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Practical solutions to current labour market challenges and what can be learnt from different national-level approaches

Youth employment is a central theme of this week’s European Employment Forum in Brussels.

What education policies are making a difference, how to promote new ways of working, including entrepreneurship and self-employment options and effective measures for stimulating job creation.

What would be your opnion? Do you feel concerned?

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10 Head-scratching Job Titles

By Lance Haun

Director of Fun.

That was the title I was looking at on a resume for a marketing director position. As I read through the applicant’s accomplishments and responsibilities, I could see that it was clearly a marketing-type position. It stuck out, just not in a good way.

What may have seemed like a great little thing to have on a business card as an attention-getter had now turned into a liability. Nobody knows what a “Director of Fun” does. And sure, maybe “Marketing Director” isn’t all that specific on its own, but give me some context (industry, company size, and market) and I can pretty quickly figure out what you’re doing.

Using these fun titles externally is a mistake.

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