| Overview |
This session for Business
Initiation and Entrepreneurship Awareness and Orientation exercise will
benefit school or college leavers and those who are interested in
self-employment. It is designed to motivate participants to
consider self-employment as a viable alternative to formal employment. |
| #
of Hours |
12 |
| Target
Group |
Recent graduates of education
/ training institutions, retrenches, youth (employed in school or
unemployed) |
| Training
Objectives |
 | Teach business concepts |
| Introduce participants to leadership skills |
|
| Topic
1.1 |
Current employment
situation
| Problems with finding formal employment |
| Presentations of formal employment and self-employment related
statistics |
|
| Topic
1.2 |
Formal wage employment
versus self-employment
| Life goals and basic human needs, related to both self and formal
employment |
| Advantages of formal employment and self-employment |
|
| Topic
1.3 |
Self-employment
opportunities / prospects
| Identification of business opportunities |
|
| Topic
1.4 |
Advantages of
self-employment
| Characteristics of self-employed persons: traits and competencies |
| Types of entrepreneurs |
| Self-assessment for potential entrepreneurs |
|
| Topic
1.5 |
Support services available
| Definition of support services |
| Training in business skills |
| Training institutions offering training in small and
micro-enterprise development |
| Business financing sources |
| Policy, technology and advisory support |
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