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Free and Online. Running since 2020.
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AK035 gives you the same free career tools and job resources that people with connections already know about. All in one place. No sign-up required.
A social research platform used by 9,000+ South Africans in KZN and beyond.
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Subject guidance for Grade 9 to 12 and career discovery
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What South Africans are saying about AK035.
“I am already amazed by your work. You literally closed the gap between my experience and my job title. You are proper.”
“Oh my God, you did all that!!! Wow!!! Thank you so much for all of this. It’s beyond my expectations! Thank you for the words of encouragement too!”
“Thank you for the Abridged Knowledge 035 website. I am currently in my job hunt and career development, and the website is really helping me to navigate.”
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Frequently Asked Questions
Honest answers about who we are and how this works.
AK035 (Abridged Knowledge 035) is a free career resource platform owned by Untrapped Holdings 035 (Pty) Ltd (Reg: 2022/608502/07), a registered South African company. We provide free CV help, career guidance, verified job boards, and business ideas for South African youth, students, and graduates. Our content is researched and curated by our team in KwaZulu-Natal. We do this for free because it lets us collect relevant local data while genuinely helping people. Everybody wins.
Yes. All our online resources, including the CV analysis and career guidance tools, are completely free to use. We apply usage limits to keep the service sustainable, but no payment is ever required. We are transparent about this: our costs are covered by advertising and social research partnerships.
We use anonymised input data for social research to help unemployed people and entrepreneurs in South Africa. We may also contact you if we find an opportunity that matches your profile. We are fully POPIA compliant. We are not responsible for the actions of third-party backend or frontend providers, or the external resources we recommend, but please report any concerns to us so we can act.
We are not a recruitment agency and we do not place people in jobs directly. However, we curate verified job boards and recruitment agency lists, help you optimise your CV to get noticed, and guide you on where to find legitimate jobs. We also flag common scams so you can stay safe throughout your search.
Share our WhatsApp number or website link in your family groups, community chats, or with anyone who is job hunting. If you have access to a computer or local library, help others use these tools too. That is exactly why we built this. Sharing costs nothing and could change someone’s life.
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Transparency is a core value here. We release annual reports that detail our focus, our data, and our social mission.