Sustainable Employment for Long-term Inclusion

This quarter we made several bets:

In Cartagena we strengthened alliances with companies, with the objective of generating greater and better job opportunities for our mothers.

EMPLOYMENT:

In the Employability and Opportunity Center we have 1,993 graduates. 794 adolescent mothers are in the process of finding their first formal job.  

This quarter we were able to:

Employ 49 adolescent mothers of which 37 obtained their first formal employment.

In February, CEO received 82 new adolescent mothers, graduates of the technical training programs with which we have been working on the labor market insertion process, through the following activities:

• Accompaniment in their labor practice

• Advice on their resumes

• Application of psycho-technical tests for labor profiling.

COMPANIES:

Job profiling enables young women to have better job opportunities, adaptation and stability in jobs; in addition, companies receive candidates with a profile very adjusted to the one required for the vacancy, achieving better hiring results for both parties.

In this sense, from CEO we have 262 allied companies of which 32 of them were sensitized in this first quarter of 2023, with new and different approaches 7 new alliances and 148 jobs managed were achieved.

o    Employer sectors:

o    Beauty: 43%.

o    General services: 2%.

o    Hospitality: 32%.

o    Gastronomy: 19%    

o    Administrative: 4%

Positions held by adolescent mothers:

o    Stylists

o    Manicurists

o    Customer service

o    Waitress

o    Kitchen assistant

o    Waitress

o    Pastry assistant

o    Barista

o    General Services

TRAINING:

We had 74 adolescent mothers trained in complementary areas for their labor insertion in the first quarter, which had two workshops and a preparation course in these areas.

Subjects covered:

• Communication skills in customer service and marketing of services in different economic sectors.
• Assertiveness and commitment oriented to employment management.

EVENTS:

• Together with Angie Caballero we conducted a female empowerment workshop called "A volar alto", where 46 graduates participated, of which 5 started a pilot plan to begin the preliminary stage with projection of formal linkage.

• We participated in a space convened by Mercy Corps, where we socialized the tax incentives that employers may have when generating jobs for young people, women and migrant population.

We had a job fair with the participation of:

• Companies attending: 8

• 47 graduates

• In this job fair we were able to link 2 of our adolescent mothers associated with their profile of graduation from the foundation: 1 waitress and 1 kitchen assistant.

The Employment and Opportunities Center of the Juanfe Foundation is responsible for:

• Create partnerships with city businesses to promote labor incersion for vulnerable teen mothers.

• Experiential experience in the facilities of the Juanfe with the directors of the companies, called Juanfe Tour.

• Business breakfasts with potential allies and current allies to achieve an exchange of experiences that motivates the achievement of new alliances.

• Visits to companies with the adolescent’s mothers so that they know the work dynamics and are motivated to redefine their life project and the steps that will come for the achievement of their goals through their formal economic autonomy.

• Lead projects where employability is sought, provide the Foundation with analysis on the work session to make adjustments in planning and training

During 2022, we strengthened our alliances and generated new business contacts, with the aim of generating job opportunities for our young women.

EMPLOYMENT:

Active adolescent’s mothers: graduates who continue to receive the benefits of the Foundation through CEO: employment, training, accompaniment, events, others: 810 young people

Adolescents mother’s employees 2022: 177 (60% have retention longer than 3 months)

Jobs managed: 222

These jobs correspond to:

58% to permanent jobs

11% to permanent jobs

31% to temporary jobs.

COMPANIES:

• Total partner companies:262

• Companies sensitized in the year: 180.

• New alliances: 50

• Vacancies managed: 291

• Jobs managed:222.

• Employer sectors: Jobs are mainly in the service sector in companies such as restaurants, hotels and beauty centers.

• Positions occupied by adolescent’s mothers: waitresses, waitresses, service assistants, manicurists, beauty assistants, among others.

FORMATIONS:

Adolescents mothers trained in complementary areas for employment: 261

Courses taken: 10

Workshops held: 12

Topics covered: Trends to improve the skills directly related to the technical work programs pursued, as well as soft skills that are indispensable when providing each of their services.

• The satisfaction of the adolescent’s mothers in relation to the trainings is qualified from 1 to 10 through an evaluation regarding the thematics and the trainer, it can be evidenced that 90% of the expectations are met and 31% of the trained mothers were employed after completing the trainings.

EVENTS

A business breakfast was held with new companies from the productive sector, interested in social and economic development; 14 employers participated.

We achieved 2 job fairs; where it was possible to keep in mind the active job offers of partner organizations.

In addition, we are carrying out activities aimed at graduates who make an important contribution to their employment and development, including:

2 work closet; participation of 102 young people in the first and 68 young people in the second between graduates and students.

1 annual meeting of graduates; attendance of 161 young people.

On the other hand, it was possible to manage and obtain items to be donated to graduates by allies among whom were: beauty kits by Esika; washing by Maizena; milkshakes donated by HND; antiseptic alcohol donated by Distanco S.A.S; bed linen from the Hotel Almirante; ice cream from Crepes and Waffles, among others.