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NEWS IN BRIEF

Minister Dlodlo launches the e-recruitment system

in the Public Service

Launched towards the end of December
2018, the e-recruitment system in the
Public Service is part of a government-
wide process to make it simpler and
easier for people, especially the youth,
to apply for job opportunities.

According to the minister, Ms Ayanda
Dlodlo, the process will also include a
review of regulations for all entry-level
posts in the Public Service, to allow for
new entrants without prior experience to
be recruited into entry-level jobs.

She said government is committed to
addressing the challenge of high rates
of youth unemployment in the country
and believes that the e-recruitment
system will alleviate the burden on the
youth when applying for jobs in the
public service.
“The e-recruitment system is a
beginning of a process to introduce a who have used various platforms, The e-recruitment system or applications
paperless administration across the including social media, to inform us about through the digital Z83 system is
Public Service,” said Minister Dlodlo. how cumbersome and unaffordable the being phased-in, beginning with the
Z83 application process is. A benefit national departments of Labour, Higher
The month before the launch, the minister for government departments is that the Education and Training, and Public
had paved the way for e-recruitment system allows them to advertise posts Service and Administration; the Office
by directing the Department of Public electronically and therefore reduces the of the Public Service Commission, the
Service and Administration (DPSA) to cost of current methods of advertising in National School of Government and the
introduce a digital Z83 application form newspapers. Centre for Public Service Innovation.
as an additional platform for job seekers
in the Public Service. However, the Through e-recruitment, government is
digital Z83 form will be used alongside demonstrating its commitment to uplifting
the physical one to accommodate those For the lives of our people, especially the
applicants who do not have access to youth and graduates. The move is
the internet. job-seekers, also a demonstration that the Public
Service is evolving and embracing the
“It is indisputable that the current the new technological innovations presented by
recruitment processes are cumbersome the fourth industrial revolution. n
for job-seekers and government e-recruitment
departments have not moved or
evolved with the changing technological system will be
advancements.
beneficial
“For job-seekers, the new e-recruitment
system will be beneficial because it is
web-based and accessible from different
locations for all job seekers who submit “This innovative process is a colla-
applications to a centralised database. borative effort between the DPSA
This will enable the applicants to post and the Gauteng Department
their CVs and supporting documents of e-Government. The Gauteng
once and the process will save them Department of e-Government provides
the cost of making multiple copies for the required resources to operate the
applications,” said the minister. system while the State Information
Technology Agency is partnering on the
“I also need to state that the decision provision of technical and infrastructure
to create a digital Z83 form is a direct development skills,” she said.
response to job-seekers in South Africa

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