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Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Business
- Scottish Sun
Decide which route is right for you after GCSEs with our guide on understanding what your main options are
In 2023, just four per cent of 16 and 17-year-olds went into employment after finishing their GCSEs SUNEMPLOYMENT Decide which route is right for you after GCSEs with our guide on understanding what your main options are Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) GCSE results day is fast approaching but this year the future is looking a little different for 16 and 17-year-olds. Instead of taking the traditional route of A-levels or technical qualifications, we are seeing more school leavers opting to go straight to work. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 5 We are seeing more schools leavers opting to go straight to work via apprenticeships Credit: Getty In 2023, just four per cent of 16 and 17-year-olds went into employment after finishing their GCSEs. But figures from early careers platform reports a near-doubling of enquiries for Level 2 and 3 apprenticeships, which are designed for young people leaving school after their GCSEs. 'We're witnessing a significant shift in how young people view their career paths post GCSEs,' says Oliver Sidwell, co-founder of 'With university fees continuing to climb, increasing competition for places and growing concerns about graduate employment prospects, today's students are making pragmatic choices.' READ MORE ON EMPLOYMENT FEEL THE HEAT Employment lawyers explain rules on maximum temperature for workplaces And Dan Miller, founder of Young Professionals UK, which places school leavers into professional apprenticeships, has also seen a 'huge rise' in 16 and 17-year-olds eager to get straight to work, fuelled by social media. He said: 'The ever increasing online visibility of successful apprentices and young entrepreneurs are both reshaping what success looks like for this generation.' You must be in full-time education or training until you are 18. So to help you decide which route is right for you, here are your main options after GCSEs. A-LEVELS: Most students take three or four to prepare them for work or Uni, with around 80 subjects on offer nationally. Check with your school or college as to what they offer. APPRENTICESHIPS: The 'earn as you learn' schemes offer real work experience alongside the chance to study for professional qualifications. After GCSEs you will start at Level 2/3 and you can continue up to Level 7, which is equivalent to a masters degree. See apprenticeship. GMB talks to students ahead of GCSE results Cassie Holloway left school at 16 and found an apprenticeship through Young Professionals. Now 19, she is a senior recruitment consultant at Office Angels. Cassie, from Northampton, said: 'I wasn't the most well-behaved or engaged student at school, which meant I didn't achieve the grades I needed to get into sixth form. 5 Cassie Holloway left school at 16 and found an apprenticeship through Young Professionals Credit: Supplied 'However, finding an apprenticeship changed everything. For the first time, I felt important, I had a real purpose. That gave me the motivation I needed to work hard. 'Apprenticeships offer real-world experience that you simply can't get in a lecture hall. 'Plus, you're earning a proper wage instead of racking up debt — it's a win-win situation. Follow @youngprouk on Instagram for real-time advice, updates and job opportunities. T-LEVELS: A classroom-based alternative to apprenticeships for 16 to 18 year olds, with a 45-day industrial placement. Careers range from science to finance, to creative and design and students are awarded UCAS tariff points in line with 3 A-Levels. Vocational qualifications: Qualifications such as BTECs give young people a broad overview of working in a specific sector, such as business, media, engineering, leisure or science and technology. Autumn resits: Want to improve your GCSE grades? Examination boards offer autumn resists in all subjects. Talk to your school or college. Get help: See or call 0800 100 900. The helpline is free and is open weekdays 8am-8pm and Saturday from 10am-5pm. 5 GCSE results day is fast approaching and school leavers are preparing to enter the workforce Credit: Getty CLASSY CAREER MOVES LEE BIGGINS, above, left school at 16 and is now an entrepreneur and founder of jobs board CV-Library. Here are his top tips for 16-year-old leavers who are keen to start a 'proper job' immediately. 1. Show you are serious from the start: Dress appropriately for interviews, arrive on time and put effort into every task as first impressions really last. 2. Learn workplace skills: Practice the basics such as answering the phone, greeting customers and clients, allowing you to adapt to different workplace environments. 3. Demonstrate determination: Be dependable, punctual, enthusiastic and willing to learn and adapt – all traits employers value as much as skills in the right profession. 4. Start networking: Stay connected with school friends, colleagues, managers and people you meet through work. 5. Use LinkedIn and industry forums to build relationships that could help in the future. 6. Say yes to new opportunities: If a task or project feels daunting or unfamiliar, give it a go as it is how you will build skills, confidence, tenacity and resilience. 7. Take feedback constructively: Listening, learning and improving will help you progress faster, building resilience and a stronger set of skills going forward. 