Graduating Soon? Let’s Get You Ready for the Working World
Column inches are filled with advice for those who have just received exam results, and are deciding on their next […]
November 29, 2016
Why the Problem with Learning Is Unlearning
To embrace the new logic of value creation, you have to unlearn the old one In our era of […]
7 Ways To Ask For The Job At Interview’s End
What do you do at the end of an interview? Everyone tells you to ask for the job … but […]
CareerJunction announces SA’s Top Recruiters for 2016
The 13th annual RecruiterAwards, hosted by CareerJunction, one of SA’s leading online job boards took place on the evening of […]
How To Stay Motivated At Work As Christmas Looms
As the Christmas season begins, it’s easy to let your mind wander away from work and towards thoughts of gifts, […]
Arianna Huffington on the Two Skills That Are Vital in the New World Order
Human beings are labouring under the illusion that in order to succeed we need to be burnt out and stressed, […]
How Unwanted Second-hand Books Became Big Business
If, in about 2003, you were thinking of starting an internet business, what might you have gone for? It’s […]
Your Ultimate Interview Prep Checklist
So you applied for a job online, and just got a call from the recruiter asking if you can interview […]
Professional Skills Essential For Workplace Success
Professionalism universalizes the language, ethics and behavior that working people share. While each workplace culture adapts the concept to meet […]
5 Career Books to Help Reinvent Your Personal Brand
Now is the perfect time to refresh your personal brand. Identifying what makes you unique and learning how to promote yourself […]
Cover Letters – Purpose and Structure
Cover letters are not so much a part of your “Job Seeker’s Tool Kit” as they are part of the […]
Think You Have it Bad at Work? Here Are SA’s Most Stressful Jobs
What do pilots‚ hairstylists and farmers have in common? Terribly high levels of stress‚ according to an online survey in […]
Five Tech Trends to Look Out For in 2017
From artificial intelligence (AI) to augmented reality (AR), technology trends are expected to change the way companies do business in […]
Why Is My Job Search Taking So Long?
Don’t you hate those days when, despite your diligent efforts, your job search doesn’t advance one iota–no emails, no phone […]
Seven Truths of Career Success
1. The most qualified candidate does not necessarily get the job offer Many times, candidates with lesser qualifications get […]
CEO For a Day: Students Share SA Business Leaders’ Top Lessons
In its third year, the CEO for a Day initiative run by executive search firm Odgers Berndtson Sub-Saharan African brings […]
Four Steps to Having More Aha Moments
Not pushing too hard improves your chances of having a brainwave. That’s the lesson drawn from recent research set out […]
Is Procrastination Holding Back Your Job Search?
When you look at your job search to-do list, do many of the items on it look all too familiar? […]
Mobile App Will Help Students Connect With Tutors For immediate Help
The brains behind Cognition.Online‚ Kyle Dodds‚ says this way of tutoring is helping to “innovate the failing education system” in […]
For Career Growth Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur
In business there are two obvious routes to the top: the corporate ladder to the C-suite and the entrepreneurial path […]