| Summary: | The unemployment rate has become a major concern for policy makers in South Africa and
therefore the National Plan for Higher Education states that higher education training providers
should produce more graduates to address this problem. This resulted in a labour force that has
grown rapidly and has become younger and more educated. It would therefore be expected that
graduates with a post–matric tertiary qualification would be in high demand, resulting in a low
graduate unemployment rate.
The reality is that the unemployment rate among graduates has increased. This is not only a
concern for the policymakers of South Africa but also for a private higher education training
provider situated in the North West Province, specialising in information technology (IT)
qualifications (and whose students and alumni participated in this study as part of the study
population).
The majority of the IT jobs available to their students are in the Gauteng province which means
their graduates often need to relocate. As for all other entry level graduates they also have to
make choices – when to decline or accept a job offer.
This study determines what the expectations of these entry level IT graduates are and the factors
that might influence their decision to accept or decline a job offer. For the training provider it is
important to know what the challenges are that their graduates encounter. The factors
contributing to unemployment among these IT graduates were also investigated. === Thesis (M.B.A.)--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2011.
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