Year Review 2017 by UCT Careers

YEAR REVIEW 2017

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Our students are one of UCT’s greatest assets, some of the most talented across the nation and continent. Given the ongoing legacy of inequality, many of them arrive on our doorstep against great odds. It is our privilege through the Careers Service to enable them to flourish and to be ambassadors of UCT’s excellence across the globe. - Associate Professor Suellen Shay,

50 YEARS STRONG

MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR

Celebrating 50 years of dedicated work

A benchmark for institutional success

LAYING A SOLID FOUNDATION Who we are and what we do WE ARE CAREERS: 2017 AT A GLANCE MEET THE TEAM ALWAYS ON AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

Dean, Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED)

BUILDING CAREERS What we offer CAREER PLANNING THROUGHOUT UNIVERSITY LIFE STRATEGIC PROJECTS CLASS OF 2017 AT A GLANCE BRINGING CAREERS TO LIFE: CAREER ADVICE AND GUIDANCE CAREERS ADVISORY PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR A SPIRIT OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN THE CURRICULUM WORK WITH POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS EMPLOYER INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS

INVESTING IN PARTNERSHIPS Partnerships increase our impact CAREER READINESS PROGRAMMES

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Foreword

50 years strong This year UCT Careers Service celebrates 50 years of dedicated work in assisting students with navigating the future world of work. This is not isolated to the individual choices and opportunities of our students, but forms part of the higher education landscape and the overarching vision, mission and values of UCT. We are actively engaged in transforming the lives of students, the university itself, and the role our graduates play in South African society. We prepare students to contribute meaningfully to the communities in which they live and work, in South Africa, on the African continent and in the larger global context. In 1968 Careers Service began offering opportunities and guidance to students including the walk-in advisory service, and has always been considered an exemplar of best practice. We have remained a multi-award winning service operating across all faculties keeping pace with the change in education over five decades. UCT supplies industry with critical skills and we continue to build partnerships with business to understand how requirements shape the talent pool. We strive for an entrepreneurial mindset and are committed to constant improvement and innovation. We continue to adapt a quality-centric focus, leverage off international best practice, by applying design thinking principles and evidencebased research. Solid research underpins our strategy and all programme design and execution.

This year we re-aligned our communications and engagement strategy to maximise our use of technology and to strengthen and make best use of our valuable partnerships. Our strapline ‘information, advice, guidance and opportunities’ was updated to the much broader focus of ‘own your future’. This is far more engaging and highlights the broader scope of the work we do. This review showcases and details the wide range of our work and also the depth and intelligent design behind all that we do, which is closely aligned with the UCT Strategic Planning Framework 20172020 principles. It gives us cause to reflect on the volume of what we do in one year, but also on the significance of the many lives we touch and the impact this has on students, the business world and South African society. It also highlights the dedication, commitment and values of all our staff.

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Universities increasingly recognise that they have a responsibility to prepare and assist their graduates to find jobs. Our Careers Service, rated the best in the country this year and amongst the best in the world, has long linked students to employers through databases, career fairs, facilities for companies to recruit and interview on campus, and by helping students prepare for job applications and interviews. In recent years the Careers Service expanded to promote recruitment by NGOs and social enterprises. In 2017 for the first time, the UCT Careers Service embarked on a new range of activities aimed at empowering students to create their own jobs and highlighting entrepreneurship as a career option.â&#x20AC;? - Dr Max Price, Year End Message from the Vice-Chancellorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Desk 2017

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Message from the Director

O A benchmark for institutional success

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Careers Service at UCT – a significant achievement. However, in celebrating this moment, we are choosing to look forward, rather than backwards. As a team, our focus remains firmly on what lies ahead. We understand that we cannot build students’ futures based solely on our past and are committed to taking the Careers Service to the next level to better support students’ access, success and the transition to the world of work.

Our work is aligned to the UCT Strategic Planning Framework 2017 - 2020 and we adhere to UCT’s values, particularly with regards to widening educational and social opportunities. Our approach is targeted and relevant to students’ needs, and the needs of business and our/the broader society. We actively encourage entrepreneurship, as a mindset and career choice, and equip graduates with the skills and support they need to create opportunities for others. The DHET views entrepreneurship as a national priority and we fulfil this commandment as a recognised unit of excellence. A request from the DHET to lead a national community

of practice to develop and grow entrepreneurship programmes is further testament to the work of our team. Our model can best be described as an inverted pyramid, ranging from a scaled digital engagement strategy that extends our reach and provides a window into our services, down to student ownership and advanced preparation for a one-to-one advisory and/or guidance consultation. Our online presence offers a repository of information and support that is readily accessible 24 hours a day. As part of this, the MyCareerHub, currently links 51 795 students with 1 834

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“We constantly strive to empower and bring out the best in each other and the students we serve.” organisations and the UCT mobile app which keeps students updated with careers events and bursary and employment opportunities. More targeted engagements are planned and managed by our Operations, Graduate Recruitment and Employer Relations teams. Graduate recruitment events in 2017 included nine careers expos attended by 11 480 students and 857 recruiters. We had a 96.21% increase in the number of students attending our expos. We hosted 13 company showcases and 61 company presentations across all faculties which were attended by 2 895 students, up from 2 120 last year. Many of these interventions are planned and managed with industry partners – ranging from start-ups to blue chips – who help us to extend our impact, understand future challenges, and provide students with sector-specific knowledge. The exchange is mutual and our partners benefit from a supply of relevant and critical skills. Some exchanges, like our partnership with the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT Graduate School of Business, also encourage students to become actively engaged citizens and connect them with organisations at which they might like to volunteer. The gold standard is, of course, our one-to-one guidance and the personal interactions we offer. These quality interactions are what distinguish our Careers Service unit. In 2017 we reached approximately 10 000 students through our curriculum interventions and career advisory activities and fielded 5 789 queries at 78 events and 2 216 students at 29 presentations across campus including 1 010 face-to-face interventions.

A key achievement of the past year was getting our Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) data dashboard up and running. This critical platform allows us to accurately monitor and track the impact of the work that we do. It also feeds directly into UCT’s M&E requirements, influencing and supporting our positioning in the global rankings, and supports the teaching and learning agenda of the university. The pioneering Graduate Exit Survey, one of our strategic projects in 2017* (see more on page 27 about strategic projects) is a vital source of data fuelling this work. Our metric-based approach is helping to set UCT Careers Service apart as a leader in this field and our model has been adopted by the British Council as best practice to be rolled out to other institutions across Africa and into Europe. This is not the only recognition that our work has received in the past year. We are proud to have won the SAGEA Best Careers Service Award every year from 2010 to 2017. This year we also won SAGEA Best Careers Fair, for the seventh time and were awarded Best Employability/Work Readiness Initiative. All this is achieved by a small but growing team of professional, dedicated, and student-centred individuals. We constantly strive to empower and bring out the best in each other and the students we serve. For us, our achievements are nothing more than the springboard to tomorrow and our newly formulated strapline for 2017 – Own Your Future – applies not only to the students we serve, it is also the ethos by which we orientate our work.

