Employment Advice

How Developers and Engineers Can Switch To The Renewables Industry

September 3, 2018

Career Advice, Corporate Responsibility, Employment Advice

build relationships, culture vs strategy, Job Advice, renewable energy, Renewables

While the overall growth rate in jobs may have slowed down compared to previous years, the total number of positions in renewables – on a worldwide scale, as well as in South Africa specifically – continued to rise in 2017, in stark contrast with the other sectors. The amount of jobs in the renewables industry increases annually, while jobs in other industries decrease. In addition, Careers24 reports that one of the top four most sought after skills in South Africa, is software development. Which brings us to this point: because there are so few people with software development skills in…

Job Readiness & the Power Of Work

February 21, 2018

Corporate Responsibility, Employment Advice, Job Search

Common Good Church, contributing meaningfully in society, skills and confidence, Zanokhanyo Network

Zanokhanyo Network and Common Good making a positive difference in Employment, Education and Early Childhood Development. As Key Recruitment we are passionate about people and employment. It is such a wonderful experience to see people find meaningful work opportunities and for our employers to have engaged and valuable employees. We see work as a means to contributing meaningfully in society and want everyone to have the opportunity to make an impact. But what happens when people cannot find work? What happens when one lacks the skills to make a meaningful contribution? When someone has been dealt a bad hand through…

5 Ways To Sabotage Your Interview

November 23, 2017

Career Advice, Employment Advice, Job Search

late, sabotage, unprofessional

Are you wanting to sabotage your next interview opportunity? You have come to the right place*. Here is a 5 step plan to make sure that you never get the job and blow up your future chances in the company. 1. Don’t prepare Every employer/interviewer wants to know that you are well prepared and genuinely interested in the role and the company that you are applying for. So, if you are looking to blow up your chances – make sure you know nothing about the culture, company and the specific role. When they ask you company related questions or test…

Making a Great Video CV

March 16, 2017

Career Advice, Creating a CV, Employment Advice, Market Research

5 Things for CV, Filming your CV, Interview Advice, Interview Tips, Video, Video CV

The growing trend to differentiate yourself from the other candidates around you is to record a video CV and get it into the right person’s hands. After all – people hire people. Video has the ability to capture a little bit of your personality in a way that words on paper just cannot grasp. Here are a few helpful things to remember when putting together your video CV. The Video is just a trailer to the movie The point of a trailer is to entice the people watching it to go and see the movie. It is the same with…

Why Am I Still Unemployed?

March 16, 2017

Career Advice, Creating a CV, Employment Advice, Market Research

Still Unemployed, take a course, up skill

While we might not be able to control being unemployed, we can control how we react to it. Job hunting can be a very difficult time in your life. We always tell our candidates to stay positive and keep trying. There are only two types of employers in the world…those that will hire you and those that wont. You just need to find the employers that will hire you! We have put together a few thoughts that will hopefully encourage you during this job hunting season and give you a few actions to engage with to assist you in finding…

5 Things Recruiters Actually Look At On Your CV

February 16, 2017

Career Advice, Creating a CV, Employment Advice, HR, Market Research

5 Things for CV, Important on CV, Things recruiters look for

1. Well known companies and name Brands It may go against your grain but name brands still carry weight in the world of work. Prestigious schools and innovative companies carry the assumption that you are worth investing in as an employee. This of course does not mean that if you have gone to a lesser known school or worked in your dad’s startup that you won’t get noticed…it just means that well known brands are easier to recognise and carry a certain element of familarity for the recruiter and the employer. If you have gone to a great school or…

Why Networking Is Key

July 14, 2016

Career Advice, Employment Advice, HR, Market Research

Meeting, Networking

"Networks can be the edge that you need to get your foot in the door." A number of companies cite referrals as one of the primary methods of long term retention and even offer current employees bonuses if they can refer a successful candidate. One company we spoke to recently even hired an employees brother simply on his relation saying, “If he is anything like his brother then we want him working here!” Networks can be the edge that you need to get your foot in the door. But how? Sitting at home or at the office dreaming about that…

What Your Employment History Says About You

June 14, 2016

Career Advice, Creating a CV, Employment Advice, HR, Job Search, Market Research

Career, duration of employment, Job History, room to grow, stagnation, Time at job

The 3-5 Year Syndrome “The sentiment that people don’t leave jobs; they leave employers/bosses has been expressed by many commentators, but my view is that this summing up is just too simplistic” says Allan Pike who has been associated with people and their careers for more years than he cares to remember. In my early years as a Recruiter, we were given basic guidelines on what to look out for when reviewing someone’s CV, these were: 1. Is the person currently employed? 2. If so how long has he/she been in his/her current role? 3. How long was he/she in…

10 Things That Will Help You Stand Out In An Interview.

April 10, 2016

Career Advice, Employment Advice

Interview Advice, interview confidence, Interview Tips

10 Things to make you stand out in an Interview Your CV is generally the first introduction you have to a company or recruiter. However, your CV is really just there to get you in the door for an interview. Once you are invited for an interview then it’s make or break. An interview establishes more than just whether or not you can dress yourself and ‘can like speak good and stuff’ but what makes you, you. It confirms that you are not lying on your CV but it also delves into your interpersonal skills and creates a moment for…

You Can Do Better…By 10%

March 14, 2016

Career Advice, Creating a CV, Employment Advice, Job Search

build relationships, Do Better, Grow, Improve

Kevin Ryan, the mastermind behind the rise of Gilt Groupe and DoubleClick says that you don’t need to be a rockstar to get ahead – you need to only be 10% better. Think about it. The big names like Google, Facebook, Apple and even Microsoft all entered an already saturated market. There were already search engines, social networks, phones and operating systems – but these companies did them better. One of the main reasons we see people undermining their abilities is because they don’t think they are amazing. Now, at Key Recruitment we really do believe in people’s potential and…