<p>The recommendations on how to connect young people in Buffalo with the thousands of jobs that open up every year included ones heard often in Western New York and those that are less conventional, such as commissioning a new video game to help job applicants learn life skills, such as the importance of showing up on time and dressing appropriately.</p><p>A team of IBM executives has been in Buffalo for the last three weeks to help the city tackle high unemployment among people ages 16 to 24 and presented its findings this week.</p><p>"Jobs do exist here," said Erica Webber, an associate partner in IBM's strategy and transformation consulting.</p><p>The team noted that 22,000 jobs open up in Western New York every year but that those opportunities are not always accessible to job seekers and that other factors, such as a high dropout rate and a mismatch between skills employers need and the skills in the applicant pool prevent young people from obtaining employment.</p><p><a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/20130524/IBM_team_offers_advice_on_job_gap.html">Keep reading...</a></p>