by Dianne Bayley | Jul 19, 2022 | Workplace 2020
The latest South African unemployment rate stands at 34.5%, notes Lisa Strydom, Senior Manager: Channel & Alliances – Africa, Veeam Software. However, the most concern lies within the youth demographic (people aged between 15 and 24) where the unemployment rate...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 17, 2022 | Featured Articles
Globally, employers are arming themselves for war. But this war is not taking place on a battlefield or in the trenches – it’s taking place in the boardroom, writes Karien Spencer, Talent Acquisition Lead at Decision Inc. The critical scarcity of skills, in the era of...
by Dianne Bayley | Jun 8, 2022 | Uncategorized, Workplace 2020
One of the phrases that emerged in the last two years as more companies adopted remote working was ‘the new normal.’ At the time, most of us took that to mean that – along with having to wear masks and sanitise our hands at every opportunity – businesses...
by Dianne Bayley | May 23, 2022 | Workplace 2020
Two years ago, the global COVID-19 pandemic changed the world. Riddled with an uncertainty of what tomorrow might bring, many who were able to, saw their homes turning into their offices, as they moved to remote working. While trying to maintain a sense of normalcy in...
by Dianne Bayley | May 15, 2022 | Innovation
New thinkers are not only revolutionising the ways in which data can lead to innovation, but also the ways in which we work to realise those innovations. Africa has its own means of fostering, accommodating, and eventually promoting its own pool of data talent, notes...