Your career needs a fresh start?
Right, you got your bonus in December so that's under the bridge and now you are feeling sort of...you know...restless. So rather than the devil you know, you are coming around to the thought that this could be a good time to make a change.
Well before you do, Juliette Attwell has some words of advice for you, on
making a fresh start and she also clarifies what constitutes valid reasons for leaving your present job.
Still on careers, it seems managers at Telkom might be wise to dust of their CVs and update them because it appears that
up to 1,000 managers may face the axe. Some cuts were apparently expected, but Telkom's chief executive, Sipho Maseko's comments to the Bloomberg news agency suggest deeper and more far-reaching cuts than many had imagined.
Planning a trip to Limpopo? Make sure you get your anti-malaria medication beforehand and make sure you are aware of the symptoms. Why? Because the Limpopo authorities have
issued a travel warning, following a malaria outbreak.
Finally...some good news, and let's hope it stays that way and doesn't degenerate into the 'tragic-comic' farce of last year...It is reported that...wait for it...
the delivery of school textbooks is on track for 2014.
It is common knowledge that supplying textbooks to learners countrywide is fraught with
challenges. Let's make sure what happened last year never happens again.
Our school children deserve every chance they can get.
Rod Baker, Content Director
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 | South African sectors created 23‚861 jobs in the last two months of 2013‚ with most of the jobs created in the informal sector‚ according to the latest Adcorp employment index. Read more >>
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 | Doug Bugie has been appointed as president of Antal International's franchise operation, Antal International Network. Antal International is a global professional and managerial recruitment specialist and has offices in over 30 countries around the world. Read more >>
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 | More than 86 social development initiatives from across South Africa will be unveiled at the ACTIVATE! Youth Leadership Network's annual Innovation Showcase in Johannesburg on 17 and 18 January 2014. Read more >>
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 | HARARE: Zimbabwe will from New Year's Day ban foreigners from owning a majority stake in a host of businesses from bakeries to beauty salons, a cabinet minister said on Tuesday, 31 December 2013. Read more >>
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 | Laura Chiweshe Creativity is at the core of this industry and both employers and employees need to ensure that they never run out of this precious resource. One way that is increasingly gaining momentum is the policy of flexi-hours. Read more >>
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 | Karl Gernetzky‚ Bekezela Phakathi and Sue Blaine As pupils and schools celebrated a record 78.2% matric pass rate‚ data from the Department of Basic Education underlined the grim fact that almost three-quarters of those who qualified for university study did not meet the minimum requirements for the degrees that meet scarce skills. Read more >>
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 | After 18 months of intensive scientific, engineering and technical training, 73 Rand Water Academy (RWA) graduates are expected to start reaping the fruits of their labour and persevere towards becoming registered professionals. Read more >>
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Nick Hedley The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of SA (Naamsa) branded last year as a year of unrealised expectations for the local automotive industry as domestic vehicle sales growth slowed and exports fell slightly. Read more >>
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 | Jacques van Wyk The Supreme Court of Appeal, in rejecting the decision of the Labour Appeal Court, found that the employee in this case had been unfairly discriminated against by being denied an opportunity for promotion where no other suitable candidate, aside from herself, was present for the position. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Telkom's chief executive Sipho Maseko has moved to calm a storm over his comments last week that up to 1‚000 managers face the axe at the company‚ although he confirmed that its staff numbers would be reduced in wide-ranging efforts to cut costs. Read more >>
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 | Thabiso Mochiko Telkom (TKG) CEO Sipho Maseko has moved to calm a storm over his comments on Friday that up to 1‚000 managers face the axe at the company‚ although he confirmed that its staff numbers would be reduced in wide-ranging changes to cut costs. Read more >>
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 | Frew Murdoch Do you align your reward management model with your overall business strategy or vice versa? The usual management model is to create wealth and then share it, as in the company first focuses on business strategy, then HR management (people management), which is then followed by business results. Read more >>
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 | Evan Pickworth Good independent directors can have a major effect on job creation‚ but their role is not well understood‚ Sirdar SA CEO Carl Bates said last week. Read more >>
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 | Olebogeng Molatlhwa Joburg's council employees are likely to take plenty of flak for what is expected to be yet another dismal audit outcome for the city. Read more >>
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 | Linda Ensor President Jacob Zuma has rejected the recommendation by the Independent Commission for the Remuneration of Public Office Bearers that salary increases for public servants be determined on a sliding scale to narrow the wide income gap in the public service. Read more >>
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 | Bekezela Phakathi SA runs the risk of becoming "dangerously elitist" and of "throwing away" half of its young people that fail to get at least 50% in matric examinations‚ Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said. Read more >>
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