ITWeb and NextGen Training Solutions, t/a Aptech Computer Education Johannesburg, have together launched their skills services after signing an agreement on 3 April 2006.
This partnership brings together the expertise of ITWeb, a leading online IT news portal, and Aptech, a global leader in IT training that has trained more than 3.5 million IT professionals in 52 countries on the latest technologies.
This partnership between ITWeb and Aptech Johannesburg will not only complement government initiatives but will also give a needed boost to the private sector, allowing it to play a significant role in the country`s ICT development.
The services will assist youths looking for a job to assess their present IT skills and provide free overall assessment recommendations on upgrades or new technologies they can focus on to increase their employability.
The technology focus at ITWeb`s CareerWeb and Aptech Johannesburg ranges from technology vendors like Microsoft, Sun, IBM and open source technologies, to new skills like data security and quality assurance, which are today much needed in South Africa if it is to compete globally.
The breakthrough partnership between Aptech and ITWeb allows candidates to receive discounts on more than 1 000 IT training titles offered at Aptech Johannesburg. This will benefit both unemployed youth and working professionals who will have an option of either going through instructor-led training programmes or self-paced learning programmes based on Aptech`s proprietary multimodal delivery methodology which is running in 52 countries.
Aptech Johannesburg and ITWeb have also launched a Skills Guarantee Programme, which guarantees the employer the candidate has been trained through Aptech Johannesburg on particular technologies. This will not only give employers the confidence to recruit IT professionals within a short period of time, but will also allow the youth to take up new training programmes and benefit the industry.
Other services launched include CV writing services, along with interview skills training, which will assist the unemployed youth and IT professionals in getting advice on a specific industry within South Africa (eg, telecom, electronics, IT, etc) and functions which they can focus on in their career so that they achieve maximum career growth.
The services launched by Aptech Johannesburg and ITWeb will bring employers/recruiters and IT professionals together, including unemployed youth, bridge the skills gap and gear South African industry to respond to the technology changes that are inevitable to enable the country to compete in a global marketplace.
This partnership will also launch more services over the next three months. The new services will continue to change the landscape of recruitment as well as the IT industry. For more details on the services, please log on to http://www.careerweb.co.za/Aptech/Partnership.asp.
ITWEB (www.itweb.co.za)
Since its launch in 1996, ITWeb has grown from a small online pioneer to a technology-focused publishing house that dominates its sector. ITWeb is recognised as the most trusted voice in South African technology publishing and is the first port of call for an audience that ranges from technology professionals to CEOs.
To its customers, advertisers and sponsors, ITWeb offers various platforms to reach all the major players in the information and communications technology industry, non-consumer buyers of such technology and tens of thousands of business decision-makers.
CareerWeb, a business unit of ITWeb, is SA`s leading IT career site. Launched in June 2000, it is the only online recruitment service provider that focuses on the IT industry. This premier career site provides IT professionals with a "one-stop shop" for job opportunities, career and salary advice and CV storage.
NEXTGEN TRAINING SOLUTIONS t/a APTECH JOHANNESBURG (www.aptech-jhb.co.za)
NextGen Training Solutions, trading as Aptech Computer Education Johannesburg, a BEE organisation backed by IDC, is a recognised leader in IT training. By giving companies from a broad range of industries the ability to rapidly train their human resource, the barriers caused by an untrained skills force are eliminated. NextGen Training Solutions enables companies to accelerate their productivity and attain skills that ultimately increase their customer satisfaction.
NextGen is a partner of Aptech Worldwide, which has trained more than 3.5 million IT professionals on vendor-specific technology, from Microsoft, IBM to Sun. The company focuses on open source skills development as well in South Africa. The company also plans to launch IT learning curriculum from Kindergarden to Matric students in schools in South Africa.
Aptech Worldwide, which is an ISO 9001 training organisation, is present in 52 countries with more than 3 200 learning campuses. Over the last 20 years of operational experience, Aptech has achieved market leadership position in India and China, which are also the two biggest markets in population terms. Aptech trains 400 000 IT professionals every year globally.
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