WorkInHealth Foundation

Yesterday, EIT Health France and WorkInHealth Foundation hosted a stand at the Bio'M - Forum BiotechnoSUD in Marseille. Highlights 👇 Organised in France every year, the forum enables students to meet professionals and key players in the biotech and healthcare industries, and to discover the various career opportunities open to them. At the forum, we met many determined and passionate young people, eager to make a difference in the healthcare sector. 📢 We also had the chance to promote our new Career Fair taking place on December 10, 11 and 12, the perfect opportunity for recruiters to connect with these driven young professionals and discover the next motivated generation of innovators in healthcare! More information and registration coming soon ⌛ #Healthcare #CareerFair Manon Pommier Tina Louhichi

🌍 All for Health, Health for All — the World Health Summit 2024 is happening from October 13-15 in Berlin! 🎉 With this year’s theme “Building Trust for a Healthier World,” the summit has brought together over 3,500 participants and 380+ speakers from across the globe. We had the honor of attending as guest participants and were thrilled to contribute to the roundtable "Unlocking AI’s Potential in Healthcare: A Public-Private Collaborative Journey" led by Jens Dommel, Head of Healthcare EMEA by Amazon Web Services (AWS). Everyone at the summit is increasingly aware that cultivating skilled talent is critical to the future of healthcare. It was incredible to observe the support shown by EU member states, together pitching $1 billion to World Health Organization to continue their vital work. As Bill Gates said during the event: “Global challenges demand global solutions.” This act of solidarity highlights the global commitment to advancing healthcare for all. Urška Bux, MBA Catherine Rivera, Dr Rowland Illing #healthforall #healthcare #WHS2024 #AIinHealthcare

🔴 Live from Budapest at the Girls Go Circular forum as an event sponsor! 🔴 For this 4th edition on the theme ‘Women in AI: Driving Empowerment and Innovation’, young girls have the opportunity to participate in tailored discussions and workshops to promote women's skills development. 🏆 As a sponsor of the event, WorkInHealth Foundation is honoured to deliver and reveal the Girls Go Circular Student Challenge winnHER, and to announce the Audience Choice Award with the sponsorship of Amazon Web Services (AWS)! Congrats to: Teodora Radičev, Staša Aleksić and Majda Mandić! During the event we also had the chance to talk and to introduce our partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS), creating with the ambition of reskilling and upskilling people in the healthcare. Sign up for free to 400+ courses on digital technical, AI, …: https://lnkd.in/e2c-e8Wq Created in 2020, the Girls Go Circular programme is aimed at young women from all over the world aged 14 to 19 who are interested in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). While the European Commission's Women in Digital Scoreboard 2021 reveals that women remain under-represented in this sector (41% of STEM graduates and only 19% of ICT specialists), Girls Go Circular has equipped +40,000 European schoolgirls aged 14-19 with digital and entrepreneurial skills through an e-learning programme about the circular Economy! 💪 Also, don´t miss up the opportunity to join Future Health HERo, our HUB for the Future Woman leaders in healthcare: www.FutureHealthHERo.eu Women and Girls in STEM Forum Urška Bux, MBA #GirlsGoCircular #WomenInSTEM #EUHealth

Are you a student from any academic field interested in health innovations? 🤔🎓 Come and take part in the i-Days European student competition! 🏫🇪🇺 Various one- or two-day programmes will take place in more than 20 academic institutions across Europe between 10 October and 10 November. Undergraduate and postgraduate students with no specific health training or knowledge will: - Receive an introduction to practical health innovation tools. - Compete in teams to tackle real-life health challenges posed by EIT Health, local organisations, private corporations or start-ups. - Benefit from expert mentoring to develop a solution and deliver the best possible speech at the end of the day. The winning team of each city will attend the Winners’ Event in Budapest on 28-29 November, a final competition that unites students from all over Europe! 🏆 👉 Find your nearest i-Day & register here: https://lnkd.in/ezHrgDwE Thanks to the i-Days sponsor: Amazon Web Services (AWS) #HealthcareCompetition #StudentCompetition

"In 2024, an additional 2,200 people are expected to be recruited in the HealthTech sector. 🔑 This key figure, published in the 21st edition of Panorama France Healhtech by France Biotech, seems positive and encouraging for the French HealthTech sector. However, according to this report, as well as our own report on current skills gaps in the European health sector, the HealthTech sector remains far too unattractive for future recruits, making recruitment a complex process. In fact, there are still no healthcare companies in the latest ranking of the world's most attractive employers. From these observations arises a key question: What are the main recruitment difficulties? - Finding suitable profiles - Competition over pay in a tight market - Few existing profiles for the position sought - A gap between well-rooted hard skills and less well-established soft skills. Fortunately, this situation is not hopeless ⬇️ Our report "Addressing skills needs in the European health sector" in collaboration with the European Investment Fund (EIF), is a meticulous work of form and content that has been implemented to propose solutions and strategies to remedy this gap: hiring, outsourcing, training and upskilling, retaining talents, mentoring. We also organise online Career Fairs regularly to connect talent with recruiters in one-to-one meetings. The next one is coming up soon. 💡Read our report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eHQPSPTy 💡Read the France biotech report: https://lnkd.in/eS9dV9wh #HealthTech #SkillsGap

