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FIND YOURDREAM JOB PAGE 04

DEVELOP YOURSKILLS THROUGHVOLUNTEERISM PAGE 08

HOW SHE BECAMEAN AWARD-WINNINGENTREPRENEUR PAGE 14 INTERVIEW WITH OKNHA SREAT MOM SOPHEARDIRECTOR OF SOPHIYA TRAVEL & TOURS

WHAT IS AFAIR WORKPLACE? PAGE 18

THROUGH THE LENSCLEANING UP

TOGETHERYONGSRENG CHENG

STAR KAMPUCHEA

A group of volunteers joined in a clean-up activity organized in An-doung Village, Sangkat Korkroka, Khan Prek Phnov, Phnom Penh, by Star Kampuchea and Stellar Child Care Organization.

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PATH FINDERFIND YOUR PATH04

VOLUNTEER FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY - AND A BETTER YOU! PAGE 08

ZOOM-iNHOW TO IMPROVE OUR SKILLSTHROUGH VOLUNTEERISM

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THE CHATROOMHOW SHE BECAME ANAWARD-WINNING ENTREPRENEUR

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PLAYGROUNDTHE RACING GAME17

BETTER TOGETHERWHAT IS A FAIR WORKPLACE?18

DREAM CALENDAR20

CONTENTS

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1 Answer the 4 questions below. Choose only one answer for each question.

▶ If it is violet, go to the VIOLET section on the next page.

▶ If it is yellow, go to the YELLOW section on the next page.

▶ If it is green, go to the GREEN section on the next page.

▶ If it is blue, go to the BLUE section on the next page.

If you have equal numbers of colors, refer to sections of all those colors.

Is it about earning income and supporting your family? Or is it about doing something you love to do, and which gives you personal satisfaction? We all have different motivations to pursue our career. However, it is important to remember that your career path can determine the direction of your whole life, going way beyond your place of work. It is also important to remember that everyone has their own individual path, based on their personality, knowledge, skills and goals. Find out which path might work for you by going through the personality quiz below.

WHAT DOES THE WORD“CAREER” MEAN TO YOU?

If you had many violets from your answers, you are likely to be an organized person or a problem solver. These people are very detail oriented, organized and like to work with data. They also like to watch, learn, analyze and solve problems.

ORGANIZED& PROBLEM SOLVER If you had many yellows from your answers, you

are likely to be a hands-on person. These people are often good at mechanical or athletic jobs.

HANDS-ON

If you had many greens from your answers, you are likely to be good with people. These people like to work with other people, rather than things. They also enjoy persuading and performing.

GOOD WITH PEOPLE

If you had many blues from your answers, you are likely to be a creative person. These people like to work in unstructured situations where they can use their creativity.

CREATIVE

Which activity do you like the most?

Taking careof animals

Organizingthings

Acting inplays

Which subject do you like best?

Math Art or music Differentcultures

Which style do you like the most?

Workingin teams

Workingindependently

Buildingthings

Which environment do you prefer?

Workingin office

Workingoutdoors

Leadingpeople

Related Majors• Accounting• Administration• Banking• Engineering• Chemistry• Medicine/Surgery• Psychology

Related Pathways• Health Services• Business• Public and Human

Services• Industrial and

Engineering Technology

Related Majors• Agriculture• Health assistant• Computers• Construction• Mechanic• Engineering• Food and Hospitality

Related Pathways• Natural Resources• Health Services• Industrial and

Engineering Technology

• Arts and Communication

Related Majors• Counseling• Nursing• Travel• Advertising• Public Relations• Education• Marketing/Sales

Related Pathways• Health Services• Public and Human

Services• Business• Arts and

Communication

Related Majors• Communications• Cosmetology• Fine and

Performing Arts• Photography• Radio and TV• Architecture

Related Pathways• Public and Human

Services• Arts and

Communication

GO TO THE NEXT PAGE TO FIND OUT ABOUT RECOMMENDED OCCUPATIONS FOR YOU.

2 Look at the color for each of your answers. Are they violet, yellow, green, or blue?

3 Out of your 4 answers, which color do you have the most?

FIND YOUR PATH

PATH FINDER

This information set is from the RIASEC Test resource created by Career and Technical Education Center, University of Hawaii. Find more information online from the following link.

www.hawaii.edu/cte/publications.html

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Due to the characteristic of their work, pharmacists have more options in their work environment. They can work in a hospital or an institution, in either the public or private sector. They can also open up their own pharmacy at home. There is a large market demand for pharmacists, but it also takes a long time to study pharmacy and financing the tuition fee may be another burden.

