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13May

Temporary Employment on the rise.

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Since the onset of the economic downturn there has been a drastic change in the employment situation both locally and abroad as there is an increasing trend for hiring people on a temporary basis.
With so much uncertainty regarding in the employment market, employers are reluctant to hire new employees on a permanent basis and [...]

08Apr

How secure are you in your job?

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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 [...]

17Feb

Trevor Manuals Budget Speech 2009 /10

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Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well and having a great week so far.
While to some, this may be old news but I wanted to chat to you about the budget speech that Trevor Manual, South Africa’s Finance Minister delivered last week during what seemed to be a melancholy address of the nation regarding finances [...]

05Feb

Job Satisfaction and Company Loyalty; Committed or Uncommitted, that is the Question

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In a recent press release sent out by TNS, a global market research company, stats gathered from some 880 participants have identified some interesting findings detailing job satisfaction and company loyalty amongst diversified groups of employees.
While the current state of global economies are resulting in even unsatisfied workers being more inclined to hold onto their [...]

02Feb

Understanding Online Fraud and Security Threats

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In a recent article published by ITWeb, top online security threats were identified as being on the rise during the past year. As reported such security threats have appeared to increase parallel to the world’s current economic state.
Piggy-backing off the instability and vulnerability that consumers are currently experiencing as a result of the current state [...]

28Jan

Improving Time Management and Finding Merit in Managing Schedules more Effectively

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Time, a natural resource, as limited as any fossil fuel needed to keep the turbines moving and the engines churning.
The problem with time is that the more we need, the less we seem to have and the more we try to save it the quicker is seems to pass us by, neither helpful nor motivating.
In [...]

16Jan

Job Seeker Centric Marketing Campaign and Competition

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Happy Friday Homies and welcome to the last blog for the week.
I hope you have had a great day so far and are revelling at the idea that for most are being set free from your cages, climbing out of your boxes and bursting into the weekend with fervour and fun.
Aren’t weekends the best! Even [...]

07Jan

Compliments of the Season and Welcome Graduate Job Seekers to the Workplace Wonderland

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Ola Amigos and a warm and fuzzy welcome to Two Double Oh Nine, so fine!
Okay, okay, so you may not be all that thrilled to be back at work or even more so, back in the swing of the Job Seeking thing but to open the year off on a positive note I thought I’d [...]

23Dec

Season’s Greetings From the Jobs Team

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Season’s Greetings Everyone,
I can hardly believe that my chocolate advent calendar has just over a week’s worth left of festive season’s calories to munch on. The 23rd is upon us, Christmas only 2 days away and the New Year peeping around the corner.
Time certainly flies when you are having fun and what a fun year [...]

12Dec

Online Protection: Why Read Terms and Conditions before Submnitting Personal Information

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Hi there Job Seekers,
I hope you are all well and slowly winding down as the year draws to an end.
As much as I’d like to say I am, sadly a Guru’s job is never done and in fact on contraire’ this time of year things always tend to heat up on my side.
None the less, [...]