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LAYING A SOLID FOUNDATION

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‘I will solve problems.’ Msa Mkhize Civil Engineering, 2nd year

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We are careers: 2017 at a glance Career Hub

51 795

122 636

45 600

87 455

25 583

www.careers.uct.ac.za

sessions on

total number of students in CRM

page views on

job views

‘I want to employ thousands of young South Africans.’

Career Advisory

Oliver Nsengiyuma BSc Eng in Civil Engineering

website visits on

3 575 Facebook followers

925%

increase in Twitter followers

WINNER

2017 BEST

DIGITAL CAMPAIGN

2 sagea AWARD

Graduate Recruitment 9

careers expos

857

recruiters at expos

1 834

organisations connected on CareerHub

company showcases

company presentations

342

interview rooms booked

248

queries fielded at

Awards

2017 BEST

DIGITAL CAMPAIGN

AWARD AWARD one-on-one student consultations

sagea AWARD

events WINNER

DIGITAL CAMPAIGN

1sagea 016 sagea 2017 BEST

sagea AWARD students attending during 2017

BRONZE

2017 BEST

INTEGRATED (<15) CAMPAIGN

11 480

SILVER

2017 BEST

companies hosted

10 000

students reached through curriculum interventions and workshops

WINNER

INTEGRATED (15+) CAMPAIGN

5 789

ESTIMATED

BRONZE

INTEGRATED (15+) CAMPAIGN

SILVER

2017 BEST

INTEGRATED (15+) CAMPAIGN

sagea AWARD

2 216

BRONZE students attending

advisory BEST 2017 BEST 2017presentations acrossINTEGRATED campus (<15)

INTEGRATED (<15) CAMPAIGN

sagea AWARD

CAMPAIGN

sagea AWARD

WINNER

2017 BEST

sagea AWARD

INNOVATION EXCELLENCE

WINNER

2017 BEST EMPLOYABILITY/ WORK READINESS INITIATIVE

sagea AWARD

SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIP

WORK EXPERIENCE

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A small department of just 14 permanent staff, Careers Service plays a vital role at UCT and in higher education more broadly. As one of five units dedicated to CHED’s function of assisting all faculties with meeting UCT’s educational and strategic goals, we fulfill CHED’s mandate to provide student support, career development and graduate recruitment services and are committed to developing skilled, work-ready graduates who possess leadership potential and an entrepreneurial mindset. Our work is recognised in UCT’s Strategic Planning Framework 2017 - 2020, specifically in high-level objectives to develop entrepreneurial skills, promote a balanced range of career opportunities and facilitate internships and postuniversity workplace transition. Our projects are integrated into the full spectrum of university life, emphasising career development skills and life-long learning. Everything we do is based on research and solid theory. Monitoring and evaluation are embedded in all our processes and we continue to contribute to the research agenda of UCT, through the ownership of the Annual Graduate Exit Survey. Careers Service forms part of an ecosystem throughout the different faculties including the UCT Graduate

School of Business and works in collaboration with the d-School to ensure that developing design thinking principles are inherent in all our work. UCT aims for social impact through engaged scholarship, and our programmes encourage students to engage in economic development and societal transformation. We adhere to UCT’s values, particularly to widening educational and social opportunities facing our society. Our involvement in the Philippi campus shows our commitment to widening access to educational support and career opportunities. Our values underpin the work we do and fuel the dedication and hard work of the team.

Careers Service plays a vital role at UCT

Our strategic goals

Vision

To be a leading national and international go-to university known for career-ready interns, graduates and entrepreneurs.

To be the leading African careers service recognised globally for innovation, quality and impact.

Mission

To deliver a high quality assured service engaging purposefully across multiple networks and partnerships.

We support the career development learning of UCT students, enabling them to realise their potential and contribute meaningfully to the communities in which they live.

Mandate

To act as a catalyst for change with an aspirational, future focused and innovative service delivery mindset communicated to all stakeholders.

To support undergraduate and postgraduate UCT students for three years post-graduation with free and confidential services.

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Meet the team We function as a highly skilled and integrated team in performing our pivotal roles of careers advisory and graduate recruitment. Our digital engagement and operations units provide support for the full spectrum of our work with oversight by the Directorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office.

ADVISORY TEAM 01

Our Advisory team designs educational programmes and conducts workshops, presentations and one-to-one student engagements. Advisory staff help students see their potential, articulate their transferable skills and understand their career options. Skilled listeners, communicators and educationalists, the team assists students from diverse backgrounds, across all faculties and levels of study.

EMPLOYER RELATIONS TEAM 02

Our Employer Relations team focuses on employer engagement, graduate recruitment and develops long-term partnerships. The team designs and hosts expos, festivals, employer presentations, company showcases and networking events to facilitate student-employer interaction; and also manages our online vacancies portal.

OPERATIONS TEAM 03

Our Operations team is the glue that holds us all together. Operations requires a deep understanding of the full spectrum of work from high-level strategy to conception, planning and execution of all that we do. The team offers administrative support in every area including IT, event management, financial oversight, running our physical space and ensuring each member of Careers Service can function optimally and meet our objectives. This includes setting up and providing support at meetings, seminars and workshops.

Graduate School of Business Head: Careers & Alumni

DVC: Teaching & Learning

Manager: Careers Service

Dean: CHED

Careers Service Co-ordinator

Director: Careers Service

DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT TEAM 04

Our digital engagement team is always looking at ways to maximise technology to extend our reach and the support that we provide. In April we launched a new communications strategy to actively engage students, which was applied first in social media and then across all channels. Our online offerings are more about just keeping in touch, they are a repository of information available 24 hours a day.

PHYSICAL SPACE 05

Our physical space includes six rooms for employer interviews, assessments and bursary meetings; one training room to host workshops; and a virtual interview room to connect students with potential employers through Skype calls and telephone interviews. Another huge project for our physical space is the UCT GSB Philippi Village project as part of the Beyond School Programme. We are looking forward to seeing the growth of this space.

STAFF DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT 06

We are committed to staff development in line with UCTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic goal of developing the career-paths, educational opportunities and professional and personal growth of all staff. Our staff development strategy, and continually updated development plan, ensure that we regularly up-skill and mentor our staff.

