Young marketing learners can jump on the right path with free education and work experience by applying for Clockwork’s annual Marketing Learnership Programme, which is now open to applicants. In partnership with Red & Yellow Creative School of Business, Clockwork has five slots available each year, offering students and aspiring marketers the chance to learn from the best with a comprehensive 12-month programme.

The learnership programme consists of six months of classroom training and six months of integrated work learning at the Clockwork offices in Johannesburg. Students receive a holistic look at the world of marketing by studying Communications, Strategy, Content, Digital and Design in the course.

This is the perfect way to get a foot in the door of marketing or advertising, and the Clockwork Marketing Learnership Programme is open to anyone with a matric, regardless of previous marketing experience or education.

Applicants are encouraged to submit their CV with a cover letter and a 30-second video explaining why they should be the next learner at Clockwork. Apply here: https://www.clockworkmedia.co.za/careers/marketing-learnership-program/

Johannesburg, 29 June 2021: National Government has called on all citizens and corporations to participate in Youth Month by recognising the present and future role of the youth in shaping the socio-economic landscape of the country. The recent unemployment statistics pertaining to young people is cause for concern. The 2020 fourth quarter Labour Force Survey found that about 8,6 million young people aged between 15 and 34 years are not educated nor are they employed

Taking its lead from National Government, Twizza has, since 2016, initiated various development and empowerment initiatives to combat youth unemployment. These include among others, the Twizza Graduate Programme (Work Experience), Internships, Learnerships as well as extensive apprenticeship programmes.

Twizza cares about the communities it operates in and has taken the opportunity to give back to these communities. The proudly SA company does this by providing access to formal learning and workplace experience to local unemployed youth. Twizza has partnered with the FoodBev SETA and has maximised on funding offered by the SETA, whilst ensuring compliance to the Skills Development Act, by providing upskilling and skills development opportunities to unemployed youth.

Twizza offers three levels of youth opportunities:

Twizza Graduate Programme:

This is a post-graduate opportunity that aims to expose newly qualified graduates to a working environment for the purpose of offering them on-the-job experience. The duration of the programme is a year.

Internship Programme:

Twizza offers under- graduate students the opportunity to embark on projects which form part of the practical work-related experience required to obtain their qualification. The duration of the programme is between 6 and 12 months.

Learnerships:

Learnerships at Twizza are work-based learning programmes that lead to an NQF registered qualification. In the last 3 years Twizza participated in both Employed and Unemployed learnerships. The focus of the learnerships has been on Generic Management (Supervisory Skills), Food Handling, Stores and Warehousing as well as Food and Beverage Packaging.

To date, Twizza has enrolled 34 Employed Learners into NQF4 (Generic Management), NQF 3 (Stores and Warehousing) as well as NQF4 (Food Packaging Qualification) to enhance employee engagement and increase employee growth and promotion opportunities.

“We have got to start moving to systems that drive apprenticeships and vocational training from school level because the number of young people hitting 25 with the prospect of lifetime unemployment in South Africa is massive,” says Gwen Francis, Chief Human Resources Officer at Twizza. 

Gwen continues: “The internship programme has helped close the skills gaps within the technical department, ensuring effective succession planning for retirees and current employees while enhancing the technical capabilities at Twizza plants. We have also created employment opportunities for unemployed youth.\

”In the last few years Twizza has recruited graduates and interns across the Engineering, Quality Control, HR as well as Finance Functions. Despite the current restrained economic climate, Twizza embarked on a Youth Employment initiative within the Commercial space where Sales Activator roles were created for newly qualified graduates. A total of 9 graduates were employed and spread across various regions through SA.

The new graduates are exposed to an intense induction programme followed by a continuous learning journey through the e-Learning Platform as well as on-the-Job Coaching in order to set them up for success.  At Twizza, our initiatives provide the necessary support for young people to take on their challenges and win.

Creating more opportunities for young people, and supporting young people to access these opportunities is a priority for Twizza. What we do as Twizza contributes towards improving the lives of young people and help build a South Africa we are proud to be a part of.

More about Twizza:

Founded in 2003 by Ken Clark in the Eastern Cape, the carbonated soft drink known as Twizza opened its second factory in 2012 in Middelburg Mpumalanga, and then a third plant opening in 2015 in Cape Town. Today, boasting one of the most sophisticated production lines in the country, Twizza’s extensive distribution network spans South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Namibia, Botswana and Mozambique.

The latest disruptive technology is about to change the way the South Africans work.

One of the biggest challenges facing the African continent is the lack of jobs and the distances those that have jobs have to travel each day.  Another major obstacle is the exorbitant fee that labour brokers charge when on-selling the services of the workers.

After a significant development period, Endorsed.africa is proud to announce a solution that will make inroads into these challenges by empowering everyone from the domestic worker and labourer right up to the skilled workforce.

