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Unique skills programme jumpstarts careers for unemployed youth

So many highly qualified South African youth struggle to get jobs after graduation, or move up the corporate ladder. This is often due to a lack of the vital soft skills key to survival in today's competitive marketplace - attributes which may be neglected by South African universities.
Unique skills programme jumpstarts careers for unemployed youth

In response to this, the TSiBA Career Centre, a division of the Tertiary School in Business Administration (TSiBA), has developed a unique programme called 'Umbono' - which means 'a clear vision' in isiXhosa. The programme aims to address this vital gap by providing young graduates, both unemployed and employed, with the cognitive and emotional tools to become empowered, confident and resilient. This will help them to get a foot in the door and kickstart their careers. It also gives them an edge when they do get an opportunity to get onto the corporate ladder.

The role of the TSiBA Career Centre began when TSiBA was founded in 2004. Back then its core purpose was threefold - to hold the Career Management component of TSiBA's business programmes, to offer student support and tools in respect of honing career management skills, and to support the placement of TSiBA students in internship and placement programmes.

One of the TSiBA Career Centre Umbono candidates, Luzuko Mbilini, says, "I gained soft skills which I did not realise are so important to market myself to potential employers. I now know how to use them in order to be marketable."

Graham Moore, TSiBA Sustainability Manager, explains that, "TSiBA has been regularly placing students and graduates into employment for many years. We have now expanded this offering into a professional recruitment entity. The TSiBA Career Centre provides services in permanent and temporary recruitment as well as skills development interventions for early career placement - such as Umbono. Our team is dedicated to fulfil clients' immediate and longer-term human resources needs in a professional, competent and ethical manner."

Moore continues, "The Career Centre functions as a Social Enterprise supporting the vision and mission of TSiBA Education. Proceeds from every placement and skills programme facilitated go towards TSiBA scholarships and thereby igniting opportunity for our student population of whom most are first-generation tertiary education entrants."

While the programme is relatively new it has already achieved results. Andiswa Nzilili, recently placed through the programme working at Maestro Investment Management, says, "I'm so pleased that my job-hunting journey has finally come to end."

TSiBA is a private, not-for-profit business school founded in 2004, registered and fully accredited with the Department of Higher Education & Training as a private higher education institution (No:2007/HE08/001) as well as with the Services Seta (Accreditation No: 3919). TSiBA Career Centre is registered with Department of Labour as an Employment Service for Gain (Reg No WC CPT 2014/08982). For more information visit www.tsiba.org.za.

21 Apr 2015 10:19

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TSIBA Education trading as TSIBA Business School is registered as a non-profit and public benefit organization with the Department of Higher Education and Training as a private higher education institution under the Higher Education Act, 1997. (Registration certificate no. 2007/HE08/001)