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 | Juliette Attwell In this week's column we look at what to do when you have a vast amount of work experience. Is it a good or bad thing? read more>> |
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 | The Hope Factory recently held its Stakeholder Appreciation Day in Port Elizabeth. The annual event is an opportunity for The Hope Factory to thank its corporate investors for their support and to showcase the businesses of a number of the entrepreneurs that it assists. read more>> |
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 | When a business expands and becomes too demanding for the owner to do everything, the emphasis should be on collaboration, directing and managing the efforts of others. read more>> |
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 | Rowan Belchers I was recently fortunate enough to attend an executive education course at Harvard Business School. Having access to US' leading business thinkers was a privilege and there were many excellent learnings which I'll attempt to share below. read more>> |
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 | Candace McDonald The millennial generation are those born between 1980 and 2000. Are they the people who will take us into the new century and new millennium? read more>> |
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 | Graham Paulsen There's no doubt about it, social media has revolutionised recruitment. read more>> |
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 | Homecoming Revolution will host a range of Pan-African employers at the first-ever Talent Speed-Date event to be held on the 22 August 2014 at the Hilton Hotel in Sandton. read more>> |
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 | Annual or otherwise, it goes without saying that appraisals have the power to alter the course of our careers. With this in mind, as employees, we do actually have more say in the outcome of these important meetings than we may think. read more>> |
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 | Hotel, catering and tourism is an ever-changing landscape and is the largest, fastest-growing service sector, with an average female contingent of over 55% at global level. read more>> |
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 | Issued by CareerJunction Although there is still a disparity in earnings and leadership titles across genders, women continue to make strides in the world of business and the facts speak for themselves. read more>> |
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 | The Government Employees' Pension Fund (GEPF) has dispelled any rumours that its pensioners and members will lose their gratuities (lump sum) upon retirement from the public service. read more>> |
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 | The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) has been voted the Best Yard in Gauteng province by the Provincial Congress of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) for outstanding performance in dealing with labour related matters. read more>> |
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Manufacturing production rebounded unexpectedly in June, though economists warn that weak demand, high administered costs, disruptions from strikes and electricity-supply shortages will keep output growth and job creation modest. read more>> |
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 | David Furlonger Strong seasonal buying by car-rental companies helped minimise the drop in new-car sales in July. read more>> |
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 | Hugo Pienaar and Thandeka Nhle Where an employee is dismissed for reasons pertaining to dishonest conduct, the employer is under a duty to go one step further and report such act, if the act is deemed an offence under the Prevention and Combating of Corrupt Activities Act, No 12 of 2004 (PCCA). read more>> |
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 | Verushka Reddy The right to strike is entrenched in the Constitution. The recent strikes in the platinum industry raise the question of how an employer engages with a new trade union. read more>> |
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 | Su-Mari Du Bruyn The very nature of human beings echoes diversity. Diversity is really just differences amongst people on various aspects... read more>> |
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 | Phephile Simelane-Modiselle Unbeknown to the majority of companies and employers, a tacit psychological contract exists between every employer and employee. It plays a vital role in the success or failure of the employee/employer relationship. read more>> |
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 | Craig Spalding The victim mentality is rearing its ugly head amongst South African business leadership at many levels. I hear over and over that career management is impossible in our race-obsessed country but I think it's just too easy to fall into the blame game trap. read more>> |
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Telkom's Chief Executive Sipho Maseko has told investors that the company's objectives are to lower the cost of human capital, improve financial performance and bring leadership closer to customers. read more>> |
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 | The Kenya Institute of Management (KIM) invited Employer Branding SA (EBSA) to its first-ever HR Symposium, titled 'The HR Function in Managing the Complexities of Organisational Change of Transformation in... read more>> |
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 | General Electric (GE) says it will invest $2bn in facility development‚ skills training and sustainability initiatives across Africa by 2018. read more>> |
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 | Issued by Milpark Education A range of qualifications from NQF level 5 through to NQF level 8 provides options for school-leavers as well as those already employed at different levels in the sector... read more>> |
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 | Recent research shows that two-thirds of the world's largest companies will most likely use gamification by the end of the year, and 55% of 18-24 years olds would welcome it. read more>> |
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 | SAN FRANCISCO, USA: A federal judge has rejected a plan to compensate employees affected by an "anti-poaching" agreement involving Silicon Valley technology companies Apple, Google, Intel and Adobe. read more>> |
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 | Gauteng Premier David Makhura has appealed to residents of Reiger Park to help transform their townships into economic hubs that create jobs. read more>> |
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 | Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant says South Africa needs to find a solution for the failing labour bargaining structure. read more>> |
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 | Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Jeff Radebe, has released government's framework for implementing the National Development Plan (NDP) over the next five years. read more>> |
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 | Ntsakisi Maswanganyi Government can pump billions of rand into local industries through incentives but these will be ineffective if they happen in an environment of excessive administered costs, strikes and high wage demands, local producers warn. read more>> |
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