Pharmacists are professionals of medicines, contributing to the development of the health sector of Cambodia. They can either work as a medical researcher, be involved in the production process of medicines, or work to get the quality of the produced medicine approved by the Ministry of Health.

PHARMACISTADMIN. OFFICER

ARCHITECTTOUR GUIDE

This occupation isrecommended forpeople who werecategorized as

HANDS-ON

This occupation isrecommended forpeople who were

categorized as

ORGANIZED &PROBLEM SOLVER

This occupation isrecommended forpeople who werecategorized as

CREATIVE

This occupation isrecommended forpeople who were

categorized as

GOOD WITHPEOPLE

Administrative work involves the preparation of invitation letters, meetings and transportation for officers who need to go to somewhere far away from the workplace. The market for administrative tasks is large because it is one of the core structures of any kind of organization.

By working as an admin. officer, you will get to know more people, gain experience, and support your organization to operate and achieve its goals. Most admin. officers chose management or general administration as their major in university.

Tourism not only helps to share the Khmer culture and tradition across the world, but is also an opportunity to gain knowledge from tourists about their countries. Being a tour guide means you sell a whole-day service of taking care of tourists in terms of their accommodation, food, and city or site tours.

Architecture combines art and science through the process of designing and creating a building from scratch. The whole process starts with hand-drawn sketches that are put into the computer. Architects then move into a consultation process with engineers to discuss technical issues. Small scale models are constructed before starting the actual construction.

This work involves three main actors: tourists, company, and the tour guide. Thus, good communication skills are a must. To provide customers with an unforgettable trip, you need to deliver enough information and also coordinate communication between them and your company. This work also requires understanding of history and different cultures.

As an architect, you can work either in the public or the private sector, or even work as a freelancer. For those who want to study architecture, they need to focus on improving their artistic skills, computer skills to use software such as AutoCAD and SketchUp. They must also have knowledge in science.

FIND YOUR PATH

PATH FINDER

This information set is from the Career on Camera videos created by The Asia Foundation. To find out about more jobs, watch the videos from the following link.

careeroncamera.org

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ZOOM-iN:HOW TO IMPROVE OUR SKILLS THROUGH VOLUNTEERISM

If you have ever given directions for someone

to get to a new place, helped a neighbor

with a household task or listened to your

friend’s worries, just out of good-will to help,

you can say that you have the experience

and a mindset for volunteerism.

HAVE YOU EVER HELPED SOMEONE BEFORE?

Volunteerism may be an unfamiliar

word, but it all starts from the small

action of helping others. We can also

see volunteerism in our communities.

According to Youth Star Cambodia, there

are many people within rural Cambodian

communities whose work conforms to

the definition of a volunteer. These would

include local Buddhist laymen, achars and

village elders who are part of development

committees, and work for no salaries, for the

well-being of the community. In the words

of one religious and political leader in a

Cham community, “In fact, I am a volunteer,

because I do this work willingly and get no

salary, and I will probably do it until I die.”

Volunteerism can also be seen in all other

parts of the world. Because there are so

many different aspects of volunteering,

the UN General Assembly defined

volunteering as having three key defining

characteristics. Through this universal

definition people, not only in Cambodia but

also from all around the world, were able

to have a shared vision on volunteerism.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONSAnswer yourself or

discuss with your friends.

▶ What kind of volunteering activities have you witnessed yourself? Is there any activity that you also took part of? Describe your experience.

▶ How did you feel by helping others? What did you learn from the experience?

~THE UN DEFINITION OF VOLUNTEERISM

First, the activity should not be undertaken primarily for financial reward, although the reimbursement of expenses and some token payment may be allowed.

Second, the activity should be undertaken voluntarily, according to an individual’s own free will, although there are grey areas here too. For example, school community service schemes encourage, and sometimes require, students to get involved in voluntary work; and Food for Work programmes entail an explicit exchange between community involvement and food assistance.

Third, the activity should be of benefit to someone other than the volunteer, or to society at large, although it is recognised that volunteering brings significant benefit to the volunteer as well.

United Nations Volunteers Report, prepared for the UN General Assembly Special

Session on Social Development (Geneva, February 2001)

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VOLUNTEERISM AND SOFT SKILLS

Savin is a 16-year-old volunteer. She first learned about volunteerism from volunteers who visited her village when she was younger.

Savin is now a leader of a youth club in Prey Veng province. She volunteers to help train those who are poor or have dropped out of school. She collaborated with Youth Star volunteers to find target children in the community and also led campaigns on various topics such as hygiene and safe migration.

Through her volunteering experience, she was able to learn about leadership skills. “At first, I had no idea how to lead a youth club. However, a youth volunteer trainer taught me to understand how to do this.” Based on her training, she was able to successfully lead volunteering projects in Prey Veng.

