Permalink to: SMEs & Hiring: 5 Tips

SMEs & Hiring: 5 Tips

Hiring can take hours – especially for SMEs. When you are trying to run your own business, send out invoices, chase money, think up the strategy and even find time to get a bite to eat – it can also be the one thing you give the least amount of attention. But we all know if you hire the right
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Permalink to: Hiring for the first time: what you need to know

Hiring for the first time: what you need to know

Hiring can be intimidating – especially if you’re a smaller company. Where do you start? What are you really looking for? What if you make the wrong decision? Here are 6 things to keep in mind when hiring for the first time. 1. It can take longer than expected to hire According to the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM)
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Permalink to: Your Job Search: 3 Ways AI is Making it Easier

Your Job Search: 3 Ways AI is Making it Easier

AI (Artificial Intelligence) can sound intimidating, but it’s part of our everyday lives – in the video games we play, the algorithms that run our social media sites, and in many of the financial services we use daily. It’s also helping change the way recruiters source candidates. Here are 3 ways AI is making your job search easier. 1. Helps
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Permalink to: How to Avoid Lying Resumes: Tips to Look for the Right One

How to Avoid Lying Resumes: Tips to Look for the Right One

Written by Guest Author: Aubrey L Are you in a rush to hire someone? In your desire to fill a position, you could get victimized by resumes that are not true. Even if it’s possible to recruit someone in 24 hours, you should still check out your applicant’s background. Remember, someone with a false resume is lying. Can you really
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Permalink to: 5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Finishing Matric

5 Things I Wish I Knew Before Finishing Matric

The end of matric can be an emotional time. After 12 years of hard work, the finish line is in sight. Even if you’re excited to start the next part of your life, if you’re anything like I was, you’re also terrified about the unknown of it all. Here are 5 things I wish I knew at the end of
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Permalink to: 5 Ways AI is Going to Change the Job Market Forever

5 Ways AI is Going to Change the Job Market Forever

AI, Artificial Intelligence, is changing the world. From making video games feel more realistic, to driving the algorithms that make our social media tick. Almost all of us interact with AI in some way or another every day. It might seem like we’re on a path to making ourselves obsolete on the job market, but that’s not necessarily the case.
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Permalink to: Your Job Hunt – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

Your Job Hunt – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

There’s no doubt that a job hunt can be both a rewarding and frustrating thing. On the one hand, you learn a lot about yourself and what you’re looking for from a future employer. On the other hand, it can be a difficult journey full of rejection, ghosting, and, at worst, job scammers. Here’s how to be the hero of
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Permalink to: Your job search: what’s the first step?

Your job search: what’s the first step?

You’re on a job search again, whether by choice or due to a change in employment circumstances. Either way, it’s often intimidating to know where to start, especially if it’s your first time job-seeking in a while. Where are you even supposed to start? Thankfully the answer to that is simple: prepare! Here is your first step of your job
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Permalink to: 3 Ways AI is Changing Job-Seeking

3 Ways AI is Changing Job-Seeking

Over the past several decades, the nature of job-seeking has changed. Gone are the days of pavement-pounding and handing in your CV wherever possible. Now, almost all job applications take place online and this means that the pace of the hiring process has accelerated dramatically. To help with this, employers and recruiters are making increased use of AI (Artificial Intelligence).
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Permalink to: 5 Tips for Battling Job-Search Burnout

5 Tips for Battling Job-Search Burnout

Any job-search is stressful, and more so when you don’t have work. Understandably, when in this situation, many of us fall into job-search burnout. Here are some things to look out for on your job search and advice on how to get out of that rut. 1. Check in with yourself regularly Don’t neglect yourself in the process of finding
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