Who are we?

it is the Employability Hub of the ALIARSE Foundation. We work in the promotion, facilitation, and strengthening of both training and employment mediation processes with the goal of improving people’s opportunities to join the labor market. We develop these processes by driving forward the collaborative work with key actors of society and through influence in the development of public policies.

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Why do we do it?

National unemployment rate of 7,8%.

Women present a higher unemployment rate ate 8,7%.

The unemployment rate among young people is of 21%.

The unemployment rate in rural areas is of 7,4%.

There is one employed person from rural areas for every three employed people from urban areas.

Source:  Continuous Employment Survey, 2023.

How do we do it?

Our programs are characterized by placing people at the center of the learning process. This is achieved through the learning of English, the development of socioemotional skills for work and life, technical competencies, the support for employment mediation or the permanence in the education system, and psychosocial support at all times.

Learn about Our Comprehensive Support Model for the Employability of People in Vulnerable Conditions.

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Our story

  •  
  • 2023
  • 2022
  • 2021
  • 2020
  • 2018
  • 2016

  • - 2024

    – Start of Advanced English Program with the National Learning Institute (INA)

    – Extension Program: University Horizons in Costa Rica in conjunction with the US Embassy in Limón and Talamanca

    – Technical training program for employment aimed at migrants and other groups in vulnerable conditions with the support of PADF in Cahuita and Pérez Zeledón.

    – Technical Training and Support for Job Search and Labor Insertion with the support of IOM in the Greater Metropolitan Area

    – EMPLEATE Training Center | Employability Program with the support of MTSS, MEP, Intel to improve professional profiles for job placement.

  • - 2023

    • +empleo groups, with support from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security:
      • 1300 active adult and high school students, in various regions of the country.
      • 200 of these students live in Guanacaste, 85 of which attend face-to-face lessons.
    • Empowering Skills groups, with support from INTEL and the Embassy of the United States in Costa Rica.
      • Over 50 students from 8th and 9th grade from Limón graduated.
    • +empleo groups, with support from the International Organization for Migration.
      • 64 migrants living in Costa Rica graduated.

  • - 2022

    • Skills 4 Life: 1270 adult beneficiaries and students from high schools in the Great Metropolitan Area, Guanacaste, Limón, and the Central Pacific region.
    • Empowering Skills: 60 eighth graders from high schools in Limón, thanks to the support of INTEL and the Embassy of the United States in Costa Rica.

  • - 2021

    • Skills 4 Life: we impacted 1100 adults and high school students. 75% from the Great Metropolitan Area and 25% from regions in Guanacaste, Limón, and the Central Pacific.
    • Talent Up: 400 adult beneficiaries from the Great Metropolitan Area.

  • - 2020-2019

    Coordination with the Ministry of Public Education from within the Skills 4 Life Alliance, as the work with students from public high schools was started. We worked with 1000 people, from which 75% lived out of the Great Metropolitan Area.

  • - 2018

    MTSS, CINDE, and ALIARSE create the Public-Private Alliance for Development Skills 4 Life. We impacted 1000 adults, 100% of them from outside of the Great Metropolitan Area.

  • - 2016

    We began as a Training Center from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. We worked with 200 adults from Guanacaste.

Technical Training and Support for Job Search and Labor Insertion

In collaboration with: IOM and +empleo | Ally Location: Greater Metropolitan Area Objective: Improvement of professional profiles for job placement. Training components: Technical competencies, Skills, English and Labor Connections.

INA Training Center | Advanced English Program

INA and +employment | Aliarse Objective: Improvement of professional profiles for job placement. Training components: English

Technical training program for employment aimed at migrants and other groups in vulnerable conditions

In collaboration with PADF and +empleo | Aliarse Location: Cahuita and Pérez Zeledón. Objective: Development of the professional profile to improve the employability conditions of the participating people. Training components: Technical competencies, Skills and Labor Connections

14–15-year-old teenagers from public high schools in vulnerable areas.

