SA loses, Africa gains skilled resources

As foreign direct investment projects in energy, mining, transport, telecommunications and water supplies get underway on the African continent, South Africa could lose scarce skilled resources to other African countries. This is according to the Landelahni Recruitment Group. 31 Jan 2012 12:24

South African CV app launches

Unique Personnel has launched an iPhone and iPad compatible app - QuickCV - in association with Durban-based app development studio, immedia, aimed at businesses looking for quality employees or job seekers looking to expand their career horizons. 30 Jan 2012 12:35

Recruitgroup

Telephone etiquette

Communication in the business sector has dramatically increased and changed over the past few years with the likes of Skype, email and instant messaging, but the only form of communication that has stood the test of time has been the "good old fashioned" telephone call. 27 Jan 2012 08:42

Jobs.co.za

Increase in demand for online marketing and digital media jobs in South Africa

Google Trends show that South Africa currently ranks fourth highest (after Pakistan, India and Ireland) in searches for 'Jobs in Online Marketing'. In Africa, Kenya shows the most searches for 'Internet Marketing', followed by South African and then Uganda with this search term peaking in January 2010 since 2004. 26 Jan 2012 10:26

[2012 trends] Re-evaluating the way we work, communicate

[Lisa Dawson Biggs] 2012 will be a year in which we will be forced to re-evaluate the way we work and the way we convey our clients' messages to the market. Here are my tips and predictions for the months ahead. 19 Jan 2012 14:39

Careers24

Careers24 integrates with Placement Partner

Clients of Careers24, who are already making use of Placement Partner's recruitment software to manage their recruitment process, will now have the added benefit of automatically having their vacancies posted on the Careers24 website and 24.com network. 17 Jan 2012 12:33

Ad Talent

Ad Talent Salary Survey 2012

Ad Talent has released the results of their annual salary survey. 17 Jan 2012 11:33

Jobs.co.za

Job seekers apply with caution: spike in job scams and identity fraud

Online Job Portal, Jobs.co.za, is warning job seekers to watch out for scammers when looking for jobs during this peak job hunting season - whether on the internet or in print. 13 Jan 2012 14:10

Time to own and hone the advertising industry

[Wayne Naidoo] We have long lamented the draining of the skills pool in the advertising industry. And many people have made good arguments as to why we are experiencing the 'juniorfication' of the industry and what we can do about this. However, I think that unless we are able to address this issue holistically, on an industry-wide basis, we risk a further spiral. 9 Jan 2012 14:38

Dress for success

[Zenoyise Madikwa] You have just landed a new job and as if that isn't stressful enough, finding a new wardrobe to match the corporate culture you are entering can only add strain to the difficult transition period. 6 Jan 2012 09:34

Matric pass rate improves to 70.2%

Around 70.2% of the matriculants who sat for the 2011 National Senior Certificate examinations last year passed their exams. 5 Jan 2012 06:55

Survey shows gloomy outlook for SA job seekers in 2012

The latest survey from workforce solution group Manpower paints a gloomy picture for job seekers in 2012. The Manpower Employment Outlook Survey, released on 13 December 2011, shows local employers are expecting the hiring pace to slow to its least optimistic level since the survey started in the fourth quarter of 2006. 4 Jan 2012 08:12

Private sector key to job creation - Busa

Business Unity South Africa (Busa) says that the private sector holds the key to sustainable job creation that can rapidly be achieved as already about 85% of jobs are within the private sector. 3 Jan 2012 13:04

2012 needs productive employees

Recent Adcorp figures released in November revealed that that throughout 2011, labour productivity growth has been negative (-1%), with an all-time low since 1970, reached in October. 28 Dec 2011 11:42