ABOUT US
CULTIVATING AN INNOVATIVE YOUTH PLATFORM FOR EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT
ABOUT US
Cultivating an innovative youth platform for educational, economic and personal development
Our vision
CULTIVATING AN INNOVATIVE YOUTH PLATFORM FOR EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT
Through our international and local partnerships leverage the power innovation for the purpose of nurturing human talent for positive economic, education and social outcomes.
INSPIRE:
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
INVOLVE:
YOUTH STRENGTHENING
INNOVATE:
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
INTEGRATE:
YOUTH EMPLOYABILITY
INVEST:
YOUTH ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Our Mission
CULTIVATING CAREERS – HELPING YOUTH FIND THEIR FUTURES
To unlock the passion and potential of each scholar – equipping them to be future fit
To invest in the training of youth coaches and mentors who share our passion and embrace our goal of seeing youth thrive using 21st century career information
To reinforce career educational services for our schools, families, communities and government
To leverage networks, positive role-models, quality career education, innovation and skills training for the benefit of our youth
To consistently provide a range of high quality, digitally-driven and internationally praised tools forming the cornerstone for career advancement and development
Our values
DEMAND-DRIVEN IMPACT SOLUTIONS DRIVEN BY PASSION, INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION
Collaboration – for continuous innovation and cutting edge development products and services in the career education space
Aspire to Inspire – in all that we do
Inclusivity – providing high quality content to all of our youth
Integrity – maintaining a high ethical standard, sensitive to the needs of our clients and partners
Consistency – serving our youth with demand-driven services, developing partnerships and relationships that strengthen their future
We value integrity, transparency and excellence in everything we do.
Our Mandate
CULTIVATING CAREERS FOR THE FUTURE
We are a socially conscious business built around YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, to address career development as a key gap in the educational market.
We provide a unique, interactive and digitally-driven product, ensuring youth, schools, teachers and parents have access to a world-class program for career advancement.
We seek to INSPIRE, INNOVATE, and INVEST in our youth, helping them to INTEGRATE into the working world by equipping them with skills to become confident, economically-active citizens.
background
background
A dream and a journey that has evolved over ten years in research, development, and design. Career Connect Group was started in 2018 with the desire to create thriving, confident youth citizens.
Armed with a burning desire to redirect the feeling of hopelessness and see social change the founder dedicated her time to finding solutions and partners to join her on this journey. We have carefully selected key business partners to provide a unique, innovative program for social impact and high-level content. The inclusion of these strategic partnerships and specialists have been for the value-add experience and success they contribute to this project, the schools, scholar, graduate and youth job seekers.
A highlight for the founder of Career Connect Group has been the launching of an interactive, technology-driven Career Guidance Centre (CGC) in June 2017 funded by an international foundation. This state-of-the-art Career Guidance Centre is currently run by the non-profit called Zoe-Life Innovative Solutions and is situated in the south of Durban within the Blue Roof Life space project. By 2019, in just under three years after opening its doors the team facilitated career coaching sessions for over 10 000 youth from socially challenged communities. Designed, developed, and commissioned by our award-winning television production and international communication consult partners who have subsequently launched an additional CGC in the South African market.
Career Connect Group (CCG) partnered in 2020 with New Zealand software developer Career Central to bring their innovative online student career management portal to South African secondary schools. With more than 150,000 Australasian students engaging online with the platform, the intuitive design, customization options, and analytics tools stood out to us. “We have worked with Career Central over the last six months to create a localised platform to meet the needs of the South African secondary schools and tertiary education providers. Our recent pilot program at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg was well-received, and we are very excited to be the sole provider of Career Central in South Africa” says Jennifer Higgs, Founder/Managing Director of the Career Connect Group. Career Central enables students to complete modules on their skills, personal qualities, career values, interests and work exposure as well as access career quizzes and build a CV online. Students can also undertake future-focused planning around subject selection, post-school courses and study, employability skills, goal setting, and school leaver readiness. School staff have full administrative access to view student content, study and career plans, and quiz results, as well as advanced statistics, lists, data reporting, interview notes, and messaging functionality.
Career Central has been operating in New Zealand since 2012 and Australia since 2019. “We are thrilled to be partnering with the Career Connect Group team to bring Career Central to South Africa. They have proven experience in career education and are developing a powerful suite of services to help them achieve their vision of revolutionizing career education for South African youth,” says Sue Hancock, Managing Director, Career Central Limited.
We are a network of collaborative partnerships that are transforming the way career education is delivered.
Taking key lessons learned overs the years through the installation and commissioning of our static career guidance centers, our development partners have made every effort to ensure that the pricing of services enable maximum affordability, to ensure sustainability, whilst not compromising on quality or impact.
The conceptualization, design and production of high quality, leading-edge career guidance structures, content and technology-based support tools requires a sound academic background, educational insight and special technical skills and infrastructure from our partners create a model of excellence to be able to address the ever changing landscape of our target audience.
Our unique multi-level career development model was designed to allow learners to enter and exit the model after each phase of their career journey, accommodating those at different stages and providing them with a personalized experience in order to make educated, occupational decisions whilst taking into account the constantly changing landscape of the job market and industry trends.
Partnering with schools, families, communities, government and projects to provide the cornerstone for career advancement and development (education and guidance) in order to activate, support and empower our youth into cultivating their careers and building hope in a future they can see…
Partnering with schools, families, communities, government and projects to provide the cornerstone for career advancement and development (education and guidance) in order to activate, support and empower our youth into cultivating their careers and building hope in a future they can see…