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SMART work readiness program

The SMART work readiness programme is only unique to Sirah Business School. This programme provides candidates with the necessary skills development and support they need to gain employment in the insurance or banking industry or start and grow their own brokerage or underwriting management business. Click HERE to Complete the online application form.

PROGRAM DETAILS

Target Audience

Unemployed youth in rural areas and townships. Young people who are experiencing marginalisation, disadvantage and a range of barriers to employment.

Problem Statement and Intervention

Problem Statement:

Graduates need training in; transitioning from school/unemployment to work; being a professional; communication; selling; recruiting; basic business calculations; and understanding the workplace and developing a work ethic.

Intervention:

The SMART Work Readiness Programme trains unemployed young people to prepare them for successful employment. SMART exists to help young people who have experienced marginalisation, disadvantage and a range of barriers to employment. The current world of work is highly competitive. To find a job and stay in that job, employees have to differentiate themselves from the thousands of others that are in the same position. Developing well-rounded employability skills needed for finding, keeping, and being successful in a job is thus paramount.

What we aim for?

Our Aim for every young person who comes through our doors

Belonging: We want a young person to belong somewhere immediately after college.	Work readiness: To train unemployed young people to prepare them for successful and gainful employment.
Healthy Self We want each young person to have a healthy mind and body, and to have access to the supports they need.	Healthy work We want each young person to have a pathway full of learning and earning opportunities

Specific Benefits

Develop knowledge and understanding of careers in Financial Service and Career Pathing
Professional CVs
Letter of reference
Have an Email address
Have a Job Title
Build Work Experience
Earn while you Learn (get involved in marketing and management of: insurance products, property marketing, vehicle sales and cars insurance, e-learning platforms, website development, etc..)
After 6 months possess 3 very crucial certificates in Financial Services
Internet Access
Stay for 12 months or longer and become a Financial Services Professional having achieved all the Fit-and-Proper Requirements mentioned below:
- RE 5 Qualification,
- Class of Business Training,
- Specific Product Training,
- Practical Work Experience, and
- an Accredited Insurance Qualification

More about SMART

The SMART Workplace Readiness programme is designed to equip first-time employees with skills, tools and techniques to succeed in entering the workplace and to stay gainfully employed. The programme addresses the multiple areas of development that new entrants into the workplace require, in order to build a sound tenure and career at any Financial Services Provider.

SMART is a high-impact programme which will also equip participants with “Power Skills”. These skills have historically been branded “soft skills”, but because they are so crucial to the survival and growth of a business, they are also called “POWER SKILLS”. As examples of power skills, we put Communication; the art of selling; and recruiting at the top of our list. Other power skills include: Professional personal behaviour, Workplace ethics, Working in a team, Presentation skills, Verbal and written communication, Professional personal behaviour, Building your brand, Happiness, Resilience, Analytical Thinking, Negotiation, Empathy, Collaboration, Creativity, Leadership, Problem solving, Time Management, Presentation skills, Business etiquette and Emotional Intelligence.

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