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Community-serving entrepreneurship

The University of Pretoria (UP) came out tops in the 2010 national Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) SA competition which ran from August 5 – 6 at the Birchwood Hotel in Johannesburg.

SIFE International operates in more than 40 countries with 10 of them from Africa including[...]

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Bright horizons for some school learners

Oracle SA recently held a careers day at Ponelopele Oracle Secondary School and invited graduates, businesses and local celebrity DJ Sbu to attend.

The company is the SA arm of a US-based business software and hardware systems company.  In conjunction with the Gauteng education department, Oracle built the Ponelopele[...]

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Are rivalries causing a skills shortage in accounting?

SA is, despite efforts to make up the shortfall, in dire need of accountants. The respected profession of chartered accountancy is vital to the economic development of the country. Chartered accountants run companies, drive investment, ensure profitability, oversee audits of organisations and companies, and in the process help drive[...]

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Industry insight: working in publishing

Publishing seems like a very glamorous industry, if you base your opinion on the movies – choose the next bestseller, attend book launches, “hobnob” with the rich and famous. But what is the industry really like? And how can you get a job in publishing in SA?

First off,[...]

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5FM opens its doors to interns

Just dreaming won’t get you the position you want – you have to take control of the situation. This is just what a bunch of young would-be DJs did when they sent e-mails to 5FM requesting an internship at one of SA’s most popular radio stations.

The station,[...]

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More bogus institutions

These days, getting a degree or diploma is not as simple as studying hard, passing an exam and attending a graduation ceremony. Students are encouraged to check both their institution’s creditability and whether it is in fact a legal entity and a registered institution.

Last week police in Gauteng[...]

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Build your career before you graduate

In the past decade, the SA economy has been a blessing and a curse for talent: highly skilled and experienced professionals are in constant demand, while new graduates struggle to reach the first rung of the employment ladder. Government, business and academic institutions have a long, bumpy road ahead.[...]

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Get networking at the 2010 Workplace Expo

If you are looking for a job and are in or near Johannesburg this weekend, we recommend you make your way to the 2010 The Star Workplace Expo at the Coca-cola dome in Northgate. There you can meet and greet some of the country’s most prestigious employers. The dedicated[...]

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Beat the crowd and get the job

As the recession bear heads for the hills, SA employers will gradually increase their recruitment intake in the months ahead. However, the local market is fiercely competitive and there will still be more graduates than jobs available. For every graduate employed, there are hundreds that get “no response” or[...]

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Focus on management

What jobs are out there, how much they pay and what you can expect to find in the management profession. Think you’ve got what it takes to inspire employees, make decisions that could make or break companies and organise myriad different tasks all at once?

If your answer is[...]

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