Trends driving the 2018 HR agenda
The relationship between employees and employers is strained, writes Ronnie Toerien, HR strategy director at Oracle. People want to feel a sense of purpose and belonging at work, but many companies are still struggling to deliver. Instead, they cling to the illusion...
Automation and skills development: an unlikely duo
The digital transformation continues to change the way we work – and one of the most commonly known ways is through automation. While the automated economy is often seen as a threat to many of today’s jobs, ManpowerGroup SA’s MD Lyndy van den Barselaar is of the...
Security skills under the spotlight
In its eight consecutive year, the 2017 JCSE ICT Skills Survey by Wits University's Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) says economic pressure, a delay in policy implementation and lack of improvement in South Africa's basic education are key concerns. The...
The benefits of RPL
Recognition of prior learning (RPL) boasts many benefits, the most obvious being the ability to fast track obtaining a qualification. Many people today have extensive experience in their field but not the qualifications behind their name to back that experience. RPL...
Beyond Christmas parties and Santa shoeboxes
There's a familiar vibe in the air as December draws closer, work starts calming down and families head to the beaches for their year-end holidays. By Joanne van der Walt, Sage Foundation Programme Manager for Africa If you're one of the few skeleton team members left...
OutSystems places first graduates
OutSystems SA, which launched an internship programme in June 2017, targeting IT graduates with a three year diploma or degree, preferably in Software Development, has successfully placed its first six graduates, with another eight due to graduate at the end of 2017....
Focus on employees’ mental health
Heidi Duvenage, head of Sage Talent Solutions, believes that keeping an eye on mental health will help companies to have happy employees. There's a feed on Bored Panda showcasing photos that prove that depression "has no face". Hundreds of seemingly "ordinary" people...
Econz Wireless adds desk time reports
Econz Wireless Econz Wireless, a leading time and attendance and employee tracking solutions provider, has announced the addition of a new Desk Time report to their Timecard GPS mobile solution. As a sales or field service manager, especially if you personally are...
Making child’s play out of entrepreneurship
Ask any child what they want to be when they grow up and they'll likely say a fireman, a nurse, a doctor or an astronaut. Becoming an entrepreneur and starting their own business is not usually top of mind for children. Yet, it's been estimated that, in five years'...
Learnership programmes should be a priority
With South Africa's unemployment rate at an all-time high, learnerships are necessary to help build a competent workforce as well as the key to boosting an organisation's B-BBEE levels in the process. According to Richard Rayne, CEO of iLearn, a learning...
Critical for employers to be procedurally fair
South Africa's labour law is decisive in that there are definite processes that have to be followed in order for disciplinary cases to be confirmed as being both substantially and procedurally fair. HR and HCM solution development and services company, CRS...
Lessons from the equal pay journey
Companies in South Africa must meet their legal obligation to ensure that their employees are paid fairly, or prepare themselves for the consequences. This is the advice offered by Arlene Leggat, a Director at the South African Payroll Association (SAPA), who adds:...