Head: Employer Relations

Head: Careers Advisory

Head: Operations and Administration

Graduate Recruitment Co-ordinator x2

Careers Advisor x4

Departmental Assistant

Communications Manager

Careers Advisor Beyond School Programme

Careers Assistant

Design Assistant

Funder Liaison Co-ordinator* *DSA Post

Graduate Recruitment Intern

Peer Careers Support x 6

Careers, Internships & Opportunities Advisor *CAS, GR and IAPO post

Manager: Strategic Projects

Head: Digital Development & Engagement

MyCareer Cogs

MyCareer Hub

CareerHub links

51 795

C a re e rs We b si te :

students

www.careers.uct.ac.za

OP E N SYSTE M S

794

SMS

jobs

modules

MyCareer CRM Portal: www.mycareer.uct.ac.za

UCT Plus UC T CA R EER S C LOSE D SYSTE M S

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Always on

Soci a l M e d i a

2 070

1 834

submissions

organisations

Innovative, tech-savvy and engaging, this online platform was designed to extend our face-to-face student interaction. This selfcoaching product supports intelligent and informed decision making. Cogs is short for conversational guides. MyCareer Cogs provides students with short, self-paced modules featuring videos and interactive questions. The ten modules prompt students to reflect on, and respond to, open questions relevant to career decisions at all levels of study.

Face b ook YouTub e Tw i tte r

Website 2 017

Our open website offers access to career-related information, advice, jobseeker tips, CV enhancement strategies; advertises events and facilitates booking of consultations.

My C a re e r Co g s

users accessing site

84 455 page views

UCT App

17%

79%

mobile

SMS

CareerHub is our main CRM system with a database of 51 795 students, comprising current and recent graduates. Students have access to the portal for three years after graduation. The system also stores employer and recruiter information, advertises vacancies and events, and manages consultations. There are currently 1 834 active organisations registered on the portal, up from 1 762 in 2016. This includes small to medium enterprises; nonprofit organisations; start-ups and government institutions. In 2017, 794 vacancies were advertised.

www.v u l a . a c . z a

2.8%

desktop

tablet

65% female

35% male

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UCT MOBILE APP

45.6

RETURNING VISITORS

SOCIAL MEDIA

INCREASE IN FACEBOOK FOLLOWERS @UCTCareers

This user-friendly app keeps students up to date with career-related information such as events and bursary and employment opportunities.

925

EMAILS

695 EMAILS SENT

CareerHub is used to send bulk emails to promote vacancies and advertise events. This year 695 emails were sent, most of which were targeted to a specific group of students for maximum relevance and impact. We also distribute 5Fourteen, an electronic newsletter that sends students the five most important pieces of career-related information that they need to know every fortnight, and a biannual recruiter newsletter to keep employers informed about ways in which they can maximise their exposure to UCT students.

INCREASE IN TWITTER FOLLOWERS

We have a solid social media strategy relying on consistency of communication in tone of voice and visual branding. Our messaging engages students around ‘why’ and ‘what’s in it for me’ instead of communicating only the ‘what and when’ of events. Together with an increase in the frequency of our communication this has led to a solid growth in size and engagement. Our 2017 Twitter engagement saw a 187% increase in impressions and a 925% increase in new followers compared to last year. Each of our events saw a spike in reach and engagement. Our Facebook activity saw a 17% increase in page likes (equally split between men and women) and a highest post reach of 8 000.

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7 000 CAREERS SERVICE GUIDE

COPIES PRINTED

The UCT Careers Service Guide is our flagship publication produced in May each year. It covers all aspects of the career journey, and functions as a directory of UCT graduate employers and their recruitment programmes. Printed copies are distributed across campus, and the guide is also available online.

1 640 32 880 ONLINE READS

IMPRESSIONS

‘I will be what I want to be.’ Reward Ndimanda B Soc. Sci

WINNER

2017 BEST

DIGITAL CAMPAIGN

sagea AWARD At the Universum Future WINNER Of Talent Summit 2016 BEST 2017 UCT Careers Service was INTEGRATED (15+) voted #2 Careers Service CAMPAIGN Satisfaction by our UCT students in the annual AWARD global Universum survey.

sagea

WINNER

2017 BEST

INTEGRATED (<15) CAMPAIGN

sagea AWARD The Grad Gallery is a platform for us to tell the stories of our alumni and the many different ways in which UCT students have used their skills and qualifications to forge interesting careers. Recent alumni are invited to share their stories on this open access portal. Read at www.gradgallery.uct.ac.za

Arielle De La Roche - Humanities Graduate

A Awards and recognition

WINNER

2017 BEST INNOVATION EXCELLENCE

sagea AWARD WINNER

2017 BEST EMPLOYABILITY/ WORK READINESS INITIATIVE

sagea AWARD

Stewarded by the strength of the UCT institution, we are globally rated in the top 150 for the 2017 QS employability rankings. This is a direct measure of employer partnerships and interactions. SILVER BRONZE

BEST 2017 2017 BEST We are recognised by national DIGITAL DIGITAL CAMPAIGN CAMPAIGN and international professional

sagea AWARD

bodies

for the quality of our work.

This year, UCT was awarded the South SILVER BRONZE African Graduate Employers Association BEST 2017 2017 BEST (SAGEA): INTEGRATED (15+) CAMPAIGN

INTEGRATED (15+) CAMPAIGN

SILVER

BRONZE

sagea sagea BEST CAREER FAIR 2017 01 AWARD AWARD 02

BEST CAREER SERVICE 2017

2017 BEST

INTEGRATED (<15) CAMPAIGN

WINNER

BEST EMPLOYABILITY / WORK

sagea sagea READINESS INITIATIVE AWARD AWARD 03

We are proud to have received SAGEA Best BEST every year from 2010 BESTService 2017Award 2017 Careers WORK SUPPLIER to 2017, and to have been awarded Best EXPERIENCE PARTNERSHIP Careers Fair, for the eighth time.

sagea AWARD

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BUILDING CAREERS

‘I will be a world leading scientist.’ Simone Renga Masters in Chemistry

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Career planning throughout university life

GETTING STARTED Orientation

UNDERSTANDING

BUILDING A BETTER SOCIETY

GAINING EXPOSURE

THE JOURNEY Careers cafĂŠ and careers panels

Careers festivals and expos

Social Impact Careers day

GETTING TARGETED ADVICE

KEEPING UP TO DATE

TAKING THE LEAP

Digital, mobile and print communication

Workshops, presentations & face-to face consultation

Developing Entrepreneurship, Flux and SEW

NAVIGATING OPTIONS

CONTEXTUALISING

Postgraduate work

CAREERS

In the curriculum

Thinking about a career doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t start on graduation day. Our well-researched and targeted interventions help students co-create their career development throughout their time at university. We assist students to assess their transferable skills and prepare for the work environment. We offer practical advice for all aspects of the recruitment process and provide exposure to organisations, job opportunities and professionals who have travelled similar career paths. Our panel discussions, networking events, expos and company presentations provide valuable interaction with businesses, alumni

and social impact organisations. We encourage entrepreneurial thinking and facilitate interaction with groundbreaking entrepreneurs. Our programmes span cross-faculty activities; broader UCT events; postgraduate engagements; careers embedded in the curriculum; programmes sponsored by employers and social responsibility projects.

