History of the Rotary Careers Handbook project
Rotary Past President, Ian van Niekerk in 1992, originally conceived the Rotary Careers Handbook. Successive Rotarians and Committees then worked upon the book, until it was originally published in June 1993.
Ian and his fellow Rotarians felt that assistance to the youth and unemployed was a major priority at that stage of Zimbabwe's economic and potential decline. The objectives of the book are to help students to develop by studying efficiently, researching and choosing career paths, and then in obtaining employment, or setting up their own businesses.