{"id":782339,"date":"2024-07-15T10:23:14","date_gmt":"2024-07-15T08:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=782339"},"modified":"2024-07-15T10:23:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-15T08:23:18","slug":"entelect-crowned-employer-of-choice-at-2024-sagea-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/782339\/entelect-crowned-employer-of-choice-at-2024-sagea-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Entelect crowned Employer of Choice at 2024 SAGEA Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Entelect is excited to announce that it has won the Graduate Employer of Choice in the IT Hardware and Software category at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sagea.org.za\/awards\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=July+2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 South African Graduate Employers Association (SAGEA) Awards<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.entelect.co.za\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=July+2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to read more about Entelect\u2019s graduate programme and its available roles.<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SAGEA is a not-for-profit professional association committed to elevating the field of graduate employment in South Africa, and runs the Employer Awards in partnership with graduate research company High Fliers Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over 2,700 graduates across all industries were surveyed and awards were given to the companies that make the most effort to help graduates find employment in their sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To determine this, each candidate named two organisations they felt offered the best graduate programmes in their industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Candidates were not given a drop-down box or a pre-populated list, meaning their nominations were due exclusively to the memorable and positive impression a company left on them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entelect is proud to win this prestigious award, which recognises and acknowledges its efforts to offer an exceptional graduate employment experience in the IT sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is an incredible honour to see our efforts recognised, and to be celebrated among the top employers in the industry,\u201d said Ahmad Mahomed, Entelect\u2019s Learning and Development manager.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Entelect-In-Article-Image.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Entelect-In-Article-Image-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-782354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Entelect-In-Article-Image-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Entelect-In-Article-Image-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Entelect-In-Article-Image-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Entelect-In-Article-Image.jpg 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why the SAGEA Employer Awards matter<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAGEA Employer Awards are designed to help SAGEA members gauge the success of their graduate programmes and plan their future recruitment campaigns accordingly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Being a winner proves that a company\u2019s graduate programme is performing exceptionally and that the graduates benefit significantly by participating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is also proof that a company has a strong talent development culture \u2013 something that Entelect has always prided itself on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Entelect Graduate Programme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Entelect\u2019s commitment to growing and developing young talent is reflected in its comprehensive graduate programme, Boot Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The programme focuses on developing the relevant skills and emotional intelligence required to enter the workforce, join development teams, collaborate effectively, and manage the expectations of colleagues and stakeholders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The syllabus dives into the following skills and technologies:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.NET<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Java<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cloud technologies (AWS &amp; Azure)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Agile ways of working<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Business analysis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Data engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>User experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mobile<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Since its inception in 2012, Entelect has hired over 560 graduates into its business, and graduates now comprise over 30% of the company&#8217;s total workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remarkably, over 80% of all graduates are still with the business, 27% of whom are in leadership positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Entelect is committed to continuing to engage emerging talent in the workforce.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/culture.entelect.co.za\/?utm_source=BusinessTech&amp;utm_medium=Article&amp;utm_term=July+2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Click here to read more about Entelect\u2019s graduate programme and its available roles.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entelect is proud to be recognised and acknowledged its efforts to offer an exceptional graduate employment experience in the IT sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":782361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[13624,15204,20209],"class_list":["post-782339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-entelect","tag-sagea","tag-sagea-awards"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=782339"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":782357,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/782339\/revisions\/782357"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/782361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=782339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=782339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=782339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}