Ekurhuleni confronts unemployment
In its fourth year since its inception the Ekurhuleni Career Expo and Job Summit has become an eye opener to the harsh reality of unemployment that many young people are confronted with.
In a bid to reduce its 28 per cent unemployment rate, the City of Ekurhuleni will host a two day Career Expo on June 9 and 10 at Alberton Civic Centre from 8am to 4.30pm, followed by a Job Summit on Thursday June 11 at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre from 9am to 4pm.
The three day interactive program will provide young people with an opportunity to interact with various companies that will be exhibiting in the Expo. There will also be an opportunity to register their CVs on the Ekurhuleni unemployed youth database.
The database is currently used by the municipality to assist unemployed graduates by placing them in Youth Work Readiness Placement programmes and other skills development and related entrepreneurship development programmes.
Career advisory services and a computer lab with internet connection for those who do not have access to resources to develop their CVs are amongst the facilities that will be provided at the free Career Expo.
Stakeholders that the municipality has partnered with will present their skills development and training opportunities, including bursaries and learnership programmes at the Career Expo.
Job creation, business opportunities in Ekurhuleni, improving and up-scaling initiatives for youth employment and enhancing job creation are amongst the topics speakers will address at the Job Summit.
“The Career Expo and Job Summit will again bring civil society, business leaders and academics together in mapping a way forward on how to address the challenges of unemployment and low skills levels that the youth of Ekurhuleni is faced with, “said Themba Gadebe, Ekurhuleni spokesperson .
The event will end with a gala dinner at Birchwood hotel, where a certificate awarding ceremony will take place in recognition of the companies that have been involved in community development projects.
Residents are encouraged to bring their CVs and can visit their nearest Customer Care Center to book for free transport to the career Expo.
For more information on the Career Expo and Job Summit members of the public and companies wishing to partake may contact Colin Ramogale on 011 999 7747/0654 or Colin.Ramogale@ekurhuleni.gov.za.
Read here about last year’s expo
Read here about last year’s summit
