Career expo empowers learners of Taal-net Group of Schools
“The event exceeded all expectations, cementing its place as a premier platform for career advancement and professional networking.”
The Taal-net Group of Schools held its first career expo for the learners of Wynand Marais Hall on May 11.
“We are incredibly proud of the outstanding outcome of our first annual career expo.
“It showcased our commitment to fostering career development and highlighted the immense talent and innovation in our industry,” said Justin Magidi, the CEO of the Taal-net Group of Schools.
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“With a record-breaking turnout and unparalleled enthusiasm from participants, the event exceeded all expectations, cementing its place as a premier platform for career advancement and professional networking.”
Nine Taal-net campuses attended the event with the community, learners’ parents and a Kempton Park neighbouring school.
Leona Phiri, the marketing manager, said the career expo aimed to help learners plan their careers and inform young people of the opportunities available that they might not have known about.
Taal-net aims to host the career expo annually and has marked it in their school calendar.
“An investment in the youth is an investment in the future,” said Phiri.
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“Life after school becomes difficult for most learners who are unprepared and have little knowledge about what path to take.”
Phiri said Taal-net runs on the principle that learners exposed to career education will be correctly prepared to make prudent career choices.
She said career education aims to improve a person’s capacity to make informed career choices based on his/her objectives, priorities, strengths, and goals.
“We will use the platform to showcase that there are other methods you can use to build your future if academics is not your strong point,” said Phiri.
“Our strongest point is allowing the learners to interact with recruiters and potential employers to help them figure out their career after matric.”
Institutes such as the University of Johannesburg, Boston College, PC Training, TUT, Unisa, Wits, Edutel, Tina Career Consultancy and other entities spoke about new skills that could help learners find employment quicker.
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Career consultants were available to solve the learners’ queries and advise what they could do if they did not have matric or struggled financially with university fees after completing matric.
The Taal-net Group of Schools, established in 2009, is a group of private multi-cultural schools offering quality Christian-based education focused on the learner’s academic and emotional development by implementing theoretical and practical ways of learning.
The group comprises four learning areas which inter-feed each other – preschool division, primary division, secondary division and further education and training.
Taal-net offers preschool, primary and secondary education in Kempton Park, Beula Park, Brentwood, Pretoria, Randburg, the Johannesburg CBD, Midrand, Soweto, Roodepoort and Zimbabwe.
