How secure are you in your job?

Following on my previous two Blog entries – Jobs Bloodbath – Value Your Jobs People and Are you in a Recession-Proof Career – I wanted to share with you some interesting statistics published in today’s Star Workplace.

A survey was recently conducted on a sample of 750 small, medium & large organisations in South Africa for the first quarter of this year. The results indicated that 69% of companies said that they had no intention of altering their headcount in the next three months. Only 7% suggested that they anticipated staff reductions in the next three months, while 21% surprisingly forecasted growth in their staffing levels.

If you are breathing a sigh of relief at the figure of 7% and feel that you possibly do not fall into that percentage, then you just might need to take a step back and ask yourself if you are really that indispensable to your company. Are you truly adding value to the critical functions of the business?

If you are already unemployed and find yourself struggling to find a permanent job under these tough economical times then you might want to consider boosting your CV with a few more skills or by taking on temporary jobs in the interim. When searching through the job boards such as Jobs.co.za, don’t be too selective when filtering out jobs that might not be offering you the desired salary that you have in mind. You might find a great opportunity paying less than you had hoped for, but if you are prepared to sacrifice a little on the salary to get the offer, you can certainly prove your worth once you start your new job with the company. Once the economical situation improves, your employer will most likely be happy to entertain a salary increase to commensurate with the value that you have contributed to the company during the trying times.

Make sure that your CV is always up to date. You can create a professional CV on Jobs.co.za or upload an existing CV that is stored online and is available to you 24/7 from anywhere in the world. As long as your CV is complete and updated, you can access it quickly once an opportunity presents itself to you.

Whether employed or not if you can afford to, then now is the time to acquire a new skill. Those employees who have rare skills and qualifications will become increasingly in demand over the next few months.
If you are currently employed, hold on to your job and think twice before resigning. Now is not the time to resign unless you have already secured alternative employment. And never resign unless you have another firm signed offer in your hand from an alternative stable and credible company.

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009 at 3:32 pm and is filed under General Jobs.co.za, JoBlog's Workplace, The Employment Times, Top Tips for Job Seekers. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.