It’s time we took steps to beat unemployment
The private sector has a significant role to play in growing business-ready skills and curtailing unemployment, says Alan Turnley-Jones, executive for services for the Middle East and Africa at Dimension Data. With the country having reached its highest unemployment...
Integr8 recognised for HR technology innovation
ICT managed services specialist Integr8 has been recognised for its HR technology, having been nominated as a finalist in the Future of HR Awards 2017 in the category Best HR Industry Innovation Using Technology. Lance Fanaroff, joint CEO of Integr8, explains that HR...
The importance of workplace ethics training
What is deemed ethical to one person might not be considered ethical to another - but how does one decide who is right? As the modern business environment continues to be plagued by challenges such as corruption, the subject of ethics becomes ever more important. As...
Bots take away the admin
Businesses shouldn't be developing bots and artificial intelligence solutions just because they're trendy, or because they think they can replace their employees. Smart businesses will use these technologies to free employees from mundane business processes and allow...
Employees expect disruption to positively impact their companies
2016 was a year that saw a lot of change in the world. Amazon delivered a package by drone, university engineers in the US developed sensors for commercial and medical applications so small they're the size of dust and can be implanted in the human body, and a Google...
Graduate programs curb youth unemployment
It is no secret that South African youth are facing massive challenges in terms of their education, employment, and career growth. According to Statistics South Africa, the unemployment rate in South Africa increased to 27,7% in the first quarter of 2017 from 26,5% in...
Where do humans fit in with digital personal assistants?
The fourth industrial revolution is reshaping businesses and the global economy. While previous industrial revolutions moved at a linear pace, the fourth is leveraging digital developments and disrupting all businesses, in all industries, at an exponential rate. The...
Real-world training from Dynamic Technologies
Dynamic Technologies has established Dynamic DNA as part of its BEE Enterprise Development programme. Dynamic DNA is a 51% black female owned ICT learnership academy, which provides learners with a combination of the theoretical skills and hands-on work experience...
Is language a form of exclusion?
Teryl Schroenn,CEO of Accsys, talks about a little-understood aspect of workplace bullying The biblical story of the Tower of Babel has always fascinated me. Not least because I have never been good at languages, having struggled with both Afrikaans and Latin at...
How software developers can accelerate career growth
Few could argue that the corporate environment has become an ultra-competitive, high-pressure world. Across industries and within businesses of all sizes, both leaders and employees have to constantly fight for their positions - and be persistent with their ambitions....
Should temporary staff be screened?
Background screening and other contingencies are generally put in place to ensure businesses employ the right people with limited risk. However, should the same approach be taken when hiring temporary employees? The answer is a "definite yes" according to Rudi Kruger,...
Haw & Inglis selects Parity and Sage
Western Cape based construction company, Haw & Inglis, has gone live with its Sage X3 and X3 People implementation with platinum Sage reseller, Parity Software. Specialising in projects of significant size and complex scope, the company, which operates throughout...