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For those entering the workforce for the first time hitting the ground running is a common expectation today’s employers have of them. Yet fulfilling those expectations is somewhat daunting for a new recruit who often has a much different concept...

A position is opening in your company and you want to attract and ultimately hire the best candidate. You begin to pen your job advertisement. It highlights a company going places. It glamorises an envious role. It states a generous...

Job seekers I understand your frustration. You spend hours compiling your job application and weeks later, nothing! Not even a communication to state that they have received your application and are presently shortlisting candidates. And that company that you wanted...

Where do you see your business in one year? Don’t know the answer? Then it’s time you formulated a business plan that clearly maps out your business’ future. When your direction is clear, you will know if expanding your staff...

They say that one bad apple will ruin the bunch. In business, the ripple effect of just one toxic employee can be catastrophic to an organisations culture and, just as prominently, its bottom line. Yet how do you identify these...

Many of you often speculate if you are being fairly remunerated in your daily job. Your perception of your worth naturally provides you with an equivocal yes or no response to your question. Yet is your perception accurate? How are...

Finding one great candidate to fill a much needed role can be a challenge. When you have two perfect candidates you may think yourself exceptionally lucky. Yet you still have to choose just one successor. Hmm…it may not prove to...

Some of us love our jobs. We’re devoted to our employer. We don’t want to leave. We don’t for even a second consider looking for a new role. We’re happy. But along comes the competition and they dangle a lucrative...

Exercise allows you to function at your maximum capacity – mentally, physically and emotionally. Workplaces today increasingly involve sedentary, routine jobs. So if increased exercise improves overall performance, is your desk bound job causing you to under perform? It’s a...

We’ve all been guilty of it…sitting at work dreaming of sun soaked locations, white snow, cascading waterfalls and ancient ruins. Some of us take the leap and go, while others of us convince ourselves that we won’t be able to...