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SA faces many challenges in respect of both training and employment. Organisations like Impactful Specialist Solutions offer courses and continuous skills development approaches that help the youth to both obtain and retain employment.
South Africa faces the unique challenge of having a very large percentage of young people in its population, while also having a youth unemployment figure – the share of the labour force aged 15-24 – that sits at around 64%. Clearly, something needs to be done to make the youth more employable, and to provide them with relevant skills for the digital age.
Impactful Specialist Solutions recognises the importance of such youth development, particularly its potential impact on unemployment, and as such, the company offers a range of certifications that can serve the purpose of continuous upskilling, creating an ongoing series of building blocks for their career paths.
According to Robert Williams, a specialist trainer at Impactful, having skills is not enough, at least not in the IT arena. This is because the evolution of this sector is happening so rapidly that it is now imperative to continuously upskill.
“As a trainer, my advice to anyone who considers IT to be their passion or their choice of career, is to never remain still - you must be willing to learn constantly and consistently.”
Fellow trainer, Trevor Jones, agrees, noting that in a digitally transforming world, everything is changing. “Success will come to those who are willing to understand and adopt the change, while those who cannot learn to work within this new paradigm simply won’t,” he adds.
“Remember that constant change in technology creates opportunities for businesses, but equally so for those individuals who are prepared to grow with the technology as it evolves.”
“In fact, this is a key differentiator of our business - having people undertaking the training who encourage such passion and who drive a continuous learning agenda.”
“Learnerships are critical in order for them to have the opportunity to experience the working world, and to learn the discipline required to succeed. Basically, we can teach them a skill, which affords them the opportunity to obtain a learnership. This, in turn, provides them with the experience needed to help them move up the corporate ladder. And by instilling a culture of continuous learning it should mean that they keep adding skills to their set as they gain promotion.”
“One thing I can add is that attitude is extremely valuable. I have met many youngsters who may have little in the way of skills, but who have the drive to learn, and this enables them to achieve anything, through application, effort and hard work.”
“There are two areas within the latter: the first being that of engineering, which is very much product related and tied to the implementation of specific solutions, and the second being technical, in relation to programming and coding.”
“Unemployment obviously remains the crucial issue in SA, and in a digitally transforming society it has never been more important to ensure that all who can learn technical skills, do. This is vital to both their individual futures, and that of the country’s.”
“There is a massive advantage to this, in terms of allowing them to schedule their learning at a point that is most convenient for them. It offers similar advantages to working from home in that it reduces stress and frustration, and improves productivity.”
“These remote-type environments also expose students from differing backgrounds to one another, enabling them to learn from each other. The technology makes such engagement easy, offering additional value to the students. That said, we maintain a physical training location that can be used as required or leveraged along with technology to deliver a hybrid learning solution.”
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