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Strategic Projects – OUR STRATEGIC PROJECTS LINKED TO UCT’S STRATEGIC GOALS WHICH ARE ALIGNED TO UCT’S STRATEGIC PLANNING FRAMEWORK 2017-2020

A RESEARCH-INTENSIVE UNIVERSITY To advance UCT as a research-intensive university that makes a distinctive contribution to knowledge both locally and globally.

To forge a new, inclusive identity that reflects a more representative profile of students and staff, and the cultures, values, heritage and epistemologies of the diversity of UCT’s staff and students.

To renew and innovate in teaching and learning – improving student success rates and well-being, broadening academic perspectives, stimulating social consciousness and cultivating critical citizens.

To promote UCT as a vibrant and supportive intellectual environment that attracts and connects people from all over the world and advances the status and distinctiveness of scholarship in Africa.

To enhance the scope, quality and impact of engaged scholarship with an emphasis on addressing development and social justice issues, including the expansion of community and external partnerships.

GOAL

A NEW, INCLUSIVE IDENTITY FOR UCT

GOAL

GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH A DISTINCTIVE AFRICAN LENS

GOAL

INNOVATION IN TEACHING AND LEARNING

GOAL

SOCIAL IMPACT THROUGH ENGAGED SCHOLARSHIP

“Our aim is to help students navigate a complex and technologically driven world, finding their place in it and understanding their role as change makers in their communities and even in a global context.” - Ingrid van der Merwe, Head Careers Advisory

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Bursary support

UCT Plus

– WIDENING ACCESS TO TERTIARY EDUCATION

– CELEBRATING GOOD LEADERSHIP

GOAL

– MINING VALUABLE DATA

GOAL

R28MILLION AWARDED

Graduate exit survey

03 GOAL

To qualify for the award, students need to log the required hours on the online platform, reflect on their activities, and discuss what they learned. Participants gain a better understanding of the world and are able to contextualise their studies. They also build valuable networks and increase their employability.

UCT Plus currently recognises, develops and awards leadership in:

BURSARY FUNDS ADVERTISED

R28 MILLION AWARDED 52 BURSARY ADVERTISED We are committed to widening access to tertiary education. Bursary support facilitates financial assistance for students and helps our corporate partners widen and diversify their talent pool. This year we awarded R28 million in funds to students. We advertised 52 bursary funds on our online portal, and 91 through our annual publication, the Bursary Handbook. These included opportunities for students with disabilities and students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

200

700

INCREASE FROM 200 STUDENTS IN PILOT YEAR 2015 TO 700 IN 2017 Our goal is to develop well-rounded graduates with strong leadership potential and a commitment to social justice. UCT Plus, an enhanced curriculum award, was initiated by the Department of Student Affairs, piloted by Careers Service in 2015 and approved by the UCT Senate in 2016. Now an established programme, it gives recognition to students’ contributions to UCT and society, which is captured on their transcript, and encourages an ethos of giving back to others. As one of the first non-academic departments to be given the right to influence the transcript, we consider this one of our most significant achievements to date!

ACTIVE LEARNING

SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY AT UCT

ROLE-MODELLING WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY

Most recently, we have built a recognition pathway within UCT Plus for the d-school (Hasso Plattner Institute of Design Thinking at the University of Cape Town) to accredit their course offering for postgraduate students. Plans are underway to develop similar pathways for work readiness programmes, entrepreneurship activities and internships so that if students are doing things outside of the curriculum that are valuable to their career pathway, these can be captured and acknowledged.

Contributing to the research agenda of UCT, Careers Service is custodian of the Graduate Exit Survey, which is run at each graduation. We are able to mine all exit survey data since 2007, which provides valuable insight into employment trends, job search methods and the quality of university life. The survey allows us to assist deans and academics by faculty and course. We embed this data in our work to better advise students and to find suitable employers in relevant sectors. A highlight of 2017 was the digitisation of the survey collection process and the presentation of the data in an electronic dashboard.

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Class of 2017 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; WHERE UCT GRADUATES ARE INTERNATIONALLY

= COUNTRIES REPRESENTED

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Class of 2017 at a glance

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4350

70%

total graduates

3051

RESPONDED

44% 44%

employed working in

countries

37%

95%

studying further

58%

42%

female

male

globally

11% 43%

37%

95%

Overview of employment sectors

11%

of graduates are international students

felt prepared for employment

5% 62%

PRIVATE SECTOR

17%

UCT Graduates per faculty 37% COMMERCE

10%

HEALTH SCIENCE

13%

29%

ENGINEERING

SCIENCE

LAW

HUMANITIES

GOVERNMENT

EDUCATION, GOVERNMENT

Top job search methods by graduates

EDUCATION, NON-GOVERNMENT

NGO/CIVIL ORGANIZATION

3% SELF

2% OTHER

FAMILY/FRIENDS

DIRECT EMPLOYER APPROACH

CAREERS SERVICE

SOCIAL NETWORK/ONLINE

BURSARY WORK

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100UP+ EMPOWERING LEARNERS

05 GOAL

100UP+ is funded by The Foschini Group. It aims to give talented young South Africans the support, skills and confidence they need to adapt to their academic environment, and to empower them to make meaningful contributions to the communities in which they live and work. The programme is run for the 100UP+ learners accepted at UCT in the first year of their tertiary studies. The programme is run to transition from school to university and is aligned with the Centre for Higher Education and Development’s mission and goals.

The programme’s activities aim to:

STRENGTHEN LEARNERS’ ABILITIES IN CORE ACADEMIC AREAS PROVIDE LEARNERS WITH SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE DEVELOP A SENSE OF CONFIDENCE AND BELIEF IN THEIR ABILITIES

“That’s me and my mom Welekazi Mfinyongo, the most supportive person I know, unemployed but she is there holding it down. My message is, it’s never too late I am turning 32 years of age in June and here I am. I have obtained Perfomer’s Diploma in Music. I am continuing with my studies even though the course I am doing is not funded by NSFAS. I am not only doing this for me but for the generation coming after me.”

From the first 100UP cohort, currently registered for a postgraduate diploma in accounting, speaking at the 2018 100UP welcome event. In his motivational and inspiring talk, Bandile spoke about his experiences as a student at UCT, some of the challenges he had encountered and how he overcame these.