"In 2024, an additional 2,200 people are expected to be recruited in the HealthTech sector. 🔑 This key figure, published in the 21st edition of Panorama France Healhtech by France Biotech, seems positive and encouraging for the French HealthTech sector. However, according to this report, as well as our own report on current skills gaps in the European health sector, the HealthTech sector remains far too unattractive for future recruits, making recruitment a complex process. In fact, there are still no healthcare companies in the latest ranking of the world's most attractive employers. From these observations arises a key question: What are the main recruitment difficulties? - Finding suitable profiles - Competition over pay in a tight market - Few existing profiles for the position sought - A gap between well-rooted hard skills and less well-established soft skills. Fortunately, this situation is not hopeless ⬇️ Our report "Addressing skills needs in the European health sector" in collaboration with the European Investment Fund (EIF), is a meticulous work of form and content that has been implemented to propose solutions and strategies to remedy this gap: hiring, outsourcing, training and upskilling, retaining talents, mentoring. We also organise online Career Fairs regularly to connect talent with recruiters in one-to-one meetings. The next one is coming up soon. 💡Read our report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/eHQPSPTy 💡Read the France biotech report: https://lnkd.in/eS9dV9wh #HealthTech #SkillsGap

⌛ Only 11 days left to apply for the second call for the Women TechEU programme! ⌛♀️ After a success in 2022, the Women TechEU programme comes back this year with the sole aim of encouraging female entrepreneurship in the deep tech sector in Europe. 🏆 What's in it for you? ⭐ An access to first-class coaching and mentoring provided by the PCN Conseil européen de l'innovation (EIC) Business Acceleration Services (BAS) ⭐ The possibility to participate in dedicated activities ⭐ The chance to win a 75K€ grant! Applications will be assessed by a external group with a background and enhanced skills in entrepreneurship, investment and innovation! Apply before 30 September: womentecheurope.eu The consortium partners: EIT Health Spain, EIT Manufacturing, Sploro, AwakenHub, AcrossLimits, EBAN - European Business Angel Network, Finance Innovation, WA4STEAM, AFAEMME, EIT Food, Climate-KIC #DeepTech #HealthcareInnovation #FemaleEntrepreneurship

Workforce diversity in the healthcare sector: A strategic necessity! 🌐 👩💼 The WorkInHealth Foundation and the European Investment Fund (EIF) report, "Addressing skills needs in the European health sector", highlights the importance of gender diversity in healthtech as a key competitive advantage. Although progress has been made, much remains to be done: nearly a quarter of venture capitalists in the healthtech sector report no female representation at partner level in their own firms! 🏢 Additionally, a multifaceted approach is needed to address these skill gaps. Collaboration between academia, government, and corporate entities is key to enhancing workforce training. > Diversity is not just a buzzword but a strategic necessity. Diverse backgrounds and perspectives drive creativity, innovation, effective communication, and overall success. 💡 Read the report to learn more: https://lnkd.in/e_qCZmZQ #Diversity #HealthTech #SkillsGap EY EIT Health Urška Bux, MBA Cyril CHEDHOMME

Women leaders in Deep Tech: apply to the second call for the Women TechEU programme for a chance to win a non-dilutive €75k grants and a personalised business development programme including mentoring, coaching and training! 👩💼♀️ 🔗 Information & registration before 30 September: womentecheurope.eu This two-year EU-funded project aims to encourage female entrepreneurship in the deep tech sector in Europe through the launch of four calls for applications. In total, 160 startups run by women will benefit from this financial and strategic support! 🎯 The objectives of the programme: - To create more gender-balanced and efficient entrepreneurship ecosystems. - Offer women in deep tech more opportunities, resources and support to thrive and drive innovation in healthcare. - Highlight the strengths of European ecosystems while including less-represented stakeholders. The consortium partners: EIT Health, EIT Manufacturing, Sploro, AwakenHub, AcrossLimits, EBAN - European Business Angel Network, Finance Innovation, WA4STEAM, AFAEMME, EIT Food, Climate-KIC #DeepTech #HealthcareInnovation #FemaleEntrepreneurship

🎓 “If Europe is to maintain a vibrant and sustainable healthcare sector that can lead in innovation, we must rise to the challenge of recruiting and educating the best talent.” - Celine Carrera, MBA, Chair, WorkInHealth Foundation. 🎓 Joint report from the WorkInHealth Foundation and the European Investment Fund (EIF) on Europe's healthcare skills needs highlights the urgent need for healthcare workforce to develop some hard and soft skills to respond to changes in the sector. The European Year of Skills initiative plays a crucial role in supporting quality employment and highlighting national and European funding opportunities for SMEs. In parallel, EIT Health is coordinating the Pact for Skills with the European Commission to address the needs facing the health sector and establish a common model for skills development in Europe. We need to invest in training and reskilling to align the skills of existing workers with employers' needs, and to attract new talent. 📊 What are the most crucial technical and non-technical skills to develop in the healthcare sector? Find out here: https://lnkd.in/e_qCZmZQ Closing the skills gap between health industry needs and fit-for-purpose talents is the essence of WorkInHealth Foundation, which it strives to achieve through four axes: 1. Anticipate - Skills Monitor gets ahead of skills needs with business intelligence. 2. Attract - new talent pool with pan-EU media transforming health industry image. 3. Train - millions of talents with tailor-made upskilling and reskilling programmes. 4. Match - talent and employers with an AI-powered platform and services. EY Urška Bux, MBA Cyril CHEDHOMME #Upskilling #Reskilling #HealthcareSkills