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Flexibility, technology assists working women
For working mothers that need to balance their time with their kids, their responsibilities at home, and their work requirements, the effective use of technology and the appropriate application of flexibility, makes this possible. read more>>



HR
[#WomenInBiz] Smashing the glass ceiling, Q&A with Dr Hannelie Nel

Sindy Peters

We chatted to Dr Hannelie Nel who's had to overcome the barriers women face when pursuing an engineering career... read more>>
HR networking breakfast with HR Works and Sensory Intelligence Consulting

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Join the HR Works Network Breakfast and enjoy a networking morning with fellow HR professionals and service providers to the HR and Training industry... read more>>

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Entrepreneurship
Finalists selected for 2015 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year
The judges for the 2015 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year have announced the 15 finalists who will advance to the next round of the competition... read more>>
Investing in a sustainable future with technology
South Africa not only has the highest levels of youth unemployment, but it also has 36 million employable citizens looking for... read more>>
Four safety nets for small business owners

Boris Dzhingarov

Running a small business creates the potential for many setbacks, failures, and hazardous situations. Though you can't always prevent these, you can protect yourself from them by building the right safety nets... read more>>
Jobs & Recruitment
[TrendTalk] Will this be your future job title?

Louise Marsland

Are you one of those people who has already created new job titles for yourself, delighting in the opportunity to use the word "Ninja" on your QR-coded/augmented reality, digital pop-up business card?... read more>>



Labour Law & Unions
First world protection for South African whistle-blowers
The high profile global media attention around whistleblowing has underlined its relevance to all organisations across the globe... read more>>
Management
Tailoring rewards for female employee empowerment
Despite women being equally qualified, only 4% of the CEOs of Fortune 1000 companies are female and 22 out of 197 global heads of state are women... read more>>
SA employees need wellness programmes before depression sets in
The reactive management of employee wellness has to go, as South Africans live in a highly stressful, complicated society... read more>>
New app guides school leavers to potential careers
Via Afrika has added a new app to its educational app suite, CareerCompass, which enables young people to gain insight into the careers they are best suited for... read more>>
Skills Development & Training
Do your homework before contracting training suppliers

Jackie Carroll

Underlining the dire state of further education and training in South Africa is a story on the Mail & Guardian website, 'Limpopo youth lose out after R28m skills project grinds to halt'... read more>>
Coega intern programme enrols 185 new graduates
Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has an ongoing intern programme that develops young people in the Eastern Cape and other provinces to equip young professionals with employable skills... read more>>
Can you coach someone to be creative?

Deirdre Elphick-Moore

To some degree, our creativity levels are hard to change. It comes down to personality traits, which are set by the time we reach early adulthood. Creatives tend to exhibit intellectual curiosity, openness to experience... read more>>
Tech in the Workplace
Cool Touch transforms with mobile app technology
Cool Touch, a local start-up, capitalised on the strength of Intervate's 'Citizen Reporting' framework and radically elevated its business model... read more>>
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