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Five tips for budding entrepreneurs

The subdued rate of emerging business activity often has nothing to do with bureaucracy and funding constraints but, rather, much less obvious hurdles...

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Special tech startup secrets: social media and gamification FTW!

Leigh Andrews

Looking for an example of something game changing for the realm of e-commerce in Africa? Look no further than the...

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How to spring clean your career

Annelize van Rensburg

If you are planning to spring clean your career, use an industrial strength ride-on scrubber rather than a light duster, as a comprehensive revamp is usually necessary if you are serious about revitalising your prospects...

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HR
Flexible work patterns to affect workplace designs
Classic Business, hosted by anchor Michael Avery on ClassicFM, invited Pete Greaves, Technical Director: Buildings, Aurecon; Jeff Robinson, Development Leader: Property, Aurecon; and Adrian Maserow of AMA Architects to participate in a panel discussion on the future of office environments... read more>>
HR as a business driver in focus at HR Summit and Expo Africa 2015

Issued by Informa Telecoms & Media

The strategic role of Human Resources in helping business thrive will be among the key issues to come under the spotlight at the upcoming HR Summit and Expo Africa 2015... read more>>



Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurs need to adapt
Entrepreneurs need to adapt in an ever-changing world, according to evolving needs, if they are to survive. Christo Botes, executive director of Business Partners, says though this is challenging, it is possible... read more>>
Vimal Shah: Entrepreneurship is everything

Ngugi Mungai

Entrepreneurship will always be the best thing to do in life because you learn to exist in a common market place where competition is rife, renowned mogul Vimal Shah has advised... read more>>
Jobs & Recruitment
Define your worth, define your salary
Salary structures are as varied and different as the organisations that pay them, with some structured to ensure that the employee gains significant financial rewards and others not... read more>>
The newbie strategy

Jane Stevenson

Having recently changed career path, I find myself in a challenging space that can be incredibly frustrating, and ranked among the highest stressors in a person's life... read more>>
Careers24 hits key milestone of two million jobseeker profiles

Issued by Careers24

Careers24 has successfully grown their candidate profile base by over 65% in the last year - that takes their total number of jobseekers to a massive two million candidates, from a previous 1.2 million... read more>>
Labour Law & Unions
Why state-owned enterprise retrenchments fail

Bradley Conradie

State-owned enterprises, such as SAA and Telkom, are massively overstaffed with the number of their employees increasing over recent years at the same time that their financial performance has been decreasing. In the past few months both have announced their intention to embark on retrenchment exercises in an attempt to reduce costs. read more>>
Decisions where unions frustrate consultative process for retrenchments

Nicholas Preston

Many employers have to contemplate retrenchments in order to remain profitable and issue a retrenchment notice in terms of the Labour Relations Act (LRA)... read more>>
Has Employment Tax Incentive created jobs?

Rob Cooper

Now that South Africa is just over halfway through the current legal life of the Employment Tax Incentive (ETI), it is opportune to consider whether the legislation has met its goal of creating new jobs... read more>>
Management
Spending on employee engagement pays dividends

Liane McGowan

Generally, happier employees are more focused and productive, leading to better performance and improving the bottom line. The question remains, how can this be achieved...? read more>>
Students view people with disabilities as capable in the work environment
Spring clean your small business
Skills Development & Training
Ford's Incubation Centre graduate opens new business
The Automotive Incubation Centre project at Ford's Silverton assembly plant has produced its first graduate, Caiphus Mokotedi, who will open a new vehicle personalisation centre next to the plant... read more>>
International
Etihad Airways deploys SAP'S solution to drive growth
Etihad Airways is deploying SAP's state-of-the-art, cloud-based solutions across its finance, human resources and procurement and supply... read more>>
More International
Business
[Relentlessly Relevant] 2. Six reasons it's critical to innovate in your business

Douglas Kruger

Last year, I found myself on a squeaky leather couch in a TV studio along with a representative from Yellowwood marketing agency. We got to chatting about the respective reasons for our interviews... read more>>
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New events to diarise
HR Summit and Expo Africa 2015 - 28 Sep 2015 to 1 Oct 2015, Johannesburg
This event will feature insights from international and regional thought leaders and examine the global environment, business trends impacting HR, and winning practices to attract, engage and retain talent in Africa. Read more >>


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Alusani Skills & Training Network® - 17 Sep 2015 to 18 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Harvard Prof. Robert Kaplan - Strategy Execution
Business Results Group - BRG - 17 Sep 2015, Johannesburg

Programme in Project Management
Continuing Education at University of Pretoria - 18 Sep 2015 to 4 Oct 2016, Pretoria

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