They’re young, smart, brash. We wear flip-flops to the office or listen to iPods at our desk. We want to work, but we don’t want work to be our life.
This is us – Generation Y, a force of the first wave is just now embarking on their careers — taking their place in an increasingly multigenerational workplace. Get ready, because this generation — whose members have not yet hit 30 — is different from any that have come before.
There is no consensus over the exact birth dates that define Gen …

The UWC has established an Entrepreneurship Initiative (UWEI) which will see that service support is made available to student-owned businesses on campus and externally.
As a way of developing and empowering students as future business leaders, UWC aims to aims to increase the sustainability of current UWC student-owned businesses and encourage a culture of entrepreneurship among students through increasing the number of businesses on campus and in the communities that students come from.
The UWCEI is also an exciting step by the Centre for Student Services to grow and promote student development …

As negotiations on student residence accommodation between the University of the Western Cape and students continue in efforts to address complaints lodged by the students, one of the university’s students is fast running out of money and literally going hungry.
In April, Philani Ngcobo* told News24 of how his studies were suffering as he battled to cope with the cost and living conditions at a university-approved private residence, and of a Nsfas loan that was yet to buy him meals, despite numerous trips and enquiries to the university’s financial aid office.
“With …

The Campus Financial Mail reports that most of us are familiar with the traditional text-based curriculum vitae (CV) or résumé, which has a uniform structure, is no longer than two pages, and leaves no space for creativity.
But as we move into the digital age, characterised by social media and rapid technological advances, methods of submitting CVs to prospective employers are changing. Some tech-savvy job seekers in the US and the UK are rebooting their image by creating visual CVs. Unlike the conventional CV, a visual CV provides one’s professional information …

Unemployment amongst young people will soon be a thing of the past.
This is the conclusion reached by the Young Communist League after the  ‘Jobs for Youth’ summit which took place over the weekend.
The league will be forming a coalition which deals with unemployment amongst youth together with a ‘jobs for Youth Charter  which will be unveiled during youth month – June.
The summit was attended by about 250 people from 84 different youth organisations and addressed by various government and trade union officials.
YCLSA secretary Buti Manamela says the new coalition would …

A 2-day Jobs for Youth Summit kicks off tomorrow (20th May) at the Parktonian Hotel in Braamfontein Joburg.
The National Jobs for Youth summit is an initiative informed by the crippling statistics of youth unemployment.
The summit will give young people an opportunity to discuss the new ways that have been put in place to drive job creation and youth development.
Topics for discussion will include:
Education (Is our education system in line with our economic demands in the long and short term)
Bail out packages (Is the private sector adhering to the conditions of …

The number of artisan graduates are who either unemployed or underemployed is increasing.
Minister of Higher Education and Training Blade Nzimande blamed the mismatch between the aspirations of graduates and employment opportunities available to them.
The Minister has however promised to take personal responsibility for the acceleration of artisan training, as well as for the creation of a national register for artisans. Government also aims to combat the current artisan shortage by scaling up artisan training, with the assistance of the Manufacturing, Engineering and Related Services Sector Education and Training Authority (Merseta).
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The National military service is set to be introduced as a way of instilling discipline and patriotism in the country’s youth, who make up nearly half the South African population and comprise the majority of people who are unemployed.
Defence and Military Veterans Minister Lindiwe Sisulu announced at a briefing at Parliament that she will seek a national consensus around the proposal and plans to introduce legislation enabling it within a year.
Sisulu says the national service would offer South Africa a solution to dealing with the growing numbers of people younger …