Aligning Skills Development with Workforce Needs

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We work with employers to understand the challenges they face today and the skills they will need tomorrow.

Through consultations, workshops, and labor market engagement, we identify hiring barriers, competency gaps, skills limitations, and emerging workforce trends.

These insights help us co-design training programs, curricula, and career pathways that not only align with industry needs but also create stronger opportunities for young people by offering them immediate, timely direction. By bringing employers into the design process, we help ensure that skills development programs match current needs and lead to more meaningful employment outcomes, with a more resilient workforce, which is a win-win situation for everyone.

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Jóvenes con Entrega

In partnership with organizations like FedEx, we co-designed logistics curricula that were integrated into public TVET systems in Mexico, Colombia, and El Salvador, helping equip young people with skills aligned to industry demand.

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Skills Gap Workshops

IYF surfaces labor market insights. We implement employer-led Skills Gap Workshops that converts the hiring experiences of individual employers into a shared sector-level understanding of the critical competency gaps across the value chain. 

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