{"id":3232,"date":"2017-02-08T12:11:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T12:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2021-11-08T06:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T04:38:28","slug":"meet-thando-jacobs-student-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/blog\/meet-thando-jacobs-student-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Thando Jacobs | Student Success Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meet Thando Jacobs, he walked into a job interview after completing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-graphic-design-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Cape Town Graphic Design online short course<\/a> and got hired that same day.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Having UCT behind your name carries a lot of weight when you\u2019re applying for a job.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f6zoxWsBPfQ\" width=\"1100\" height=\"600\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to follow in Thando&#8217;s footsteps?<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Set yourself apart with the UCT Graphic Design online short course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"button large postcta\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getsmarter.com\/courses\/za\/uct-graphic-design-short-course\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TELL ME MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He walked into a job interview and got a job the next day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":42568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[126],"article-format":[],"class_list":["post-3232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career-advice","tag-art-design"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Meet Thando Jacobs | Student Success Story - GetSmarter<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thando completed the UCT Graphic Design online short course with GetSmarter. 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