An Employment Pipeline for South Africa’s Missing Middle
Helping individuals gain skills, confidence, and direct access to income.
Pathways is a 14-week employment accelerator designed for unemployed adults aged 25+.
It provides structured skills development, competency testing, and direct placement support to help participants secure sustainable employment or income.
The programme is designed for people who want to work but lack the credentials, digital readiness, or market alignment to access real opportunities.
What Pathways Provides
- Internationally benchmarked competency assessments
- Digital literacy and job-readiness development
- CV + professional profile rebuilding (ATS-optimised)
- Interview preparation + recruiter-ready video profiles
- Exposure to realistic, future-fit career paths
- Showcases and direct access to hiring partners
- Post-placement support for 6 months
Who It Serves
- Adults aged 25+
- People who are unemployed or episodically employed
- Individuals showing determination, resilience, and motivation
Why this age group
Most employability programmes in South Africa focus on school-leavers or youth under 25, while individuals just above this age are largely overlooked.
Pathways intentionally targets this “missing middle” because they have stronger motivation, progress faster, remain employed longer, and require less ongoing support.
Why It Matters
Pathways improves employability where it is most needed, helping people transition from unemployment to secure, meaningful work that contributes to strengthening families and communities through income stability.
Partner with us for PATHWAYS
Access a ‘ready to work’ talent pipeline with tax and BBBEE benefits without the fuss of learnership programmes.
Why Pathways Works
- Directly addresses the labour market mismatch
- Practical, competency-driven
- Low-cost, high-yield model for funders
- BEE-enhancing contribution without 12-month YES constraints.
- Ideal for corporate employment pipelines
- Provides clear and reliable competency benchmarking using international testing metrics/ standards / tools
- Enables evidence-backed, measurable reduction in unemployment
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