The South African Police Service (SAPS) has published its annual report for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021, detailing how many police officers there are in the country and how much money they earn. The report shows that over the reporting period the department had a fixed establishment of 182,126 employees, a decrease of over 5,200 employees compared to the 2020 report. This figure includes both active police officers and...
Employers frequently use employment contracts to define the parameters of the employment relationship when recruiting new employees. The contract may specify the parties’ respective rights, duties, and limits. While employees may regard contracts as a security for their rights and expectations, contracts frequently result in the employee’s rights being restricted and the employer’s duties being limited in a number of critical areas....
What is the worst part of an interview? It's the not knowing that drives me crazy. ME: Did I get the job? Do I have a chance? If I did, would you even tell me? Or, are you entirely satisfied with sending me some automatic generic reply? Why aren’t you answering the questions in my mind?! RECRUITER: Thank you for your time. We’ll be in touch. Well, if you identify with my previous angst, you may want to try my (patented-pending) approach to...
I wanted to share with you guys a job hunting strategy that he shared with me that was like… “Wow, why didn’t I think of that? It's like… so obvious and would work too.” But I digress, here is his plan, something I call “The Khabza Method” Step 1: Find a job that you want. Step 2: Find out if the company has an employee referral program. (And who doesn’t these days?) Step 3: Approach someone in the company and say, in so many...
Nancy Folbre economics professor at the University of Massachusetts, and by all accounts, she is one smart cookie. Case in point, she reported on “The Polarization of Job Opportunities in the US Labor Market” that said (among other stuff) that “Employment growth is ‘polarizing’ into approximately high-skill, high-wage jobs and low-skill, low-wage jobs.” Oy! In other words, the more proficient you are, the more likely you are to keep...
You would think as the interviewer; you could do no wrong. Are you having bad Interview? Unfortunately, if you are not on top of your game, you could very easily hire the wrong person, or let the right person slip through your fingers. A potential employee (especially a good one) is interviewing you as much as you are them. They want to know if the company will be fun to work for if the boss is going to be fair and if the environment is one of...
Keeping your job is not as easy as just showing up and doing what is expected – you need to prove that you are the best at what you do and that you deserve to be there. This is also the quickest way to get recognized and will make asking for a raise much easier. Luckily, there are a few simple ways that can help you to keep your job, even in a down economy. Search for new ways to be useful. Just because your job description has you doing one...
So, you got the interview all lined up and your ready and raring to go…well if you plan on doing well, you better avoid these 50 interview killers (and yes, every single one of these we have seen or have heard about from colleagues): Arrive late or too early (more than 10 minutes is too old) Fall asleep or yawn Smell like cigarette smoke or alcohol Discuss your party life Dress inappropriately Talk bad about your past co-workers or boss Be...
The job market is picking up, and some jobs are hot and employers in a variety of sectors that are hiring. Between now and 2014, total employment is projected to increase by 18.9 million jobs or 13 per cent. If you have the right education or training, you may be well positioned for success in this growing job market. If you’re not quite there yet, take a look at these fast-growing occupations and see if you can get on a fast track to a new...
2021 List of Public TVET Colleges in South Africa. Public Colleges Contact Details for a list of all public Technical Vocational Education and Training Colleges in South Africa. Boland TVET College Buffalo City TVET College Capricorn TVET College Central Johannesburg TVET College (CJC) Coastal KZN TVET College College of Cape Town TVET Eastcape Midlands TVET College Ehlanzeni TVET College Ekurhuleni East TVET College Ekurhuleni West TVET College...
The #Matric2017 finals are just around the corner so hopefully by now you have a solid study plan in place. Part of that is a study timetable and we have a FREE template that you can use! #MATRIC2017: Free Study Timetable Template You can't just run headlong into your studying without any sense of a plan. Plans are important. So are things that are like plans but more awesome. Anyway. To help you get your revision on track, we here at the...
Students across South Africa are opting to study further at universities in the hopes it will improve their job opportunities. While their prospects of finding employment are much higher than other African countries, this still may not be enough. This is according to Seth Trudeau and Keno Omu of the African Leadership University, who said it has now become more important “how” students are being taught as opposed to “what” they are...
Government’s plan to draft in a policy to target qualification fraud is expected to reap positive results for South Africa, and university institutions in particular. This is according to Rudi Kruger general manager of Governance, Risk & Compliance at LexisNexis South Africa. The South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) is set to create a national qualification fraud database to ‘name and shame’ guilty parties. “The...
South Africa’s high unemployment rate means that job applicants are becoming more desperate than ever and are willing to commit qualification fraud. Background screening company, Managed Integrity Evaluation (MIE) says that more businesses are vetting potential and existing employees – up 11% over the past five years to 2015; however, it has not deterred countless individuals. “MIE conducted approximately 470,000 qualification checks in...
Global recruitment company Glassdoor has published a list of 21 words and phrases you should never include on your CV if you hope to land a job. According to Jamie Hichens, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner at Glassdoor it’s vitally important to make a good impression with the language used in your CV as despite automated screening processes, the majority of companies still largely rely on recruiters to read through submitted CVs. “You have...
International recruitment website Glassdoor recently published a list of words to never include on your resume, including overused clichés such as “Rockstar” and “Synergy” which will more often than not see a recruiter immediately trash a CV. While “what not to do” has increasingly become public knowledge, it has become more and more difficult to actually decide which words to include when drafting a CV and whether they will...
Recruitment site Glassdoor has provided a breakdown of what the perfect resume should look like in 2017. The job specialist noted that with so many conflicting pieces of advice, job hunters might feel like they don’t know where to start or what to do. “We combed through some of our best resume advice and compiled it into one infographic to give you an easy-to-follow outline for a resume that will wow recruiters,” it said. Glassdoor’s...
Usually, you can tell when you have bombed an interview. If, during the course of your conversation, you reveal that you’re totally unqualified, let slip a particularly unprofessional anecdote, or manage to offend the recruiter or hiring manager, it’s typically not a surprise when you aren’t called back. However, many times you’ll leave an interview feeling great only to hear that they won’t be moving forward with you, or worse: you...
(A-Z) List of Nursing Colleges in South Africa
List of Nursing Colleges in South Africa. Nursing Programmes, Nursing Degrees, Nursing Certificate, Registered Nursing Colleges in South Africa. ABH Nursing School Academy of Nursing Education and Healthcare Training Arwyp Medical Centre- Kempton Park Bloemfontein Mediclinic Learning Centre- Free State Cape Region Mediclinic Learning Centre- Western Cape Chatsmed Candlelight Nursing School –...
Salaries in South Africa was the focus of a recent Wits School of Economic and Business Sciences report, which stated that a national minimum wage must be established in the country. South Africa does not have a determined national minimum wage, rather sectoral minimum wages. Currently, the average minimum wage across private-sector bargaining councils is R2,731, and R2,362 across all the sectoral determinations. According to research by...