Skills data professionals need to advance their careers
With the likes of artificial intelligence (AI) and automation expected to take over many repetitive tasks, companies globally are trying to fill scarce skills in IT, data analytics, and even AI itself. Advanced technologies are creating opportunities for the...
Resolve the talent shortage with a skills-based approach
The skills shortage remains a pressing priority for organisations trying to keep up with the radical revolutions of digital, AI, machine learning and quantum. According to Statista, more than half of global organisations have hit the skills shortage roadblock and it...
Have you outgrown your payroll software?
Managing your company's payroll should be a seamless experience, but if your payroll department is constantly in a state of crisis management, it's highly likely that the payroll solution you're using is no longer capable of meeting the organisation's evolving...
Are learnerships at risk as QCTO takes effect?
With the expiration date of SETA-accredited learnerships looming at the end of June this year, companies are at a critical juncture for their Skills Development. From that point forward, organisations will only be able to register their learners for the QCTO's...
Return to the office takes off in 2024
During 2022 and 2023, many companies - large and small alike - asked their teams to return to the office for at least a few days a week. This trend is likely to accelerate throughout 2024 as more organisations acknowledge the negative impact that fully remote working...

Make your company’s training pay for itself
Strategic business planning in South Africa needs a forward-thinking approach so when it comes to cultivating a skilled workforce, there is one action that repeatedly delivers - the inclusion of learnerships into Workplace Skills Programmes (WSP) and Annual Training...
Why is payroll business critical?
Payroll services make and break the relationships between companies and their employees. No matter how good the culture or friendly the environment is, nothing sours employee moods like being paid late or less than expected. Inadequate systems, lack of planning &...

Resignation season a good time to shift new paradigm
A quick glance at global unemployment rates will routinely reveal that South Africa has the highest jobless population in the world. By Gary Silbermann, co-founder and innovation director at One Degree Digging a little deeper, one will find that unemployed graduates...
Why is payroll business critical?
Payroll services make and break the relationships between companies and their employees. No matter how good the culture or friendly the environment is, nothing sours employee moods like being paid late or less than expected. Inadequate systems, lack of planning &...
These are the top skills for 2024
As we look to this year with great uncertainty and the economic downturn expected to continue, businesses and employees need to be differentiating and upskilling themselves. Ashleigh Kawocha, talent acquisition manager at Bizmod Development, explains that the IT...
Corporate teams can start the year with a bang
Having goals at the start of a new year is important. Of course, setting them is easy. However, achieving and maintaining them always prove to be difficult. Annemarie Lombard, founder, thought leader, workshop facilitator and Author at Sensory Intelligence Consulting,...

Demand-led training to the fore in 2024
2024 needs to be the year that we move the needle as business leaders toward demand-led training that will assist in reducing the software development skills shortage that South African companies are facing. This gap is because there isn't a real push towards aligning...