#7
bridge the information gap

 

Youth Capital advocates for ways to bridge the divide between employers and young people, and find other ways of demonstrating their knowledge, skills and experience to employers. Employers also need to think creatively about how to assess young people’s competencies and abilities.

Narrowing the information gap between employers and young job-seekers would be a game changer for young people.

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the fact is

1 in 10

Young people who have given up looking for work

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7 in 10

Young people have been looking for work for more than 1 year

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I discovered a passion for coding; shortly after, a friend told me about an opportunity at at organisation called Umuzi. They would be recruiting a group of female coders to train for BBD, a leading software company. I decided to apply. Two weeks later, I was invited to an Umuzi bootcamp, which would decide whether I would be accepted to the training programme. After I finished, Umuzi offered me the learnership!

– Ferronique May

RESEARCH

 

Youth Capital’s Bridge the Gap. Finding the ‘right’ young hire delves deeper into the challenges Small, Medium, and Micro Enterprises (in government speak SMMEs) experience when they set out to hire and retain young employees According to the national survey run by Youth Capital, the lack of work experience, and skills and abilities deemed as critical stunt the hiring of young people. The research report offers solutions that can be explored to bridge this divide.

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What could improved hiring & retention practices look like?

Employers innovate traditional hiring practices to spotlight the ‘right’ candidate

Employers, the education and the youth development sector work closely to understand both the demand and supply side’s information challenges and address them

Industry bodies, with support from TVET, SETA and QTCO, ensure young people are equipped with a bundle of critical work-readiness skills

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