Although volunteerism starts from the willingness to help others, the UN definition of volunteering also

admits that volunteering brings significant benefit to the volunteer as well. Here are some real stories from

volunteers who were able to develop themselves through volunteering.

Vannthorn is a university student studying physics. He finds joy in making community development happen. “I feel happy meeting new people and helping them solve problems in community.”

Vannthorn is currently a member of the VolCam Volunteer Envoys (VVE), working to support Volunteer Involving Organizations (VIOs) and encouraging youths to participate in volunteer work. As a VVE, he was able to volunteer in large events as an event organizer, celebrating the International Volunteer Day and International Women’s Day in Cambodia.

Through these experiences, Vannthorn was able to greatly develop his communication skills. “I used to be an introverted person who is always afraid of meeting people, but now I am not.” Through many years of volunteering experience, Vannthorn proudly tells us that he now knows a lot of people and is confident to talk to anyone.

Thailong is a Project Officer at Voluntary Service Overseas (VSO) who grew up in Battambang province. He was first able to work with VSO through a youth volunteering program to launch community-level projects on education and life skills training. He worked with not only Cambodians, but also volunteers from the United Kingdom to form a project team.

Through this experience, Thailong was able to develop both teamwork and problem-solving skills, since working with students from outside of Cambodia was not an easy task.

“English was not my first language, which was one challenge in carrying out the project,” he says. Not only that, some team members did not really understand what they were supposed to do, while others simply sat and did nothing. However, by respecting and understanding each other’s differences, he was able to encourage everyone’s active participation in volunteering as a group. “Challenge is a good opportunity,” Thailong adds.

All these skills mentioned by Vannthorn, Savin, and

Thailong – communication, leadership, teamwork,

and problem-solving skills – are great examples of

“soft skills” that you can develop by volunteering.

According to the National Employment Agency, soft

skills refer to skills that contribute to work quality,

efficiency, and productivity.

Based on the definition from International Labor

Organization (ILO), soft skills also refer to the ability

to be successful in both career and daily life. These

valuable skills can also be called different names

such as core skills, key skills, necessary skills, or

transferrable skills and are what many employers

look for in their potential employees.

SOFTSKILLS

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HOW CAN WE VOLUNTEER? By volunteering, you can not only contribute to your

community, but also develop your soft skills for a

better future. Then how can we volunteer?

VOLUNTEER FOR A BETTER SOCIETY AND A BETTER YOU

As we have learned, volunteerism contributes to the growth of both your community and yourself. Sokkheang,

a Recruitment Specialist at VSO, adds that volunteering can not only develop your soft skills, but it can also

change the way you think. She says when youths begin to realize that they actually grow from volunteering,

they will start to be happier to always give rather than only to receive. “Imagine how beautiful the world will

be if the whole society is giving out help.”

VOLUNTEERISM IN ONE WORD OR PHRASE▶ “Inspiration” Ms. Sokkheang Moun, Recruitment Specialist, VSO

▶ “Perseverance” Ms. Savin Se, Youth Club Leader, Youth Star Cambodia

▶ “Life-changing” Mr. Thailong Phlai, SIFAL Project Officer, VSO

▶ “Mixture of skills” Mr. Vannthorn Chork, VolCam Volunteer Envoy (VVE)

What is your one word to explain volunteerism?

Go to the Better Together section to find instructions to organize a session. Page 18

Start yourself! One way is to initiate your own volunteering activities with your friends. This is a

great chance for you to learn about what your community needs and provide solutions through creative

problem solving. You can form a team to carefully plan your activities first. Study some topics as a group,

such as hygiene, health, or education and then prepare a learning session together in order to deliver the

knowledge to the rest of the community.

Learn more about VolCamthrough the following link.

volcam.net

Join a program! Another option is to look for volunteering

opportunities from already existing organizations. One such

organization is VolCam, a network of international and local

volunteer service agencies and volunteer involving organizations

in Cambodia. Reach out to VolCam to learn about many different

organizations related to volunteerism as it provides updates on

volunteering programs and activities throughout Cambodia. You

can even find out about volunteering opportunities through the

VolCam network.

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THE CHATROOMHow she became an award-winning entrepreneur

Chat with Sophear

It’s a great pleasure to meet you, Sophear.

