Have you got what it takes to be one of the top 100 students in the country? Entries for the GradStar Awards 2017 are officially open.
With so much unrest surrounding universities lately, positive news regarding our country’s students can seem in short supply. The GradStar programme seeks to change that, focusing on the immense potential that university students have to bring about change.
Now in its second year, the GradStar programme was set up by BlackBark Productions (creators of the Rising Star Awards) and GradConnection, and matches the country’s best future graduates with potential employers and business mentors. It provides participating employers and the Top 100 graduates access to each other in a uniquely developed programme that focuses on quality connections, and compliments existing employer programmes.
These university students show the best potential as the country’s future leaders, and their assessment throughout the process is conducted by key assessment providers, employers and universities. The Top 100 students are selected based on leadership criteria and readiness for the workplace, in addition to their academic performance, and the programme culminated in employer workshops with the Top 100, who represent the financial, accounting, IT, engineering and legal disciplines, amongst others.
The students go through a rigorous 4 phase judging process, culminating in a day of workshops independently hosted by Khonology. In addition, all 100 top students are connected with a successful business mentor, recognised through the Rising Star Programme, to further ready them for the workplace.
The competition process is designed to emulate the process that top employers use to find their future talent, and uses psychometric testing and video interviewing amongst other methods as measurement tools. It allows students to familiarise themselves with the formal graduate programme application process, and enables them to identify their own strengths and weaknesses along the way.
The opportunities that await you upon graduation are endless! If you think you have what it takes to be among the crème of the crop in SA, Click here to submit your Grad Stars awards entry. Please note that entries close on 31 March 2017.