Talent Week, focusing on young people and the future of work
In Padua from Monday 7 April - Among the topics the most sought-after and hard-to-find figures - A challenge with 15 companies for students
by Barbara Ganz
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A whole week of events, from Monday 7 to Saturday 12 April, scheduled in Padua and designed to bring together the new generations, with their values and expectations of study and careers, with the most innovative protagonists of the local economic fabric.
Marathon of Ideas
.Businesses call on students directly with 15 challenges that as many companies, organisations and business networks involved by Unicredit in Imprenditori #GenNext are launching to the more than 200 students from all universities in the North East. Three winning projects will be selected from them in the final on Friday 11 April. The Athesis Group, Danieli Acciaierie, Smartland, Destination Verona & Garda Foundation, Dolomiti Bellunesi with Fondazione Marca Treviso, Eurotherm, Federalberghi Veneto, Fondazione Arena, Fondazione Venezia Capitale Mondiale della Sostenibilità, Infocamere, Irinox Spa and SMACT Competence Center are participating, as well as five Innovative Regional Networks in Veneto: Innovative Food Network Veneto, Face Design, Improvenet, Tech4Life and Veneto Clima ed Energia.
The challenges range from the reduction and reuse of production waste to finding strategies to intercept Gen Z, from sustainable site management to the application of artificial intelligence technologies within organisations.
The work to come
.Also in the spotlight is the so-called talent shortage, i.e. the difficulty of hiring the most sought-after figures. The figure on 'difficulty in finding' has increased from 50% in 2023 to 51% in 2024, according to data from the Excelsior 2024 survey presented as a preview at Talent Week in Padua, on Monday 7 April, at a meeting entitled 'Artificial Intelligence: new scenarios for work' at the Padua Chamber of Commerce, attended by students from secondary schools.
In Veneto, the number of new hires expected in 2024 was 503,000, down from 526,000 the previous year, while at the same time the number of companies hiring increased from 63% to 65%, and the number of young people (under 30 years of age) hired dropped from 31% to 30%. The most difficult jobs to find in the region are those requiring tertiary education (universities, academies and other post-diploma courses), with 59% of cases, while for jobs for people with secondary education or who have completed compulsory schooling, the rate of difficulty in finding them drops to 53%.
