10 Sep 2013

Human Resources & Recruitment

So who gets to keep the house?

What with high divorce rates and the high cost of living, couples often find themselves living together for a while before jumping into marriage, if at all. But what happens if the honeymoon ends... who gets to keep the house? And for that matter, the car, furniture, family pet..?

Juliette Attwell, writing in our BizCareers advisor column, tells you how to price yourself right and dress for success. Let's face it, turning up for an interview in slops probably won't cut it.

OK, Christmas is coming and it's only a matter of time before Boney M's Drummer Boy will have you... well... whatever you do having heard it umpteen times before - but at least you know where your Christmas gifts are coming from. So spare a thought for all those kids who don't, and do your bit for the Santa Shoebox Project. It's open for pledges and your shoeboxes of gifts will bring happy smiles to a lot of kids. Just do it, darn it!

And it's TIFF news for our film industry... not only is Triggerfish Animation Studios' animated movie Khumba off to the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF), but so is Anant Singh's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. It will debut at TIFF, so to both our entrants, good luck, and may it be a case of "TIFF luck" and not "tough luck" on the night.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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[BizCareers] Price yourself right and dress for success
[Juliette Attwell] Pricing yourself correctly is a very important skill and one that should be researched correctly, take a look at the below advice for more insight. Ever wondered what is appropriate to wear in an interview? There are no two ways about it; see the obvious answer below, use it. Read more >>
Calling all HR specialists - Bizcommunity.com launches recruitment event!
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com]
Dressing to discriminate - corporate dress codes and discrimination
[Mohsina Chenia and Nicholas Preston]

Human Resources & Recruitment
Green is in, but is it perennial?
[Peter Townshend] The greening revolution is a fad, and the term "greening" is a fatuous one. These are probably not words that you would expect from a "greenie". However, the truth is that "going green" has come to mean very little in the corporate world where the term "return on investment" will always be king. Read more >>



Calling all HR specialists - Bizcommunity.com launches recruitment event!
[Issued by Bizcommunity.com] Bizcommunity.com is thrilled to invite you to attend its first recruitment event specifically intended for HR specialists, to be held in Cape Town this Thursday, 12 September. Read more >>  visit press office >>


Entrepreneurship
Meet SA's top entrepreneurs
South Africa's top entrepreneurs were recognised on 4 September 2013, with the announcement of the winners of the 2013 Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of the Year competition. Read more >>

DAFF Female Entrepreneur Award winners announced
The Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (DAFF), in partnership with Total South Africa recently hosted the 13th annual DAFF Female Entrepreneur Awards at a gala dinner held at the St George Hotel, Pretoria. Read more >>


Jobs & Recruitment
How to recruit young, graduate talent with Mxit
[Matthew Gray] Mobile recruitment is taking off worldwide with Google reporting that one in five searches, including searching for jobs, are now done on a mobile device. Read more >>

Graduates upbeat on SA's outlook
Though the current economic trends worry professionals, 77% of them believe that they have a future in South Africa. Read more >>

How to use YouTube to recruit the top talent
[Matthew Gray] Recruiting with video is becoming an incredibly powerful way to reach top talent as candidates spend progressively less time reading and ever more time watching online videos, film and TV to get their information. Read more >>

Kagiso PMI for August up 4.3 points to 56.5
The seasonally adjusted Kagiso purchasing managers' index (PMI) added 4.3 index points to rise to a level of 56.5 in August‚ data released on Monday (2 September) showed. Read more >>

Careers24 goes majorly mobile
[Issued by 24.com] Careers24, one of the leading online career portals in South Africa, has just launched a new app that will give job seekers greater access to job opportunities - directly from their mobiles. Read more >>  visit press office >>


Labour Law & Unions
One Numsa strike ends as another begins
[Alexander Parker and Karl Gernetzky] Just as car workers are set to return to assembly lines on Monday (9 September) after a strike of almost three weeks‚ workers elsewhere in the motor industry‚ including petrol attendants‚ are to down tools. Read more >>

Satawu's SAA strike continues
A strike by SA Airways technical staff affiliated to the SA Transport and Allied Workers' Union was continuing, Satawu said on Wednesday (4 September). Read more >>

