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Fin24 reports that as part of Nedbank's commitment to the Youth Employment Service (YES), it will place 3,315 youth through its skills development programme.
According to a statement from the bank, Nedbank will provide job opportunities for youth – those aged between 18 and 29 – at the bank and its placement partners WILDTRUST, Tradeway, UnlockD and ORT SA. The bank on Friday officially signed the YES CEO pledge to provide qualifying youth with paid work experience over the next 12 months, starting May 2019. Youth participating in Nedbank's programme, in partnership with YES, will receive training to equip them with skills to enter the job market once the training programme is completed. The YES initiative, which seeks to address youth unemployment, was launched by President Cyril Ramaphosa in March 2018 and it is a joint initiative between government, business, labour and civil society. Encouraging other companies to join the YES pledge, YES CEO Dr Tashmia Ismail-Saville commented: "Nedbank has taken on the YES project in the true spirit of country building. They have gone over and above their own recruitment needs to create thousands of jobs in the most vulnerable of communities, thereby bolstering community-based programmes with deep impacts."
- Read the full original of Lameez Omarjee’s report in the above regard at Fin24
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