We contribute to the permanence in the educational process and the progress of the life project of teenagers through comprehensive training processes linked to the learning of English, development of socioemotional skills, and technological literacy.

17–18-year-old teenagers from public high schools and unemployed adults.

We improve the participants’ professional profile through training and employment mediation processes with the goal of generating bigger opportunities for them to find a formal job.

Students between 15 and 17 years old from public high schools in Limón and Talamanca.

We improve the academic profiles of Afro-descendent and indigenous students with the goal of promoting application and admission processes to higher education.

Our Alliances

Statements from our partners

“We have always had great support from ALIARSE when it comes to sharing information about vacancies and in the search for profiles. They have been an important ally in talent acquisition for Foundever.”

Andrés Hernández Cordero

Sourcing Specialist, Foundever

“Working together with ALIARSE has allowed us to turn our eyes towards a population that requires, urgently, a bigger commitment from society and organizations to provide opportunities that allow them to achieve their dreams. Being part of this process of students’ professional and personal growth has been wonderful!”

Marisol Miranda Monestel

Human Talent Manager, Grant Thornton

“Working with ALIARSE has been quite the thrilling adventure. We have not only enjoyed the interaction with their populations, but we have learned a lot from each person. We have, hand in hand with the Foundation, included youngsters in our workforce, and that fills us with pride. We thank you very much for taking us into account, and we hope to continue walking together.”

Julia Garzon Vega

Recruitment Lead for Mexico and Central America, Cognizant
Alliances

Main Results

+
6000

impacted people since 2018.

+
50

active allied companies that collaborate in different training spaces and recruitment processes with students.

90
%

of the participant population that finished the Program successfully has improved their occupational profile.

58
%

of people from the Great Metropolitan Area who wished to work once they completed the Program have found a decent job.

36
%

of people from Guanacaste, the Central Pacific region, and Limón who wished to work once they completed the Program have found a decent job.

Results and reports

Awards

Recognition of Good Practices in the IOM Migrant Women integration category
Recognition of Good Labor Practices for Gender Equality from INAMU and Good Socio-Labor Practices SOMOS+ from MTSS.
Third place in the 5th Iber-American prize for human rights education Oscar Arnulfo Romero
First place “Award for Project Management for Results at a Sectoral and Inter-Sectoral Level.” VIII Annual Award “Management for Results in Development.”
Award “Contribution to the Improvement of Quality of Life.” “Civil Society Organization” category.
Intel Costa Rica, through its support to +empleo, received an award in the category of Inclusive Economic Growth.
Recognition of Good Practices in the IOM Migrant Women integration category
Recognition of Good Labor Practices for Gender Equality from INAMU and Good Socio-Labor Practices SOMOS+ from MTSS.
Third place in the 5th Iber-American prize for human rights education Oscar Arnulfo Romero
First place “Award for Project Management for Results at a Sectoral and Inter-Sectoral Level.” VIII Annual Award “Management for Results in Development.”
Award “Contribution to the Improvement of Quality of Life.” “Civil Society Organization” category.
Intel Costa Rica, through its support to +empleo, received an award in the category of Inclusive Economic Growth.

Accounts and Shorts Films

Luis Manuel Cruz
Graduate from the Employment Program for Migrants
Angelith Briceño
Graduated from +empleo for adults. Guanacaste.
Yara León
Graduated from +empleo. Technical High School of Jacó

Accounts

Luis Manuel Cruz
Graduate from the Employment Program for Migrants

“The Program helped me to integrate and to feel safer in such a competitive world, pursuing positions of greater demand for labor.”

Angelith Briceño
Graduated from +empleo for adults. Guanacaste.

“I developed things I didn’t think I had. I got to meet a part of me I didn’t think existed.”

Yara León
Graduated from +empleo. Technical High School of Jacó

“They told us that the Program was called ‘socioemotional skills for work,’ but, for me, it worked for life in general. I learned to scan myself and to understand how my emotions affect my surroundings and my personal growth.”

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