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[Biz Takeouts] A note on this month's showsIn case you're wondering what's been happening with the Bizcommunity/Chai FM Media & Marketing radio show this month of October 2011, since Chai FM is a Jewish community radio station and this is the month of various Jewish high holy days (Rosh Hashanah/New Year, Yom Kippur/Day of Atonement and... read more 5 Oct 2011 Background screening stats outEMPS has just released its annual background screening report for 2010 and reveals that as many as 13 in 100 job applicants have criminal records, the percentage of applicants with credit records went up 2% from last year's 23% to 25% and invalid driver's licenses dropped from 13% in 2009 to 11% in... read more 14 Jan 2011 Best recruitment agenciesclick to enlargeRecognising service excellence in the recruitment industry, the 7th annual CareerJunction Awards received 7309 votes from candidates, nominating 768 recruitment agencies. Co-sponsored by HumanitySA, the Recruiter of the Year awards went to Kelly - winner of the Large Agency category... read more 21 Oct 2010 Recruitment awards nominations deadline extendedThe entry deadline for nominations for the inaugural 2010 Avusa Media Annual Recruitment Awards (AMARAs) has been extended until Friday, 15 October 2010. 6 Oct 2010 Funded intern programme offeredA funded six-month intern programme has been announced as a CSI initiative by the Services SETA in partnership with Key Recruitment Group. It allows graduates the opportunity to gain valuable practical experience within a professional business environment, while offering the employer a R2500 monthly... read more 28 Sep 2010 Boss of the Year from marketing world?Among the semi-finalists for the 2010 Boss of the Year competition are marketing and media people who may make it to the finals. They are Dr Melanie Chait, CEO, BigFish School of Digital Filmmaking; Ashika Kalyan, group executive marketing and communication, Business Connexion; Ingrid Kast, CEO, DAV... read more 19 Aug 2010 New website to watch Luckysters.comA newly launched South African aggregation site and search engine went live on 22 March 2010 to make it easier for South Africans to search for jobs online. “I simply launched the site to aggregate all vacancies from trusted sources such as corporate careers pages and make it easier to search that... read more 31 Mar 2010 Become a Jobs.co.za agentJobs.co.za is recruiting for its own independent regional sales partners to extend the reach of its job portal and become more proactive in regions other than Gauteng. It is calling for recently retrenched, unemployed graduates or students, stay-at-home moms looking for flexibility while generating... read more 29 Mar 2010 New graduates ready to discover VodacomThe Vodacom Discover graduate programme, an extension and consolidation of existing graduate programmes, welcomed 23 new graduate students on 1 March 2010. Continuing its focus and investment in empowering women in the ICT industry, it ensured that 48% of the new graduates are female. The new... read more 8 Mar 2010 Candidate attorneys compete onlineWerksmans has come up with a new recruitment method - an Apprentice style competition. Would-be candidate attorneys can enter The Candidate Challenge 2012 by providing a 150-word motivation as to why they believe they are the one and upload a video clip to accompany this motivation to the practice's... read more 4 Mar 2010 New application filter for recruitersIn response to a recent survey conducted amongst South African employers and recruiters, where automatic application screening and filtering tools were the most important feature on the list, Jobs.co.za has launched a new job application filter as part of its existing application filtering suite. It... read more 3 Feb 2010 Town and country recruitmentCareerJunction and Country Careers have announced a partnership that enables candidates to view the best of both worlds. Country Careers offers an alternative career path to life in the fast lane, with jobs outside the major metropolitan areas of South Africa, while CareerJunction focuses on the... read more 2 Feb 2010 Online, on the ballCareerJunction has announced its first major sponsorship, as an associate sponsor to the Vodacom Super 14. This is also reputedly the first time SA Rugby sees an online company sponsoring this popular tournament. “We are excited to see how the sponsorship will benefit our brand. As one of South... read more 27 Jan 2010 Digital, marketing recruitment from ITOIT recruitment specialists ITO Resources has launched a dedicated division specialising in digital and marketing positions, it announced on Wednesday, 9 December 2009. Run by Natalie Gordon, it will focus on new media positions such as digital marketers, mobile marketers and related positions. 10 Dec 2009 Kelly Industrial Durban relocatesKelly Industrial has moved its Durban branch to new premises at 24 Edwin Swales Drive, Rossburgh, Durban, to be closer to its clients and candidates. Cheryl Mackinnon remains the branch manager and can be contacted on tel +27 (0)31 459 1665. 