Tackling youth unemployment
It’s a complex set of challenges underpinning the youth unemployment crisis in our country. Tackling the unemployment crisis requires more sustained and well-coordinated action to create more opportunities for our youth. One of the sustainable ways to help bridge the gap between unemployed youth and paid job opportunities is by introducing initiatives such as work-integrated learning (WIL), on-job training, and internships. These programs are important as they help develop aptitude, upskill, and provide a greater door to opportunity for the participants.
Often there will be entry-level training across multiple sectors of a business, allowing the trainee to develop greater knowledge of the industry and gain a wide skillset. This benefits the individual as they will get the broadest spectrum of opportunities when they apply for a job as they will have already been exposed to the work environment. They play a significant role in the development of an individual as they gain experience. This is important as companies now require experience for open vacancies application.
Baroka Funerals applies a positive youth development approach to offer opportunities to young talent; this has opened doors to many young people whom today make up over 90% of our workforce. “These developmental initiatives must be treated as steppingstones to further opportunities, young people bring a fresh perspective and a different way of thinking to the business”, founder and CEO of Baroka Funerals, Ratau Mphahlele.
We often publish open vacancies at Baroka Funerals across our social media platforms. Like and follow our pages for the latest open opportunities at our company. We encourage job seekers to regularly check our social media pages including the professional site, LinkedIn.
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