19 Jun 2012

Education & Training

 



What makes a good recruitment ad?

This week in human resources & recruitment, Paul Brand asks what makes a good recruitment advert, and then answers the question with a range of points that contribute to you composing the recruitment ad that is far more likely to attract just the right candidate you need for the position.

Brand also points out what you should avoid doing.

On the tax front, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has warned that taxpayers are becoming increasingly wary of misuse of their tax monies. Many people would agree with him, but perhaps suggest that he's being too tactful. It would probably be more accurate to suggest that taxpayers are also becoming weary, and sick and tired of seeing their tax monies wasted, misspent through wasteful expenditure, and lost through corruption and incompetence.

To rub salt into the wound, however, we have a new tax bill coming soon - and in a recent workshop to brief the public on it, the reaction to it has been decidedly mixed.

Good news, however, is that the net is tightening on poor quality financial advice. A new financial consumer advocate is on the prowl.

Finally, if you're feeling gutted because you should have been on the guest list for the Queen's recent Diamond Jubilee, but somehow weren't, our motoring editor Henrie Geyser (also not invited, by the way), reckons you could assuage your wounded feelings with the purchase of a new Mercedes-Benz M-Class. Henrie reckons it's fit for royalty.

Rod Baker, content director

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Officials stealing from KZN feeding scheme
IOL News reports that the KwaZulu-Natal Education Department has suspended two of its senior officials suspected of being involved in fraud and corruption related to the R1,1-billion fund for feeding school children. Read more >>

Higher Education


Black engineer shortage a concern for SA
[Alistair Anderson] Transnet's plan to invest some R330bn in infrastructure over the next seven years should create an incentive for more black people to pursue engineering as a career‚ speakers at the fourth National Society of Black Engineers Conference said Thursday. Read more >>

Anglo American partners Rhodes Business School
Rhodes Business School and Anglo American have announced their partnership in the Global Responsible Leadership Initiative (GRLI) which is a worldwide network of companies and learning institutions uniquely focused on developing the next generation of globally responsible leaders. Read more >>

Primary and Secondary Education


Delivery of books in Limpopo on track
PRETORIA: Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga says the delivery plan of text books to Limpopo schools is well on track. This comes after it was reported that there had been no delivery of books to schools in that province. Read more >>

Gauteng ICT resource centre launched
PRETORIA: The Department of Basic Education, in partnership with Vodacom, on Wednesday, 13 June 2012, launched the third provincial ICT Resource Centre. Read more >>

SA youth optimistic about the future - GIBS
A recent survey conducted by the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) has revealed that the optimism levels of the majority of senior high school learners about their career prospects in South Africa are still favourably high despite deteriorating economic prospects around the world. Read more >>

Training


New SCTE online training assessment centre
The Society for Broadband Professionals (SCTE) has launched a new online training assessment centre via its website. According to an SCTE statement, the site now offers fully internet-based training assessments for broadband installation technicians, enabling its global membership of engineers to complete their training more rapidly and to further their careers with fully accredited SCTE qualifications. Read more >>

The Wilderness Group launches Wilderness TV
The Wilderness Group, which operates in many remote environments, has launched its own digital platform and transformed it into a virtual training environment for staff, which demonstrates techniques and standards in all aspects of hospitality and allows staff to log on when convenient. Read more >>


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