# Virtualizing employment in Saudi Arabia

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED@BCG Berlin
- Speaker: Alexander Tuerpitz
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Business and management
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/alexander_tuerpitz_virtualizing_employment_in_saudi_arabia)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Unemployment programs must maintain a delicate balance: ensure there is ample support for people in need, while catalyzing the process of getting them back to work. Alexander Tuerpitz proposes a workable plan that replaces long lines and complicated paperwork with online courses, Twitter-based customer service and a frequent flyer-like incentive program. In Saudi Arabia, he brought these ideas to life with rousing success, showing what many people truly want from their unemployment programs: support to get back to work.

## Lectures

1. [Virtualizing employment in Saudi Arabia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/alexander_tuerpitz_virtualizing_employment_in_saudi_arabia/72dea37f6072), 11 min (TED's player)