Aug 4, 2017
South African companies are in dire need of skilled and experienced ICT professionals, particularly software developers, coders and data analysts. As a result, for those companies that employ these professionals, staff retention is an ongoing challenge. While many...
Aug 3, 2017
On paper, there is no doubt that women have made great progress in the workplace – in Europe, the percentage of women represented on large company boards has almost doubled over the past five years to 25%. Women also outnumber male university graduates in 95 of...
Aug 2, 2017
Marisa Jacobs, director and head of immigration and mobility at Xpatweb, unpacks what’s required to obtain a work visa for a foreign skilled employee. In truth, it’s extremely easy if you know what you need and how to go about it, but near impossible if...
Jul 31, 2017
Rene Miles, MD of Novare Investments, penned this open letter to the women who are in or want to enter the financial services industry. Certain stereotypes associated with the financial services industry remain true – the industry is still male dominated, men...
Jul 27, 2017
Companies need to rethink payroll services and follow the international trend of investing more in mobile self-service solutions. This is the word from Lavine Haripersad, a director at the South African Payroll Association (SAPA), who says: “It’s time to...
Jul 27, 2017
The current economic climate is compelling South African and global businesses alike to make organisational changes, sometimes leading to staff being retrenched. As this continues to become a reality for more and more South Africans, individuals are looking for ways...
