[caption id="attachment_12566" align="alignnone" width="793"] Can't wait to land your dream job? These interview tips from HR manager, Azraa Noah, will help you win the gig.[/caption] At JumpStart and JumpCo we pride ourselves on choosing high-potential youth for our learnerships and internships. Tutors and trainees are supported with modest stipends and are encouraged to complete their qualifications....
Not many alumni travel through JumpStart and JumpCo Software Labs, but Molefe Skosana is now a software developer for a luxury car manufacturer in Midrand, where he continues developing the skills and building on the knowledge that he gained during his internship. We caught up with him to find out what has changed for him...
Tumelo Mokoena is a tutor at Mohlodi Primary School, where he inspires a love of maths to learners in Grades 1,2 and 3. This 22-year-old says that teaching maths has greatly changed since he was in primary school. "Especially, if you consider lockdown learning, teaching via smartphones and devices!" As a tutor he is eager...
[caption id="attachment_12252" align="alignnone" width="758"] Thinking about thinking. How is female cognition different?[/caption] How are women's brains different to men's? What does this mean for tutors supporting girls in the classroom? How do women's own experiences of learning impact on their studies? Final year B Sc student, Sagel Kundieko, posed these questions during Women's Month. Sagel spends many...
Falling in love with mathematics as a student kickstarted Lerato Molete’s career as an apprentice automotive machinist. “There’s no job a woman can’t do,” she says, excited about sharing her story during Women’s Month....
Once upon a time, when Simphiwe Mtshali was working in a health spa, where Women's Month meant doing lots of manicures and massages. This year, during Covid-19 lockdown, she has been massaging numbers and building children's futures online. From beauty therapist to maths tutor was a substantial career shift, but the journey continued in ways...
Early Childhood Development (ECD), entrepreneurship, and dreams of becoming a speech therapist motivate JumpStart success story, Siduduzile Mthembu. There’s nothing small about her educational ambitions, which took some time to get going. There's everything big about her determination to come back from hard times. Her life's focus now is her work as an educator, entrepreneurship,...
Every year the world celebrates Mandela Day on the 18th July. In previous years social media timelines buzzed with companies donating and doing good ...
Mosa Letsie, a Sasolburger born and bred, found that lockdown can be survived by sticking to the books. This mathematics tutor at Malakabeng Primary School in Zamdela loves the school wholeheartedly. "I'm part of the family, as Principal Kganakga says!” says Mosa. Four months of lockdown without teaching has been painfully frustrating. Continuing her honours...
Youth careers are a fluid thing. Times are changing. New careers exist that our parents have never even heard of. Doors close and window open. What do you want to be when you grow up? Be careful what you wish for, lest it come true! Because we’re human, we’re born with the capacity to imagine...
