Eldos resident trains youngsters for job opportunities
Triggered by the increase in youth unemployment, he began reaching out to help communities after securing a position to recruit, train and develop unemployed youth for a well-established broker in Randburg.
Giovanni Pitt (31) a resident of EXT 2, Eldorado Park continues to use his passion-driven call centre skills and his new position to seek job opportunities for the unemployed youth in his community and surrounding areas.
Pitt started to invest his time in training and sharing skills with the youth of Eldos back in 2017 through his company, Mogale Direct Marketing.
He invited the unemployed to the Pop Centre Community hall where he trained and developed them for free with sales skills as call centre and field agents.
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His passion for uplifting his community and helping decrease the high unemployment rate amongst the youth has created opportunities for many hopeless people.
Most of them were referred to company agents for employment after successfully completing the training.
Triggered by the increase in youth unemployment, he began reaching out to help communities after securing a position to recruit, train and develop unemployed youth for a well-established broker in Randburg.
He said he is looking for people who are serious about learning about the insurance industry and growing with the brokerage.
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Pitt said interested individual can simply send their CVs via WhatsApp to join the programme and everyone is welcome.
“We evaluate the CVs and determine if an individual has potential, despite whether they have passed matric or not,” said Pitt.
He said the training is conducted over two weeks but additional time is added for struggling individuals who display commitment.
“I use my experience to assist the youth and unemployed individuals with job opportunities, specifically through the Regulatory Examination (RE) qualifications programme.
“After completing the RE qualifications, they become qualified advisors, either as financial advisors or licensed professionals. The company pays for these qualifications after 12 months of commitment,” he said.
Pitt emphasizes the importance of being casual and calm during interviews; he said the interviews are only meant to help them understand the type of person they will be working with.
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He also emphasized the importance of being honest and present about their background as some people may have criminal records due to irrational decisions made in their youth.
However, Pitt pointed out that, a criminal record does not mean people will be excluded depending on the kind of crime because some were charged with petty crimes.
A social youth entrepreneur, Pitt began recruiting and training unemployed youth to become insurance brokers in 2017.
The came after the industry faced challenges in finding suitable candidates due to lack of experience.
In 2018 he won an award in the Youth Social Entrepreneurship Competition hosted by Word in Action Ministries with support from the National Youth Development Agency.
Interested young people can send their CVs to Pitt via WhatsApp on 084 316 7397.
