Tips on hiring sales people Salespeople are often seen as the life of the organisation, the blood in the veins of the company. Without sales, there is no revenue, no profit and no future. Since this is in many ways true, hiring sales people is a worry for many employers, because they feel that getting…
Hiring foreigners in South Africa Recently, the Minister of the Department of Home Affairs (DHA), Malusi Gigaba, was quoted saying that no company in South Africa is allowed to have more than 40% foreigners in employment. He sadly crossed his own wires with that statement, as there is no such law in the Company’s Act…
What is the CCMA? CCMA stands for Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration. This body was brought in to halt the terrible employment situation whereby staff were being unfairly treated and dismissed. Yet, receiving correspondence from the CCMA in South Africa is not something an employer wants. But why? The CCMA is supposed to be…
Job perks abound The workplace is an interesting environment, filled with different characters, problems to solve, stress levels, and often long-term acquaintances. However, every enterprise is different and some benefits and job perks of working at one firm may be more beneficial than working at another. Company benefits examples In the work place you will…
Start doing reference properly I’ve written about references already a few times. Why? Because regardless what happens in the 2-step recruitment process, someone somewhere needs reminding that a reference is better than a CV plus an interview. The fact remains that some companies, employers or line managers sometimes don’t do references (or “outsource” this to…
A little about working in Cape Town Having lived in a number of places in South Africa and abroad, I can attest to Cape Town being a lovely place to live. Many local and foreign job seekers ask about Cape Town as a place for employees and expats, and it is without a doubt one…
Thinking about the future of recruitment While recruiters nowadays can look to various revenue streams, they will soon have to adapt to the different ways in which candidates are responding to job adverts and the various methods of offering a service to companies. The future of recruitment is peppered with change and the below are…
Using social media to recruit As the large recruitment website Monster says: “…talent acquisition has been an early adopter of social networks…”. This is because a great deal of jobs are referral based and also due to the fact that marketing and recruitment now play more of a combined role. It also clearly comes about…
The cost of hiring the wrong person Hiring the wrong person is infinitely more costly than you think. Even just having to start over again looking for the right candidate is enough to make your stomach turn. But the costs go much deeper than that. A long list of costs and opportunity costs The total…
Recruitment branding is now key Wikipedia says: “Employer brand is the term commonly used to describe an organization’s reputation as an employer, and its value proposition to its employees, as opposed to its more general corporate brand reputation and value proposition to customers.” Distill that long sentence and you realise that as an employer, your…
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