Govt recovers R330m via anti-corruption hotline
Government has recovered R330m after investigations into allegations of corruption received by the National Anti-Corruption Hotline, which is run by the Public Service Commission. Read more >>

Clothing workers reach wage deal with employers
[Paul Vecchiatto] More than 50,000 clothing and textile workers will not go on strike as five out of six employer organisations and the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (Sactwu) have reached a last-minute deal to prevent strike action. Read more >>

Retrospective reinstatement: quantifying backpay
[Nomonde Njilo] Where an employee has been unfairly dismissed, the court may order that the employer reinstate the employee retrospectively with backpay. The rationale behind such an order is to place the employee in the position he or she would have been in, save for the dismissal. Read more >>

Can an employer rely on a lapsed written warning during disciplinary proceedings?
[Jacques van Wyk] Appropriate circumstances will include instances where the employee concerned is found to have a propensity to commit acts of misconduct at convenient intervals falling outside the period of applicability of the written warnings. Read more >>

Dressing to discriminate - corporate dress codes and discrimination
[Mohsina Chenia and Nicholas Preston] Discrimination is regulated in s6 of the Employment Equity Act, No 55 of 1998 (EEA) and prohibits both direct and indirect forms of discrimination in the employment arena. Read more >>

BMW, Ford exports affected by motor industry strike
[Karl Gernetzky and Alistair Anderson] As industrial action in the vehicle manufacturing sector continues, the latest National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) data shows that BMW and Ford Motor's export operations have been negatively affected by the labour unrest. Read more >>


Management
SAA's turnaround 'enjoys board and ministerial support'
[Nicky Smith] South African Airways' (SAA) chief executive Monwabisi Kalawe says he has the full support of the board and Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba to do what is required and restore the struggling airline to profitability. Read more >>


Skills Development & Training
Talented women are available says Gigaba
[Gabi Khumalo] The excuse that there are no women who are skilled and talented available to take the lead in science and engineering is not correct, says Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba. Read more >>

Seeds of hope sown as small farmers grow
Agricultural schemes aimed at putting the rural poor back to work while also contributing to food security have been springing up all over SA. Read more >>

Microsoft SA revamps BizSpark
Microsoft SA has revamped its BizSpark programme as part of its partnership with the government's Jobs Fund to help create up to 600 technology start-ups over the next three years‚ it said on Tuesday, 3 September. The BizSpark programme supports small software development companies. Read more >>


Tech in the Workplace
Six HR technology functions to help retain the best staff
New trends in technology are making it possible for organisations to engage with their employees on a deeper level, making the employees more likely to stick around and contribute to sustainable business performance. Read more >>

Do women in ICT have more to prove?
The ranks of software programmers and IT project managers, business analysts, and consultants include very few women. But is this because of either active or subconscious discrimination against women? And what is the role of men in preventing their daughters from studying and practising IT disciplines? Read more >>


International

Models join protest at NY fashion week
NEW YORK CITY, USA: Models joined labour activists at New York fashion week to protest clothing brand Nautica over its parent company's failure to sign an agreement to improve conditions in Bangladeshi factories. Read more >>

World leaders pleased with global economic recovery
[Chris Bathembu] SAINT PETERSBURG, RUSSIA: President Jacob Zuma and the South African delegation at the G20 summit have concluded their trip to Russia where investment and job creation topped the list of priorities in the joint discussions. Read more >>


More International


Government

Quality of learning, teaching improving in Gauteng
Gauteng Education MEC, Barbara Creecy, has reiterated that the interventions to improve the quality of learning and teaching in Gauteng, led by government, are moving in the right direction. Read more >>

Government welcomes end of WSU strike
The Department of Higher Education and Training has welcomed the decision by unions at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) to end the strike that has resulted in university residences being closed and students sent home. Read more >>

Big boom in Switzerland's SA investments
Swiss investments made in South Africa between 2009 and 2012 more than trebled, compared to those made between 2003 and 2008, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, told Swiss businessmen and ministers yesterday. Read more >>

Department launches newspaper for business
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has launched a newspaper that is aimed at assisting small and medium-size businesses. Read more >>


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