Unemployment amongst school leavers, tertiary graduates and young adults is one of the bigger socio-economic challenges facing South Africa today. A big contributing factor is a job market forced to employ only experienced staff. This is a self-perpetuating cycle that will only be partially dealt with through new legislation being tabled in government.
In the South African context, internships provide a way for companies to address this societal malady in a small way. It provides a method of offering on-the-job training for high school students, graduates, post graduates and even job seekers on a temporary “work-for-experience” basis in fields they may have an interest in.
Internships provide companies an opportunity to develop and retain a competent and loyal talent pool, starting at ground level.
For companies who have Internships programmes or wish to initiate such programmes, ReCrew offers an Internships facilitation service. ReCrew will define, source, evaluate, screen, negotiate and assist with the implementation of an effective Internships programme.
Talent Pool Management is about anticipating the future capability requirement of clients’ organisations in a climate where major shortages of specialised skills exist. Often a client wishes to maintain a talent pool of candidates with specific and rare skills related to an industry thus ensuring quick vacancy-to-hire turn-around times. ReCrew will help identify these needs, source and identify relevant talent and track their progress on behalf of the client.
Occasionally clients may come across exceptional candidates that are not ideal for a position at that point in time, but may be a good addition in the future. This could be because a candidate is in the process of obtaining a tertiary qualification that will qualify him or her for a position or a future development may create an opportunity for which the candidate would be ideal.
ReCrew offers a Talent Pool Management Service that creates the following value to its clients:
Talent assessments are used to help clients identify candidates that may be a good fit for jobs at their company. It can help predict a candidate's on-the-job performance and retainability. Talent assessments are customised to be based on the position being applied for or how the employer thinks a candidate should answer. This provides an objective and validated method of identifying an ideal candidate that is a fit for the client's organizational structure.
Surveys can be done individually or in a team context and can be instructor-led or conducted online. Other standardised tests that can be made available include: