Tag: hiring

Almost 80% of multinational and large corporations in South Africa experience ongoing difficulty recruiting critically skilled individuals. This highlights the severity of the talent shortage and its impact on business development. The situation underscores the persistent critical skills shortages affecting multiple sectors.

Does solving business problems with creative ideas motivate you? Are you inspired by deadlines and accurate results? Do you like working with people as much as numbers? These questions paint a specific picture for a specific role: people who manage payroll.

Leadership has been equated with charisma, assertiveness and a commanding presence for the longest time. The loudest voice in the room or the most outgoing personality often tends to dominate. This leaves introverts, those quieter and more reserved individuals, overlooked for leadership positions.

If you ask any South African tech leader what keeps them up at night, chances are the answer will not just be the country’s unreliable energy grid or regulations. You can add skills to that list as well. More precisely, the lack thereof. As businesses push ahead with digital transformation, the demand for specialised IT skills has never been higher.

Poor candidate experiences in corporate hiring not only drive away top talent but also inflict lasting damage on company reputations. Organisations would do well to consider the unintended impact of flawed hiring practices, a leadership expert says. Ultimately, losing talent, losing trust become a predictable outcome when companies fail to value candidate experience.

The way we hire is being rewritten - not by chance, but by code. As organisations grapple with increasing hiring demands, limited HR bandwidth and fierce competition for top talent, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged not just as a tool, but as a transformational force across the entire recruitment lifecycle.

Are there skills gaps in your business? What is the cost of hiring and onboarding a new employee? How should you forecast for overtime? What will your upcoming expenses look like? Is there an easier and faster way to predict and prepare employee bonuses and tax implications? These questions all have answers, hidden inside data generated by Human Resources (HR) and payroll systems.

The rapid integration and adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across various industries and sectors is transforming the way businesses operate. It is driving efficiency, innovation and cost savings with its prolific progress. AI is reshaping the workplace at an unprecedented pace. It is streamlining administrative tasks and optimising complex processes.

Three months into 2025, most new year “trends” articles have run their course. It is helpful to know what is coming. Businesses also need to understand where they must evolve to stay relevant. However, one constant remains clear in all this. Communication continues to evolve at an unprecedented pace.

The National Minimum Wage (NMW) in South Africa has risen to R28.79 per hour, effective 1 March 2025. This 4.38% increase from the previous rate of R27.58 reflects the government’s commitment to improving workers' livelihoods. However, it also poses significant challenges for businesses, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which are already grappling with a rising cost of living alongside a sluggish economy.