8. Think beyond your first job: Use the skills and experience you gain to open doors to future opportunities. Train up with Tech 5 Three-star Michelin chef Clare Smyth began her career as an apprentice Credit: Supplied SMALL businesses and charities struggling to take on apprentices have been given a lifeline by Virgin Media O2, which a £1million apprenticeship levy fund to train people for roles in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Organisations can access the fund to cover the cost of training for eligible roles. The programme is designed to support women and people from global majority backgrounds looking to progress in a STEM-based jobs. The fund concept is backed by three-star Michelin chef Clare Smyth, who began her career as an apprentice. She said: 'By tackling access and affordability constraints, and targeting underrepresented groups, this scheme can make a huge difference to communities across the country.' Currently, four in five employers say they would be more likely to hire apprentices if additional financial support was available, so the scheme could unlock hundreds of opportunities for young people and career-changers. Employers can apply at: Job spot HILTON Hotels has entry-level roles for cleaning and food servicxes roles. See com/emea/en/UKIreland. YOU can search UCAS for Level 2 and 3 apprenticeships. See You can make the grade 5 Jacqui Maher, deputy principal at Birmingham's South & City College, shares her GCSE resit guidance Credit: Supplied DIDN'T get the grades you wanted? Don't worry, you can always retake to up your score. Here Jacqui Maher, deputy principal at Birmingham's South & City College, shares her GCSE resit guidance. 1. Don't panic – it may feel like the end of the world right now, but it's not a disaster and you're not alone. 2. Even celebrities such as Robbie Williams have spoken about their intention to resit exams. 3. Don't let your results put you off enrolling for a course that will lead to the career of your choice. You can study a resit alongside your vocational programme – it might just take a little longer. 4. Taking resits needn't be an isolating experience. Get in touch with your local further education college as it might offer supported tuition, so regardless of your background or financial position, high- quality tuition is available. 5. Communicate with your teacher about your doubts, try to work on your weaknesses, and be prepared to try out different study techniques until you find what really works for you. 6. Be prepared to put in the time. Resitting either English or maths GCSE without any commitment to studying won't lead to improved results. 7. Seek reassurance in the fact that you're not the first to resit an exam and those who've come before you have often found it a positive experience. On our Get Further programme, students have said: 'Just keep at it. Make sure you get a little bit done every day, attend as much as you can, and really understand it.'
Forbes
23-07-2025
- Business
- Forbes
You're Using AI — But Are You Using It Well? Three Steps To Consider
Robot and human fingers reach out to the other, symbolizing the promise of our future. Artificial ... More intelligence has the power to transform our lives. It needs humans to step up to harness this power. The other day I stumbled on a term I'd never heard before: SolidGoldMagiKarp. Originating from the anime world of Pokemon, it is the idea of something so rare to be almost unreal. The phrase was making rounds due to ability to cause glitchy behavior in AI when used as a prompt. And, I wondered if I had missed yet another concept in the ever-expanding universe of artificial intelligence. That feeling — of brushing up against something new, strange and must-know — is felt by many and more often now than ever before. The rapid transformation of AI innovation is rivaled only by its pervasiveness in our lives. According to McKinsey's AI in the workplace 2025 survey, nearly all employees (94 percent) and C-suite leaders (99 percent) use gen AI tools. And yet, just last year's Gallup's poll asking employees on frequency of AI use at work had nearly seven in 10 saying they never use AI, while only one in 10 employee reporting weekly use. This dramatic change in usage of AI in the workplace comes at a cost. Workers are more worried than hopeful about adoption of AI, those who feel hopeful comprising of mostly of young professionals and those too scrambling to keep up. Almost 80% of users are bringing their own AI tools to work (BYOAI). Lacking clear guidance on what constitutes acceptable use of AI, more than half are unwilling to admit using AI at work. If you are feeling like you are chasing a mythical carp, you are not alone- 77% of employees report being lost on how to use AI in their jobs. AI Use ≠ AI Mastery Symptom 1: Surface-level productivity The advent of AI was meant to usher a transformation of how we work. And yet, Digital Work trends report found two-thirds of employees use AI primarily for cross-checking their work. Reason? It is a precarious time at work. Despite hopes of post-pandemic balance, meetings and after-hour work dominates a typical workday. Almost 70% report struggling with the pace and volume of their responsibilities, while nearly half say they feel burned out. A Microsoft 365 study found 60% of users spend their time on applications such as Outlook and Teams—responding, coordinating, and keeping up. In this environment, it's no surprise that employees reach for generative AI tools—not to innovate, but to simply keep up. If AI has to fulfill its promise, the scope of human bandwidth will determine the extent of AI mastery. Symptom 2: AI Dependency without discernment There is a tendency to trust AI generated work without verifying facts, citations, or data sources. Seldom do users critically evaluate if the content is accurate, complete, or unbiased. Educators have been sounding warning bells about plausible-sounding answers that are