I had the pleasure of interviewing Jackie Van Graan founder and CEO of Raw Talent Builders which is a skills training and recruitment company which she has just started with the hope to curb the lack of skilled young people in South Africa.
“It actually all started with the state of the nation address, I felt a desire to build something that I can eventually leave for my kids. I realised that there are so many opportunities in our country but there is no one that is taking the time to upskill our young people, so I decided to start my own company.” Jackie explains about what inspired her to start Raw Talent Builders.
Lured by the desire to make a better life for her family coupled with the passion she had to empower the youth of the country, Jackie left a management position with a lucrative salary and pursued the lonely life of entrepreneurship
“It wasn’t a challenging decision to make really, there wasn’t anything that could stop me. I just woke up in the morning and told my boss that I am resigning, somehow I felt like everything will be okay. It was a risky decision really because I am a single mother of three and I had to think about them, but I am happy and I am fulfilled, I am doing what I love.”
“I have always wanted to be the CEO of a company but then I realised that being CEO means that I still have to report to someone so I decided to be my own boss. I knew I was going to do something around education because I have always found pleasure in upskilling and coaching people hence I started Raw Talent Builders.”
Raw Talent Builders is an innovative skills training company that helps young people develop the necessary expertise required in the workplace to help them flourish. Its services are beneficial for the both the employee and the employer, it also caters for both junior level employees as well as managers.
“It works in a two fold process for both job seekers and employers and there are three legs to the process. We get guys that are looking for jobs and place them in a four day intense workshop where we train them in all the basic call centre skills that you need to help you prosper. The great incentive is in that you only pay us 50% for the workshop and the other half you will pay us once you have a job.”
Raw Talent Builders focuses greatly on sales, customer care and retentions training. Jackie has over 7 years of experience of which 5 years are in management ranging across all three skillsets and she uses her wealth of experience to help develop world class call centre agents that put client centricity at the helm when executing their duties.
The service includes lifelong mentoring and coaching sessions to help you climb up the corporate ladder. They train you to have a billionaire mind-set and always thrive to do the job better than anyone else and this is an initiative that starts from the first day in class until you feel that you don’t need their support anymore. The workshop is designed for both job seekers as well as anyone else who already has a job and feels that they need a bit of upskilling to push them to the next level in their current position.
" We are now also moving onto the retail industry to train on front line sales and customer service"
In the next three to five years Jackie hopes to open branches in all the nine provinces in the country and build a sustainable training centre that can help alleviate the lack of skilled youth in the workplace as well as establish South Africa as a country known for great customer service. Jackie believes that the only way we can reduce the high employment rate in the country is through entrepreneurship, she has seen a huge gap in the market and has taken an initiative to fill it.
If you are struggling to get a job interview or maybe your current employer is not seeing the potential you have to take you to the next level then get in touch with Raw Talent Builders and you can be guaranteed that your career will take a turn for the better, you will be able to reach heights you never imagined possible because they will help you unleash your full potential.
If you are a retail store or call centre HR, Manager or owner looking for super selling machines who give world class service contact us to ensure you get the best person for the job
Contact Raw Talent Builders for a career opportunity you don’t want to miss.
Jackie Van Graan – 0824095430 rawtalentbuilders@gmail.com @RAW_T_B
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