Cover letter or not? You often hear when applying for a job that the applicant ought to submit a cover letter along with their CV (do recruiters read your CV?) to apply for the available post, but what does this letter entail and is it important at all? Who should create a cover letter? A…
Valuable interview clothing tips If you think that simply donning a short and tie or smart pants and a shirt will be fine for your interview, think again. The times they are a-changing and not all employers want to see you arrive in your Sunday/funeral/wedding outfit. Keeping things flexible and tailored to the day-to-day look…
All about maternity Leave in South Africa Maternity leave is the leave period granted to pregnant women, the duration of maternity leave in South Africa leave is usually 4 to 5 months. The duration of paternity leave for the fathers can vary from enterprise to enterprise. However, according to the Basic Conditions of Employment Act…
Use a Wheel of Life to analyse A “wheel of life” is a term used to help organise aspects in your life, it’s a way to see your goals clearly and could help you achieve them over time. It is used by several people all over the world and you can download a wheel of…
Interviews questions you can expect 99% of all interviews have a similar format: an introduction phase, and information phase, questions from the company, questions from you and a closing phase. Sometimes they are mixed up, but in general, they follow this recipe, and then the interview questions from the company are being fired at you…
What is employment equity? Employment equity is a word you’ll often hear used within South Africa when it comes to recruiting staff for employment at most work places. By law, most large and mid-sized corporations in South Africa have to comply with the Employment Equity Act. The act constitutes the “…elimination of unfair discrimination and…
Explaining your reason for leaving It’s something that comes up in almost every interview and definitely in interviews with recruitment agents – why did you leave your previous position. In fact, they usually ask why you leave each position. In a sense, they’d like to know if you had a good relationship with your previous…
Training needed on online job advertising When I speak to recruiters (which is on a daily basis), I notice that they don’t really know how to effectively use online as a source of candidate reach. They post their jobs to the main job boards in South Africa and then wait for a response to come…
IT skills in Johannesburg are tops Research by job aggregator Adzuna has shown a widening gap in salaries between two of South Africa’s capitals, with certain skills bringing home far more bacon than others. “Previous surveys showed a smaller pay difference between Cape Town and Johannesburg, as well as a rather insignificant change in salary…
Get going with these jobs without qualifications In preparing for performing well in the job market, candidates in South Africa are hard-pressed to upskill themselves. This is because skills equal security and a higher salary in a talent-short market, recent research by Adzuna shows. The most sought after skills are programming/development, engineering and financial expertise,…
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