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Key Partners
Status
Start year of the initiative:
October 2013 – expected completion end date is August 2015
Next steps of initiative:
Regional expansion: May expand the programme where it has proved successful, or where we have identified a local need.
Impact
Country(ies) of impact:
Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States
Number of people impacted annually:
250 (more than 500 participants in two years)
Time to intended impact:
Less than 2 years
Metrics:
- Participants who are employed or pursue a training and education programme within six months after programme completion
- Participants who are hired by small- & medium-sized manufacturers
- Alcoa employees mentoring interns
- Alcoa locations hosting manufacturing site visits for interns
- Social media hits and web-based stories about interns, non-profits and local manufacturers
Benefit to organization:
- Indirect benefit to organization
Key Partners
Status
Start year of the initiative:
October 2013 – expected completion end date is August 2015
Next steps of initiative:
Regional expansion: May expand the programme where it has proved successful, or where we have identified a local need.
Impact
Country(ies) of impact:
Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Russia, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States
Number of people impacted annually:
250 (more than 500 participants in two years)
Time to intended impact:
Less than 2 years
Metrics:
- Participants who are employed or pursue a training and education programme within six months after programme completion
- Participants who are hired by small- & medium-sized manufacturers
- Alcoa employees mentoring interns
- Alcoa locations hosting manufacturing site visits for interns
- Social media hits and web-based stories about interns, non-profits and local manufacturers
Benefit to organization:
- Indirect benefit to organization
Global Internship Programme for Unemployed Youth
Submitted by Alcoa
Objective
To equip unemployed youth with work experience and skills to start successful careers in the manufacturing sector.
Overview and Main Activities
Alcoa Foundation created the Global Internship Programme for Unemployed Youth, a workforce development programme tailored to the manufacturing industry. The programme consists of the following three core elements:
- Paid internship with local manufacturers: Provides participants hands-on experience including safety training and learning how to perform basic tasks using manufacturing equipment. This also benefits the talent acquisition progress of local manufacturing companies, representing 80% of manufacturers.
- Workforce readiness training and counselling: Participants receive training and counselling to help them acquire soft skills such as verbal and written communication, problem solving and time management.
- Career planning and placement: Helps participants think strategically about their career options and develop career goals. This component ends with a career fair, where participants have the opportunity to network with manufactures and training and education providers.
The programme is administered by the Institute of International Education (IIE) on behalf of Alcoa Foundation, which is providing the funding. To execute the programme, Alcoa Foundation and IIE partner with more than 10 different non-profit organizations (NPOs) in eight countries. The partner NPOs offer job readiness and employment programmes and place participants in internships with small and medium-sized manufacturing companies in the local community. In addition, local Alcoa offices work with the NPOs to identify Alcoa employees who act as volunteer mentors for interns and who organize site visits to local manufacturing plants.
While the workforce development programme consists of the same elements, each non-profit partner implements customized components to fit to the local community needs and profile.
Success Factors and Challenges
Most critical success factors:
- Alignment with local manufacturing skill demands and labour market conditions
- Local partner support; for example, leveraging existing local work-based training with Alcoa partners in communities
- Content of the initiative, e.g. comprehensive approach to work-based training for manufacturing
- Broad exposure to post-secondary school employment, education and training options
Main challenges:
- Translating work-based training into individual development plans that are achievable in the short-term and that lead to permanent employment
- Replicating for long-term sustainability with other manufacturers in the communities
Recommendations for Others
Put measures in place to increase the participation of women. Consider logistical concerns (i.e. transport of interns to internship site). Train interns on workplace protocols and rules prior to commencement of internship.
Replicability and Scalability
How easily could other organizations implement this initiative?
Easy: Easier to implement if working in collaboration with an implementing partner and local NPO that know the economic and employment environment.
How easily can this initiative be expanded to include a larger number of participants?
Easy: Easy to expand to include more participants as long as there are companies with a need/capacity to hire interns. Partner NPO must also have capacity to deal with larger number of participants.
About the Organization
Website: www.alcoa.com
Sector: Mining and Metals
Size (number of employees): 50,000-100,000
Headquarters: New York, United States
For Further Engagement
Contact name: Michael Lopez
Contact position: Director, PAC and International Affairs
Email: [email protected]