The CTICC has been in operation for 15 years, and during this time the centreย has contributed significantly to job creation having created/sustained over 115000 jobs since opening.ย โOver the 2017/18 period, we created jobs for 8ย 553 individuals which was a 9 % increase on the previous year and in an economy that is shedding jobs, this is something we are particularly proud ofโ, said CTICC Chief Executive Officer Julie-May Ellingson.
The CTICCโs purpose, which runs through every aspect of the business, is to โconnect people to create jobs by attracting events in key economic sectors and exceeding our clients expectationsโ.
Ellingson noted that every job held by aย woman is estimated to feed eight people. โThis fact drives ourย supplier selectionย decisions and our focus on women-owned enterprises.ย Our expenditure with women-owned enterprises increasedย considerably to 40% in the past financial year from 29% in 2016/17 financial year.โ
The CTICCโs B-BBEEย spend for the 2017/18 financial yearย wasย R288m,ย which equatesย to 87% of its netย spend.ย Ellingson also noted that the CTICCโsย commitment to training and development remainedย strong,ย with a substantialย R3.1m spent on training.ย ย โShort-term and long-term training is essential for upgrading internal and external staff skills and over 400 individuals received training in the 2017/18 financial year.โ
Ellingson said that training had embracedย the four key aspects of skills development: statutory, vocational, developmental and values-based leadership: โWe focusedย mainly on capacity building, leadership development, team building, change management, effective employee engagement and coaching.โ
The CTICC also offers a student programme and graduate programme, which it believes is essential to the upliftment of skills in the country.ย The CTICC had 25 young people on these programmes in the last financial year.
