The JD Group are the company that run a lot of the retailers that we know and love in our shopping malls like Incredible Connection and HiFi Corporation. Their financial division is running a 12-month funded internship and learning experience.
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JD Group 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.
We require graduates with a degree or diploma in the following qualifications:
- Marketing Management
- Human Resource Management/Industrial Psychology
- Digital marketing is relevant
- IT / Data Analyst
To be successful in our organization, the following abilities and competencies are required:
- Ability to learn quickly
- Resilience and adaptability
- Ability to take initiative
- Critically analyse information and use judgement 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
Job Specification
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.
What the programme offers:
- A large team of professionals to support graduate with professional growth and provide project resources.
- Exciting career growth prospects in the workplace with access to professionals who are leaders in their fields.
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.
Applicant requirements:
- Suitably Qualified from 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
Candidates will be required to submit the following documents when they apply:
- An updated CV
- Certified copies (Not older than 3 months) of ID Copy, Certificate/qualifications, transcript/tertiary results
HOW TO APPLY
Closing date not specified
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