Graduate Recruitment looks good for 2019. Or does it??

GRADUATE RECRUITMENT LOOKS GOOD FOR 2019

Graduate recruitment amongst the leading graduate employers is optimistic for the upcoming year, while securing the highest-calibre candidates remains extremely competitive.

Results from an independent survey of leading employers in South Africa shows that these organisations are set to recruit record numbers of graduates in 2018 & 2019. The SAGEA Employer Benchmark Survey 2018 is based on responses from 91 of the leading graduate employers in the country. It provides encouraging news for students looking for their first job upon graduation.
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August 12th World Elephant day: We can all make a contribution to the peril of our elephants. Will you?

An elephant is killed every 25 minutes – We can all do something, will you?

Born Free launches Elephants in Crisis appeal on behalf of an iconic species that could disappear from much of Africa within our lifetime

By Gemma Hook

Elephants are in crisis. A century ago there were an estimated five million elephants in Africa. Today, there are less than half a million. On average, at least 55 elephants are killed by poachers every day for their tusks. That’s one every 25 minutes.

Since 2012, it is estimated that 201,288 elephants have been poached. Now, experts have predicted that unless poaching can be effectively addressed, elephants could all but disappear from many of Africa’s wild places in the coming decades.
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Ever heard of an Akiki doll?

Representing black girls with Akiki doll

20 July 2018: Born out of a mothers quest to empower her daughter and other African girls, Fatuma Abdullah’s creation – the Akiki doll, is helping to create a positive self-image for African and black girls.

“When my daughter started crèche, she came home one day and said, ‘mama I want my hair to be straight’ and I looked at her and said no our hair is not straight, our hair is curly, and then she was like yeh but I want my hair to look like ‘so and so’ and I thought to myself I need to do something about this,” recalls Fatuma.

The Akiki doll and Akiki’s short stories (her first book) launched in May 2016 and are used as teaching tools to put across the message of self-love, appreciation and self-worth.
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THIS WEEK'S FAST FACT

Expats

Around 900,000 South Africans were living in other countries for more than a year in 2017. 
The top destination of choice was the United Kingdom with 210,000 migrants as of 2017, followed closely by Australia with 190,000 migrants. 
Other popular countries include the USA (with 100,000), New Zealand (with 60,000) and Canada (with 50,000). (https://pewrsr.ch/2LBkCiQ) 
Source www.Eighty20.co.za

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