{"id":203845,"date":"2021-10-03T16:15:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T14:15:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/pasha-126-four-factors-that-make-a-graduate-more-employable\/"},"modified":"2021-10-03T16:15:47","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T14:15:47","slug":"pasha-126-four-factors-that-make-a-graduate-more-employable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/pasha-126-four-factors-that-make-a-graduate-more-employable\/","title":{"rendered":"Pasha 126: Four factors that make a graduate more employable"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/pasha-126-four-factors-that-make-a-graduate-more-employable.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>South Africa has an extremely <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news24.com\/fin24\/economy\/sas-unemployment-rate-hits-record-344-20210824#:%7E:text=The%20official%20unemployment%20rate%20is%20now%2034.4%25.&amp;text=The%20official%20unemployment%20rate%20is%20at%20a%20record%20of%2034.4,favourable%20to%20men%20than%20women.\">high unemployment rate<\/a>. A qualification from a tertiary institution usually means the chances of landing a job are higher. Research shows that within five years of graduating, 84% of the graduates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ufs.ac.za\/docs\/librariesprovider34\/post-docs-thesis-abstracts\/theses\/phdthesis_final_f-somerville_2021.pdf?sfvrsn=cafc7f20_2\">were working<\/a>. But it\u2019s not a guarantee. Graduates, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, remain jobless.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless there are certain aspects that make a graduate more employable than others. Our guest in today\u2019s episode of Pasha is Fenella Somerville a post-doctoral research fellow in the SARCHI Chair Higher Education and Human Development research group at the University of the Free State. Her work found that four things counted when a graduate was looking for employment, <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>The reputation of the institution<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Networks and connections<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Experience, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Type of work.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Today\u2019s episode of our podcast looks at what counts the most when a graduate looks for work. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p> <em> <strong> Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/four-things-that-count-when-a-south-african-graduate-looks-for-work-164751\">Four things that count when a South African graduate looks for work<\/a> <\/strong> <\/em>\n<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Photo:<\/strong><br \/>\u201cSouth Africa High Resolution Job Concept\u201d By xtock found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-illustration\/south-africa-high-resolution-job-concept-189183218\">Shutterstock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music:<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cHappy African Village\u201d by John Bartmann, found on <a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/John_Bartmann\/Public_Domain_Soundtrack_Music_Album_One\/happy-african-village\">FreeMusicArchive.org<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">CC0 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExpressions of the mind (Piano loop)\u201d by ShadyDave, found on <a href=\"https:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/ShadyDave\/sounds\/325647\/\">Freesound<\/a> licensed under <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\">Attribution Noncommercial License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/africa\/\">Source: The Conversation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa has an extremely high unemployment rate. A qualification from a tertiary institution usually means the chances of landing a job are higher. Research shows that within five years of graduating, 84% of the graduates were working. But it\u2019s not a guarantee. Graduates, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, remain jobless. 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