-Thandeka Mfinyongo

-Bandile Nkawule

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UCT Careers Festival

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– BRINGING THE WORLD OF WORK TO UCT

04 GOAL

large-scale Expos: Featuring Accounting; Banking Consulting and Asset Management; Business, Finance and Management; Engineering and the Built Environment, All Degrees and Technology.

employer presentations Held over four weeks in the second semester, the UCT Careers Festival 2017 was a highly visible, prominent event for students and the broader community. It showcased the abilities of our team, brought together multiple stakeholders and allowed students to fully engage in their own career development. The festival spanned six expos, 63 employer presentations, and fringe events including Careers Skills Tuesdays which was held in conjunction with Student Entrepreneurship Week. See page 47 for more info on SEW 2017. The six large-scale and well-attended Expos were themed around industries and areas of study allowing students from all faculties to broaden their horizons in terms of what opportunities lie ahead. The festival was attended by over 1 300 company representatives looking to recruit UCT graduates, from all faculties. Students were exposed to multiple organisations and networking opportunities with future employers to gain a better understanding of what various industries and companies are looking for.

Careers Skills Tuesdays featured presentations giving targeted practical advice:

STUDENT ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

UCT CAREERS FESTIVAL

5 SEPTEMBER

Home

even ts

c on ta c t

SPEAKER SERIES 2 “How do I get started?”

#GETAJOB detailed how organisations recruit and what makes a successful application.

13h00 to 13h45 LS 3B

#GREATAPPLICATIONS taught CV preparation, targeted to each faculty. #SLAYTHEINTERVIEW featured interview tips. #SURVIVING WORK offered guidelines on being professional in the workplace.

Welcome to future thinking

As a valued colleague and visitor, please note the following:

WELCOME TO THE UCT CAREERS FESTIVAL

www.careersfest.uct.ac.za

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The event runs from 9am to 3pm.

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Coffee, tea and snacks will be available in the morning and afternoon. Refreshments will be available throughout the day. Visit our coffee bar to see what’s on offer.

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Lunch will be served between 12 and 2pm. Your lunch vouchers are included in this pack – they are your ticket into the lunch area, so make sure to take them along.

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Bathrooms are situated behind the stage area, and another can be found at the front right-hand entrance of the Jameson Hall. Our signage will lead the way.

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A courier service is available for all marketing material that needs to be returned to your offices. Please clearly mark your goods, indicating the delivery address, and speak to a crew member for further assistance.

If you have any questions, just ask - our team of #CrewMembers are clearly visible, and will be available to assist you throughout the day. You can also visit the Careers Service stand for assistance. Your feedback is really important to us and will inform future planning of our Graduate Recruitment Services. Please take a few moments to complete the survey included in this pack. We will collect this from you towards the end of the day. Enjoy the Expo! UCT Careers Service Team

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Bringing careers to life: career advice and guidance Careers consultation

Workshops & presentations

– FACE-TO-FACE

– TARGETED INTERVENTIONS

Our student engagement includes one-on-one career consultations in either 15-minute or 45-minute sessions. Our resources are also available 24/7 via the website.

The Advisory team designed and facilitated eight presentations and three sets of workshops throughout the year providing students with information and practical advice on transitioning to work life.

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633 bookings

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Workshops and presentations are often developed in response to a request from a faculty or student society - Law students requested information on applying for Articles, PCGE students wanted to understand the selection process and students in specialised fields requested an assessment of their transferable skills. We also offered faculty mentors insight into our approach and supported them in referring our services.

Bookings by faculty

Careers Advisory presentations and workshops throughout the year FEBRUARY

JUNE

WORKSHOPS Faculty mentor presentations to 20 Computer Science & 80 Humanities mentors

PRESENTATIONS PCGE students

APRIL

PRESENTATIONS Org Psych student society

INTERNSHIPS Networking at an Expo PRESENTATIONS Biomedical Engineering Masters students Astrophysics Honours class

MAY WORKSHOPS LeanIn student society Final year Law students

AUGUST

NOVEMBER PRESENTATIONS PhD Astrophysics PhD students

SEPTEMBER/ OCTOBER WORKSHOPS Ikusasa Financial Aid Programme (ISFAP)

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Workshop Highlights TWO INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPS FOR THE ASTROPHYSICS HONOURS CLASS

The course convenor requested this intervention as “not all the students want to spend the rest of their lives looking at the stars. They do not know how they can transfer the skills they have to other areas of work”. In response, we designed and facilitated two interactive workshops around transferable skills, researching options and writing CVs.

ISFAP STUDENT SUPPORT

The Engineering faculty requested workshops for the Ikusasa Student Financial Aid Programme’s (ISFAP) twenty-six recipients. The programme was compulsory for students to attend as part of their funding agreement. Stakeholders included ISFAP Engineering first year students, Engineering faculty Acting Dean and ISFAP Staff. We provided students with skills to support learning and career development through these sessions: 01

WHERE AM I GOING WITH THIS DEGREE? HOW CAN I UTILISE OPPORTUNITIES AT UCT TO DEVELOP WORK RELATED SKILLS? APPLICATIONS, CVS AND COVER LETTERS

Orientation – SUPPORTING STUDENTS AT EVERY STEP OF THE JOURNEY As part of our involvement in broader UCT events, our Careers Advisory team plays an integral role in Student Orientation, Parents Orientation and UCT Open Days. During STUDENT ORIENTATION , in the first week of March, we raise awareness about the importance of career development throughout university life and make students aware of our role and services.

PARENTS ORIENTATION & OPEN DAY are annual large-scale

events. This year, we participated in three orientation events held for parents. We offered advice on how best to support their children in the transition from school to life at UCT and how to make use of our resources throughout their children’s studies.

OPEN DAY is a university-wide event on the first Saturday after the Easter school holidays. The Head of Careers Advisory gives an annual presentation titled “Choosing a course of study and developing a career” and there are careers advisors on hand for the entire day to answer any questions that parents and learners might have. The team also promotes the Beyond School Workshops.

Careers Café series

What Students are saying

– REVEALING REAL CAREER JOURNEYS

– FEEDBACK SCIENCE CAFÉ MAY 2017

The aim of the Café series is to show what work real people have done with specific degrees. With an emphasis on transferable skills, and exploring the options taken by professionals in their field, students realise their potential in the future world of work. These panel discussions bring together external industry professionals, student societies and students in specific areas of study.

“Hearing about real jobs in the industry, that I was not sure existed, opened my eyes to more options than I thought I had.”

We source speakers from industries themed around particular topics and academic backgrounds. The panels of professionals share their own career journeys and answer questions from students. Panel discussions are followed by a networking event.

