From road nook to candidate for graduate with a board
Pericles Anetos | 2016-05-19 09:fifty six:forty nine.zero
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It isn’t straightforward discovering a job in SA. It’s a problem hundreds of graduates face annually‚ however one fortunate college-leaver may be nearing the top of her search…because of her holding at a board at a busy intersection.
An image of Anthea Malwandle went viral this week after she was snapped standing at a robotic in Rosebank together with her brown board which stated she is a B Tech Chemical Engineering graduate on the lookout for a job.
Sasol spokesperson Alex Anderson stated the chemical firm had reached out to Malwandle for a replica of her CV‚ which is presently being processed by its human assets (HR) division.
Anderson stated that Malwandle can be thought-about for a spot within the firm’s learnership programme: “She has B Tech in chemical engineering‚ which is sort of a fascinating qualification from a Sasol perspective…so we now have simply introduced her into the fold to be thought-about with quite a few different candidates.”
He stated that the programme’s period was between three and 4 years‚ and the work she would do assorted relying on the place she was positioned within the firm.
The corporate absorbs “about ninety five% of our learnership programme candidates”‚ he added.
When the programme is over‚ Anderson stated Malwandle would come out with a competency qualification they usually as a professional artisan or technician.
He stated Sasol had educated 1800 individuals final yr‚ with ninety four% of them being youth.
Malwandle advised 702 on Wednesday that she hoped to have the ability to say she is working someplace by someday subsequent week.
Malwandle advised the station that she had been looking for a job since graduating in 2015 from the Vaal College of Know-how.
She stated she had despatched her CV to HR departments and even went to corporations to get her foot within the door‚ however had met with no success.
“After that‚ I stated these strategies are usually not working‚ let me write on a board and wait within the busy robots and somebody will decide me up and I’ll get one thing‚” she advised the station.
Malwandle stated that she had been standing on the Rosebank intersection on the lookout for work since final Friday‚ and had acquired many constructive responses asking for her CV.
– TMG Digital