May I ask you where you grew up? From your successful career life, I assume that you had a very supportive family.Oknha Sreat Mom Sophear

Director, SOPHIYA Travel & Tours

Okhna Sreat Mom Sophear is a founder and CEO of two companies, SOPHIYA Travel & Tours and U&Me Spa. Besides running her own business, she strives to provide support for society through Cambodia Women Entrepreneurs Association (CWEA). This year, she became Vice President of the board committee of CWEA. She was also nominated by the Ministry of Women’s Affairs to become the focal point of the ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN). In 2016, she was presented with the Woman Entrepreneur Award from the Cambodian Young Entrepreneur Awards.

I grew up in Kampong Cham province. My mother got married at a very young age and was divorced a few years after. I grew up with my mom and two sisters, without a father. My mom was always very busy trying to support our family.

It’s a pleasure myself.

At a young age, I realized that if I want to have something in my life, I would need to do something by myself.

I didn’t know that at all. Then how were you able to own your own business?

Being a CEO is not my first job. As a first-year student in university, I started looking for my first job to earn money as soon as possible. I applied to over 50 companies but was rejected by all due to lack of experience.

One day, I went to a tour company for an interview, and was rejected again, for the same reason. I had no experience. Before walking out the door, I asked the interviewer, “How can I ever gain experience if every company rejects me because I don’t have experience?” Then I told him, “Give me a chance and I will not disappoint you.” He looked surprised, and then answered, “Come and sit down. When can you start?” That is how I got my first job.

Did you also have other jobs?

Sure. I worked at the tour company for three years, then moved on to the airline industry during the year of my graduation. I was a flight attendant for an airline company in Bangkok, but first needed to be trained for three months and then be put on a six-month probation before being accepted as a fully professional employee.

Here, I learned that nothing is easy in life, but as long as you have hope and commitment, you can be strong enough to go over your obstacles. I was happy with my job.

CONTINUED ON BACK ▶▶

Hello! My name is Socheata, and I am the Youth Reporter for this magazine. I would like to introduce you to a role-model woman entrepreneur who will share her leadership journey with us. We hope her story will inspire and motivate you to strive for what you dream to become.

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Chat with Sophear (continued)

And you managed to succeed in your career as a CEO of two companies!

What do you think are some of the merits of being an entrepreneur?

But I told myself, “I am still young!”

Based on my past work experience, I decided to create a travel agency. Most of my friends, even some in the tourism industry, told me that it was too late. They asked why was I starting now when everyone else was closing their business. They all said I would fail.

Have there been challenges as a female leader until now?

The biggest merit is that you are able to contribute back to the growth of people and society. Entrepreneurship and business are two different things. Business is something you do to earn money for your stomach. Being an entrepreneur means that you are willing to take risks for a greater cause. It also means you are willing to invest your time and capital with the people around you, for example, for capacity building and other trainings.

Lastly, what do you want to tell youth who want to run their own business?

Running a business is not simply doing something that one necessarily likes. It’s about investing in what the market likes instead. Before jumping into entrepreneurship, ask yourself if you have the right skills to keep up with market demands. Study current trends and keep being up-to-date.

Also, be brave to start from scratch. If you want to have a coffee shop, you must at least be employed in the coffee industry. Learn how to make coffee first and then learn how to run a coffee shop. Study well to plant the seeds for entrepreneurship. If you plant, it will grow, and you will reap the fruits. Remember, however, to offer some of these fruits back to society to grow new seeds.

I believe that women are given extra work, as the world deems them to born with obligations such as daughter, wife, mother. These obligations stay with you even when you are working outside. You are expected to take care of everything smoothly, both at work and home, which can be a huge challenge.

- END OF CHAT -

Then what motivated you to start your own company?

PLAYGROUNDThe Racing Game STAY TUNED FOR A NEW GAME IN THE NEXT ISSUE !

The road is flooded.

LOSE 1 TURN

GREEN LIGHT!

ROLL AGAIN

GREEN LIGHT!

ROLL AGAIN

You are caughtnot wearing a helmet.

LOSE 1 TURN

GREEN LIGHT!

ROLL AGAIN

There is constructionon the road.

GO BACK3 SPACES

You find a shortcut!

GO STRAIGHTTO THE OFFICE

There is heavy traffic.

GO BACK4 SPACES

You have an accident.

LOSE 2 TURNS

It has started raining.

GO BACK1 SPACE

You find a new route!

GO FORWARD2 SPACES

GREEN LIGHT!

ROLL AGAIN

The road is clear of traffic.

GO FORWARD4 SPACES

You become ill.

LOSE 1 TURN

You lose your way.

GO BACK2 SPACES

FINISH

START

Imagine that you are an employee at a company. It is time to head out to your office and start your day. Play the following racing game with your friends. The first person to get to the office is the winner!

