Old Mutual urges women to secure their future

Over the past year the global spotlight has been sharply focused on the harassment, abuse and exploitation of women, helping to empower women everywhere. With its theme #PressforProgress, International Women’s Day on 8 March 2018 will continue to shine a light...

Bridging SA’s talent divide with AI

South Africa is open to business and looking to reignite its struggling economy under the rule of newly-appointed President Cyril Ramaphosa. However, without urgent action on South Africa’s growing skills deficit, all dreams of a booming economy with low...

Strategic HR and internal branding

An everyday reality for HR practitioners is that there are resources aplenty, but excellent talent is scarce. Sourcing, attracting and retaining the right talent is an ongoing challenge. The best-of-the-best know they’re sought after, so the question is how to...

Paid internships key to job creation

South Africa’s youth have a lot to celebrate following the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) and Budget Speech. In his maiden SONA, President Cyril Ramaphosa repeatedly emphasised that job creation would be at the centre of the 2018 national agenda....

Entrepreneurial drive must match tech innovation

Technological innovation has triggered a new trend internationally – the need for large companies to become more “entrepreneurial”. Dr Gorkan Ahmetoglu, co-founder of Meta Profiling and lecturer in business psychology at the University College of...

Use science and data for hiring success

There is a wealth of new methods, backed by research and new data sets, to inform the hiring of executive teams. Despite this, many companies still approach hiring based on outdated principles and concepts, which means that they are not making optimally successful...