South Africa has an extremely high unemployment rate. A qualification from a tertiary institution usually means the chances of landing a job are higher. Research shows that within five years of graduating, 84% of the graduates were working. But it’s not a guarantee. Graduates, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, remain jobless.
Nevertheless there are certain aspects that make a graduate more employable than others. Our guest in today’s episode of Pasha is Fenella Somerville a post-doctoral research fellow in the SARCHI Chair Higher Education and Human Development research group at the University of the Free State. Her work found that four things counted when a graduate was looking for employment,
The reputation of the institution
Networks and connections
Experience, and
Type of work.
Today’s episode of our podcast looks at what counts the most when a graduate looks for work.
Read more: Four things that count when a South African graduate looks for work
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“South Africa High Resolution Job Concept”
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This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article.
