This facilitated panel discussion with SAGEA’s Board, titled “Bold Futures: South Africa’s Graduates as Architects of Tomorrow” focused on the …
Who Are Our Graduates – and What Don’t We Know About Them?
This facilitated panel discussion, led by Nicole Petersen, explored the important questions: Who Are Our Graduates? And What don’t we …
Navigating the Impact of AI on Students, Careers and Recruitment
Navigating the Impact of AI on Students, Careers and Recruitment was the topic of this presentation by Kelly Maroon. In …
Building Talent for Tomorrow: How to leverage transferable skills through assessment methodologies to address the youth unemployment crisis
In this presentation, Building Talent for Tomorrow, Kevin Distiller discusses the shift to skills-based hiring around the world – why …
Lights, Camera, Algorithm: Candidate Interview Impression Management in the Age of AI
Impression management is defined as the conscious or unconscious process by which individuals present themselves to others in a particular …
Inside the Candidate Experience: Lived Journeys from the Students for a Better Future Scholarship Pipeline
This breakout session took attendees of the SAGEA Conference 2025 “Inside the Candidate Experience” to hear first-hand about the lived …
From Classroom, to Campus, to Corporate: The Ethics Expectation Gap from a Student’s Employer Lens
In this presentation titled From Classroom, to Campus, to Corporate The Ethics Expectation Gap from a Student’s Employer Lens Evodia …
Building Future-Ready Talent for a Sustainable and Rapidly Changing World
Tswelo Kodisang,FirstRand Group Chief People Officer shared his insights into building future-ready talent, in this presentation. Tswelo told attendees that …
2025 South African Survey of Student Engagement and Insights on Students’ Career Readiness
2025 South African Survey of Student Engagement and Insights on Students’ Career Readiness was announced in March of 2025. This …
Graduate Unemployment Amidst a Low Growth Trap
Graduate Unemployment Amidst a Low Growth Trap: The Case of South Africa was presented by Prof. Haroon Bhorat from the …
The Future of Early Careers
Stephen Isherwood, Joint-CEO, ISE and Joan Moore, Global Early Careers Director, Sage discussed the the challenges facing emerging talent teams …
Four Key Insights from the SAGEA Conference 2025
By Alice Nyembe, Executive Director, South African Graduate Employers Association The SAGEA Conference 2025 reminded me why this community matters …