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
How to Hire Like a Recruiter: 5 Strategies Recruiters Use To Find the Best Candidates
Having recruited candidates in a range of places – internally, in a corporate, a start-up, and through an agency, as well as having been a candidate. I have learned a thing or five about where to find the best candidates. Great recruiters use all the tools at their disposal, due to having to search through 7 billion! You just need
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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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Why you didn’t hire the best
We often question when we hire the wrong person, how did it go so wrong? Working in recruitment and hiring for my own team, hindsight often tells me where it all went wrong. Find our Top 5 reasons ‘why you didn’t hire the best’:
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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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7 Awesome Job Benefits That Attract Quality Candidates (and doesnt break the bank)
We are seeing an increase in job openings in South Africa, which is great for our economy but does create competition when YOU want to hire the best. Often companies have to fight against bigger monetary offers, but now days you would be surprised what ‘wins’ that quality candidate. Due to what has happened over the past 18 months many candidates are looking for non-financial benefits to help with the change at home, so if you can offer some of these non-financial benefits you may be leading the race.
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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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Jobs And Titles – How to Make Employment Easier?
Jobs and Job Titles are linked critically to an immediate view of what the job will entail. Example “Personal Assistant” we immediately think of a person who will assist a manager with answering phones, travel arrangements and administration. Another example is “Manager” immediately think of someone that leads a team of employees. Want to save hours in hiring? Then ensure your Job Title is ideal for the role.
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I was retrenched – what now?
There are few things more disappointing or stressful than being let go. Not only do you have to grapple with all the emotions it comes with, but you’re also left with the anxiety of being without income. While there’s not much you can do about actually getting retrenched, here are some quick tips on how to keep your head above
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5 Tips to create the best Job Description
Be it you call it a “Job Description”, “Job Detail” or Job Specification (aka Job Spec) – they all equal the same thing, a document that lists what a job is called and does.