The role of incentives and rewards in attracting, retaining top talent
As South African companies prepare for a new year and the return of employees to the office following the festive season break, the matter of attracting and retaining top talent is gaining increasing prominence. Faced with a challenging local and global economy and a...
How do we create opportunities for unemployed youth?
Unemployment in South Africa, especially among the youth, is undoubtedly the most important socioeconomic challenge. By Smangele Nkosi, GM: South Africa at Cisco For the last two decades, the unemployment rate has exceeded 20%. At the end of 2021, it reached a record...
Digital workers help improve efficiency, reduce risk, scale the business
Digital workers are rapidly becoming a common sight in businesses across industries. By Ugan Maistry, CEO of FIRtech These AI-powered tools are being used to automate a wide range of tasks, from data entry and document processing to customer service and accounting....
HR departments rebrand as the focus shifts to people
Over the past few years, the way people think about work and how employers think about employees has shifted dramatically. We have emerged from a public healthcare and economic crisis with a renewed appreciation for the central role of people in the business. By Sonia...
Embracing a distributed world of work
The normalisation of a distributed workforce has seen some companies fall short when it comes to maintaining effective communications with their employees. Engagement between workers was always taken for granted in traditional office environments. By Catherine Muller,...
Women are leaving companies – how do we welcome them back?
When it comes to women and leadership, the paradox -- and the data -- are clear. By Linda Saunders, director: solution engineering at Salesforce South Africa Companies recruit men and women in near-equal numbers out of college. In fact, they've outnumbered men in the...
How to create an easy and affordable payroll
Behind every good business is a great bookkeeper. Dee Hock, the founder of VISA, said it best: "Making good judgments when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge is not leadership - it's bookkeeping." By Sandra Crous, MD of PaySpace But providing bookkeeping and...
Wakeup call for quiet quitters as career cushioning takes precedence
2023 is rapidly shaping up to become a year of challenges locally and globally, with some international trends replicating themselves in South Africa, mixed in with unique challenges of our own. Whereas last year saw a great deal of so-called ‘quiet quitting’ as...
The bait and switch: when online interviews go bad
What would you do if the person you hired through a series of online interviews and virtual tests is not the same person who shows up at work? It sounds like something from a science fiction movie. You spend hours testing, interviewing and talking to a candidate and...
The silent war between employers and employees will have no winner
The defining leadership challenge of 2023 will be navigating the silent war brewing between employers and employees. "What war?", you may ask. Perhaps it is easier to explain it as a series of battles happening on many work fronts. By Cathy Smith, MD of SAP Africa The...
Trends impacting the future of payroll
The payroll industry is known for "moving slowly". However, even though, aside from ongoing legislative changes, it can appear like not a lot is happening or changing in the world of payroll, the industry is not immune to the continual technological advancements. By...
January the most popular month to quit your job – but don’t rush
For ambitious financial services professionals lacking development opportunities, January is often the month to quit their jobs, with 21 January the most popular day. Yet, for all the sense of renewal that switching jobs can bring, there are serious costs. The change...