incorrect — hallucinations in AI-speak. But this issue is not limited to academic world. With work pressures and looming deadlines, AI provides a welcome short-cut to keep up with deliverables. Pick any AI tool. Trained to display a 'know it all' tech-authority while spitting out abundance of information, it lulls us to forget that it does not 'know' things and is simply predicting plausible output based on training data. Is this behavior a reflection of our own tendency to 'satisfice' —make decisions that are good enough rather than optimal, bound by the limits of our finite cognitive capacity, and real time constraints? AI's limitations are architectural, not cognitive — but like humans operating under bounded rationality, it produces output that will suffice. The danger? Unlike humans, it doesn't admit when it is wrong — and never signals uncertainty. Can AI companies take steps to have their tools acknowledge when a query pushes at its predictive boundary? They can and they should if hallucinations are to be managed. Without such guardrails, our AI dependency sans due diligence will remain a liability. Symptom 3: Ethical blind spots It seems like we are living through the Wild West era of AI — where tools are advancing faster than the legal and ethical frameworks needed to govern them. Just like in the 1800s American frontier, this new territory shows promise — but also peril. Businesses are rushing to stake their claims, often with no rules of governance in sight. Consider the case of an HR manager who gets the go-ahead to integrate AI into the firm's recruitment platform to streamline resume filtering. In a short period of time, it goes live and deemed a huge success as it slashes time-to-hire by half. Months later, it's discovered that the AI systematically downgraded women and minority applicants based on biased training data — leading to legal exposure and public backlash. Such blind spots are rampant due to lack of clarity on questions such as ownership of the training data including liability for IP violations for any embedded copyrighted material or steps for auditing its algorithms and many more. Why This Happens: AI's Flooded Learning Curve Generative AI tools are constantly 'learning' and the pace of advancement is such that even tech-savvy professionals are struggling to keep up. Jargon like multi-modal, tokenization, neural networks, retrieval-augmented generation abound and even playful terms like SolidGoldMagiKarp seem like secret passwords to a club we didn't know existed. Many feel a growing pressure to sound competent with AI, even if they're privately unsure of the what's and the how's. Others, excited to explore the new features and capabilities, end up with hours of wasted effort going down rabbit holes. Watching colleagues use custom bots or showing off complex prompts may make one question one's techyness, falling prey to the classic imposter syndrome. Could it be that rather than drowning in data, today's professionals are drowning in expectations? When the learning curve becomes a tidal wave, even the best talent is likely to tread water. From Confusion to Control: Stepping up your AI journey Step 1. Identify Your AI persona Begin by assessing your relationship with AI. Reid Hoffman, in his recent work on AI and its future, introduced four personas to categorize how people think and feel about artificial intelligence: Doomers, Gloomers, Bloomers, and Zoomers. He describes Doomers as those who view AI as an existential threat to humanity; Gloomers with less extreme views but still fearful of AI's role in deepening inequality, misinformation, and job disruption; Bloomers as cautiously optimistic of AI; and Zoomers, the early adopters embracing all things AI and viewing it as a force for growth and innovation. Reflecting on one's relationship with AI is increasingly important, especially for professionals and leaders navigating rapid technological change. Being overly skeptical or overly optimistic will determine how you engage with AI. For instance, Doomer may shy away from valuable learning opportunities, while a Zoomer may be susceptible to overlooking ethical red flags. Leaders need clarity and insight on their own stance before fostering discussions around AI strategy, policy, and implementation for their organization. There is no 'One size fit all' AI strategy but auditing your AI persona can help guide what works best for you and your organization. Step 2. Audit Your Current AI Use and Go Deeper AI can accelerate your workflow, but if you're only using it to get things done faster, you may be missing an opportunity to learn and grow. Ask yourself: Am I using AI to save time — or to think better? Is there a way to pose this query from a different angle? Even if your current AI use is predominantly drafting emails, how about learning to automate this task by creating templates with AI's help! Next, reconsider how you typically treat AI output- review or copy and paste. Doing latter means you are risking errors or misjudgments or worse your job and reputation. Workplaces are increasingly adopting internal AI governance tools such as Microsoft's Purview or plagiarism software such as Copyscape and Grammarly Business. Instead consider the concept of Collab score that in essence is about well a human and AI collaborate on a task, whatever the task may be. Did you just accept the AI's first output or did you revise it, critique it, build on it or even better sough follow-up questions? Collab score is a measure of interaction quality with higher score reflecting engaged, iterative use leading to high quality outputs and lowered risk, and thus, getting at the heart of meaningful human-AI teaming. Step 3. Learn the Tool, But Also Understand the System You don't need to