On my radar | Gen Zs are trapped in a career cul-de-sac

02 Jul 2023

Dion Chang

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As work becomes increasingly decentralised – and will continue to do so - companies will want to hire “intrapreneurs”: employees who have an entrepreneurial mindset. Photo: Supplied

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There is a statistic that haunts me. There were 800 000 young people who applied for the R350 social relief of distress grant from the SA Social Security Agency, who had degrees.

What really depresses me is not just our horrific youth unemployment rate, but the career cul-de-sac that young people are entering.

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