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 | Issued by Ad Talent Recruitment agency guarantees have long been a bone of contention between employers and agencies alike. It is a grey area that is difficult to enforce especially in the event a placement doesn't work out... read more>> |
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 | Chivas Regal has launched Win The Right Way, which is a global search for the most promising social entrepreneurs: those with businesses or ideas that use enterprise and innovation as a force for good. read more>> |
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 | The fifth annual Soweto Conference on Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development has as its theme, 'Promoting Township Business Competitiveness: Co-existence of Immigrants, Big and Small Township Enterprises'... read more>> |
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 | "Job hunting can be daunting for the uninitiated, but it doesn't have to be. There are a few things that young professionals or students entering the workforce for the first time can try to ensure that they find their dream job" read more>> |
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 | President Jacob Zuma will release the results of work done to explore the potential of the country's ocean economy at the first Operation Phakisa open day in Durban this week. read more>> |
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 | The Gauteng government will invest more than R1bn to build and improve infrastructure for township economies in the next five years, says Premier David Makhura. read more>> |
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 | South Africans would choose to work multiple jobs to gain more/different skills and experience, save extra money for the future and meet regular household expenses. However, only 4% of research participants currently work more than one job and the majority (60%) are in fact unemployed. read more>> |
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 | Johan Botes An employee, who suffered the horrendous ordeal of being raped whilst on duty, is not precluded from suing her employer for damages. read more>> |
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 | According to research by international research firm Gallup, only 9% of South African employees are engaged at work. read more>> |
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 | Evan Pickworth African Bank's (ABL) acting Chief Executive Nithia Nalliah has received approval from the board of the embattled unsecured lender‚ which is currently under curatorship‚ to retire early. read more>> |
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 | Shell is to launch its revised LiveWire programme on 16 October 2014. LiveWire is a global social investment initiative that focuses on training and equipping young people with the necessary entrepreneurial skills to combat high levels of youth unemployment and poverty, particularly in South Africa. read more>> |
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 | Michael Greyling Most organisational leaders are faced with an environment characterised by high levels of complexity and change which requires exceptional levels of personal maturity... read more>> |
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 | The dramatic advancement of technology over the past five years has resulted in a gap in IT competencies and skills availability. read more>> |
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 | Visiting UK Professor, Peter Hawkins will facilitate an evening seminar on 30 October and a three-day workshop from 31 October to 2 November at Henley Business School in Rivonia, Johannesburg... read more>> |
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 | WASHINGTON, USA: Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella's gaffe over women, pay raises comes as the US technology sector is facing up to questions over diversity and gender equality. read more>> |
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 | NEW DELHI, INDIA: India's new right-wing government has begun an online trial to register staff attendance records, in an effort to lower absenteeism among the country's notoriously work-shy bureaucrats. read more>> |
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 | NEW YORK, USA: Hewlett-Packard said it would split into two separate, listed companies with its computer and printer businesses in one company and its corporate hardware and services operations in another. read more>> |
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 | South African Airlines (SAA) has warned the public about fraudulent websites that reportedly have information on the Cadet Pilot Development Programme. Applications for positions are now closed. read more>> |
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 | Mzilikazi Wa Africa, Piet Rampedi Former special forces operative Mike Peega's dossier claiming that SARS ran a rogue unit targeting politicians and businessmen close to Zuma in 2007 was easily discredited at the time. read more>> |
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 | Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Minister Pravin Gordhan has written to MECs in all provinces to explain how senior managers in key municipal positions should be appointed. read more>> |
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 | The Public Service Commission (PSC) has called for greater transparency and accountability to build a South Africa where all citizens enjoy a higher standard of living. read more>> |
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 | The Dube TradePort in Durban is an Industrial Development Zone (IDZ), joining three other similar economic zones spread out across the country. read more>> |
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 | KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Nomusa Dube-Ncube, has backed national government's call to dismiss municipal Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) who lack qualifications, experience or commitment to perform their duties. read more>> |
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