One of the anomalies of the past few years is that temporary employment continues to grow – and in fact is one of the ONLY areas in which employment is growing (other than the public sector) – despite legislation specifically designed to curtail this practice. In fact, by some accounts, temporary employment is growing at […] more

Hiring for Success spoke to Simon Maimane, lead consultant for the Civils and Engineering sector at PCS, to get a sense of what is happening in the recruitment market. Simon says the market has changed radically since 2007-8, when employers dictated salaries and terms of employment. Now it is a buyer’s market, especially for skilled […] more

The “brain drain” of highly skilled professionals from South Africa is showing signs of reversing, according to employment figures recently released by workforce management company Adcorp. Adcorp’s January employment report estimates that, since the global financial crisis of 2008-09, approximately 359,000 high-skilled South Africans have returned from foreign work assignments. “This is a sizeable number, […] more