The mission of the AfricaRecruit Online Career Guidance Service is to provide students and graduates of African University access to information on career opportunities in Africa’s established and emerging sectors. The service will assist graduates/new labour market entrants, seasoned workers, and unemployed in making informed decision on careers choices leading to being employable as opposed unemployable and unemployed.

The AfricaRecruit online career guidance service is an opportunity to radically change the way information is disseminated in order to reach a wider audience.

This career guidance service will be a virtual one-stop career information center for African students and graduates on the range of employment opportunities in established and emerging markets in Africa or respective home nation. This will give access and choice thus making them more marketable. Ultimately, this service will improve the efficiency of education systems and labour market, as the education and employment policies seek to widen choices and create systems that can respond to varying needs across the lifespan. The AfricaRecruit online career guidance service will create value in the following ways:

• Provide online career guidance and information on training opportunities to University students and graduates
• Create awareness of current and future job opportunities
• Partner with educational and career research organizations to facilitate the capture of relevant up-to-date information and data
• Collaborate with University career guidance offices and youth development organizations to supplement their curriculum and facilitate the dissemination of the career portal

The ICT initiative proposed by AfricaRecruit will provide online Career Guidance service and maintain a live up to date database of Graduate Internship opportunities in Africa. One of the most critical challenges in ensuring sustainable development is the availability, recruitment and retention of a qualified diverse workforce. Success of any organization, let alone country will be determined by the human resource strategy deployed. Effective career guidance will improve the efficiency of education systems, labour market, and create systems that can respond to varying needs across the lifespan.