“Most people learn how to do their jobs in the first year, and then they never get any better. They just coast in their jobs. But the only direction you can coast is downhill. . The average person does only an average...
Dear School Leaver There are a few things that your LO Lessons probably did not tell you about looking for a job after school, that I wanted to share with you. Your matric results do not definite how successful you will...
Before you are employed- possibly before you are even interviewed- your future employer is going to stalk you on the internet. I know this, because it’s the first thing that I would do, and most of my clients do as...
It’s sad, but true. Tertiary education is a business like any other. They must sell you on studying qualifications through them, with the promise of amazing careers, dream jobs and huge salaries. The truth is, that a lot of the...
Every recruiter’s pet peeve- when a girlfriend, boyfriend, best friend, wife; or in this case- parent, phones on behalf of their child to find out about jobs. When you are starting your career, there is not a lot on your CV...
Gone are the days of looking for a job in the local newspapers. Today you look for employment opportunities digitally. And the number one place is on Job Portals. A job portal, also known as a career portal or employment...
“Researchers selected a large number of people who had made New Year’s resolutions. They then divided these people into two categories: those who had set New Year’s resolutions and written them down and those who had set New Year’s resolutions...
“Your ability to discipline yourself and set clear goal for yourself and then work towards them every day will do more to guarantee your success than any other single factor. You need to have goals to accomplish worthwhile things in life. You...
“Your intelligence is like a double-edge sord: It can cut in either direction. You can use your intelligence to rationalize, justify, and blame other people for things you are not happy about, or you can use your intelligence to find...
20 Years ago when I started my business, I shut each year from the 15th of December to the 15th of January. A lot of companies shut for “builders shut down”. But the world has changed, and a lot of...
