Common myths about youth employability
A massive 60% of the population in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is under the age of 25 and, of these young people, one in four is unemployed. Part of the reason for this is a lack of necessary technical skills for the 21st century workplace. But beyond that, there...
Key budget highlights you may have missed
Rob Cooper, tax expert and director of legislation and proposed legislation at Sage HR & Payroll, upacks some of the less obvious elements from last week's National Budget Speech. Last week Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan did an admirable job of balancing South...
Scale-ups can help solve SA job crisis
Bolstering efforts to support high potential businesses to grow revenues and reach the next level of growth should be one of the solutions considered to help the country reach its National Development Plan (NDP) goals to create an estimated 11-million jobs by 2030....
Volunteer programmes are good for business
A happy and engaged employee equals good business for the company they work for. Research indicates that companies with high levels of employee engagement enjoy a significant increase in productivity and general wellbeing, which leads to increased profitability and...
Britehouse adopts SAP cloud for human capital
Britehouse, an accredited SAP Africa partner, has invested in SAP SuccessFactors technology as part of its business transformation journey. The objective was to help the organisation successfully achieve its ambitious business growth strategy bolstered by a focused...
Five common myths about youth employability
Sixty percent of the population in the Middle East and Africa (MEA) is under the age of 25, and of these young people, one in four is unemployed. Part of the reason for this is a lack of necessary technical skills for the 21st century workplace. But beyond that, there...
Tips to help win the war for talent
The war for top talent, across industries, is fiercer than ever before and - with access to company information and reviews available online - candidates who are the best-of-the-best in their field can easily eliminate a business from their list of potential employers...
Astea makes Bytes MS more efficient
Bytes Managed Solutions (Bytes MS) implemented the Astea Alliance service management and mobile workforce optimisation platform in August 2015 to gain additional efficiencies, support the company's "green" initiatives by reducing paper, emissions and fuel costs, as...
The myth of the head-hunter ‘enemy’
Some myths endure for no apparent reason; for instance, the undying myth of the 'head hunter' as the sworn enemy of HR. To be fair, this fallacy is challenged by some progressive businesses, but at many firms the old adversarial perceptions remain solidly in place,...
HR market rising up to the cloud, says CRS
Despite a better understanding of the realities of cloud-based solutions and investment in Africa, some regions, including South Africa, are lagging behind when it comes to adoption. This is according to James McKerrell, CEO of CRS Technologies, who says there is a...
Get full value from conferences
Getting back to serious work in the New Year means getting the diary for the next 12 months into some sort of order. A key issue here is what conferences to attend, where and why, writes Auguste Coetzer, director: executive search at Talent Africa. As costs remain...
Millennials guiding the always-on business
With more millennials joining the workforce and expecting a seamlessly connected environment, companies need to ensure that operations are conducive to an always-on approach. According to Warren Olivier, regional manager for southern Africa at Veeam, changing business...