I am sure you cannot honestly say that you are not looking forward to an end-of-year break, and for those more fortunate, this will include a holiday away. Whilst people spend hours planning holidays away from their homes; little attention is given to anything apart from, hopefully, pet sitting. The security profile of your home, […]

In 2018, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) partnered with the Charles Koch Institute to launch research on individuals with criminal records in the workforce in the USA. In 2021 the revisited the topic with some interesting findings. Recently the 2021 Getting Talent Back to Work Report was issued by SHRM. Whilst the findings […]

Most parents with children in matric will have recently received their child’s marks for their preliminary school leaving exams. For some, this brings a tremendous amount of panic, and often, it is precisely what the learner needs to kick them into committing to studying for the final exams. Unfortunately, the Department of Education has many […]

Just a few reasons to ensure that your assessment and hiring processes are battened down: The average job posting in South Africa receives up to 250 applications, 75% of applicants are unqualified for the job, 88% are not strong enough to move forward to an interview, and the average time taken to successfully fill a […]

The recent arrest of a 40-year-old internet café owner from the east of Johannesburg on charges of fraud for allegedly producing fake certificates, school reports, and asylum papers should make employers consider the validity of their employee or potential employee documents. Good practices during recruitment of new employees are critical to business success. A key […]

In South Africa, 26 out of every 100,000 people die on the roads – far higher than the global average of 18 per 100,000. Whilst this may be a horrifying statistic how can this be changed when vehicles are not road-worthy or drivers are legally licensed. Recently the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport (a […]