A pilot program with courses designed to improve young people’s employability was launched yesterday with 40 students at a local vocational school. The program, run by the employment promotion center and the youth service and rights protection office, will provide dozens of classes over the next five years for students going through secondary and higher vocational education. The aim is to promote career awareness, explore students’ interests and teach them the skills of finding a job. The program will be expanded to cover about 30 vocational schools in the city by the end of year, and then to universities next year, said Huang He, an official of the employment promotion office.