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CVs, interviews, internships, and landing the role that actually fits where you're headed.
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Fixed-term contract, internship or learnership ending in December? Who qualifies for UIF, how your credits and payout are worked out, the documents you need, how to claim on UIF Online, and what to do when your employer drags its feet.
Official guidance still says to put your ID number and health status on your CV. Recruiters now say leave them off. Here's how to build a modern graduate CV that gets past screening software and in front of a person.
The Basic Conditions of Employment Act is a legal minimum: your contract can give you more, never less. The numbers every first-time employee should know, plus the earnings threshold most graduates don't know about.
These four are often advertised side by side, but each is built for a different starting point and leaves you with a different kind of proof. A decision guide based on what you have right now.
A fake Electoral Commission recruitment poster is circulating on WhatsApp ahead of the November 2026 local elections. Here's how it works, the red flags it shares with almost every job scam, and what to do if you've already sent your details.
Employers say artisans are among the hardest people to hire, and most of them want a Trade Certificate. Nine trades on the government's high-demand list, the four routes to qualifying, and the one most people don't know about if they're already doing the work.
Most South African students say they'd like to work abroad. Before you spend money on visas, agents or courses, run through these eight questions: is the route real, is the offer real, are your papers ready, and what happens to your money back home?
Most 'best careers for the next decade' lists are guesswork with made-up salaries. We built ours only from careers that appear on the government's official list of occupations in high demand and in current employer or labour-market evidence, plus the catch most lists leave out.
A new 41-country study is being reported as 'AI is cutting junior jobs'. The research is more careful than the headlines. What it actually found, the first jobs most affected, and what to show employers instead.
A CV structure that works when your experience section is thin — plus how to survive the ATS scan most SA employers now use.
A simple present, past, future structure for the most common interview opener, with a graduate example and the mistakes to avoid.