by Dianne Bayley | Jul 28, 2019 | Workplace 2020
There is a tragic irrationality in the fact that South Africa has a youth unemployment rate of more than 50%, but at the same time has a skills shortage in many areas of commerce, writes Michael Shapiro, CEO at Synthesis. One of these areas is the technology space,...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 2, 2019 | Workplace 2020
Today’s workforce is unable to regularly refresh the knowledge and skill levels needed to capitalise on new challenges and opportunities, writes Kirtan Sita, Sales Managing Director for Accenture Technology, Africa. This situation threatens to worsen over time unless...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 11, 2019 | Workplace 2020
Chris Buchanan, Director Client Solutions, Dell South Africa, asks: “What does it take to keep good people?” Back in 2003, Rudy Giuliani wrote in his seminal book Leadership that “one quality every effective performer shared was a sense that their...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 10, 2019 | Workplace 2020
There’s good business sense in hiring South Africa’s skilled young graduates, and 2018 Entrepreneur of the Year’s Job Creator of the Year®, Phillipa Geard, founder of RecruitAGraduate.co.za and RecruitMyMom.co.za, asks South African businesses to see the sense in...
by Dianne Bayley | May 8, 2019 | Sustainability
The recent news of Maria Ramos’ pending retirement highlighted a gaping hole in the gender diversity plans of the country’s 40 largest JSE listed companies. Under Ramos’ guidance, employment equity across all categories increased and she used her position as a force...