become a machine learning expert — but you do need to understand that effective AI use is an iterative process. The real value comes not from a single prompt, but from refining, questioning, and building on what AI gives you. Where to begin? Try LinkedIn Learning that offers concise videos on AI that targets different professions. Subscribe to credible sites such as MIT Technology Review's AI section or newsletters such Brave New Words by Salman Khan of Khan Academy is another great resource. Though written for educators, it offers great insights on how to customize one's learning journey, on using AI as an ethical guide helping navigate the web with one's own filters of do's and don'ts and finally, as an assistant willing to handle the mundane stuff, freeing time to innovate. And if all this seems effortful and time consuming, how about using AI as an entry point to AI. Reid Hoffman suggests navigating to your favorite gen AI model and starting a new chat with prompts that begin with, 'Explain agentic AI to me like I'm five', to 'Explain agentic AI to me like I'm in high school', and then graduating to 'Explain agentic AI to me like I have a PhD'. Invest in learning about prompt engineering which in simple terms is about designing effective prompts to get accurate, useful, and consistent outputs from AI systems. The best news about learning AI from AI is that it does not judge— there are no dumb questions.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Community collaboration crucial in addressing homelessness in Abilene
ABILENE, Texas () – Young professionals gathered at the Community Foundation of Abilene for an 'Abi Chat' during the Abilene Young Professionals luncheon. Networking took a purposeful turn to address homelessness through collaboration with the West Texas Homeless Network. The West Texas Homeless Network (WTHN) is a coalition of organizations dedicated to advocating for action that realigns systems and resources to end homelessness in Abilene, rather than merely managing it. The WTHN is neither a non-profit nor a for-profit organization; instead, it focuses on helping communities prevent and eliminate homelessness through collaboration and strategic planning. The Executive Director of Abilene Hope Haven shared why events like this are important in keeping the conversation with the public and continuing to address the needs of the Big Country Homeless community. 'We have a great network of people. We always are going to need to fill different gaps, depending on what's going on in the climate of our community. But we have a wealth of providers in the network that are really good at doing a holistic approach to those experiencing homelessness,' Horton shared. Horton says the Abilene community's wealth of resources and willingness to work together are its strengths. Whether a person needs help with mental health, food insecurity, substance abuse, or any number of issues that homeless neighbors face, the network is ready and willing to step in. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Al Jazeera
13-06-2025
- General
- Al Jazeera
How deadly Air India crash shattered dreams, wiped out entire families
Ahmedabad, India — For the Patel family, April was a month of answered prayers. The news arrived in a simple email: their son, Sahil Patel, had won a visa lottery. He was one of 3,000 Indians chosen by a random ballot for a coveted two-year United Kingdom work visa, under the British government's India Young Professionals Scheme. For the 25-year-old from a middle-class family, it was a pathway from a modest home in Sarod village, 150km (93 miles) from Ahmedabad, the biggest city in the western Indian state of Gujarat, to a new life in London. For his family, the visa was the culmination of every prayer, a chance for the social mobility they had worked their whole lives for. But less than two months later, that excitement has turned to grief: Sahil was one of the 241 people on Air India 171 who died when the plane crashed into a medical college's hostel just outside Ahmedabad airport on Thursday, June 12, seconds after taking off. Only one passenger survived India's deadliest aviation disaster in more than three decades. Dozens of people on the ground were killed, including several students at BJ Medical College, when the plane erupted into a ball of fire after crashing into their mess. Several others were injured, many of them still in critical care. Those killed on board include young students on their way to London on scholarships, a family returning home from a wedding in Gujarat, another that was visiting India for Eid, and those like Sahil whose families believed they had won the luck of a lifetime. In the mess hall at Gujarat's oldest medical school, Rakesh Deora was finishing his lunch along with more than 70 other medical students. From a small town in Bhavnagar in southeastern Gujarat, Deora was in the second year of his undergraduate studies – but, friends and family recalled, did not like wearing his white coat. When the plane struck the building, he was killed by the falling debris. In the chaos that followed, many of the bodies – from the plane and on the ground – were charred beyond recognition. Deora's face was still recognisable when his family saw his body. At the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, five hours after the crash, another family rushed in. Irfan, 22, was an Air India cabin crew member, his uniform a symbol of pride for his family. They rushed to the morgue, unaware of what they were about to face. When an official showed Irfan's father his son's body – his face still recognisable – the man's composure shattered. He collapsed against a wall, his voice a raw lament to God. 'I have been religious my whole life,' he cried, his words echoing in the sterile hallway. 