Anecdotal evidence suggests that placement costs are exorbitantly high, creating opportunities for business to innovate more cost effective screening and placement processes, thereby raising the overall effectiveness of the system to absorb labour. In collaboration with Government, Business can contribute project management, process and administration skills to assist government in addressing capacity shortfalls in the most expedient manner possible.
For these collaborations to be productive an environment of trust must be cultivated between all constituencies. In South Africa, the level of trust between government and business is particularly low, and has on numerous occasions been highlighted as a serious impediment to progress.