Meet the demands of the future workforce
Cloud computing will play a central role in enabling mobility and remote working, writes Allan Macfarlane, chief technology officer at Pivotal Data. Technological advancements, new employee preferences, and an evolving workplace environment are creating a diversity of...
Internships help drive Otel’s growth
Independent telecoms firm Otel Communications is on track to eventually employ at least 75% of its current crop of interns sourced from the country's leading tertiary institutions. Earlier this year, Otel's interns embarked on a 12-month high-performance programme...
Online short courses from Digital Skills Academy
South Africans seeking to take advantage of growing corporate demand for specialist digital skills could increase their employability with industry-ready short courses in the fields of coding, digital design, data science, digital business, and digital marketing and...
Let’s chat about HR bots
We've become used to doing all manner of tasks without needing input from someone else. Using our mobile device or computer, we regularly manage our finances, purchase theatre tickets, buy clothes, book doctor appointments ... the list is seemingly endless and only...
In2IT boosts tech skills for Boys2Men
In2IT Technologies has joined forces with the Moving Ahead Development Agency (MADA), to enrich the lives of fatherless boys in South Africa through the Boys2Men Career Path programme. The ongoing programme was started two years ago by MADA and has since brought...
OfferZen adds new tech roles
OfferZen has expanded its placement offering to include additional areas of expertise including data science, UI/UX design, product management and more. Leaving the sole focus on software developers behind, OfferZen wants to become the single source of tech talent for...
Addressing the skills gap in SA
The critical skills gap in South Africa is of growing concern in many industries. It is surprising therefore that employers are not investing more significantly in Learning and Development (L&D). According to the annual Deloitte Human Capital Trends Report, only...
Value of background screening to retail
Fraud and violence in the workplace are serious threats to business stability and can be significant in retail environments where, daily, employees have direct access to customers, commodities and cash. Retail entities are responsible for protecting the business,...
What will your job look like in five years?
Lauren Timmer-Somer, head of marketing and technology services at Ricoh SA, wonders what the working landscape will look like in five years' time. Blockchain technology is revolutionising the financial services industry, additive manufacturing is reengineering product...
New IT models are changing the IT skills landscape
The data centre is in a period of rapid IT transformation as businesses are increasingly seeking competitive advantages in this digital era. Brad Pulford, director: enterprise solutions group at Dell Computer, unpacks the issues around skills At the centre of these IT...
How to accommodate people with albinism
September is national Albinism Awareness month and disability equity solutions company Progression calls on South Africa's private and public sectors to embrace people with albinism and find ways to accommodate them in the workplace. Disability expert at Progression,...
How fast is your career evolving?
GetSmarter's chief marketing officer Ryan O'Mahoney examines the workplace opportunities that digital disruption offers. Robotic automation could result in the net loss of more than 5-million jobs across 15 developed nations by 2020. That's the prediction in a recent...