FAQ's - General
How does Recruit A Graduate work?
RecruitAGraduate is an online recruitment agency where employers and recruiters can hire graduates, interns and apprentices from registered higher education institutions for permanent or contract positions and internships.
It's the go-to site for jobs for talented graduates and trusty interns in South Africa.
Graduates
Graduates sign up for free. Load your CV, and complete your job seeker profile on our candidate portal. Aim to achieve a 100% completion score.
Employers, HR Managers and Recruiters
Load a job specification directly onto our website here >>. One of our professional recruiters will contact you. If you require bulk recruiting services or a CV service only, chat to us.
Our services include:
Permanent Placements
Contract Placements
Independent Contracts
CV only service
Retainers available for employers seeking regular graduate placements.
Fee structure can be viewed here.
RecruitAGraduate prides itself in delivering professional service.
For a private education institution to provide tertiary education, it must be registered with The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET).
State-owned higher education institutions are included as registered institutions.
An internship is typically a contract position which offers on-the-job-training for graduates who have finished their studies. Its purpose is to provide a graduate with work relevant experience in their field of study. At RecruitAGraduate we only facilitate paid internships. Find out more on our blog. See the Service Seta website.
Anyone who has graduated within the past five years or is in the process of graduating from a higher education institution is considered a graduate. This includes anyone who needs to complete an internship or apprenticeship to obtain their final qualification. Find internship and apprenticeship jobs on Recruit A Graduate. Sign up via the graduate page.
If you have already registered and entered your details on our candidate portal, you can apply for a job following these steps:
Go to our current jobs page, click on the job to open up more detail.
One the detailed job page, click ‘Apply’. Then on the page requesting personal information, click on the ‘Easy Apply’ button at the top of the page. This will auto populate the personal information section.
There are no fees for job-seekers.
Once you have completed your profile and CV on RecruitAGraduate, you will automatically be informed of relevant job opportunities via email alerts. We will email you new jobs based on your completed profile.
There is no need for you to set up alerts, but you do need to agree to allow us to send you alerts by selecting “Yes” to opt in to job alert communication.
Does RecruitAGraduate assist with sourcing youths for YES?
Yes!
- Companies may recruit youth from any partner they choose.
- YES has not endorsed any consultancies to charge fees for registration services of YES.
What is YES?
South Africa’s Youth Employment Service aims to create jobs for the youth in line with South Africa’s national development goals. Once a company is registered with the YES platform you can recieve the benefits. Recruit A Graduate assists companies to source youth for the YES program.
How can my company benefit from YES?
YES is a business-driven initiative which is a partnership with government and labour, in collectively tackling a national plan to build economic pathways for black youth. YES aims to create one million jobs for youth. In this process, a business can gain one or two levels on their B-BBEE scorecard by hosting a YES youth for a period of 1 year. There is deep value in our tech-driven youth behavioural content to nurture and motivate young people and business throughout the year. This technology assists business and our youth in succeeding in their first work experience.
Source : https://www.yes4youth.co.za