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Angela Aveyard, specialist recruiter in the Hospitality & Legal sector at PCS, took us through some of the developments in this sector. Interesting to note is the buoyancy of the sector this year compared to last, and recruitment demand appears to be back to where it was pre-recession. Q: How has 2015 been so far […] more

Engineers, quantity surveyors and finance managers are considered one of the scarcest skills in South Africa. But did you know how scarce? Last year the Department of Higher Education and Training published a draft list of the top 100 scarcest skills in the country, and accountant was listed as the 13th most needed skill in […] more

Hiring for Success spoke to Simon Maimane, senior consultant in the Construction and Engineering sector at PCS, for his view on recent developments in the recruitment market. Q: Simon, there is a lot of negative news around at the moment regarding Eskom load-shedding and slow growth in the construction and engineering sectors. What’s your take […] more

Accounting was ranked 16th in US News and World Report’s list of the 100 best jobs of 2015 and 3rd on the list of the best jobs in business. To compile the list of best occupations U.S. News used data from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics to identify jobs with the greatest hiring demand between […] more

Marillyn Hewson, president of Lockheed Martin, offers up some tips for those about to enter the job market. Your first impression is what your CV says about you. Get it right, and you will get a second look. Get it wrong, and your CV will end up in the bin. I’ve hired thousands of people […] more

Jean Rymer, senior specialist recruiter for Travel at PCS, reflects on some of the key changes in recruitment in recent years, and offers some advice for candidates seeking new opportunities in the job market. Q: What are the three main things you look for in a candidate? Jean: Top of the list would be experience […] more

As this new, social generation of young people begin graduating from college and entering the workforce, there are a few tips I’d like to share, to help them avoid some common mistakes, says Richard Bliss of Forbes magazine. The following mistakes were made by candidates in just one month, but they’d no idea they’d made […] more

President Jacob Zuma has signed the National Credit Amendment Act into law which provides for the automatic removal of adverse consumer credit information, Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies said recently. In a written reply to a question from new Agang SA MP Molapi Plouamma, Davies said the legislation would assist “in that potential employees will […] more

Yes, I hear you complain about them every day, writes Lesley Jane Seymour: Those millennials (people reaching adulthood around the year 2000), they ask about vacation time in the first interview! They get a bad cold and disappear for days! They want my job after a week in their job! “Who do these upstarts think they […] more