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 | Lauren Shantall, director of Lauren Shantall Integrated Communications, is one of the two finalists in the annual Cape Regional Business Achiever Awards of the Business Women's Association (BWA) of South Africa... read |
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 | Issued by GetSmarter Ever wanted to earn a little extra income on the side, without quitting your job? Millions of people already do - by taking on part-time freelance gigs. And you can too... read |
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 | There has been an increase in requests to review the qualifications of people applying for high-profile jobs in the public sector, including board and executive management positions... read |
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 | Issued by Careers24 Careers24 has just released their latest recruitment trends which have been extrapolated using in-depth analysis of April's job posts on the platform as well as over 40 other local online job boards... read |
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 | Hugo Pienaar and Roxanne Bain The Employment Equity Act and the revised BBBEE codes require businesses to employ more people with disabilities and not to claim that they are unable to accommodate people with disabilities. However, this should not cause an organisation 'unjustifiable hardship'. read |
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 | Samiksha Singh and Zola Mcaciso There have been several cases on the fairness of disciplinary action taken against employees for engaging in misconduct on social media platforms, with the popular defence being raised of the right to privacy, provided by the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa... read |
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 | Hugo Pienaar and Roxanne Bain Employers should ensure that they act in accordance with workplace equity policies and plans that comply with employment equity legislation... read |
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 | Issued by Simpsons Attorneys Possibly one of the worst betrayals is when a professional individual paid to look after your interests, neglects their duty in a way that leaves you physically, financially, emotionally or legally compromised... read |
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 | Gregg Petersen Technological innovation and the emergence of the millennial generation are closely entwined. Few superlatives can accurately sum up the sheer extent to which technology has altered the way we live and work... read |
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 | Deirdre Elphick-Moore Adaptability is a life skill that impacts so many aspects of our lives: our stress levels, our ability to keep up socially and whether we thrive professionally... read |
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 | The South African Payroll Association (SAPA) annual awards are now open for entries. The closing date for submitting nominations is 5 August 2016... read |
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 | Strategies to ensure workplace engagement are largely focused on practical rewards, such as pay increases or bonuses, but it is the 'feeling-based' personal relationships that have the greatest influence... read |
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 | Anton van Heerden By integrating the business processes and systems of accounting, payroll & HR and payments, organisations can reduce manual administration and free time to spend on more value-adding activities... read |
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 | Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban are positioning themselves, as the country's outsourcing hotspot trio, as South Africa establishes itself as a successful emerging offshore destination for voice and non-voice outsourcing services... read |
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 | Kerith Hulme Despite recent downturns in the local economy, and the potential downgrade of South Africa's economic rating, internationally the special events industry shows no signs of grinding to a halt... read |
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 | Bad customer service is bad for the bottom line, as revealed by an international study conducted by The Human Edge's US affiliate, VitalSmarts. It showed that the average employee witnesses 19 incidents of customer abuse per year. These incidents together, result in a 17% drop in revenue annually per customer... read |
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 | The world is currently undergoing economic strain, with the World Bank GDP growth projection for 2016 at only 0.8%, the lowest since 2009... read |
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 | Bellah Nxumalo There is a strong South African demand for engineering candidates with seven skills topping the list... read |
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 | Dr Elsamari Botha The exponential rate of information has led to the creation of a new kind of educator: low-cost, on-demand, short-length education providers, providing courses on everything from gardening to robotics at lower costs than traditional universities and colleges... read |
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 | Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business A new study suggests that negotiation skills are an essential factor in solving the problem of the gap in salary between men and women and other forms of salary discrimination... read |
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 | Leigh Andrews The 'silo mentality' is slowly but surely falling away in ad agencies - now that collaborative business mindset is spreading across all industries. Here's why your marketing strategy needs to follow suit and become a top-line conversation... read |
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