How to use bridging and bonding in your career
It is no secret that professional networking builds competencies and creates strategic relationships, while also expanding an individual's visibility and credibility. However, not all networking has the same effect. In fact, you can think of networking in either one...
4IR gives rise to the digital nomad
The Fourth Industrial Revolution brings with it a fundamental shift in how we do business. Advances in technology and the increasing digitisation of many roles means that the conventional brick-and-mortar business model is quickly shifting towards a hybrid model of an...
The future of payroll and the cloud
While the cloud is fundamentally changing how organisations use data, when it comes to sensitive information such as HR and payroll, caution needs to be applied. This is according to Ian McAlister, GM of HR (human resources) and payroll specialists CRS Technologies...
Digital empowerment won’t cut jobs
While there is a lot of information being published and debate taking place about the digital economy, the gig economy and the Fourth Industrial Revolution, a lot of it is overhyped and needs to be demystified. This is according to Aadil Patel, national practice head...
Tax tips for ICT sector staff
It's tax season and taxpayers registered for SARS e-Filing can start filing their personal income tax returns from 1 July 2019. For the over 335 000 people employed within South Africa's ICT (Information and Communications Technology) sector*, there are several unique...
Migrating your payroll to the cloud
While the arrival of multinational data centres in South Africa has prompted more organisations to consider moving to the cloud, some are still hesitant to migrate their payroll to this environment. According to Ian McAlister, GM of CRS Technologies, the advantages...
Flexihours in CT: where a work life balance is serious business
Workplace flexibility as a talent management policy is no longer an option; it is an essential practice that enables organisations to attract and develop skilled talent. The practice is rapidly becoming a win-win: reflective of employee and employer needs, and for...
The flexible workplace is here to stay
Regardless of whether the user is a millennial with multiple jobs, a corporate-free freelancer, digital nomad, savvy small business owner or large global corporate, they’re all turning to flexible office spaces as their work location of choice. By Andrew Robinson,...
IT can help to fix the employee experience
It used to be that competitive salaries, benefits and career development initiatives were enough to find and keep talent. Today, these things are table stakes. To compete and win in the raging battle for talent, companies need to up their game and give employees what...
How you can become a people company
At the Future of HR Summit, I discussed the challenges of shrinking workforce productivity, why employees are demotivated and disengaged, and how businesses can turn things around. By Gerhard Hartman, regional director: medium business at Sage Africa & Middle East...
Talent and workplaces: a virtuous cycle
What does it take to keep good people? Back in 2003, Rudy Giuliani wrote in his seminal book Leadership that "one quality every effective performer shared was a sense that their job was more than a simple transaction of time for money." By Chris Buchanan, director:...
Consider the security implications for payroll when adopting cloud
The recent launch of two multinational data centres in South Africa has placed renewed focus on the benefits that the cloud can provide businesses. Ian McAlister, GM of HR (human resources) and payroll specialists CRS Technologies South Africa, believes that when it...