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Email: [email protected]
Tel: 011 838 2526; Fax: 086 515 3249
Url: www.sagda.org.za
South African Graduates
Development AssociationPlacing Learners at the Centre of Marketing :
Enhancing Student Placement and Tracking
Thamsanqa MaqubelaExecutive Director
About SAGDA:
SAGDA has been at the forefront of graduate development for the past 14 years and has helped over 200 000 students/graduates through job readiness programmes.
In November 2010, we launched a new organizational strategy and adopted a new vision/mission to navigate the graduate empowerment trajectory through viable partnerships, footprint to rural and remote areas and research.
MISSION INTEGRATE: Mr. Maqubela (Exec Director , SAGDA) Minister Nzimande (DHET), Ms. Dube (SAGDA Advisory Board), Mr. Vukile Nkabinde (Board Secretary, SAGDA), Mr.. Pampallis (Ministerial Special Advisor)
Vision: An influential thought leader and reliable resource in graduate empowerment . Mission: To develop students prepare for the world of work and empower graduates to actively participate in the economy through high impact programs, viable partnerships and research.
“The twin challenges of high unemployment and a critical skills shortage
must be tackled.”
Vision
Dr. Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education and Training:
March 25, 2010
• Preparing Graduates for the World of Work:• Graduate
empowerment session every 2nd Wednesday
• Graduate employability assessment
• Graduate placement• Research
• Graduate Economic Absorption Indicator,
• Graduate Empowerment Monitor
• Promoting Rare Professions and Scarce Skills,• Produce and
distribute encyclopedia of scarce and critical skills
• Career choice management
• New Venture Creation• Student inventions
and innovations• Prototype based
innovations competition
Key ProgramsProgra
ms
Mr. Maqubela congratulates Ms ModyMotholo, SRC President, University of
Free State – May 31, 2011 during SAGDA’s
National Dialogue Series: StudentLeadership Forum
“Unemployment rates for young people are substantially higher than the average.” President
Zuma, February 11, 2010
Graduate
What are Graduates?
- They are ready to earn a living as they have been trained as professionals;
- They are equipped to fulfill the 5 SAGDA graduate attributes;
- They are attuned to professional code of conduct and ethics in chosen professions;
- Have access to workplace orientation to secure exposure.
Bright Future
Now that you’ve graduatedNothing can stop you!
You’ve worked hard to get your diploma;
It’s time to take a bow.Congratulations graduate!
Your future looks strong and bright.
May you achieve the things you hope for
And have a life of sheer delight.
By Joanna Fuchs
Key StatisticsFacts
SAGDA provides reliable database of college & university graduates and we
produceTop Graduates
Magazine quarterly to members.
- There are 255 000 unemployed graduates in SA;
- Of these, 82% are from public and private colleges;
- Over 3 000 000 young people are neither studying/training nor working;
- Three in 5 shops in the townships and rural areas are foreign owned;
-- Over 18 000 graduates register with SAGDA every year;
-- Many of these are drop outs, thus not graduates;
-- There are 5 million SMME companies in rural and townships with limited staff
Colleges must beginning to market from outside in.
Structure of Student Support
- Career management staff
- Workplace experience marketing
- Graduate placement staff for entry employment
- SMME development and support
- Local and national case studies on graduate absorption.
Support
Department of Rural
Development and Land
Reform needs more college
graduates, are you working with them?
Marketing
- Grow enrolments through recruitment strategies that are viable and relevant;
- Magnify the value of training over education;
- Illuminate the competence of what graduates can DO;
- Promote the presence of the institution;
- Track record of successful alumni must be exemplified.
- Build sustainable business relations with employers and SMME to place graduates.
- Conduct market research and use the intelligence to earn a respect of lecturers and managers
Key Deliverabl
es
What scarce and critical skills are offered as career
disciplines at colleges?
Putting an end to jobless jobs…
Why should accountants be car washers and
petrol attendants?
Stealing jobs from the illiterate
of our society.
Diplomate or Graduate
Your diploma means a future without boundaries,A world that's full of energy and fun. By Joanna Fuchs
Let’s work together
- We can provide graduates to augment capacity of colleges – data base is comprehensive.
- We have best practices in graduate placement and preparation for the world of work;
- Membership is open to all public & private colleges, universities, companies, and municipalities;
- Let’s get your college to adopt a FET College graduate attributes.
Then what
?
Marketing airtime from the public broadcaster is
available to market colleges, but
marketing can only be effective when the product or service is
of high quality.
University of
Pretoria;
FoodBev SETA
FNB
RMB
merSETA
TETA
SASSETA
Vaal University of
Technology
University of Cape
Town
Investec
Aveng Trident
Independent
Institute of
Education
MGI
Our MembersMembers
SAGDA is pursuing its
membership attractionstrategy and has sinceJanuary 2011 attracted
theFollowing members:
Contact Thamsanqa Maqubela directly.
Email:
Cell: 074 190 7777 Tel: 011 838 2526
Thank You
Attributes of SAGDA Graduates
Barometer of an Empowered Graduate:
Academically excellent: have a strong sense of intellectual integrity and the ethics of scholarshiphave in-depth knowledge of their specialist discipline(s)reach a high level of achievement in writing, generic research activities, problem-solving and communicationbe critical and creative thinkers, with an aptitude for continued self-directed learningbe adept at learning in a range of ways, including through information and communication technologies
Knowledgeable across disciplines:examine critically, synthesise and evaluate knowledge across a broad range of disciplinesexpand their analytical and cognitive skills through learning experiences in diverse subjectshave the capacity to participate fully in collaborative learning and to confront unfamiliar problemshave a set of flexible and transferable skills for different types of employment
Leaders in communities:initiate and implement constructive change in their communities, including professions and workplaceshave excellent interpersonal and decision-making skills, including an awareness of personal strengths and limitationsmentor future generations of learnersengage in meaningful public discourse, with a profound awareness of community needs