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Sustainable ways in which businesses could assist the school leavers

Sustainable ways in which businesses could assist the school leavers On this page, we’ll suggest sustainable methods that businesses could help the educational system, ensuring that graduates are better prepared for the workplace. There are numerous sustainable ways in which the company could help school dropouts improve their readiness for the workforce.

BusinessTech estimates that the graduate unemployment rate in South Africa is 12.5%, which is 22.4 percentage points lower than the official national unemployment rate. This is evident at all significant educational levels, including tertiary and secondary schooling.

Several graduates with a variety of qualifications are currently having trouble finding work. They are not workplace ready, among other things, is the key cause. Thus, they lack the fundamentally useful, productive talents needed by enterprises. A candidate who won’t boost productivity won’t be hired by a company. It’s interesting to note that, despite the possibility of discrimination on the side of employers toward school graduates lacking specific industry capabilities, employers have a clear obligation to provide those graduates with the essential productive business skills they may require. In other words, before pupils graduate from high school, businesses must nurture and develop them (with the essential skills for the workplace).

Sustainable ways in which businesses could assist the school leavers

Workplace skills vary from industry to industry. However, the following are the proposed sustainable ways, in which businesses could assist school leavers to be ready for the workplace:

1. Internships – Businesses can increase the number of internships to the undergraduate students. To do this, businesses should visit high schools as well as universities to assist learners on how to apply. In South Africa an internship will apply to you once you have completed your studies. An internship will provide you with workplace experience. Internships are usually between six months to one year in duration. As an intern you will work under a supervisor who will give you specific tasks to do and will evaluate your work. Currently in South Africa internships are sponsored by companies and some SETAs.
2. In-Service – Businesses can also increase theirin-service training capacity to accommodate more students going forward. In-Service Training refers to practical work experience during studies and usually after one or two years of theory are successfully completed.

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