SCIENCE CAREER CAFÉ

Featured Science alumni now working in a variety of career spaces.

SESSION 1: BIOTECHNOLOGY CAREERS USING BIG DATA ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND GEOLOGY SESSION 2: CHEMISTRY, BIOCHEMISTRY AND MICROBIOLOGY

“I realised the tangibility of my degree.”

BIODIVERSITY

team is to facilitate and

WHAT I DID WITH MY SCIENCE DEGREE

development journeys from first to final year, and at postgraduate level.” - Ingrid van der Merwe, Head Careers Advisory

“I enjoyed listening to personal experience and hearing about the business aspect of science rather than the academic.” “The questions asked were interesting and the answers were immensely helpful.”

“The role of the advisory support students career

“The panel itself was very inspirational and informative.”

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Careers Café series

Careers panels

What Students are Saying

– REVEALING REAL CAREER JOURNEYS

– EXPLORING OPPORTUNITIES

– FEEDBACK HUMANITIES CAFÉ MAY 2017

HUMANITIES CAREER CAFÉ

SPOTLIGHT ON PHYSICS

Humanities students often wonder “what can I actually do with my degree?” Our panel discussions answered that question by providing real life examples of career paths taken by Humanities alumni:

SESSION 1: PUBLISHING, EDITING AND COPYWRITING CAREERS IN MEDIA WHAT I DID WITH MY HUMANITIES DEGREE SESSION 2: WHAT I DID WITH MY PSYCH MAJOR (NON-CLINICAL PATHS) WHAT I DID WITH MY HUMANITIES DEGREE

PGCE Careers Panel This panel was organised to showcase various career outcomes of PCGE alumni as this format was proven to be successful in other study areas. Chaired by Ingrid van der Merwe, Head of Careers Advisory, the panel discussed their experiences and skills and answered questions from students.

The Physics department requested that we build on the momentum of the Science Careers Café by holding a Spotlight on Physics panel. Panellists included:

CATHERINE CRESS

Principal Research Scientist at the Centre for High Performance Computing and adjunct position at University of the Western Cape: Associate Professor in Physics

CAROLINA ODMAN GOVENDER

Chief Scientist at Thumbzup Innovations, a South African start-up in the financial technology sector

“All guests are extremely insightful. They are encouraging yet realistic.” “At the Q & A session I got the opportunity to interact and have my questions answered.” “The highlight was being able to hear first-hand about the challenges and successes in pursuing your career.”

MAURITZ VAN DEN WORM

Data Scientist/Quantitative Analyst / Portfolio Manager, Polar Star

AIFMRM For the past three years the Careers Service has worked with the Commerce Faculty, specifically the African Institute of Financial Markets and Risk Management, (AIFMRM), to promote the new Master of Commerce in Risk Management of Financial Markets, now in its third year of recruiting students onto the degree programme. The annual event organised by AIFMRM and promoted by Careers Service to all students is an educational event offering insight into careers in risk management for UCT students, whilst providing information on how the programme will help them to develop skills in this area. Students benefit from hearing a panel discuss their careers and different areas in which risk management can be and is applied at work, followed by a question and answer session and additional time for networking.

“Candid, real, practical advice.” OWN YO UR FUTURE

H U M A N ITIES CA R E ER S CA F É #Network #LearnFromPros #UCTAlumni

INDUSTRY SPOTLIGHT ON Listening to the career journeys of others can help you figure out what works.

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Le slie Soc ial Mezzanine Book your seat on www.mycareer.uct.ac.za On the web

On social platforms

www.careers.uct.ac.za www.mycareer.uct.ac.za www.vula.uct.ac.za

FB: UCTCareers Twitter: @UCTCareers Youtube: UCTCareersService

In your pocket UCT Mobile App

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– 30 STUDENTS ATTENDED AND ALL STATED THAT THEY WOULD RECOMMEND THIS EVENT TO OTHERS.

“What you learn in physics, you can apply everywhere.” “I learned that as a person I should always have a desire to improve myself. I won’t get a job because of the degree, but because of my experiences and relationships. Hence networking is important. I also learned that I should not be afraid of failure.” “Analysing data is a rare skill and also highly important to master. Physicists tend to branch out to other fields even to ones that have little to do with what is commonly associated with physics.” “Life as a data analyst can be flexible. Learning to collaborate and communicate with other people is important.”

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A spirit of entrepreneurship FLUX – GAME ON!

15 RECRUITERS FROM 7 COMPANIES

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Entrepreneurship involves having a vision of what’s possible, being brave and stepping up to the plate. Our events and other activities develop this mindset by exposing students to local entrepreneurs who have done just that, and by involving students in entrepreneurial scenarios. These interventions provide the skills, drive and focus for students to create their own employment and grow the South African economy.

FLUX 1

FLUX 2

107 PARTICIPANTS IN 18 TEAMS

94 PARTICIPANTS IN 16 TEAMS

Gamification is a growing trend and Flux uses this for maximum impact. Flux is a business game to teach “studentpreneurs” the world of business planning and pitching ideas. Students are presented with a real-world business challenge, and then brainstorm solutions, build a business plan and pitch their ideas to a team of experts. They are given

access to employer-partner experts who advise on human resources, marketing, finance and strategy. This innovative game offers great networking opportunities with recruiters. Flux proved very popular with final-years, particularly Commerce students who made up the majority of participants, closely followed by Engineering and Science students.

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Student Entrepreneurship Week – DEVELOPING “STUDENTPRENEURS”

The Department of Higher Education and Training recognises a national priority to equip university graduates with sufficient skills for their own livelihoods. To support, encourage and develop entrepreneurship our Student Entrepreneurship Week consisted of three components:

#SEW2017 SPEAKER SERIES

#SEW2017 MARKETPLACE

#SEW2017 ENTREPRENEURSHIP BOOTCAMP

A special feature in the Careers Festival was SEW. This initiative took place across all South African universities to celebrate and create awareness of entrepreneurship, and to promote it as a career option for students and graduates as part of a DHET initiative. The partners for UCT are UCT Careers Service, Raymond Ackerman Academy and the UCT GSB MTN Solution Space locally, with a visit from DHET, Dr Norah Clarke, who commended the contribution made by the partnership in the UCT ecosystem. The initiative’s success has firmly committed it as an annual event on the UCT Careers Service calendar. The line up included a week of fun and learning through a pop-up marketplace by student preners, workshops and talks, a 1-day bootcamp, movies, a website launch and livestreaming an entrepreneurship TV channel.

SEW SPEAKER SERIES

This conversational panel featured local entrepreneurs who shared their career journeys and answered questions from students. Marketing included Facebook paid media, and hashtag links to each speaker to leverage off their networks and increase visibility.

