I-CAN Work

I-CAN Work is an initiative of the Western Cape Government's Digital Economy Unit that aims to empower people with the training, knowledge and tools they need to find and create work for themselves with a particular focus on how the use of digital technologies can help in doing so.

Digital technologies have significantly changed the world, including the labour market and have introduced new ways of searching for work, new ways of creating work for yourself, new ways of carrying out your work and new ways of improving your knowledge, skillset and education to better enable you to do so. I-CAN Work aims to enable you to know how to use these new ways of doing things to your benefit.

The World of Work Training Module

The course covers the basics of the labour market and how it works, the requirements you should meet to properly participate in the labour market, what you have to offer in the labour market and how to improve  your chances in the labour market.  A key theme throughout the module will the impact of digital technologies on the world of work, how can you use digital technologies to find work and sell your skills to earn an income, and how to use digital technologies to continuously develop your skillset and advance yourself.

The course is split into the following 5 parts. It should take you less than 10hours to complete.

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Overview:

• Labour Market Concept, Different Methods of Labour Market Participation
• Competition in the Labour Market
• Labour Market Participation as a traditional full-time employee
• Labour Market Participation as a  full-time freelancer, independent contractor or one-man business
• Mixed Labour Market Participation both as a full-time employee and as a part time freelancer, independent contractor or one-man business
• Overview of what is needed to succeed in the labour market -  a summary of the topics to be covered in the coming videos

• Introduction to the impact of digital technologies on the World of Work & Labour Market

  The Basics of the Labour Market

  

   

  Basic Requirements to be successful in the Labour Market

  

   

  How to sell your Time and Skills in the Labour Market

  

   

  How to improve your chances of success in the Labour Market

  

   

  Starting your journey in the Labour Market

  

   

  

   

  

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  I-CAN Centre Elsies River 

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