The Innovation business area is dedicated to the (further) development of social policy measures: through exploratory studies and research to develop new measures and formative (accompanying) evaluation of ongoing measures for the rolling further development of the offers.
Contact
Dr. Rudolf Götz
Head of Innovation Business Unit
E: rudolf.goetz@oesb-socialinnovation.at
The Project CompRecruit examines the operational perspective of competency-based recruiting, which, in contrast to the classic approach that focuses on training and professional experience, puts the actual skills and competencies of the applicants in the foreground. This is done in cooperation with the Jobservice advice and support facility, which supports long-term unemployed people and unemployed young people in (re-)gaining a job through motivation, binding planning and advice.
Based on a standardized online survey, we analyze the extent to which companies are already pursuing the approach of competency-based recruiting and what impact this has on job advertisements, interviews and the design of probationary periods, taking into account differences according to industry and company structure. The goal is to find out how strongly competency orientation is already anchored in the recruiting process and which criteria are ultimately decisive for companies.
Caring relatives play a key role in the Austrian care system. Often in secret, they are responsible for looking after and caring for people who are dependent on care due to age, illness or disability. Since 2010, the advice and care facility has been offering Pegasos Job & Care needs-based and person-oriented support for unemployed caregivers on behalf of the employment service throughout Lower Austria. The aim of the measure, which has been implemented by itworks Personalservice of the ÖSB Group since 2022, is to prepare for a return to working life. Pegasos is thus making an important contribution to creating perspectives and reconciling care requirements and work, which can also be made in the future thanks to the individual and flexible consulting concept and the close cooperation with the employment service.
As part of the 15th anniversary of the measure, ÖSB Social Innovation is writing a report on the offer. In addition to impact figures, it shows how Pegasos has developed from innovative target group work to a proven consulting and support concept. Expert interviews with AMS consultants, consultants and participants of Pegasos offer an insight into the challenges and successes in everyday project implementation in the interaction of all those involved.
David Ludwiger, MA
E: david.ludwiger@oesb-socialinnovation.at
ÖSB Consulting GmbH (lead)
As part of this project, the first step is to develop a client typology of young people who take part in the counseling programs implemented in the ÖSB Group. It is currently apparent that many young people in precarious life situations are confronted with very specific difficulties, which is why they are not (yet) considered fit for the job market and/or suitable for training. The aim is to further develop existing support offers and explore the innovation potential. On the one hand, the offers for young people should be more individualized in order to be able to better address the young people's skills and (personal) resources. On the other hand, training companies should be advised and supported through accompanying offers so that the sustainable integration of young people in precarious life situations into company apprenticeships is increased.
The Business Start-up Programme (UGP) is getting on in years. Since the program was established more than 25 years ago, a lot has changed - on the labor market as well as among AMS customers with startup ambitions. The Austrian labor market has become more dynamic. The proportion of self-employed people has increased; within the group of self-employed people, solo self-employed people (self-employed people without employees) are in the majority. The strong increase in self-employed women in particular has fueled this development. In addition, the digitization of the world of work has brought with it numerous new opportunities and forms of self-employment as well as new challenges for founders in the area of e-governance (FinanzOnline etc.).
Against this background, the UGP needs to be subjected to a critical analysis in order to identify the need to adapt the advisory services to current developments and explore potential for further development.
Implementation of services within the framework of the framework agreement: Austria-wide coordination and further development of educational advice for adults within the framework of the European Social Fund
As part of this project, ÖSB Social Innovation (formerly ÖSB Studies & Consulting) supports the further development of educational consulting on three levels:
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19th networking conference on October 21st and 22.10.2021nd, XNUMX in Salzburg.
Subject: Poverty despite work – the working poor in focus. Tasks and approaches for educational consulting
Funded by the European Social Fund and by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research.
New forms of work such as solo self-employment, portfolio work or the platform economy are increasingly shaping our working world. With the rapid spread of new forms of work, the trend towards the subjectivization of work that has been noticed since the 1990s is further strengthened through the integration of management tasks into the work of employees. Today, workers are required to largely organize their work themselves and to market themselves as individuals with their individual skills and life contexts on the labor market.
The subjectification of work is also accompanied by the subjectification of the profession. Traditional professions with their clearly defined “professional competencies” and values are becoming “individual professions” – an individual combination of person-centered competencies, experiences and life contexts.
This “liquification” of work and career not only poses major challenges for the individuals affected, but also for the systems and offers that are intended to support individuals in overcoming these challenges. A centrally affected field here is educational and career counseling with its task of providing orientation on questions of education and careers.
The project aims to support educational and career counselors and relevant decision-makers in addressing these challenges by:
This support offer is organized as part of the following project products:
The products will be available for download here as the project progresses.
The project is being implemented by a European consortium consisting of: ÖSB Social Innovation (formerly ÖSB Studies & Consulting, AT) as coordinator, bbb Office for Vocational Training Planning (OF), i-smARt Trust reg. (LIE), Vyzkumny ustav prace a socialnich veci (CZ).
Dr. Rudolf Götz
E: rudolf.goetz@oesb-socialinnovation.at
GIVE Textbook: Educational advice for employees in new forms of work (DE)
GIVE Textbook: career guidance for clients in New Forms of Work (EN)
Učebnice GIVE: Kariérové poradenství per klienty v nových formách práce (CZ)
GIVE Policy Paper: Educational advice for new forms of work and careers (DE)
GIVE Policy Paper: educational guidance for new forms of work and new careers (EN)
GIVE Policy Paper: Pokyny per vzdělávání v oblasti nových forem práce a povolání (CZ)
GIVE E-Training – educational and career advice for employees in new forms of work (DE/CZ/E)
David Ludwiger, MA
E: david.ludwiger@oesb-socialinnovation.at
ÖSB Consulting GmbH (lead)
Dr. Rudolf Götz
E: rudolf.goetz@oesb-socialinnovation.at
PPSG (Lead and responsible for First Level Control)
David Ludwiger, MA
E: david.ludwiger@oesb-socialinnovation.at
ÖSB Consulting GmbH (lead)
Dr. Rudolf Götz
E: rudolf.goetz@oesb-socialinnovation.at
Online medium “Educational advice in focus – the specialist medium for educational advice in Austria”
Report on the 16th networking meeting 2015 “Advice at the interface of education and health”
Minutes of the 16th networking meeting 2015 “Advice at the interface of education and health”
Bridges into educational consulting. Raise awareness of educational (advice) people in the workplace
David Ludwiger, MA
E: david.ludwiger@oesb-socialinnovation.at
BMASGK
European Social Fund – IP equality
Dr. Rudolf Götz
E: rudolf.goetz@oesb-socialinnovation.at
EU Progress Program
Institute for Postgraduate/University of National and World Economy Studies (BG)
Department for Equal Opportunities – Marche Region (IT)
Mag. Ehrenfried Natter
E: Ehrenfried.natter@oesb-socialinnovation.at
L&R social research (lead)
We analyze today what the job market needs tomorrow.
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