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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 [...]

05Apr

Are you in a Recession-proof career?

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After last weeks Sunday Times Careers front-page article referring to the Jobs Bloodbath I thought it would be inevitable that this week would follow suit with more articles spreading the doom and gloom of the job situation in South Africa. So, I went out and got the Sunday Times first thing today and true to [...]

30Mar

‘Jobs Bloodbath’ – Value your jobs people!

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Driving past a busy intersection yesterday I spotted the headline on the front page of the Sunday Times (29 March 2009) – ‘Jobs Bloodbath – Up to 300 000 South Africans could lose jobs this year’. Naturally the headline piqued my interest and I immediately purchased a copy to read the rest of the article.
he [...]

Categories: The Employment Times
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 [...]

12Jan

Proposed Election Day set for the 2009 South African Presidential Elections

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Ola’Amigos,
How are you all doing this wet and watery January Monday in Jozi.
All is well on the Jobs front, and have successfully got stuck into the second working week of the year despite a somewhat slow and as described this morning by a friend, “indifferent” start up to the day.
Yes I know, I know, guru’s [...]

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 [...]

15Dec

Jobs.co.za Closure Time Over the Happy Holidays!

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Hi Everyone,
I hope you are all well and had a fantastic weekend – I certainly did; definitely one for the books and what’s more, we are one more week closer to the New Year
Fresh starts, new beginnings, clean slates and 365 days injected with sunny potential and boundless possibilities.
How exciting!
So as you may well be [...]

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, [...]

03Dec

Current State of Domestic Markets Result in Jobs Lost

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Hi all,
And welcome again to yet another blog post, today while paging through the newspaper I came across a rather upsetting piece of writing regarding the current state of the South African economy and more specifically a report that concerns the South African job market.
While I’m not one to spread doom and gloom, I felt [...]