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…
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,…
Less startup jobs recorded in SA With South Africa always scrutinised as the probable startup capital of the African continent, job data gives one an idea of the growth or decline in the industry. While not all startups require numerous employees or advertise for these online, many do, allowing ample inference into the sector as…
Will Facebook Jobs change the face of recruitment? The news that Facebook is officially starting a jobs section comes as a surprise to few. After all, many companies already have a tab called Jobs on their business pages. But few companies have ever used it fully. Now, that is about to change, or so the…
The making of good recruiters Being a recruiter is tough, especially when you only work on the standard revenue model of recruitment companies, without other streams of income such as shortlisting. Which is exactly why its important not to lose sight of the goalposts. Therefore, this article is tagged for companies, job seekers and recruiters…
Why you need a LinkedIn profile Of all the websites worldwide that allow you a public profile, LinkedIn is the largest. Ranked by Alexa as the 18th most trafficked website in the world, LinkedIn has the most activity around job postings, job seekers and especially recruiters. To make sure your career is kept healthily moving…
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