'I gave to charity, I taught my son character … Why this punishment upon him? Why my child?' Beside him, Irfan's mother refused to believe that her son was dead. 'No!' she screamed at anyone who came near. 'He promised he would see me when he got back. You're lying. It's not him.' For another family, recognition came not from a face, but from a small, gold pendant. It was a gift from a husband to his wife, Syed Nafisa Bano, and it was the only way to identify her. Nafisa was one of four members of the Syed family on board, including her husband Syed Inayat Ali, and their two young children, Taskin Ali and Waqee Ali. They had been buzzing with excitement, talking about their return to London after spending a wonderful two months in India celebrating Eid al-Adha with their relatives. On Thursday, their family in Gujarat huddled together in the hospital corridor in mourning, the laughter they had shared consigned to memories. Just 500 metres from the main crash site, rickshaw driver Rajesh Patel was waiting for his next customer. The 50-year-old was the sole earner for his family. He wasn't struck by debris, but by the explosion's brutal heat, which engulfed him in flames. He now lies in a critical care unit, fighting for his life. His wife sits outside the room, her hands clasped in prayer. In the narrow lanes of the Meghaninagar neighbourhood near the crash site, Tara Ben had just finished her morning chores and was lying down for a rest. The sudden, deafening roar that shook her home's tin roof sounded like a gas cylinder explosion, a familiar danger in the densely packed neighbourhood. But the screams from outside that followed told her this was different. 'Arey, aa to aeroplane chhe! Plan tooti gayo! [Oh, it's an aeroplane! It's a plane crash!]' a man shrieked in Gujarati; his voice laced with a terror she had never heard before. Tara Ben ran out into the chaos. The air was thick with smoke and a smell she couldn't place – acrid and metallic. As she joined the crowd rushing to view the crash site, a cold dread washed over her – a mix of gratitude and guilt. It wasn't just for the victims, but for her own community. She looked back at the maze of makeshift homes in her neighbourhood, where hundreds of families lived stacked one upon another. 'If it had fallen here,' she later said, her voice barely a whisper, 'there would be no one left to count the bodies. God saved us, but he took so many others.' Veteran rescue worker Tofiq Mansuri has seen tragedy many times before, but nothing had prepared him for this, he said. For four hours, from mid-afternoon until the sun began to set, he and his team worked in the shadow of the smouldering wreckage to recover the dead with dignity. 'The morale was high at first,' Mansuri recalled, his gaze distant, his face etched with exhaustion. 'You go into a mode. You are there to do a job. You focus on the task.' He described lifting body bag after body bag into the ambulances. But then, they found her. A small child, no more than two or three years old, her tiny body charred by the inferno. In that moment, the professional wall Mansuri had built to allow himself to deal with the dead, crumbled. 'We are trained for this, but how can you train for that?' he asked, his voice breaking for the first time. 'To see a little girl … a baby … it just broke us. The spirits were gone. We were just men, carrying a child who would never go home.' Mansuri knows the sight will stay with him. 'I won't be able to sleep for many nights,' he said, shaking his head. By 7pm, five hours after the crash, ambulances were arriving at Ahmedabad Civil Hospital in a grim procession, not with sirens blaring, but in a near-silent parade of the dead. Inside the hospital, a wave of anguish rippled through the crowd each time the doors of the morgue swung open. In one corner, a woman's voice rose above the din, a sharp, piercing cry of accusation. 'Air India killed him!' she screamed. 'Air India killed my only son!' Then she collapsed into a heap on the cold floor. No one rushed to help; they simply watched, everyone struggling with their own grief. Dozens of families waited – for a name to be called, for a familiar face on a list, for a piece of information that might anchor them amid a disorienting nightmare. They huddled in small, broken circles, strangers united by a singular, unbearable fate. Some were called into small, sterile rooms to give DNA samples to help identify their dead relatives. Then an official's announcement cut through the air: identified remains would only be released after 72 hours, after post-mortem procedures. As the night deepened, some relatives, exhausted and emotionally spent, began their journey home, leaving one or two family members behind to keep vigil. But many refused to leave. They sat on the floor, their backs against the wall, their eyes vacant. While some families still cling to the fragile hope of survival, such as in the case of Rajesh Patel, the rickshaw driver, others are grappling with the grief differently. Away from the hospital's frantic chaos, Sahil Patel's father Salim Ibrahim was away in his village, calm and composed. Over the telephone, his voice did not break but remained chillingly calm, his grief masked by a single practical question. 'Will they give him back to us in a closed box?' he asked. 'I just … I cannot bear for anyone to see him like that. I want him to be brought home with dignity.' The visa that promised a new world to Sahil is now a worthless piece of paper. The plane was a Dreamliner, an aircraft named for the very thing it was meant to carry. The dream of London has dissolved into a nightmare in a morgue. And in the end, all a father can ask for his son is the mercy of a closed lid.
