SAGEA Learning
Synergy | Resource | Insight
SAGEA provides young talent specialists, graduate recruiters, talent managers, careers service and development professionals with professional development opportunities aligned to their own career paths.
SAGEA Learning helps them attract, develop and retain the best talent for their businesses. We combine in-person workshops and online learning courses to form a learning programme that equips talent management and development professionals with the skills they need to design, implement and manage best-in-class Graduate Employment and Development programmes in the South African context .
Our Learning offering covers the full spectrum of the graduate employment and development lifecycle, delivering skills and knowledge appropriate to your career stage as an early talent professional, aligned to the maturity of your organisation’s graduate programme. SAGEA Learning empowers you to plan your strategy from attraction and sourcing through graduate development to retention and evaluation of your programme’s success.
Training Path
Each learning opportunity can stand alone as a powerful learning experience. Yet, SAGEA Learning is designed so that each step links into the next to provide a practical development path for graduate employment professionals.
Fundamentals of Graduate Recruitment
Fundamentals of Graduate Recruitment is designed to support those new to the Graduate Recruitment Function (less than 2 years' experience) or those that have HR experience but plan to introduce a Graduate Recruitment Programme into their organisation for the first time.
Student to Graduate Journey (SGJ)
Whether you’re in HR, talent acquisition, university career services, graduate programme design, or student support within a foundation or NPO, the SGJ will enable you to effectively prepare students and graduates for today’s complex work environment. Developed by Dr Kate Daubney.
Graduate Development Learning Professional Programme Masterclass
Take your learning to the next level! Designed for professionals responsible for graduate development, this workshop will equip you to implement effective programmes within your organisation. Developed and presented by Dr Kate Daubney.
of Graduate Development Learning Professional Masterclass attendees would recommend the workshop to a friend or colleague.
of those who completed the SGDLPP online rate it detailed and relevant.
“The workshop assisted in seeing the gaps that currently exist in our organisation's learning & development graduate programme. It is also helpful to learn what is done by other organisations, and strategies that I could adopt and implement in my organisation to ensure return on investment.”
- SAGEA Member, completed GDLPP Masterclass in 2025.
“The module was extremely detailed and its relevance to dynamic themes such as AI was appreciated.”
- SAGEA Member, completed Career Management & Recruitability in 2025.
“The content was relevant to the issues faced by HEI’s, corporates and graduates.”
- SAGEA Member, completed Student-to-Graduate Journey in 2025.
“The workshop provided great context into the graduate recruitment landscape! A real eye opener.”
- SAGEA Member, completed Fundamentals of Graduate Recruitment in 2025.
"Really grateful to have attended this and the timing was superb, just where we are planning for the year and kick starting our initiatives. I would recommend it to new team members."
– SAGEA Member, completed Fundamentals of Graduate Recruitment in 2024