According to the Founder of Trusted Interns, Jaryd Raizon âUnemployed youth in South Africa are often disqualified from entering the workforce because they donât have the tools needed to access job opportunities thus to begin combating this problem, Trusted Interns has partnered with Uber to help young South Africans who donât have transport money to go interviews.
The Cape Town-based start-up helps unemployed youth to get their first jobs by making career opportunities more accessible. He said they would arrange interviews with employers but graduates were not showing up. “We knew our community was committed and so something had to be wrong,â said Raizon.
They circulated a survey where they asked community members if theyâd ever missed an interview because they couldnât afford transport and 77% of the responses were âyesâ. They will be giving first-time job-seekers the opportunity to apply for free Uber vouchers so they can get to interviews. âEmployers think that I donât take them seriously but transport money is a real issue. Iâve missed many interviews because I couldnât go thereâ said Nokuthula, Gauteng.
Uber donated R10 000 in free rides to get youth to and from interviews and will match a further R10 000 of public donations. âThe youth have a vital role to play in our society and it is important to make them aware there are infinite possibilities available to them,â added Alon Lits, Uber Sub-Saharan Africa GM. He says the partnership will not only have a positive impact on the youth but also on those employers looking for talent, who now have access to undiscovered.
