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 | JAKE WILLIS Unemployment in South Africa remains an alarming issue. The country has among the highest youth unemployment rates globally with 58% of 15-24-year-olds not working. To add to the challenge, we are facing the rapidly changing skill set that is required by businesses... read |
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 | ISSUED BY BIZCOMMUNITY.COM Here's a sneak preview of what you can expect from BizTrends2021 - Towards New Norths & New Narratives on Thursday, 28 January 2021. We invite you to join us as trend 'rockstars' point to new 'north stars'... Read |
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| |  | IAN FUHR Traditionally, trends are a continuation of the growth and changes that societies, industries and markets are experiencing. 2020 accelerated some things and caused a complete upheaval in others. These are the three biggest cultural and leadership trends that I believe will shape businesses in 2021... