Society and business have fundamentally changed since the pandemic began. The post-pandemic world will see the world of employment change too. Recruitment is a key area of interest for many employers and in a recent Harvard Business Review podcast Lauren Smith, vice president at Gartner Research, reflects on three major trends to look out for: a rapid turnover of necessary skills, the competitiveness that comes from offering an “employee value proposition.” Even as more people return to in-person work there is a need to expand beyond existing talent pools. Smith argues that these trends will continue. Learn more about Gartner’s research in the HBR podcast here.
The global trend of building alternate talent pipelines has been emphasised by the impact of Covid, particularly poignantly in South Africa; our traditional educational institutions are not providing industry with enough talent. Since 2014 ICT Graduates from all universities in South Africa has only increased by a measly 200 candidates a year.
The demand for Tech talent continues to be a major driver in all sectors of the South African economy. Umuzi has been growing digital talent pipelines for more than a decade, supporting more than 800 young people into high-value jobs. We continue to have great success in placing junior talent into blue-chip companies.
We have two cohorts imminently completing the first part of their learning. In June, we have a cohort of tech talent completing our programme and seeking their next step: an internship opportunity where they can apply their learnings and grow professionally. There will be a few more young people seeking similar opportunities in July.
The pool of available talent is very limited, with the majority of graduating young people going into opportunities with their sponsoring partner. However, we are offering our partners the opportunity to try our junior full-stack web developers at a heavily subsidised rate for the next three months. For R3500 a month, for three months, you have the opportunity to work with one of our country’s bright young minds. All our talent is ready to hit the ground running, with both Agile and remote working experience.
For more information, please contact Brett <brett.ganga@umuzi.org>, our work experience manager. He is ready to match you to talented young developers with the specific skills to match your tech stack.
Top Talent Ready for Hire
Gugulethu Mavimbela
Gugulethu is a Junior Web Developer with an inquiring mind, currently on her journey to becoming a full stack Web Developer.She is proficient in design, development and testing, well-versed in numerous programming languages including PHP, JavaScript, and SQL. With her experience, she is in search of a position where she can enhance her skills in web technologies to develop and implement solutions to meet business needs.
Skills:Javascript, Html, Git, CSS, Unit testing (TDD) with Jasmine, Ajax, Expres, JQuery, NodeJS, React, SQL.
Portfolio: https://gugulethu.netlify.app/
Manelisi Madi
Manelisi is a self-motivated junior developer who has nurtured his love for computer programming since childhood. He is able to build web applications from the ground up - information gathering, planning, design, development, testing and maintenance. Extremely passionate about software architecture and design, Manelisi attended Cambridge Academy in eMalahleni where he learned the basics of HTML and CSS, and grew an interest in programming, he aspires to become a versatile full-stack web developer proficient in web development and cybersecurity.
Skills: Git (Version Control), HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Express.js, Database management with MongoDB, Front-end skills using React, Responsive web design, Blender (digital art)
Portfolio: https://github.com/Venusian-Mane
Nkululeko Zikode:
Junior Web Developer seeking a career in Information Technology with a special interest in web development, web design, and mobile application development. Technology fascinates Nkululeko to a point where he became the top Computer Applications Technology learner for the entirety of his senior high school career. Through practical assignments of developing websites, he gained the core components of Web Development and competing in miniature hackathons with friends has laid the foundation of his programming skills.
Skills: HTML 5, JavaScript, CSS 3, Jasmine, Node-JS, Git-Bash, Github, JQuery, Agile, Programming, UX/ UI Design.
Portfolio: https://nkululek0.github.io/Portfolio2/
For more information on how to start the process, please contact Brett <brett.ganga@umuzi.org>, our work experience manager. He is ready to match you to talented young developers with the specific skills to match your tech stack.
Click the link to see more of our exceptional talent and their core skills: https://www.umuzi.org/hire-talent