▶ NUMBER OF PLAYERS Minimum 2 players

▶ MATERIALS NEEDED 1 dice, 1 token for each player

1 Sit in a circle with your friends and place all your tokens on START.

2 Play Rock-Paper-Scissors to decide who will roll the dice first.

3 Take turns rolling the dice and moving your token according to the number you rolled.

4 Follow the directions on the space you landed. Your turn ends after following its instructions.

5 The first one to reach FINISH wins!

BOOSTER! GO FORWARD

3 SPACES

BOOSTER! GO FORWARD

3 SPACES

POWER BOOSTER! GO FORWARD

5 SPACES

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These resources are from the “Rights@work for Youth: Decent Work for Young People - Facilitator’s Guide and Toolkit (2016)” resource created by the International Labour Organization (ILO).

www.ilo.org/employment/Whatwedo/Instructionmaterials/WCMS_310206/

1 Form pairs or small groups, according to the number of participants.

Activity: Fair WorkplacesBETTER TOGETHERWHAT IS A FAIR WORKPLACE?

INSTRUCTIONS▶ ARE YOU A TEACHER? Use this activity session in class with your students. Combine this session with additional relevant information.

▶ ARE YOU A STUDENT? Participate in the activities with your friends. Plan a community session to include more people.

▶ ARE YOU A PARENT? Share any relevant experience and thoughts on these activities with your children.

It is always exciting to dream about our future job. But we sometimes get too excited that we forget to consider one important thing: our rights at work! When entering the labour market for the first time, young people tend to accept any job to gain work experience. They even end up working for low wages under difficult conditions. But did you know that we have our rights to demand appropriate wages and better working conditions? Through our group activities, let’s find out what is a fair workplace.

OBJECTIVES:Define what is a fair workplace.

ICEBREAKER

Before you begin, play a simple game with participants to help them get to know each other and overcome shyness.

BALL TOSS: Participants and the facilitator form a circle and toss around a soft ball. Participants state their name as they catch the ball. When they catch the ball, they should be able to call out the name of the person who tossed it to them.

▶ At what age did you (or one of your friends) enter paid work?

▶ What was the job title?

▶ How many hours did you (or your friend) work per week?

▶ How much were you (or your friend) paid?

▶ If you (or your friend) worked overtime, how much did you (or your friend) earn in overtime pay?

2 Answer the following five questions with your partner or group. It is recommended to take roughly 10 minutes for this activity.

▶ What do you think should be the minimum age to enter paid work and why?

▶ What kind of occupations do you think that the minimum age should be higher and why?

▶ What do you think should be the maximum hours or work allowed per week and why?

▶ What do you think should be the minimum wage for workers and why?

▶ What do you think should be the rate of overtime pay and why?

3 With your partner or group, share your thoughts about “what is a fair workplace.” Answering the following questions together will help.

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■ EDITOR-IN-CHIEFSujin Kim

■ EDITORSetthikun Sun

■ REPORTERSocheata Chey

■ PROOFREADERSLorraine FarquharsonMichelle Minaskanian

■ DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATORSujin Kim

■ SPECIAL THANKS TO THE FOLLOWING ORGANIZATIONS

Career and Technical Education Center (University of Hawaii at Manoa),CWEA, FUSSAC, ILO, NEA,Star Kampuchea, The Asia Foundation, VSO, VVE, WEduShare, Youth Star

■ FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.facebook.com/UNVCambodia/

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~ CREDITS ~

Event Organizer When Where What

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY MoEYS, UNV 12 Aug 2018

Institute of Technology of

Cambodia (ITC),Phnom Penh

Join this national event to celebrate youth! Special speeches from ministry officials will be followed by fun booth activities to learn about safe spaces for volunteering. For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/UNVCambodia/

CAMBODIA'SENTREPRENEURSHIP

DAY

MoEYS, ILO, UNV 21 Sep 2018 To be confirmed

Stay tuned for this provincial event to learn about the skills you need to become an entrepreneur! You will work as a group to learn about tools to plan and improve your business. For more information, visit: www.moeys.gov.kh/

NATIONALCAREER AND

PRODUCTIVITY FAIRNEA 27 - 28 Oct 2018 Koh Pich,

Phnom Penh

Come to Koh Pich to learn about labour market needs and the candidate selection process. You will also learn how to increase your work productivity through marketing and networking. For more information, visit: www.event.nea.gov.kh

WEduTalk WEduShare Every Saturday,2:00 - 3:00pm

Online via WEduShare

Facebook page

Join this weekly live stream video programme, where you can listen first-hand to speakers with experience in a variety of fields and ask them questions during the live show. For more information, visit: www.facebook.com/WEduShare/

STAY TUNED FOR MORE EVENTS IN THE NEXT ISSUE !