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Overview
The Career Resource Centre situated in both the Durban and Pietermaritzburg campuses, it is a unique centre that is dedicated to the housing of updated and current career-related information. The primary role of this centre is to provide critical career related support and career assessments to registered and prospective students in their pursuit of employment, career transitioning as well as exploring study opportunities.
Career resource Centre caters to a wide range of clients namely.
- Registered students
- Prospective students
- Learners from school communities
- Graduates and Alumni
Career resource centre offers the following services
- Career counselling and in-depth career assessments
These assessments assess ability, personality, interests, values and study habits. Information gained from these assessments is integrated and used to assist students in making informed career decisions. Career assessments are free to all DUT students and are also offered at a reasonable price to none registered or prospective students.
- Self-report questionnaires
The centre utilises questionnaires such as the PACE assessments that simply ask students questions about what they like to do (abilities/ interests) and match their results to relevant careers and study opportunities.
- Work readiness workshops
- CV writing workshops
- Economic and job market information
- National and international courses and qualifications
- Scholarships and bursary information
- As well as subject choice for grade 9 learners
Get in Touch with us
Office Hours: 8am-16: 30pm (Monday-Thursday)
……………………..8am-15h00 pm (Fridays)
Meet your career resource team
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Name: Phumzile Monageng (Psychometrist) Tel: 031 373 2571 Email: PhumzileM3@dut.ac.za Location: Durban |
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Director: Sindisiwe Dlamini (Registered Counsellor) Tel: 033 845 8833 Email: SindisiweD@dut.ac.za Location: Pietermaritzburg |
Career exhibition with Grade 11 learners from 3 schools in the rural areas of Kwa Zulu Natal. The Durban University of Technology partnered with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) to present on various careers that learners can engage in and research more about in the field of environmental conservation and other related courses. The presentations were delivered by the Student Counselling- Career Resource Centre department in partnership with staff from the Innobiz Centre which is at Indumiso campus and other relevant stakeholders. The event took place in the Pietermaritzburg national botanical gardens. The schools that were in attendance are Mehlokazulu Secondary School, Asande Secondary School, and Siyazama Secondary School.
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Career Resource Centre, Career Outreach Programme
The Career Resource Centre PMB, together with the department of environmental affairs, Ezemvelo Kwa Zulu Natal and the department of innovation and entrepreneurship facilitated a successful career guidiance day at the Botanical Gardens in Pietermaritzburg, where three schools from rural areas of Pietermaritzburg attended this information filled event. They also went on to conduct another successful career outreach program to all grade 12 learns at Bongudunga High school.
The Career Resource Centre Durban together with student counselling centre went on to attend and facilitate a fun filled career expo day at UCCSA Umlazi Christian church, where learners from the community and local schools attended this event and engaged with the DUT members, where one on one consultations were facilitated with the learners to ensure that they receive relevant career related information, so to make it easier for them to make informed decisions when choosing a career path. The CRC looks forward to hosting more career expos.
