Powering skills development with technology
As high end ICT skills become increasingly in demand, a partnership between the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) Department of Computing Sciences and SYSPRO is using new technologies in innovative ways, to address the ICT skills shortfall. With a focus on...
SAP, ICTWorx meet skills demand in Africa
On the heels of SAP Africa’s recent announcement of an agreement with the World Bank to consolidate skills development efforts in Africa, SAP Africa Education has further committed to help increase the size of the resource pool of trained SAP professionals in South...
Sage releases Business Index 2013
The 2013 Sage Business Index (SBI) survey globally interviewed more than 11 000 SME business decision-makers, revealing that SMEs generally agree that excessive Government bureaucracy and legislation top the list of the least favourable aspects of doing business....
Don’t part on bad terms, warns Accsys
Given South Africa’s level of unemployment, the competition that has escalated in most industries and the need to comply with legislation that now defines modern HR management, the relationship between employees and employers is very much under the spotlight. Experts...
The manager’s new dilemma
Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) have allowed work to become more dispersed and remote creating at times a group of knowledge workers who are removed from the direct sphere of influence of management and co-workers. This has created a new...
SA’s HR industry sets a new standard
In August 2013, South Africa’s HR industry received a much-needed "shot in the arm" and achieved a milestone with the roll out of national HR standards, the culmination of the HR Standards Project initiated in 2012 by the South African Board for People Practices...
Econz Wireless partners with Samsung
Econz Wireless has partnered with Samsung Electronics South Africa to improve and advance mobile workforce management and streamline business to become more efficient, productive and profitable. Samsung’s powerful software development kit and other tools are made...
Facial recognition gaining traction in HR
Whilst biometric technology, based on fingerprint identification, is considered the most accurate in terms of access control in commerce, HR experts believe facial recognition has captured the attention of decision- makers. Security remains a priority for South...
A cross-section of HR in the cloud
Small, medium and large businesses across virtually every sector are realising the potential of cloud computing within their HR functions. This is according to HR software start-up Piilo Software’s CEO Phil Lötter. “Since the official launch of Piilo in May, our...
People as the new differentiators
Technology is proving to be a double edged sword. On the one hand it enables businesses to operate more efficiently than ever before. On the other hand it’s helping to erode the traditional sources of business differentiation. "It’s never been easier or faster for...
School-leavers do have choices
According to Statistics South Africa the country’s unemployment figure now stands at 25,06% and competition for jobs, particularly in sectors such as ICT, retail and manufacturing, is on the rise. HR and recruitment specialists believe that the more information about...
Liebherr invests R27m in the ATI
The Liebherr Academy, a social responsibility imitative of Liebherr-Africa, will have invested as much as R27-million in training artisans at the black empowered training institute, the Artisan Training Institute (ATI), by the end of 2014. The current aim is to train...