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hoprite Launches Job Training<\/a> for Unemployed Youth. Large retailer Shoprite says it expects to reach its target of<\/a> empowering more than 12,000 youths (aged 18-29 years) to enter the retail<\/a> sector or start their own business by the end of June.<\/p>\n

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Arguably the largest skills development initiative ever<\/a> undertaken by a South African retailer, the Shoprite Group\u2019s Retail Readiness programme launched in February 2016.<\/p>\n

Following the successful completion of an 8-week training programme,<\/a> participants receive an NQF-level 3 qualification. Since the programme\u2019s inception, a total of 8,688 young people have been employed in Shoprite or Checkers stores, the group said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The current training block will end on 22 June. The next one is expected to kick off in July 2018<\/a> and applications are still open.<\/p>\n

\u201cSouth Africans with matric can apply for the programme at our recruitment centres in Cape Town,<\/a> Johannesburg and Pretoria,\u201d said Moga Pillay, the Group\u2019s spokesperson on skills development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis programme is a direct challenge to the crippling effects of youth unemployment<\/a>. More than half of young South Africans are unemployed.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt also enables us to improve on the quality of recruits filling vacancies<\/a> at our stores, since those who have completed the programme have a good understanding of how our business works and the factors that influence our ability to grow,\u201d Pillay said.<\/p>\n

Those who are not absorbed into the group\u2019s workforce have the necessary basic skills to start their own business or to be employed elsewhere in the retail sector<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Participants of the programme are provided with the basic business principles to understand the financial, legal and business requirements of setting up and running a small to medium enterprise in conjunction with a large retailer, Shoprite said.<\/p>\n

Three weeks of theory is followed by five weeks of in-store training in various departments like the deli, bakery, as well as fruit and vegetables. Participants are paid a weekly stipend during their time in the store.<\/p>\n

The retailer provided a list of 10 tips for job applicants:<\/a><\/p>\n