Connect Financial Solutions Invites Unemployed Graduates to Apply for the Internships 2024

Closing Date: 31 May 2024
Job Type: Internship
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa

Internship Description

We are looking for young, vibrant, and passionate graduates to be employed on a 12-month retail SETA-funded work-integrated learning experience. These individuals will play an exciting role in our growth journey while growing their careers at Connect Financial Solutions, a financial entity under the JD Group, one of South Africa’s largest wholesale and retail groups.

The primary aim of this opportunity is to develop young, motivated and high-performing graduates who will infuse their talent into the organization. The graduates will be given structured workplace experience.

Responsibilities:

Key Responsibilities (but not limited to):

• Required to attend all on-boarding / induction programmes and meetings which provide information about different functions of the company
• Execute duties as required, under the supervision of senior employees
• Perform research and document trends within the various functions of the company such as for instance new technology that can be implemented, best practices, etc.
• Visit different locations/stores in order to get hands-on working experience
• Make presentations on the basis of which he or she may be evaluated
• Perform additional responsibilities as requested to achieve business objectives.

Fields of study:

We require graduates with a degree or diploma in the following qualifications:

• Marketing Management
• Human Resource Management
• Industrial Psychology
• Digital Marketing
• IT / Data Analyst

Selection Criteria:

• Suitably Qualified from an accredited University/Tertiary
• Must be Unemployed
• Must be a South African Citizen in possession of a valid SA ID
• Must be under the age of 32

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to learn quickly
• Resilience and adaptability
• Ability to take initiative
• Critically analyse information and use judgment to make decisions
• Ability to work well independently as well as in a team environment
• Ability to build and maintain working relationships
• High standard of work ethic
• Good presentation skills as well as strong written and verbal communication
• The understanding and ability to enhance customer service