In a nutshell, Endorsed.africa is a platform to where job seekers market themselves based upon their skillset, geographical location and availability and companies or individuals needing assistance can find suitably qualified people.Each worker stipulates the rate they are prepared to work for and the clients can choose based upon reviews and work experience.How many times have you needed a labourer for a day or 2, a nanny or baby sitter. Endorsed has the solution by providing vetted individuals that can provide this service.  

Endorsed believes this will stimulate the economy by making services and products more affordable and giving the workers the opportunity of gaining more experience through more work.Each worker on Endorsed is vetted based upon referrals prior to them joining the Endorsed platform, and these workers will be motivated to provide an excellent service to improve their ratings.Endorsed is an ideal solution for those seeking regular work, or for those wanting to supplement their income while studying or looking after children. 

The first phase of the launch will mostly involve the listing and vetting of job seekers, Endorsed is certainly open for business to provide those needing people to get things done.Watch this space as Endorsed.africa goes about improving the lives of many. 

African Utility Week to gather 7000+ power professionals in Cape Town

“Youth unemployment on the continent is a major epidemic and internship opportunities are an amazing solution to help maximize human capital development on the continent” says Daniel Antwi, co-founder of the Africa Internship Academy (AIA) that will launch its Young Energy and Power Professionals (YEPP) at this year’s African Utility Week in Cape Town in May. Says Daniel: “quite a number of employers have argued that skills constraint has been a major contributing factor to youth unemployment. Again, many young graduates find it very difficult to move out and become job makers in the market. Therefore, Africa Internship Academy stands to facilitate successful transition from academia to industry by ensuring that the skills of youth are honed early enough to match the labour market demands.”

Africa Internship Academy has already begun its monthly gatherings in Ghana and is looking to roll out more offices in many African cities by end of the first half of 2017. “So far, all our fellows have secured amazing internship opportunities from great organisations in Africa,” Daniel states, “and Ecobank Ghana requested to have all fellows in Ghana to intern with them, if possible.” He adds: “also, together with the organisers of African Utility Week, we will be launching the Young Energy and Power Professionals Network (YEPP) which will be a network of ambitious graduates who wish to contribute to solving African’s power and energy issues.”

Young people in the utility sector
YEPP will bring together graduates who want to learn from each other, access thought leadership, conduct research to broaden their understanding of power and energy issues, raise funding for future solutions and further their career ambitions. “There is a lot of room for young people in the utility sector as long as they get the right skills to navigate” says AIA’s Daniel. According to Daniel, internships are a win-win for all involved: “when HR is able to recognise potential early enough and eventually bring them on board, the recruitment process is easier and the intern would definitely feel valuable. The long-term benefits are more for the employer because staff who are former interns at a company are most likely to stay on with that employer hence building the reputation on the organization as ‘Employer of Choice’.”

He also quotes Stuart Lander of Internships.com who says that “you have a 7 in 10 chance of being hired by the company you interned with.”

At African Utility Week, 30 top power and energy students/graduates across Africa will have the opportunity to be invited to the event, have complimentary access to the strategic conference and will be invited to a networking function co-hosted with Africa Internship Academy. A selection of recruiters, VIP guests and sponsoring companies will also be invited to this function.

Leading energy platform on the continent
The 17th annual African Utility Week is the leading conference and trade exhibition for African power, energy and water professionals and takes place from 16-18 May 2017 at the CTICC in Cape Town. The event will gather over 7000 decision makers from more than 40 countries to source the latest solutions and meet over 300 suppliers. Along with multiple side events and numerous networking functions the event also boasts a seven track conference with over 300 expert speakers. The conference programme will once again address the latest challenges, developments and opportunities in the power and water sectors: ranging from generation, T&D, metering, technology and water.

KPMG is diamond sponsor Already leading global advisory firm KPMG has confirmed that it is returning to African Utility Week, this time as its exclusive diamond sponsorship. Other long-running supporters and industry stalwarts EPG and Landis+Gyr are also back as platinum sponsors while Conlog, Poweroad, Vodacom and Sensus are gold sponsors again.

Energy Revolution Africa, a new platform for community scale projects, will provide a unique forum for solution providers to meet with the new energy purchasers such as metros and municipalities, IPPs, rural electrification project developers and large power users, including mines, commercial property developers and industrial manufacturers. The latest innovations and projects in the sectors of renewables, future technology, energy efficiency, micro/off-grid and energy storage will be showcased.

African Utility Week and Energy Revolution Africa are organised by Spintelligent, leading Cape Town-based trade exhibition and conference organiser, and the African office of Clarion Events Ltd, based in the UK. Other flagship events in Spintelligent’s power portfolio are East African Power Industry Convention (EAPIC), West African Power Industry Convention (WAPIC), iPAD Rwanda Power & Mining Investment Forum and iPAD Cameroon Energy & Infrastructure Forum.

Dates for African Utility Week and Energy Revolution Africa:
Conference and expo: 16-18 May 2017
Awards gala dinner:  17 May 2016
Site visits: 19 May 2016
Location: CTICC, Cape Town, South Africa

Website: http://www.african-utility-week.com   
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AfricaUtilities  
Linkedin: African Power Forum

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