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Career Placement Centre at the University of Pretoria Presentation at the SAGRA Conference

Career Placement Centre at the University of Pretoria Presentation at the SAGRA Conference. Michelle Williams 30 September 2004. Career Placement Centre (CPC) in context CSC established in 2001 Organised with three general enquiry channels (80% first time resolution) • Voice Channel

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Career Placement Centre at the University of Pretoria Presentation at the SAGRA Conference

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  1. Career Placement Centre at the University of Pretoria Presentation at the SAGRA Conference Michelle Williams 30 September 2004

  2. Career Placement Centre (CPC) in context • CSC established in 2001 • Organised with three general enquiry channels (80% first time resolution) • • Voice Channel • • Written Channel • • Walk-in Channel • Escalation to specialist consultants • 80 – 20 principle • Additional units in 2003 • • International Unit • • Student Recruitment and Retention “

  3. Career Placement Career • Strategic objective – student value chain • Informal Operational functioning • Student demand increase • Placement in three categories • • Casual • • Temporary • • Permanent • Advertising of vacancies • Liaising with faculties • Liaising with employers

  4. Career Week • 2003 • Employers feedback session • 2004 • Programme • Statistics • Feedback and recommendation • • Customised per faculty • • Ideal time slot in annual calendar

  5. CPC 2004 • Development funding • On-line application – MY CAREERS • • Student module • • Recruiter’s model • Introduction to students “The world in your hands” • Research of SA and International career services @ academic institutions • Road show to faculties • SAGRA membership • Grad X • Road show to residence • Development of financial model • Conceptual testing with employers

  6. MY CAREERS • Development and enhancement on the My Career’s database: • • Changed open format to a template • • Added Frequently asked questions • • Added a Recruiters guide • • Added Job Advertisement page • • Mainframe integration • • Added validations on certain fields - quality management • • Changed some fields to compulsory • • Updated the wording on the disclaimer page • • Updated the information to students as to how to complete the CV • template

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  17. Modular offering to employers : • Career Week • • Venue and audio visual equipment • • Marketing to target student group • • Contact details of students that attended sessions and consented to • details being made available • • Consolidated feedback and evaluation report • Access to “My Careers” database • • Minimum of 2000 CV’s • • Recruiter’s guide – maintained student course codes • • CV’s updated every 12 months • • Electronic posting of adverts for vacancies • Electronic monthly newsletter

  18. Business Day, 29 September 2004 – South Africa • “89 000 new jobs” • “Unemployment on the decrease”

  19. Business Day, 29 September 2004 – South Africa “SA's unemployment rate remains one of the highest in the world. Using the expanded definition of unemployment, which includes discouraged job seekers who have given up looking for work, the rate jumps to 41,2% in March, almost unchanged from 42% in September last year."

  20. Career Placement Centre (CPC)Tel: (012) 420 5294Fax: (012) 420 4192E-mail: cpc@up.ac.za Contact: Sharon Sehannie, Annemarié Iske, Lebo Makobe, Nicky Jacobs Office hours: Monday to Friday 08:00 to 16:00

  21. Questions & Commentary

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