Seven ways talent is lost
Recruiting the right people is difficult in a market where many important commercial, technical and management skills are in short supply. Keeping employees once you’ve recruited them can be even harder, says Anton van Heerden, MD, Sage HR & Payroll. Every time...Winning the talent war
After years of strong economic growth across the continent, African organisations face an enormous demand for skills to keep expanding their businesses. A recent survey from EY shows that 70% of African firms are recruiting – yet many report that they are taking...Tips for retaining top talent
Arguably the foremost tool for hanging on to a company’s talent is putting in place proactive systems that allow leadership to close the gap between what they think is going on versus what is actually happening in the minds of their employees, an expert says. Debbie...Issues keeping CIOs awake at night
Key issues keeping CIOs and IT professionals up at night in 2015 include downtime, security and IT talent acquisition. The findings from a recent survey by Sungard AS are particularly relevant to the South African market, and local ICT specialist Quintica warns that socio-economic issues such as load shedding, a less than buoyant local economy and the increasing brain drain, are not providing much solace to our own CIOs.