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Evaluating Graduate Employability in the City of Cape Town with Specific Reference to the Environmental Internship Programme (2005-2013)

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Title Evaluating Graduate Employability in the City of Cape Town with Specific Reference to the Environmental Internship Programme (2005-2013)
 
Creator Bama, N. K; University of the Western Cape
Ile, Issy U.; University of the Western Cape
 
Subject Internship; career; employability; graduates; South Africa
 
Description This study evaluates the extent to which the Environmental Internship Programme has impacted  upon  graduate  employability  in  the  City  of  Cape  Town.  Graduate unemployment crisis has been categorized as one of the socio-economic issues affecting the nation  of  South  Africa  with graduates  struggling  to  find  jobs  in  the  areas  which  they graduated  from.  On  the  other  hand,  organisations  are  suffering  from  a  lack of  skills  in different  spheres.  In  order  for  this  gap  to  be  bridged, human  resource  development strategies have been put in place for graduates such as; internships, training and learnership  programmes. In  2005,  the  Department  of  Environmental  Resource  Management implemented  a  programme  called  the  Environmental  Internship Programme  (E.I.P.)  to address the needs of graduates in the environmental management field. The programme is a yearlong internship aimed at bridging the gap between academic learning and the first steps  of  a  professional  career.  The  aim  of  the  ERMD  is  to create  a  pool  of  skilled professionals to be absorbed into the city as well as provincial, national government and the private sector by making the interns better employable by the time they leave the E.I.P. It is against this background that this study evaluates the impact of the programme on graduate employability. Within the investigation, the researcher looked at the appropriate legislations,  and  policies  that  govern  a  programme  of  this  nature.  The  study  utilizes primary  and  secondary  research  information  based  on  interviews  and  open-ended questionnaires.
 
Publisher Academy of Business & Scientific Research
 
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Date 2013-11-30
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/eimj/article/view/30
 
Source Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management Journal; Vol 1, No 1 (2013): November; pp. 105-114
2311-1836
2310-00079
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://absronline.org/journals/index.php/eimj/article/view/30/28
 
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