A lot of business slows down in December, but that doesn’t mean you should stop looking for your dream job through this time. There are many benefits to keeping up with your job search over December and it’s the perfect time to set up a great job-seeking strategy. Here are some reasons why you shouldn’t stop looking and how to
Do you really know who you are hiring?
My story on when hiring can go very wrong, learn some lessons to ensure you hire well and safely.
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Losing My Job in 2020: 5 Things I Learned
I learned many lessons in 2020 – some of the most difficult and valuable when I was retrenched. Unless you’ve been there yourself, it’s difficult to describe the sick sort of what now? feeling that follows the words “we’re going to have to let you go”. I’m thankfully on the other side of it now and while it was by
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Growing with a Company in an Essential Industry – Michelle Gordon | Candidate Spotlight
It’s always encouraging to hear stories of our candidates doing well, but even more encouraging when we hear that the company they work for is doing well too – especially in an industry as important as emergency services. We had the privilege of catching up with Michelle Gordon from Rapid Deploy to hear how her career has grown since placing
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5 reasons why you did not get the job
Job search and retrenchment and what hind sight has got to do with this? A few years back I was running a new start-up and we hit a wall when searching for our 2nd round of funding. Unfortunately, we closed our doors and I had to retrench myself (it would be the first time, but not the last). While I
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7 Ways to Grow Your Business in December
Unless you work in retail, December is probably a quiet business month. While this can cause anxiety around cash flow, there are ways to make the quieter time work for you. Here are 7 ways to work on your business over December. 1. Don’t delay the recruitment process It can take a while to find the right team member, so
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Coordinating Multi-Million Rand Campaigns – Shelley Spires-Bolle | Candidate Spotlight
Talking to past candidates about how they’re growing and thriving in their new roles is one of our favourite parts of what we do. We were thrilled this week to catch up with Shelley Spires-Bolle from Retail Capital to hear how her career has progressed since placing her We put Shelley forward for a Brand Project Manager role at Retail
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5 things I learnt while hiring a CEO
The past few weeks I have been assisting an NPO hire their new CEO, being part of the decision making, and not just the screening process. I remembered how much more invested you get into the process and how long it can take. What did I learn? Lots … Score the answers to the questions I think the reason I
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8 Ways to Impress Employers and Recruiters
From the moment you send in your application, to the moment the application process is over, the main goal of your job search should be impressing potential employers and recruiters. While each company has a slightly different approach to how they do things, here are 8 easy ways to make a good impression. 1. Make sure you thoroughly read and
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Placing One of Our Own – Reinardt Veldtman | Candidate Spotlight
At Job Crystal, we don’t believe in just recruiting for the sake of recruiting. We know that the right job can change lives, which is why we’re always excited to catch up with our past candidates to see how they have grown in their careers since we placed them. It was especially rewarding to catch up with Reinardt, since he