South African IT students would love to work for Google or Microsoft, but would also be happy with one of the telecommunications companies.
This is one of the results from Universum South Africa’s annual survey of more than 16 900 tertiary students from all 23 accredited tertiary institutions and over 9 100 professionals has thrown up some fascinating insights into youth employment trends.
Universum’s student and professionals’ surveys are the most extensive in the country and provide essential information for understanding and improving recruitment of students and professionals within an ever changing economic environment.
The annual rankings and associated trend reports are important indicators of employment trends, young people’s expectations for the future, as well as the current skills gap within the South African job sector.
The research additionally informs the Universum IDEAL Employer rankings, which measure an organisation’s level of employer attractiveness in comparison with other competing employers
Some of the insights from the 2012 research are as follows.
After Google and Microsoft, the telecoms companies are very popular with IT students in South Africa, with Vodacom being the most popular, followed by Telkom and MTN.
“The dynamism and high growth of telecoms companies makes them very attractive places to work for students who have studied IT or technology,” observes Phillip Myburgh, country manager of Unviersum South Africa.
Universum’s student and professionals’ surveys are the most extensive in the country and provide essential information for understanding and improving recruitment of students and professionals within an ever changing economic environment.
The annual rankings and associated trend reports are important indicators of employment trends, young people’s expectations for the future, as well as the current skills gap within the South African job sector.
The research additionally informs the Universum IDEAL Employer rankings, which measure an organisation’s level of employer attractiveness in comparison with other competing employers
Some of the insights from the 2012 research are as follows.
After Google and Microsoft, the telecoms companies are very popular with IT students in South Africa, with Vodacom being the most popular, followed by Telkom and MTN.
“The dynamism and high growth of telecoms companies makes them very attractive places to work for students who have studied IT or technology,” observes Phillip Myburgh, country manager of Unviersum South Africa.