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Experience: How to land a job even if you have none

It is the Catch-22 situation that has been frustrating jobseekers for ages: positions requiring experience from applicants, while applicants can’t gain any experience without first having had a job. But there are ways to make oneself employable and gain experience without having landed a position in formal employment

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Why don’t we get more opportunities?

Don’t you just love the word “opportunity”? It has such a positive, empowering effect! Why is it, then, that so many people claim that opportunities seldom or never come their way? The answer may be closer to us than we think.

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Tumi Seaketso

HR is not recognised as a true business partner

It’s a fact that HR people are not easily accepted as Business Partners like their Finance or IT counterparts. However the onus is upon HR people to ensure that business takes them ...

Natalie Zimmelman

SA’s HR function to up its game in supporting business through the economic slow

Powering up growth whilst operating in the throes of an economic slowdown, albeit one which seems to now be ticking upwards towards recovery, is a tough balancing act for any ...

Gary Alleman

NCC rulings have far reaching implications for directors and companies alike

A number of recent rulings by the National Consumer Commission (NCC) have significant implications for both companies and their executive ...

Babita Mathur-Helm

SA businesses urged to provide more support to women

Statistics by the 2011 BWA South African Women in Leadership Census reveal that only 4.4% of women currently hold chief executive or managing director positions. Furthermore, only 5.3% of chairperson positions are held by ...

Ivan Epstein

Making mistakes is part of the process

The desire to succeed by South Africans has resulted in an entrepreneurial culture which continues to grow at an encouraging rate. This growth will be vital to fuel economic development in the country in 2012 and ...

Mark Dixon

The Golden Rule of Networking

‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.’ So goes the old adage, and it’s true that in business personal relationships usually count for more than specialist knowledge. But I don’t think the key to success lies simply in ...

Henk du Plessis

Public to stand against phoney professionals

Would you trust your doctor or dentist to give you medical attention if you knew they didn’t have a valid doctor’s degree? What about your child's teacher? Would you trust them to educate your child without the right qualifications behind ...

Jenny Reid

Are your employees held to an ethical code of conduct?

We recently conducted market research, regarding the perception of ethics within the workplace. If recent incidents and reports appearing in the media are to be believed, crime and fraud in the workplace are on the ...

Grant Wilkinson

Should you “wait and see” with the Consumer Protection Act?

A number of businesses have reacted slowly, if at all to the Consumer Protection Act. Companies are taking a “wait and see” ...

NEWS

Thursday, 17 May 2012

Boom's down on Sanral, but toll firm can recover

The High Court may have brought the boom down on Sanral’s e-tolling system, but the roads agency has a chance to recover from dented credibility and tattered customer relations, according ...

Thursday, 17 May 2012

SA’s retirement fund industry faces higher standards of governance and regulatio

‘Recent changes in regulation will lead to additional costs for members of funds.' South Africa’s retirement fund industry has undergone significant regulatory changes, with higher standards of governance being imposed on ...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

TNT appoints new national operations manager

TNT Worldwide Express South Africa has appointed Ivo Barradas as National Operations ...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Biometrics and the evolved principles of Anti-Pass-back

The term anti pass-back is well known in the Time & Attendance and Access Control industry. For different people, this term has come to have different ...

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

EAM to assist with recessionary challenges

Today’s competitive marketplace and increasing economic challenges sees companies across most industries attempting to drive costs down, and in the case of manufacturing, increase ...

Tuesday, 15 May 2012

South African workers are reaching a better balance

Workers across South Africa (SA) declare that their work-life balance has improved, according to the Regus Work-Life Balance Index, which was launched today. Despite working harder than ever before, people ...

Friday, 11 May 2012

Social recruitment - Are you ready to embrace the change?

Do you remember the days when you would search through the job section of the newspaper? Are these days gone? Are online job posts on advertising career websites still effective ...

Thursday, 10 May 2012

CEOs in retail and consumer sector must adapt to the digitally empowered consume

CEOs in the Retail & Consumer sector remain focussed on growth as they are trying to cope with sluggish demand in developed economies, increasing buying power in emerging markets and ...

Thursday, 10 May 2012

Profit share for increased performance

“It is impossible to obtain a spirit of solidarity and commitment among employees when times are tough if you are not prepared to share in the spoils when times are ...


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