About Soso Career AI

Our Mission

We believe every South African student and graduate — from any university, UoT, or TVET college — deserves the tools and guidance to build a meaningful, globally competitive career. Our mission is to transform how young professionals understand and communicate their own value, using AI-powered coaching grounded in the EPPGS™ methodology.

We're not just about getting you a job. We're about helping you understand exactly what makes you genuinely valuable — and giving you the confidence to prove it to any employer, anywhere in the world. That work doesn't stop once you're hired either: for professionals in their first three years, Soso continues coaching you through growth, promotion, and building a career that lasts.

The EPPGS™ Framework

Soso Career AI is built around a proprietary methodology called the EPPGS™ — Employment Preparation Programme for Students and Graduates. It's a structured, 5-pillar framework that covers every dimension of your professional value:

Most career advice tells you to fix your CV or practise interview answers. The EPPGS™ goes deeper — it maps who you are professionally, across all five dimensions, so you can walk into any opportunity knowing exactly what you bring.

• •Hard Skills — Your measurable, certifiable technical abilities. The things you can do and prove: Python, AutoCAD, PMP, Boiler Making, Financial Modelling, and more.
• •Essential Skills — Your interpersonal strengths: how you communicate, your emotional intelligence (EQ), and your ability to work effectively in a team to get things done.
• •Specialist Knowledge — The domain expertise and informed insight that differentiates you from everyone else in your field. The things you know that others don't.
• •Operational Competencies — The specialist software, tools, and systems you work with that prove you can execute in a real workplace environment.
• •Education — Your formal qualifications and any additional learning — courses, certifications, self-study — that gives you a competitive advantage over other candidates.

The programme is structured into two phases: Phase 1 (Pre-Employment) — for students and graduates entering the job market — covering value proposition, CV writing, job hunting strategy, and interview preparation. And Phase 2 (Post-Employment) — for professionals in their first 3 years of work — covering how to thrive in role, build a professional network, and position yourself for promotion.

Who Soso Is For

Soso Career AI is for South African students and graduates from any institution — universities, Universities of Technology, and TVET colleges — who want to land competitive roles locally and abroad. It's also for employed professionals with up to three years of work experience who want to grow faster, network smarter, and build careers that go beyond their first job.

Where you studied doesn't limit what you can achieve. The EPPGS™ framework works with every qualification and background — because it's built around what you know and what you can do, not just where you've been.

Our Values

• •Excellence: The EPPGS™ methodology is held to the highest standard — and so is every coaching interaction
• •Accessibility: Career development should be affordable and available to every South African student, regardless of institution or background
• •Holistic Development: A career is more than a CV. We address the complete professional identity across all five EPPGS™ pillars
• •Continuous Growth: Getting the job is the beginning. We coach you through the entire journey — from first application to first promotion and beyond