Are background checks worth the added cost?
For some organisations, the act of screening potential hires is not a necessity. Often, the added cost and effort required for pre-screening serve as an understandable deterrent to business owners who would consider skipping the background check process altogether....
How to find and land the best graduate for your business
Social media is awash with pictures of proud graduates, degree in hand and ready to embark on the next stage in their lives: searching for their first job and building the career of their dreams. Unfortunately, too many of them will soon be confronted with the...
Why soft skills are hot skills
Soft skills are in demand from employers and can help employees make transitions to new roles or advance their careers, even in the evolving landscape where the lifespan of skills is shorter than ever. "While some might focus solely on the advancement of their...
Wellness initiatives essential for company growth
Given the amount of time employees spend at the office, the work environment needs to offer more personal health, wellness, and lifestyle support than ever. Ruth Wotela, people wellness executive at SilverBridge, believes that happy and healthy people are more...
The human right to psychological safety at work
Human Rights Day in South Africa commemorates ordinary people asserting themselves and standing united to proclaim their rights. It serves as a reminder of people's rights and the costs paid for it. By Dr Renate Scherrer, MD of JvR Consulting Psychologists Despite the...
How leaders can stay relevant in the evolving workplace
Acquiring new abilities while nurturing timeless skills will help leaders become digital leaders - and stay ahead of the competitive game. The rules keep changing as digital transformation sweeps through the workplace, affecting almost every industry and sector. The...
Emerging HR trends will test our ability to master technology and change
Human resource (HR) professionals today have to cope with an evolving landscape where business and employee expectations are changing at a pace matched only be the march of technology. By Brent Cairns, HR senior manager at Accenture in Africa Dealing with a changing...
Getting an increase? Know what tax bracket you fall into
During the recent budget speech, Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that tax bracket limits would not be adjusted in line with inflation. This has working South Africans worried they will fall victim to "bracket creep". By Tanya Tosen and Janine van der Merwe,...
Building better recruitment strategies with bots
As digital transformation continues to seep into each and every industry and sector and the skills gap continues to widen, it is no secret that employers need to adopt high tech approaches to attracting candidates. The 2018 Global Candidate Preferences Survey provides...
Immersive on-site IT training launched
IT training company HyperionDev has added two on-site IT training bootcamps to its existing developer training offering. Aligned to industry's needs, the on-site Web Developer and Software Engineering are now structured to enable candidates to start coding as soon as...
Payroll audits as SARS looks to make up short-fall
In what now seems to have become an annual occurrence, the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, has announced during this year's budget speech that there will, again, be a tax revenue shortfall - this time to the tune of R43 billion. By Mariana Stander, partner and Jean...
Introducing the modern, flexible, multifaceted workplace
Tech innovation has had to cater for a whole new workplace environment: a technology-driven space characterised by simplified communications, multiple systems, different jobs and, most significantly, a completely new type of employee. Management at ICT solution...