Welcome to Job Journey
The Job Journey is a course designed to help unemployed people become work ready.
Whether you’re an unemployed job seeker, a high school student preparing for the future, a recent graduate looking for your first job, or someone returning to the workforce, Job Journey Courses equip you with the practical skills, confidence, and resilience needed to secure meaningful employment.
Through a community-driven, scalable model, the Job Journey Programme empowers local churches, community organisations, and facilitators to deliver accessible, relational, and impactful training across a range of focus areas, including work & career readiness. By equipping facilitators with resources and ongoing support, we expand the programme’s reach and sustainability, ensuring that more individuals – regardless of their background – have the opportunity to build a brighter, more secure future through employment.
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Many people who are unemployed in South Africa are also unemployable
South Africa’s unemployment crisis is about more than just job shortages – many people also lack the skills, experience, or confidence to secure meaningful work. With over 30% of the population unemployed, and youth (ages 18-34) facing even higher unemployment rates, millions of discouraged job seekers feel stuck with few opportunities for economic mobility.
But being unemployed is not a final destination. Everyone is on a job journey – a path of growth, learning, and new opportunities.
Did you know the average person changes jobs 5-7 times during their working life? Whether you’re starting your career, transitioning into a new field, or re-entering the workforce, equipping yourself with the right skills and mindset can open new doors to employment and long-term career success.
What is the Job Journey?
Embark on your 11-day Journey with us across the Job Journey Island and fill your backpack every day with new items that will help you to become work ready.
These include an ID card, Hiking Boots, a Travel Journal, Binoculars, a First Aid Kit, a Compass and a Waterbottle. At each point on the Island you will learn particular skills – how to use digital technology in your Job Search, writing an Online CV using Jobstarter, creating a Cover Letter, learning Interview Skills and attending a Mock interview, and developing a Job Search Strategy.
Job Journey Impact in 2024
Job Journey graduates through 15 replication partners & 23 Silikamva alumni connected with study and bursary opportunities.
Job Journey Courses Run in 2024
Replication Partners
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Interested in becoming a Job Journey Facilitator?
Join us in our vision to restore dignity and hope by training and equipping individuals to become economically active. Through Job Journey’s scalable, train-the-trainer model, we empower churches, schools, NGOs, and community organizations to deliver practical, work-readiness training where it’s needed most.
By becoming a Replication Partner, you gain access to a fully developed, easy-to-use program that you can implement within your organization. We provide Comprehensive Course Materials, Facilitator Guides & Training, Daily Devotional Booklets (for faith-based settings), some Marketing Materials, Shared Monitoring & Evaluation Resources to help you track impact and measure success.
How it works
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Sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – Aligning with our shared mission.
Attend an Onboarding Workshop – Preparing you to facilitate Job Journey independently.
Receive Ongoing Support – Our team will share insights, best practices, and learning experiences to help you maximiSe your impact.
At Job Journey, we believe in the power of partnerships to amplify impact and create lasting change. By working together, we can equip more people with the skills and confidence to step into meaningful employment.
Job Journey Stories
Clement Phaahla Thobejane came to Cape Town open to learn at our Job Journey program. He had this say about our May 2023 course, “The journey was amazing, I met an awesome team who walked the journey together. We have gathered very useful knowledge which will help us to organize our lives. Everybody knows about the rate of unemployment in South Africa, but this job readiness program gave me hope, gave me pointers and tools to approach employment effectively. I learned how to structure a professional CV, a cover letter and create my Personal Statement. I am now re-energized and ready to face the world as a new individual who seeks success for himself.”
– Clement Thobejane
The Job Journey course was co-created by Common Good & The FinCoach Foundation.
Common Good is a certified Level 1 B-BBEE non-profit and public benefit organisation (POPIA Policy) | 062-229-NPO | PBO 930026077
The FinCoach Foundation is a Registered NPC 2021/449303/08 | PBO 930076021