Stepping Stones guides retrenched staff to expand career horizons

The retrenchment of staff need not be the end of their contribution to the economy. Even though so much experience and insight risks being lost when senior staff are pushed into early retirement or retrenchment, a pioneering new product from corporate talent management firm CR Squared will turn the tables. Read more >>

Purchasing managers now 'professionals'

Procurement managers are now 'professionals'‚ after the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS) was launched on Thursday. Read more >>

SA mining sector to shed 200,000 jobs by 2022

According to BDlive, experts say the mining sector in South Africa is expected to shed 200,000 jobs over the next 10 years mainly due to high wage settlements and labour unrest. Read more >>

Bench Marks Foundation blames government for Marikana killings

As strikes in mining communities throughout South Africa continue, the unhappiness that was so apparent during the Marikana strike will not go away until the root causes of discontent is addressed, says the Bench Marks Foundation. Read more >>

Labour dispute at Toyota resolved

Manufacturing workers at Toyota South Africa Motors' Prospecton plant in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal returned to work on Friday 5 October after negotiating parties resolved a dispute that originated on Monday 1 October. Read more >>

Nzimande says black graduates battle to get jobs

Black graduates find it more difficult to get work than their white counterparts after graduating‚ Minister of Higher Education Blade Nzimande alleged on Thursday. Read more >>

Chronic shortage of engineers in municipalities

There is a chronic shortage of municipal engineers in South Africa, according to a report released by the Municipal Demarcation Board on Wednesday. Read more >>

Virgin Active, MiWay and Strate are SA's best employers

Virgin Active South Africa‚ MiWay Insurance and Strate were voted the best employers to work for in Southern Africa‚ according to financial advisory services company Deloitte's latest survey released on Thursday. Read more >>

SA employers differ about polygraph testing

A new survey conducted by South Africa's executive search firm, Jack Hammer Executive Headhunters, shows that the issue of polygraph or lie detector testing is splitting the country's blue-chip employers. Read more >>

R350 million available as SETA refunds

The Wholesale and Retail SETA (W&RSETA) has accumulated close to R350-million in a discretionary fund over the last 10 years because of unclaimed skills levies and is requesting industry to utilise its skills development levies and to ask assistance from the SETA if necessary in order to claim back funding. Read more >>