CAPITEC Bank chief executive officer Gerrie Fourie says the bank is still looking to fill hundreds of positions at the company – ranging from graduates to senior positions.
Speaking to BusinessTech following the bank’s financial results on Thursday (30 September), Fourie said that there are 500 vacancies across the group that need to be filled.
He said that around 200 of these positions are in call centres and branches, with the bank still maintaining a strong physical presence.
However, he noted that there has been a steady shift from Capitec towards digital in recent years, with the bank now specifically looking to fill tech positions in emerging fields such as machine learning and artificial intelligence.
Fourie said that South Africa faces a skills shortage in several areas, and some of the job roles are proving challenging to fill. Specific openings that Capitec has been looking to fill in recent months
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