South African startup Giraffe (@Giraffe_Jobs), a low cost automated recruitment platform for medium-skilled workers, recently launched automated candidate voice screening. According to Giraffe’s blog – “Candidates that qualify for a position are invited to take a voice assessment via SMS.” This got us thinking about how South African jobseekers would feel about…
Discussing the Importance of Organisational Culture with You’re Hired #JobAdviceSA 18/02
This week on #JobAdviceSA Twitter chat our special guest is You’re Hired, a new job board which will be going live on the 11th April and aims to be the most effective way to search for jobs and staff online. You can register on the website here: https://yourehired.org.za/ The topic they…
Crowdsourcing Answers to Questions from the #JobAdviceSA Community 04/02
One of the great things about the #JobAdviceSA community is that it is not only our guests or the host of our weekly chat who answer the questions, but also the many career and recruitment experts who take part every week. This means that all the jobseekers who tune in…
Getting to Know the #JobAdviceSA Founder: @TimJBarry
Tim Barry (@TimJBarry), the Founder of #JobAdviceSA, likes to say that he is an English gent with an African Heart and Celtic Soul, and according to his LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/timjbarry/) he is an HR Technology and Social Recruiting Consultant, Speaker and Trainer. But what really makes him tick? We sat…
#ShiftTomorrow with @TrustedInterns – #JobAdviceSA 28/01
Trusted Interns is a dedicated online marketplace where jobseekers can sign up and apply to be an intern at many great companies. Earlier this month Trusted Interns launched an exciting competition in conjunction with Prize Partners including Educate 24, Red & Yellow Creative School of Business and The Bursary Lottery,…
Advice for Interviews from @JobStarterSA #JobAdviceSA 21/01
This week’s guest on #JobAdviceSA Twitter chat is @JobStarterSA – a free mobile learning, information and recruitment service for young people in South Africa. You can find out more about them here. Interviews are the part of the jobseeking process that terrifies young people the most, so @JobStarterSA are going…
How Can Young People Become ‘Job Ready’ – The Experience Factory #JobAdviceSA 10/12
For our last #JobAdviceSA chat of 2018 we are going to be hearing from The Experience Factory (@ExperFactory) on how young people can get the knowledge, skills and experience in order to find work. The Experience Factory is a social enterprise that has a focus on the empowerment of unemployed…
The Why Questions | By Y-Connect | #JobAdviceSA 03 Dec 18
Today’s guest on the #JobAdviceSA chat is Yoke van Dam – Facilitator, NLP Coach, Presentation coach. Yoke specializes in building human to human relations. She is a specialist in Neuro-linguistic Programming, Presenting and Emotional Intelligence (EQ). Yoke and the #JobAdviceSA Team will be answering the following questions… The…
A few job search tips for you!
Q1: How should you set up your online presence to be found by recruiters that use sourcing? Q2: How do you find company / employer reviews, who writes them and what should you look out for? Q3: What do you do once you’ve created a profile and posted your CV…
How to Phanda with Tshepo 1Million – #JobAdviceSA 19/11
We’re really excited that our guest on the next #JobAdviceSA will be Tshepo 1Million (@Tshepo1Million) which is a Gauteng Provincial Government youth empowerment initiative designed to break down barriers for youth to participate in the economy with any education level, from Grade 10 to Graduates. “Phanda” is the name of…