SPEAKER SERIES 1: AM I AN ENTREPRENEUR? NTSAKO MGIBA: CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF JONGA SHIVAD SINGH: MANAGING DIRECTOR AT PRESTO ACADEMY, AUTHOR AND SPEAKER BIANCA HANSEN: FOUNDER, REPLICART AND TOAST ALE, SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR SPEAKER SERIES 2: HOW DO I GET STARTED? KATLEGO MAPHAI: CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF YOCO FADIA WILLIAMS: DIRECTOR, EDUCATIONAL CONSULTANT, MCWILLIAMS & COMPANY LANCE ANTHONY PETERSEN: FOUNDER OF VIBE RADIO SA, AFRICA’S FIRST YOUTH RUN DIGITAL RADIO STATION

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SEW Entrepreneurship bootcamp

In the curriculum

This one-day workshop exposed students to the possibility of entrepreneurship as a career and provided tools for a design-thinking approach to their business idea presented by the d-school.

The UCT curriculum has two official courses that feature career-related material - the Library and Information Studies Centre (LISC) programme and Careers Discovery. Both courses are taught by Careers Service staff and are designed to give students an

awareness of skills needed in their area of study, and what opportunities are available to them. These programmes ease the transition to the world of work and teach students to take ownership of their career building.

Post Graduate Library & Information Science course (LISC)

Careers Discovery

730

students attended

730 STUDENTS ATTENDED. SHOWCASED 18 STUDENT ENTREPRENEURS 8 ALUMNI ENTREPRENEURS This year we hosted a marketplace for entrepreneurs to sell their products, showcase their services and present their “next big thing”. The marketplace, made up of current UCT student entrepreneurs and alumni entrepreneurs, attracted great interest and was well attended.

What Students are Saying “Life is more than a 9 - 5 job. There is so much more scope.” “I have learned that networking is the key to new opportunities.” “This was one of the most informative, fun and engaging workshops I have been to. I have learned how to begin my entrepreneurship journey through the advice of the speaker.” “You can do what you want, if you want to, and if you have a vision.”

– CONTEXTUALISING CAREERS Now in its fifth year, this accredited module is taught by Head of Careers Advisory. Student assessment is based on 80% attendance and an assignment. The assignment involves submitting a pre-course assignment, and then an improved CV which shows the impact of the course. Students engage with these key themes over six compulsory sessions:

WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH YOUR DEGREE LOOKING AT VALUES AND ATTRIBUTES

CV PRESENTATION SKILLS EVIDENCE WORKSHOP

ALL ABOUT INTERVIEWS

PANEL DISCUSSION FEATURING PREVIOUS LISC GRADUATES IN VARIOUS JOBS

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– SUPPORTING DECISION MAKING This module is compulsory for first-year Commerce EDU students, and combines five face-to-face classroom sessions with four modules of the MyCareer Cogs online platform. 311 students participated in 2017.

What a student said about LISC “Thanks for helping to get rid of my old school CV and showing me that I’m worth much more than I thought”

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Strategic Partnerships

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Our social responsibility and equity development initiatives target high school learners and students in the early stages of their academic careers.

Beyond School programme (VICE CHANCELLOR’S INITIATIVE )

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Work with Postgraduate Students Many postgraduates are not aware of their transferable skills, career options, or how to market themselves. Our postgraduate interventions help students assess their transferable skills and research their options. Events included a postgraduate breakfast, careers conversations panels and our careers compass workshop.

Postgraduate Breakfast This Ted-Talk style event, including a Q&A session, attracted a large number of students and was held at the Baxter Concert Hall. Careers Service welcomed the opportunity to partner with our new VC, Prof Phakeng in addressing students on planning a career in academia.

Career Compass – ALIGNING LIFE AND CAREER This course for postgraduate students provides a personality assessment and two full days of discussion, input and reflection on students’ individual career paths and what they want from life and work. The fundamental principle underpinning this process is the acknowledgement of the whole self in relation to career management.

The Beyond School programme supports school learners and their mentors, including NGO workers, teachers, UCT students and youth workers. The programme trains mentors to assist learners in making better-informed decisions about their lives. The aim is to instil lifelong learning and an awareness of transferable skills, rather than the idea that a career is a once-off decision taken in matric. Workshops and one-on-one interactions, take place on campus and in the Philippi Village – a university space located in the community of Philippi in Cape Town curated by the UCT Graduate School of Business Solution Space. This collaboration with the GSB allows our work to reach surrounding townships and is a major leap forward for the Beyond School Programme. The future potential in this physical space and surrounding area is huge and we look forward to watching this unfold and become a reality.

Workshops and events focus on:

CHALLENGES PRESENTED BY AN UNCERTAIN WORLD OF WORK

KEY ISSUES THAT AFFECT YOUNG PEOPLE’S CAREER DECISION MAKING

CAREER DEVELOPMENT THEORIES

PRACTICAL IDEAS ON EQUIPPING YOUNG PEOPLE WITH STRATEGIES TO MANAGE THEIR CHOICES

INTERVIEW, CV AND COVER LETTER WRITING SKILLS

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The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme

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PhD’s since 2002

Current PhD’s

Master’s students

SUPPORTED 12 PHD’S SINCE 2002; 11 CURRENT PHD’S; 15 MASTER’S STUDENTS; 5 HONOUR’S STUDENTS This undergraduate fellowship identifies and supports highly promising students at the early stages of their academic career. The fellowship provides financial support and mentoring to help students complete their studies. Students entering the final year of a three-year degree or the third year of a four-year degree in Humanities are eligible for selection. Students in a three-year degree are expected to apply for an appropriate honours programme as a condition of the award.

74 FULL-COST UNDERGRADUATE & POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS SINCE 2014 UCT has partnered with the Mastercard Foundation since 2014. The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Programme is a $700 million, global initiative that provides academically talented, yet economically disadvantaged, young people from Sub-Saharan Africa with access to quality, relevant education. To date, the programme has provided 74 fullcost scholarships, in all faculties, and hosts scholars from South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Uganda, Zambia, Malawi, Swaziland, Tanzania and Nigeria. In addition to individual career consultations, other activities include:

AFRICA MONTH CAREERS EXPO AND EMPLOYER PANEL DISCUSSION: GRADUATE OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS AFRICA LUNCHTIME WORKSHOPS: USING YOUR TIME AT UNIVERSITY TO DEVELOP WORKPLACE SKILLS, CV’S AND INTERVIEWS ENTREPRENEURSHIP TRAINING OVER FOUR DAYS, INCLUDING A TOUR OF LOCAL TOWNSHIPS TO VISIT SUCCESSFUL ENTREPRENEURS.

