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JumpstartJobs Fund Expansion
Project
Jumpstart History
• Redcap started Jumpstart in 2007
• Work experience for unemployed who
have gone through life skills training
• Started partnering with various NGOs in
2009 in KZN
• Expanded this nationally in 2010
• Jobs Fund project 2012
Work Experience Programme• Unemployed referred by organisations placed
into 6 day work experience programme at a
nearby Mr Price clothing, home or sport store
• Trainees get certificate for completion
• Suitable candidates selected by store
managers as casual workers
• Some move into permanent positions while
others move into other employment elsewhere
• Feedback given for all candidates by stores
Motivation for Jobs Fund Project
• Funding for NGOs to scale up work
• Better coordination of project with help of
systems like Joblinx
• Better collaboration of stakeholders (e.g.
network, curriculum development)
• Help NGOs to add key components required
for entry in Mr Price (e.g maths, literacy,
customer service)
Partner Criteria
1. Already running soft skills programmes (with
possible exceptions)
2. Operating in areas where there is demand for labour
with Mr Price
3. Have capacity to expand
4. Have appropriate organisational systems in place
(reporting, financial, HR, etc.)
5. Willing to comply with minimum requirements for
training
6. Training costs fit within budgets
Partner Criteria (Cont.)
1. Willing to target people with Mr Price minimum
requirements
1. Matric certificate
2. Under 30 years old
3. No criminal record
4. No bad credit history
5. Ability to pass Mr Price tests (math literacy,
bar code recognition and customer service
assessment test)
Jumpstart Training Criteria
Core Purpose
• Attitude/Behaviour/Character
Development and Basic Skills
Course/Topic Hours
• Course Minimum Hours: 40
• Topic Minimum Hours: 1 (unless
otherwise specified)
Required Life Skills Topics (1)(with required hours if different from standard of 1 hour)
• Career guidance (2)
• Communication/Presentation Skills (3)
• Conflict resolution
• Customer Service (2)
• Finances
• Goal setting/Planning
• Healing of the Past (2)
• Sexual health/Romantic relationships/HIV/AIDS (3)
• Job preparation skills (2)
• Physical health (Healthy Living)
• Rights and responsibilities
• Time management
• Vision/Purpose
Required Life Skills Topics (2)
The following topics may be covered within the above
topics or separately and thus don’t have 1 hour
minimum requirements:
• Life-long learning
• Motivation/Self-esteem
• Personal Development/Character
• Work ethics
• Emotional maturity
• Problem solving/Decision making
• Substance abuse
Math/Literacy
• Students need to be equipped to pass Mr
Price Test
• No training requirements will be set, as it is up
to the organisations how much they want to
screen people. As mentioned earlier:1. These skills can be taught by organization
and/or
2. Students can be prescreened based on ability
to pass
Distribution Strategy
• Disbursements based on people placed – key
indicator still to be determined in consultation
• Training done for first placements will be
“frontloaded” by NGOs
• 75% in Mr Price, 25% outside (possibly can
shift over time)
• Funding not intended to replace existing
funding, but rather to scale up training
capacity (with possible exceptions)
Distribution Amounts Per Person Placed
Year 1 - R 2,478 – 1250 people
Year 2 - R 2,651 – 2000 people
Year 3 - R 2,837 – 2750 people
Avg 1-3 years - R 2,700
Mr Price Allocation Process
• Identification of needs in specific Mr Price stores
• Identification of capacity and location of
organisations
• Allocate targets for specific regions/stores to
organisations (e.g. 150 placements among “x” 5
stores in “x” region in the next 6 months)
• Mr Price has a key window for placements between
March and October. No placements are done during
November-December, and few, if any, during
Jan/Feb.
Mr Price Group Needs
Annual Needs Home ApparelOther
Divisions Total
Permanent 500 1100 700 2300Ongoing Casual 800 4000 ? 4800
Holiday Casual 1600 8000 ? 9600
Total 2900 13100 700 16700NOTE: The casual needs are rough estimations, based on current needs in July
2012 at 40% of Mr Price Home stores and 60% of Mr Price Apparel stores
Joblinx
• Online system developed for linking employers with
candidates of training providers
• System has been functional since the beginning of last
year
• New developments are being done to enable it to have
additional functionality for Jumpstart specific needs
• Automated linkage between base stores, head
office and NGOs
• More fields specific to Jumpstart
• Better searching and reporting processes
Employer Partnerships
• Spar – Estimated 5000-1000 vacancies
annually
• Smollan – 4000 vacancies annually
• Mr Price Supply Chain
NGO Partnerships
• Other Jobs Fund Beneficiaries
• Dell Foundation: 100 computers, 5 NGOs
Thank You