33,000 people apply for 150 jobs at one South African company

By Shaun Jacobs 

Hyundai Automotive South Africa received 33,000 applications for its Youth Employment Service (YES) learnership program. 

While the company said this highlights the strong appeal of the Hyundai brand among young job seekers, it also noted that it highlights the severity of South Africa’s unemployment crisis.

Hyundai’s human resources director, Christine Masinga, said 5,000 applications were submitted within the first hour after entries opened.

“We received a remarkable 21,058 applications from Gauteng, 9,161 from KwaZulu-Natal, and 2,845 from the Western Cape,” Masinga said in a statement.

Hyundai’s YES learnership program officially kicked off on Monday, 4 May, with individuals aged between 18 and 34 being placed across various departments from sales, marketing, after-sales, and human resources…

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