Post-University Training for Jobless Market: The Experiences of Graduates in a Work Experience Programme

South Africa reportedly has one of the highest rates unemployment in world. Graduate parallels country’s overall rate, with youth being most vulnerable group. Hence, work experience programmes are offered to prepare fresh graduates for labour market. The purpose this paper is explore experiences a programme. This adopted qualitative approach elicit regarding graduate A total 30 face-to-face semi-structured interviews were conducted sampled from eThekwini municipality’s results indicate that while participate programme gain skills and needed secure jobs professional registration purposes, they numerous challenges These include ill-treatment senior staff members, lack resources, unreasonable workload. It was also evident unsatisfied about owing poor or mentorship irrelevancy itself. offers important evidence which suggests need develop policy monitoring evaluation systems order improve programme.
 
 Received: 21 April 2022 / Accepted: 20 August Published: 2 September