Exchange of Good Practices in Talent Management in VET

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Project description

Despite the importance of VET in providing skilled and quality workforce, many schools and VET organizations lack the capacity and competence to identify, retain and train talented students.

Talent management is also recognized by the European Union as key for making EU businesses „more competitive through talent and innovation“. The challenge of the rapidly changing educational and business environment is to develop a systemized methodology for identifying and educating talented students and to train teachers, trainers, mentors and experts to be able to face various aspects of the challenges of talent management in and around vocational education and training.

Project objectives

  • To explore the situation and main methodologies of talent identification and management in vocational education and to exchange good practices and ideas on talent management in general and specifically in VET.
  • To facilitate creating a network in Europe around the liaison of talent management and vocational education and training.
  • To gain an overview of talent management policies and practices in the partner countries • To observe practices on mentor recruitment, selection, training, etc. with special focus on mentoring talented students
  • To explore ways on supporting talents with disadvantaged background.
  • To make recommendations about talent identification and management in internship and practices with the outcome of developing a “seal of excellence in talent” part adjoining the Europass mobility certificate.

Project Results

  • Country reports on talent management policies, its legal and political background in general and in relation to VET. A comparative compilation of the reports with conclusions (Country level)
  • An exchange of good practices on talent management in VET. (institution level)
  • A recommendations for an optional additional part complementing the Europass mobility certificate with a “seal of excellence in talent.

Project description

Despite the importance of VET in providing skilled and quality workforce, many schools and VET organizations lack the capacity and competence to identify, retain and train talented students.

Talent management is also recognized by the European Union as key for making EU businesses „more competitive through talent and innovation“. The challenge of the rapidly changing educational and business environment is to develop a systemized methodology for identifying and educating talented students and to train teachers, trainers, mentors and experts to be able to face various aspects of the challenges of talent management in and around vocational education and training.

Project Objectives

  • To explore the situation and main methodologies of talent identification and management in vocational education and to exchange good practices and ideas on talent management in general and specifically in VET.
  • To facilitate creating a network in Europe around the liaison of talent management and vocational education and training.
  • To gain an overview of talent management policies and practices in the partner countries • To observe practices on mentor recruitment, selection, training, etc. with special focus on mentoring talented students
  • To explore ways on supporting talents with disadvantaged background.
  • To make recommendations about talent identification and management in internship and practices with the outcome of developing a “seal of excellence in talent” part adjoining the Europass mobility certificate.

Project Results

  • Country reports on talent management policies, its legal and political background in general and in relation to VET. A comparative compilation of the reports with conclusions (Country level)
  • An exchange of good practices on talent management in VET. (institution level)
  • A recommendations for an optional additional part complementing the Europass mobility certificate with a “seal of excellence in talent.