This research contributes to the overall purpose of CFYE as it aims to support the fund’s partners in creating the most sustainable and decent jobs that remain after CFYE’s involvement ends. As such, CFYE commissioned this study to provide stakeholders in the wider employment ecosystem with a knowledge piece that outlines the rationale and best practices in youth employment retention for businesses and organisations in CFYE’s portfolio and the employment ecosystem in general.
Hence, the research aims to generate lessons on youth retention and youth retention strategies in employment.
The research is composed of two parts, namely a literature study and a qualitative research section, with the objective of involving partner and youth voices. It also aims to answer six questions, namely:
1. What are generally seen as (cost-)effective youth retention strategies
(outside the CFYE portfolio)? And how can these be disaggregated across
sectors/business models/gender?
2. What critical challenges are our implementing partners facing around
youth retention?
3. What retention strategies are our implementing partners deploying, and
to what extent are they successful?
4. What other job quality investments are companies making that contribute
to improved youth retention?
5. What gender inclusion strategies are effective in youth retention?
6. What is the business case for youth retention strategies?
