FASSET ANNUAL REPORT

FASSET interventions for unemployed learners

Career awareness Choosing a career can be a daunting process for youngsters preparing for life beyond the classroom, especially at a time where the world is evolving at a rapid pace and in 2020 this pace was increased even further by the pandemic. There are so many options that, often, youngsters don’t even know where to start. That is why, since inception, FASSET has put such great emphasis on career awareness initiatives and events. In 2019/20 an even greater importance was placed on this initiative with an increase of its target to 260 events compared to the 40 in 2018/19. The decision to increase the target came about as an effort to reach a wider audience and ensure that as many of South Africa’s youth are better equipped for making career decisions. However, with the lockdown measures effected by President Cyril Ramaphosa on 27 March 2020 to curb the spread of Covid-19, the implementation and achievement of this target became a challenge; schools were closed and learners in the rural areas were at a disadvantage due to lack of connectivity. FASSET continued to make use of its online presence on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram, with a combined following of over 20 808, to spread awareness on career path options in the finance and accounting sector. Daily posts during this period aimed at not only sharing relevant career building information but also motivate learners during a time of uncertainty. Exhibitions FASSET supported and participated in 127 interventions against our target of 260. These included different format initiatives such as virtual exhibitions hosted in partnership with Nzalo Media, UNISA and our SETA family. FASSET also explored the career awareness toolkit bag drop initiative to reach those learners in the rural areas with no access to connectivity.

These initiatives, which took us as far as Gezubuso in KwaZulu Natal to Itsoseng in the Free State, achieved great interaction and career guidance dialogue with school pupils in the different levels of academia. FASSET also hosted its first Facebook Live Career Talk attracting a total number of 2 200 views with plans to continue with an installment of these in the 2021/22 financial year. Through the new formats of interventions, FASSET interacted with over 20 000 learners ranging from grade 9 all the way up to postgraduate level. Fasset Campus Brand Ambassador The Campus Brand Ambassador campaign was launched after a national recruitment drive. The successful candidates were trained and equipped with the necessary tools to share career awareness information as well as growing the visibility of Fasset in their communities. The very passionate team hailing from different parts of the country contributed positively towards the career awareness initiative. Some of our high performing Campus Brand Ambassadors include Candy Madonsela of South West Gauteng College, Mpoetsi Masitha of Motheo TVET College as well as Patrick

Radebe of Vaal University of Technology.

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