Training provider adds focus on school leavers

Building talent and delivering
work-ready individuals in the
Cape region has seen training
solutions provider Metro
Minds change tack ever so
slightly, now
introducing
programmes for
school leavers.
Having opened
an office and
training centre
in Milnerton
in Cape Town,
Johannesburgheadquartered
Metro Minds
has significantly
expanded its
footprint in the
Cape, says CEO and founder
Juliette Fourie.
“From an educational
perspective we have worked
hard to shift our focus from
learnership programmes to a
few steps earlier.”
Fourie said the company
had developed several bridging
programmes aimed at school
leavers.
“We will be hosting these
programmes to make sure
youth wanting to enter the
workplace
are more
equipped
and ready to
take up the
challenges
that they
often
face,” she
explained.
“Instead
of picking
up the pieces
when they
are already
on a learnership or intern
programme, we would like
to be part of the foundation
journey just as they leave
matric and get them work wise,
work smart and work ready.”
Fourie said the decision to
open a permanent office in
the Cape was paying off, with
several networking breakfasts
and power hours planned for
the year.
The company’s
newly developed
simulator
training
based on
accelerated
learning
– set to be
implemented
early in
2017 – would
also be the
start of
driving a
different
education behaviour into the
future, she added.
“The simulator can
provide an imitation of the
real work environment.
This could create strong
talent pipelines and
also address business
skills gaps like critical
thinking, problemsolving,
decision
making and leadership
development,” she
said.
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We would like to
be part of the
foundation journey
just as they leave
matric.
– Juliette Fourie