FLEXI JOBS WILL HELP YOU GAIN VITAL EXPERIENCE

What an excellent idea! There is no where that you can buy 'experiance', it is something that you have to earn and/or learn over time and what a great way to do it.

Flexi jobs will help you gain vital experience
09 March 2007 at 11h00

Technikon and university graduates who are struggling to find work on completion of their degrees or diplomas should consider flexi-employment to improve their employability. This is the view of the Professional Assignments Group (PAG), a leader in the recruitment fields of finance, engineering and management. Lawrence Wordon, PAG managing director, says there is certainly not a lack of work for qualified graduates, especially in key sectors such as finance, engineering, project management and telecommunications, adding that the critical skills shortage within these sectors have been cited as a potential restraint to attainment of government goals of achieving a sustainable annual 6 percent growth rate in GDP. According to Wordon, the difficulties graduates have in finding work is due to a lack of work experience.

"Work experience serves as a record from which potential employers can gauge how well a person will fit into the organisation, fulfil his or her duties, work with others and how well they will deal with pressure, among many others." Companies are reluctant to recruit people without this vital information, because current labour laws make it very difficult for companies to get rid of non-performing employees," he says. "Graduates should consider flexi-employment as a means to obtain this vital experience. It allows them to broaden their skills set and improve their employability by gaining experience from a range of companies across a number of different industries. "Contract workers are also covered by the LRA and Basic Conditions of Employment Act, so they qualify for statutory benefits like annual and sick leave, family responsibility leave and others." Flexi-employment offers graduates a foot in the door and over time, as their skills set grows, it becomes much easier to find permanent work. The Kelly Group, of which PAG is a member, places about 100 flexi-employees in permanent positions every month," he says.