Welcome to Job Journey
The Job Journey is a course designed to help unemployed people become work ready.
During this journey participants gain a clear vision of themselves, a deeper understanding of the workplace, possible options available to them, and knowledge of how technology can help their search for meaningful employment.
This interactive and transformational 11-day course offers tangible skills and tools, equipping participants with an increased confidence and hope for a brighter future.
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Many people who are unemployed in South Africa are also unemployable
In South Africa more than 30% of people are Unemployed, with higher levels of youth between the ages of 18-34 years. There are millions are discouraged job seekers, many who would be considered unemployable.
Being unemployed is NOT a final destination. We are all on a job journey…
Did you know that the average person will change their jobs between 5-7 times during their working life?
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.
Partner with Us
Would you like to offer the 11-day Job Journey Course in your organisation?
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Become a partner
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Run the course
Align with our vision to restore dignity and hope to unemployed people in South Africa, by training and equipping them to become economically active.
Our course has been developed as a replicable model, ensuring that it is easy for you to use in your own organisation. By signing up to become a Replication Partner you will have access to our course Material, Facilitator Guides, Daily Devotional Booklets, Marketing Material and our Shared Monitoring and Evaluation. Before you start, we will ask you to sign our MOU and attend an Onboarding workshop.
Our Job Journey team would love to share their knowledge, learnings & guide you on your Journey. We believe that partnerships can amplify the impact of our efforts and promote social change on a larger scale. Let’s help as many people as possible become work ready!
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