Cape Town - It’s a recurring theme in the new South Africa that there are no jobs out there, that young people leave school with little or no prospect of employment.
But that’s not strictly true because, as more South Africans do more of their shopping online, somebody has to deliver that shopping to their door.
Employers in the home service industry are crying out for people with scooter riding licences, people who can do enough basic maths to work out their expenses and mileage, who can look a customer in the eye and speak to them without mumbling and who are sufficiently motivated (if you’ll forgive the pun) to get out there and do the job without a supervisor looking over their shoulder.
It was Johannesburg entrepreneur Lynne Scullard who figured out that the same three basic principles that will keep you alive on a scooter will also keep your job – or your own little business – afloat: 100 percent accountability, no excuses, no accidents.
That’s how Scully Scooters got started, combining rider training with business basics to produce employable, street-savvy scooteristi. And now the no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is boss of Scully Scooters Cape Town, Linlee Solms, has thrown out a challenge to young Capetonians to prove they have what it takes.
She has 30 employment opportunities available: all you need is to be 18 or older and at least 1.6 metres tall. You don’t even have to have a learner’s licence - usually a pre-requisite for Scully Scooters training.
The Scully Scooters open day will be from 9am to noon on Thursday 21 January at the Green Point Cricket Club in Vlei Road, Green Point. If you make the cut, registration will be free, the training will be free and the scooters will be provided.
This is no free ride; the training is tough and there are, as Scully says, no excuses. The only question is: Do you have the right stuff?
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