South Africa's unemployment challenge highlights the importance of connecting young people with accessible information about career opportunities, vocational training and skills development. Ubuntu MultiMedia is a South African career information and opportunities website that aims to give individuals alternative ways to enter the workforce and become aware of the opportunities available.
Creating Awareness Around Career Opportunities
With the country's unemployment rate currently sitting at 33%, many young people in South Africa struggle to enter the workforce. While studying at a University is a great way to build professional knowledge, there are also alternative ways to build skills. Learnerships, apprenticeships, technical training and Sector Education and Training Authorities (SETA) all provide great opportunities for people to increase their skills and prepare for the working world.
Ubuntu MultiMedia aims to provide an accessible source of information around career opportunities, skills development and career guidance.
Encouraging Skills Development and Alternative Career Paths
Ubuntu MultiMedia provides information around learnerships, apprenticeships, internships, SETAs and career guidance.
A large focus of Ubuntu MultiMedia is increasing awareness around SETAs. Many young people do not know what industries each SETA covers or what opportunities are available to them. By providing informative articles and opportunities we hope to make it easier to understand these opportunities. We provide information around the different sectors, opportunities and training available so anyone can see what would work best for them.
It also encourages people to consider practical skills and trades. There are many industries such as agriculture, manufacturing, electrical work, and renewable energy that have some great opportunities.
Providing Contextual Information
Rather than just providing a list of opportunities available Ubuntu MultiMedia aims to give individuals contextual information. This will help them understand what each opportunity involves, what requirements are needed and what skills they could gain from it.
If a person is interested in applying for a learnership, they may want to know what the requirements are, what qualifications they will need and how it fits into their long term career goals.
By providing this information we hope to give job seekers more knowledge to make an informed decision around their education and training.
Long Term Youth Development
While providing accessible career information will not solve unemployment issues, it will give individuals more opportunities to consider. Increasing awareness around training opportunities and alternative career paths is an important step for young people entering the workforce.
We aim to continue providing more information and covering more skills development opportunities. Overall our goal is to provide more accessible and useful career information to South Africans.
Ultimately we aim to provide more opportunities for people to find and become more informed within specific sectors. This will help create a more informed workforce and encourage more recognition of the variety of ways people can increase their skills and have a meaningful career.