MTN Graduate Programme


Advertiser: MTN
Location: Johannesburg

The Graduate will be trained (formally and ‘on the job’) under the guidance of the line manager, gain knowledge, understanding, insight and hands-on experience and skills of the said area of expertise. The graduate will learn to ensure that professional written proposal content is produced which clearly articulates the organisations value proposition.

The graduate will be trained and up-skilled to perform various tasks:
Tasks will be defined per product or area which they may rotate within during the on-the-job training.
- Proposal Writing
- Knowledge Management
- Reporting or
- - Sales Enablement

Educational requirements
- Matric or equivalent
- A completed degree or relevant diploma

Experience required: None

Skills required:
- Business Acumen
- Communication skills
- Relationship skills
- Resilience
- Presentation skills
- Culture diversity management skills
- Stress management skills

Knowledge:
- Ability to use excel
- Ability to meet deadlines
- Knowledge of ICT environment

Behavioural qualities:
- Proactive
- Professionalism
- Assertive
- Result driven
- Perseverance
- Self-motivated and driven.

Closing date: 12 December 2013

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.