Employer partnerships

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Our Employer Partner Programme is an exclusive offering designed to assist employers who wish to promote their brand on campus and interact with potential future employees. This three-year programme maximises members’ brand recognition on campus and gives priority placement at recruitment events. Members are invited to run employer-led skills sessions at UCT, and work jointly with us in developing sector-specific knowledge.

careers expos NUMBER OF EXHIBITORS

Accounting

All degrees

Banking, Consulting & Asset Management

Business, Financial & Management

Engineering & the Built Environment

Technology

Internship

This year we hosted nine careers expos of which six were faculty-specific. These included The Africa Expo to highlight career opportunities across Africa in keeping with our goal to connect students and organisations across the continent and increase UCT’s relevance in Africa. Our new Banking, Consulting and Asset Management Expo was designed in response to job market trends, and our Internship Expo brought penultimate and final year students together with companies offering internship and vacation work programmes to ease their transition into the working world. We had an unprecedented increase in the number of students attending our Expos. 11 480 students attended which shows a 96.21% increase on last year. This is well above the average 14% percentage growth trend seen from 2013 to 2016.

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Africa

11 480

Students attended

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Employers hosted

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Recruiters at expos

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‘I want the corner office.’ Noma Rantsho Law, 2nd year

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EMPLOYER PARTNERS

2 000 PARTNERSHIPS

Partnerships increase our impact. Our successful collaboration with employer partners allows us to provide students with sector-specific knowledge and advice. We facilitate the two-way relationship between UCT and the business world and provide our partners with opportunities to raise their brand awareness, actively shape the talent pool and interact with their future employees.

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Career readiness programmes

What Students are Saying

KPMG Be Your Future

TFG Interview Bootcamp

– FEEDBACK SOCIAL IMPACT CAREERS DAY

Social Impact Careers Day

“When it is more socially acceptable for students to join large corporations, but there is mounting pressure on issues like climate change and social injustice, it is wonderful to see a greater emphasis on NPOs as a career. For students, I think it was enlightening to learn that even as someone in IT or accounting, there is still place for you in the NPO world. Hopefully, over time we can see more interest from students and more tangible avenues for meaningful work become available.”

Designed to prepare Commerce students to transition to employment, this programme focuses on the recruitment process, CV preparation and interview skills. The workshops illustrate practical recruitment scenarios through discussions, exercises and role-playing. KPMG shares expertise on expectations in the workplace, and the skills and competencies required for a career in commerce.

Careers Service hosted an Interview Bootcamp in partnership with The Foschini Group to develop practical skills to benefit students in each step of the job application and interview process. Booking for the event was managed via CareerHub, and it was fully booked within a day of being advertised. The event accommodated 157 students.

– ENCOURAGING SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION

social impact organisations

This innovative event was conceptualised by Careers Service in collaboration with the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the UCT Graduate School of Business. This expo-style showcase, engages organisations in social justice spaces such as spatial planning, education, social development and the environment. It encourages students to become actively engaged citizens and connects them with organisations at which they might like to volunteer, be employed, or begin their own social entrepreneurship journey. The expo hosted 15 social impact organisations and featured a panel discussion with representatives from three organisations detailing their career journeys and giving valuable insight into their respective sectors.

- Justine Swart, Representative from GreenPop. “What I found of significant value is the knowledge that there are people and organisations out there making a difference in people’s lives at a micro-level and that this difference permeates through to the wider community. It was also comforting to know that through the structures of some of these organisations, volunteers and other workers get the support and supervision necessary to be able to continue making positive change in people’s lives.”

- Viwe Tafeni, Social Work student at UCT

Four interactive sessions were presented by KPMG representatives and Careers Service staff:

The workshop covered: 01

THE APPLICATION PROCESS

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES FOR THE WORLD OF WORK

HOW TO NAVIGATE INTERVIEWS INCLUDING INTERVIEW PREPARATION

HOW TO PLAN AND CREATE CONTENT FOR A CV

FISH BOWL INTERVIEW

CV AND INTERVIEWS – MAKING THE CONNECTION

Q & A SESSION

THE IMPORTANCE OF ASSESSMENT AND WHAT TO EXPECT

REFERENCES AND HOW TO IDENTIFY CREDIBLE REFEREES

INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING AND PRESENTATIONS

Feedback KPMG

Feedback TFG

62% of the students who took part felt the programme allayed their fears about entering the world of work.

78% of the students who took part felt the programme allayed their fears about entering the world of work

72% reported that they have reflected and are willing to make changes in their plans for career readiness.

80% reported that they have reflected and are willing to make changes in their plans for career readiness.

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Mock Interview Programme

Investec Humanities Exclusive Now in its third year, this annual event helps Humanities students assess their transferable skills and exposes them to career options in sectors they may not have considered. Investec shares expertise and insight into the value Humanities studies bring to the business world, such as communication skills, agility, interpersonal relations and self-awareness. Students gain an understanding of the graduate labour market; skills sought by graduate recruiters; the role of continuing professional development and ultimately make better informed career decisions.

The four-week programme covers interactive and informal discussions: 01

YOUR STORY. HOW INVESTEC RECRUITS

COMMERCIAL AWARENESS

PERSONAL BRANDING

UCT HUMANITIES ALUMNI PANEL WHO HAVE BUILT CAREERS AT INVESTEC

The programme includes a final event at which active participants are awarded a certificate and spend the evening networking at Investec.

companies

student participants

Now in its tenth year, the Mock Interview Programme serves a dual purpose of giving students exposure to interview scenarios, and facilitating our employer-partners’ access to UCT’s talent pool.

What employers said “The opportunity to provide constructive feedback and to “give back” to the broader graduate community.” “Engaging with the students.” “I enjoyed and quite liked the diversity of qualifications of the students.”

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98%

96%

98% said it was very likely they would attend a recruitment event again

96% rated the event as good or excellent

Employer presentations 2895

Students reached

company presentations Presentations allow organisations, either in person or by video conference, to address students about career opportunities they have on offer. These 45-minute sessions can be targeted to specific classes and faculties, or be open to all students.

Company Showcases

Employers have the opportunity to spend a day on campus interacting with students, creating brand awareness and showcasing their companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graduate opportunities. This year we hosted 13 company showcases at the Leslie Social Mezzanine on Upper Campus.

Networking Our employer partners are given many opportunities to interact with students to promote their brand and show what they can offer as employers. Students gain from networking with employers by building relationships that can benefit them in the future, and gaining skills and knowledge about specific organisations and industries. Networking opportunities include Flux, Expos, Panel discussions, company presentations and showcases.

To engage with the UCT Careers Service to raise your brand on campus or to commence your programme, please contact us Telephone: + 27 21 650 2497 Email: careers.service@uct.ac.za

www.careers.uct.ac.za

@UCTCareers

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