How to Cope with Retrenchment There is no denying that retrenchment is financially and emotionally devastating making it difficult to get back on track – the current unemployment rate in South Africa is sitting on 35.2% You do not have to navigate this difficult time on your own – turn to your friends and family for guidance and support, talk
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QUESTIONS ABOUT THE JOB Question 38 What Would Your First 30, 60, or 90 Days Look Like in This Role? Think about what information and aspects of the company and team you’d need to familiarize yourself with and which colleagues you’d want to sit down and talk to You can also suggest one possible starter project to show you’d be
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QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR GOALS Question 29 What are you passionate about? This answer can alighn directly with the position you are applying for, and feel free to also speak about a hobby you might have This questions is often asked so that interviewers can get a better understanding of who you are outside of the workplace Question 30 What motivates
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QUESTIONS ABOUT YOUR WORK HISTORY Question 9 What is your greatest professional achievement? The best way to answer this question is with the S-T-A-R method, Situation, Task, Action, Results Set up a situation and task you were required to complete and provide the interview with background context, then describe what you did and what you achieved Question 10 Tell me
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Sometimes we wish we knew what questions Recruiters & Hiring Managers are going to ask us in our interviews Wouldn’t it be great if this were possible? Unfortunately, we cannot know for certain what questions will be asked, but we can prepare ourselves as best we can by researching the most common questions asked during interviews and how to answer
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Understand What You Want It is important to know what your strength and weaknesses are before you start your job searching journey. It is also important to know what you enjoy doing, this way your chances of finding a job that brings you joy and satisfaction will be much greater once you know yourself well enough. Do research on the
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Why put on a smile in the workplace? We wanted to understand why employees choose to be positive with their c-workers to begin with, given that there are no formal rules dictating that they do so Did it have something to do with their interpersonal relationships or with their work ambitions? It was found that the underlying reason was different
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Finding a job in South Africa with a high unemployment rate, even among graduates, can be daunting for those about to being their first search for work Recent graduates must keep an open mind and stay alert for potential opportunities Don’t get stuck on the idea that there is just one job for you and that if you don’t find
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Sell yourself with the three A’s: Beth Hendler-Grunt the president of the career counselling firm Next Great Step, teaches young applicants what she calls the three A’s to prepare for a casual meeting or a formal interview. The first A is for the Actions you want the person you’re meeting with to take, such as referring you to a hiring
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People often wonder why they never hear anything back after they hit ‘send’ on the email with a resume attached or on the on-line job application, notes recruitment specialist Glassdoor. If you’re very lucky, you might have a preliminary email exchange with a recruiter and then never hear from them again. It’s a depressing experience and one which also casts
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