South Africa: Michael Page launches ‘Learnership’ scheme for disadvantaged women
7 December 2012
The ‘Michael Page South Africa Learnership Programme’ has been launched by professional recruiter Michael Page, offering seven 12-month positions to women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Fri, 7 Dec 2012
The ‘Michael Page South Africa Learnership Programme’ has been launched by professional recruiter Michael Page, offering seven 12-months positions to women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The participants will gain hands-on experience across Michael Page disciplines and take a fully-funded theoretical course in business administration, based in Johannesburg.Craig Thompson, managing director, Michael Page South Africa, says that with high unemployment in the country, black women, who often do not have formal qualifications, can find it incredibly challenging to enter the workforce: “South Africa has a number of pressing problems including high unemployment, poverty and gaping inequality so it is vital that businesses get behind learning schemes.
“A major advantage to this programme is all participants are employed on a full-time permanent basis and are guaranteed a position within Michael Page, from administrative to consultancy roles depending on their performance and results achieved throughout the year,” Thompson added.
The ‘Michael Page South Africa Learnership Programme’ has been launched by professional recruiter Michael Page, offering seven 12-months positions to women from disadvantaged backgrounds.
The participants will gain hands-on experience across Michael Page disciplines and take a fully-funded theoretical course in business administration, based in Johannesburg.Craig Thompson, managing director, Michael Page South Africa, says that with high unemployment in the country, black women, who often do not have formal qualifications, can find it incredibly challenging to enter the workforce: “South Africa has a number of pressing problems including high unemployment, poverty and gaping inequality so it is vital that businesses get behind learning schemes.
“A major advantage to this programme is all participants are employed on a full-time permanent basis and are guaranteed a position within Michael Page, from administrative to consultancy roles depending on their performance and results achieved throughout the year,” Thompson added.
- For more on recruitment in South Africa, including the legally-regulated efforts at correcting imbalances dating back to apartheid, see Global Spotlight on South Africa in the January edition of Recruiter.
