Tag Archives: recruitment
1 Min. With A Superhero: Wynand Gouws, on attracting great people
Recently, we’ve been talking a lot about employee benefits and how to attract and retain great people to your business. Last week Mike identified Old Mutual Unit Trusts’ Group Solution as a great way to help you attract top talent by offering a salary package that includes a very attractive retirement benefit. This morning we [...]
5 Questions To Ask Before You Recruit
One of the most important functions that a human resources manager fulfils is recruiting new employees to the company. As the business grows and changes, it starts to need more workers with a wider variety of skills. It is up to the HR manager, working closely with departmental management and company directors, to conceptualise these [...]
“Is it worth running Assessment Centres for potential new recruits?”
HR Question: “As a small business is it worth running an assessment centres for potential new recruits, as well as an interview?”
Answer:
What is an assessment centre? An assessment centre is one of the most sophisticated selection methods available. It is a process that incorporates group and individual exercises, tests and interviews for the measurement of performance against [...]
Revolutionizing Recruitment: Sebenzi
Do you want to get exposure but you don’t want to expose yourself or your personal information to all those dodgy characters on the web? Well, we were really impressed with Sebenzi, a web-based recruitment portal that allows you to put yourself in the job market in complete anonymity.
Yolandi Janse van Rensburg writes about social [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Joubert and Francois Botha from JobVine
This morning we’re chatting to Joubert and Francois Botha from JobVine, a brand new online recruitment site using a fresh alternative to the traditional, childishly expensive model that most jobs platforms utilise. Okay guys, tell us about your business. What is JobVine and why should we use it?
Joubert: JobVine is a free platform that unites businesses, [...]
Making the New Guy feel welcome!
Not many organisations are recruiting this particular January, but usually there is workforce movement within organisations at this time of the year. If you have just hired a new employee then you may want to consider implementing a simple induction programme to fast track their assimilation into their role. You will start them off with [...]
Recruiting staff in the New Year?
Most people find it really stressful recruiting new staff. It often seems so hit and miss, and if your golden candidate turns out to be a bad apple it’s hard to rectify the mistake.
However, there are some strategies that will take an element of risk out of the process:
Before you start the recruitment process, think [...]
