Across the world, young people face real and increasing difficulty in finding decent work with each passing day. Youth unemployment is not a new phenomenon; it is part of the global jobs crisis. Two additional emerging factors are worsening th e youth employment crisis even further and causing challenges in the transition to decent work: Increase in “discouraged yout h”, in other words young people “neither in education nor in employment or training” (NEET). Rising unemployment among university grad uates, and more generally graduates of tertiary education institutions. What can be done to solve the dropout crisis with microblo gging possibilities? Bloggers are driven to document their lives, provide commentary and opinions, express deeply felt emotions,articulate ideas through writi ng, and form andmaintain community forums . Using Twitter is becoming more re levant than ever, but we need to be aware of how any given audience engages with Twitter. Many educators have f ound that Twitter is a great tool to help increase participation and con tinue to engage students once th ey’ve left the classroom.The use of e-learning in itself does not constitute an enhancement of the quality of teaching and learning, but it is a potential e nabler for such enhancement. Examples of actual good practice have been provided to illustrate how certa in initiatives have addressed challenges and sought to engage learners in an effective manner.