yes, we encourage YOU to VOLUNTEER - gain or give skills based on your time and interest, meet new people, give back to the community, feel valued, be part of Youth Inc. team to make a difference and reach our common goal together!
A young professional is someone who, although he or she may be employed full-time, is within two years of graduation from a full-time Bachelors, Masters or PhD program (or ABD, post-docs) and is under the age of 40.
Six Steps to Leadership for Young Professionals Do Good Work. ... Get a Mentor. ... Take on an Initiative or Side Project. ... Speak or Write About Your Work. ... Stay Above the Fray. ... Ask for Advancement.
Meaning. Meaning is not something you should settle on. ... The ability to make a difference. ... Work-life balance. ... Regular feedback. ... Growth opportunities.
Youth & development
"YOUTH" is generally defined as "the condition of being young; the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young"[Dictionary.com]. Youth is an experience that may shape an individual's level of dependency, which can be marked in various ways according to different cultural perspectives. Its definitions of a specific age range varies, as youth is not defined chronologically as a stage that can be tied to specific age ranges; nor can its end point be linked to specific activities.
The United Nations defines youth as persons between the ages of 15 and 24 with all UN statistics based on this range, the UN states education as a source for these statistics. The UN also recognizes that this varies without prejudice to other age groups listed by member states such as 18–30.
Gen Y: Gen Y, or Millennials, were born between 1980 and 1994. They are currently between 26-40 years old. Gallup Inc., MSW Research, the Resolution Foundation use 1980–1996, PricewaterhouseCoopers has used 1981 to 1995, and Nielsen Media Research has defined millennials as adults between the ages of 22 and 38 years old in 2019. In 2014, U.S PIRG described millennials as those born between 1983 and 2000.
Generation Z (or Gen Z for short) is the demographic cohort succeeding Millennials and preceding Generation Alpha. Researchers and popular media use the mid-to-late 1990s as starting birth years and the early 2010s as ending birth years. Most members of Generation Z have used digital technology since a young age and are comfortable with the Internet and social media. Forbes stated that Generation Z is "composed of those born between 1995 and 2010." In a 2018 report, Goldman Sachs describes "Gen-Z" as "today's teenagers through 23-year olds."
Psychologist Jean Twenge describes Generation Z as those born in 1995 or later. Forbes stated that Generation Z is "composed of those born between 1995 and 2010." In a 2018 report, Goldman Sachs describes "Gen-Z" as "today's teenagers through 23-year olds."
The five Cs are competence, confidence, connection, caring/compassion and character + contribution.
Education is important because it is a means to giving individuals the tools for critical thinking for optimum survival. Education is important because it is key to gaining the knowledge, tools and skills for the best opportunity of success in life.
Youth is the best period of life. It is the best period of health, strength and energy. ... Youth is of the spirit and not necessarily of the body. There are young people in old bodies and old people in young ones.
Youth have a role to renew and refresh the current status of our society including leadership, innovations, skills etc. Youth are expected to advance the current technology, education, politics, peace of the country. The youth plays a great role in nation-building. It has the power to help a country develop and move towards progress. It also is responsible for bringing social reform within a country. The youth of a country determine the future of a nation.
The youthful age is the most interesting, vibrant, vigorous, versatile and active period in one's life. It is the age of strength, in which knowledge is acquired, experience is gained, and the age that prepares one for middle age activities. Anonymous.
Work-life harmony
Work–life balance is the equilibrium between personal life and career work. Work life harmony on the other hand, allows your work to be a part of your life. This means that you can choose to be happy both at home, and at work! Work-life harmony is defined as a state in which an individual is able to achieve both personal and professional goals in a combination that is uniquely satisfactory. This differs across individuals as different people have different needs, responsibilities, values and priorities.
Make conscious choices. ... Work with passion. ... Prioritize working with people we like. ... Stay active and get rest. ... Don't let obstacles or limitations overwhelm. SHIFTING OUR FOCUS FROM BALANCE TO HARMONY We've been conditioned to think that true happiness lies in achieving a balance between our work and our personal lives. But with technology and the shift of work from something that pays our bills to a passion project, balance no longer means what it did 10 years ago. Instead, work-life harmony allows us to think about our lives differently. It becomes less about tipping an imaginary scale and more about the imaginary orchestra you can create.
Source: https://www.myworkplacehealth.com/5-ways-to-achieve-work-life-harmony/