9 Dec 2009 Annual salary survey now openThe third annual salary survey is being run on the Careers24 portal between 8 October and 6 November 2009. The survey will again explore salary variations across industries, companies and regions in order to identify year-on-year trends; however, South African corporate culture will also be... read more 13 Oct 2009 Leaders Unlimited to expand under KhumaloA recent consolidation of ownership of the empowered executive search consultancy Leaders Unlimited has resulted in Brian Khumalo, founding partner of the company, taking full control of the business. The shareholding consolidation is designed to clear the way for the expansion of the company's... read more 22 Jun 2009 Free job board for global open source communitySTUTTGART, GERMANY: www.openDesktop.org, a network portal for open source and IT specialists around the world, recently launched a free job board for its global open source community. "The job board is more than a traditional job board. It is also a project board. We expect it to become a popular... read more 13 Nov 2008 Tourism a priority sector within government - TBCSASpeaking at the recent inaugural National Tourism Career Expo in Durban, Tourism Business Council of South Africa CEO Mmatšatši Marobe said that for far too long the tourism industry has taken the back seat while many other industries are busy recording substantial growth, attracting fresh talents... read more 17 Oct 2008 TV show, Childsafe partnership to fight child accidentsChildsafe, one of the countries' largest advocacy group for child accident prevention, is partnering with SABC1's YOTV in the fight against unintentional child injuries. The initiative has been managed by the PR division of Celebrity Services Africa, which has also handled the change to the... read more 21 Aug 2008 Another SA recruitment app for FacebookCareerJunction's online casting and talent management solution company, WholebangShoot, has launched a Facebook application which gives aspiring models, actors and characters the opportunity to load their profiles and be searched by top talent agencies. The Wannabe app allows users to load their... read more 15 Aug 2008 SA job site announces one millionth registered userAvusa's online recruitment site CareerJunction last week announced that it has over one million users registered on the site, highlighting the ever-increasing trend of online job searching in South Africa, as opposed to more traditional job hunting methods. Mandla Mamba of Johannesburg received an... read more 23 Jun 2008 Reducing risk for recruitersIdentirisksa is a new recruitment product from Shane Meintjes, due to launch on 12 June 2008, that works in a similar way to ITC, where the person signs an indemnity at the start of proceedings. Before a candidate is interviewed, a simple check by name and id number on Identirisksa will show whether... read more 9 Jun 2008 New recruitment ad agency launchesMatrix Recruitment Advertising is a recently launched specialist recruitment advertising entity that services the needs and requirements of both current and new business, headed up by Wayne van der Wath. According to Matrix, the current market value or adspend for this category is estimated at R15... read more 10 Mar 2008 Merger strengthens product offeringAT2 SA and Digi_Cast, both wholly owned South African companies, announced their merging earlier this week. Having serviced the local production industry for over six years, Digi_Cast allows producers, talent agencies and location agencies to collaborate easily on productions. AT2 is an online... read more 16 Jan 2008 Bizcommunity.com Cape Town on the moveOur Cape Town-based Bizcommunity.com head office finally moved into its new premises in Cape Town yesterday, Thursday, 1 November 2007. The new physical address is 24 On Main, Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Town. The entrance is on Rose Street, off Main Road. The new contact numbers are: tel +27 (0)21 680... read more 2 Nov 2007 When you need an extra handNew promotions and project management consultancy ADjen Project Management has been founded by Kim Tavares as an answer to all ad agency and design studio short staffing or over capacity problems, offering services in Gauteng on a freelance/flexi-time basis. Tavares has 15 years of experience in the... read more 6 Aug 2007 Print, online job-hunting collaborationCareerJunction has teamed up with The Times, Sunday Times' new daily newspaper, to launch The Times' Careers – a partnership that sees thousands of CareerJunction's online jobs being published into the newspaper each day. According to Hoosen Kolia, GM of Sunday Times, readers can easily locate the... read more 7 Jun 2007 New employment gateway for SA graduatesOnline recruitment company Distinctive Choice will be launching its online recruitment portal www.d-ccc.com in March 2007, dedicated to reducing unemployment among graduates. The aim is to empower graduates with information on the job market; address economic inequities of the past through... read more 23 Jan 2007 Junction awards for recruitmentQuest Flexible Staffing Solutions was the winner of the recruiter of the year (large agency) award at the recent 2nd annual Junction Awards hosted by CareerJunction in Sandton, Johannesburg. The award for first runner up in this category went to DAV Professional Placement Group (winner of the 2004... read more 25 Aug 2005 |
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