TimesLIVE
20-05-2025
- Business
- TimesLIVE
Future of Jobs Summit: driving public-private action to tackle youth unemployment in SA
Spearheaded by the Future Leader Forum, the Future of Jobs Summit is a bold new initiative to help turn the tide on SA's youth unemployment crisis. Taking place on May 22 and 23 in Johannesburg, the summit will bring together influential public and private sector leaders from SA and abroad to co-create the jobs of the future — with a firm focus on youth employment, digital skills and scalable solutions. Leading technology giant SAP, alongside major job creation enablers such as Adcorp, DP World, Workday and FNB, will unveil their bold strategies and pragmatic programmes for attracting, developing, and retaining top talent in an increasingly competitive global market. SAP in particular will showcase its globally acclaimed Educate to Employ and Young Professionals Programmes, which have already equipped thousands of young Africans with in-demand digital skills and meaningful career pathways. These initiatives are helping to create an inclusive talent pipeline that fuels both local innovation and international competitiveness. A national mandate to mobilise jobs for youth Founder of the Future Leader Forum, Dr Nik Eberl, says the Future of Jobs Summit is not another policy talk shop — it is a high-impact platform for action and alignment. The Future of Jobs Summit is about co-creating jobs of the future through partnerships that work — and delivering those solutions at scale Dr Nik Eberl, founder of the Future Leader Forum Bringing together CEOs, ministers, labour leaders, skills providers, and community champions, the summit is structured around a singular mission: to create a sustainable and inclusive South African workforce. 'Youth unemployment is the greatest threat to our democracy — and the greatest opportunity to unlock national prosperity,' says Eberl. 'This summit is about co-creating jobs of the future through partnerships that work — and delivering those solutions at scale.' From dialogue to delivery: backed by the G20-T20 engagement track The Future of Jobs Summit is an official T20 Site Event (T20 being the think-tank of SA's G20 presidency) and will feed into the global G20-T20 agenda. The official summit outcomes report — capturing the top job-creation strategies, public-private partnerships, and sectoral pledges — will be presented to: The office of the presidency; The parliament of SA; and The G20 Plenary in November 2025. The summit is aligned with the G20's global commitment to inclusive growth, skills development, and job creation for the youth, making SA a leading voice in shaping a more resilient future of work. Success models already emerging: GBS and beyond SA's Global Business Services (GBS) sector is a standout success story that will be reviewed at the summit. With strong government support, global investment, and a young, trainable workforce, the GBS industry has already created over 150,000 youth jobs and is on track to deliver 500,000 jobs by 2030. 'GBS shows us what's possible when government, business, and skills providers align around a shared goal,' says Eberl. 'We must now apply that same formula across high-growth sectors — from tech and tourism to renewable energy and the care economy.' Call to action for leaders and changemakers The summit will feature: The CEO dialogue, leadership roundtables and panel discussions. Job creation success stories from the private sector as well as national, provincial and local government. A National Jobs Dashboard launch to track commitments and progress. 'We are building a movement of hope,' says Eberl. 'The Future of Jobs Summit is about giving our youth a future worth staying for — and showing the world that SA is ready to lead. We are thrilled to have representation from the public, private and nonprofit sector, including social entrepreneurs participating.'
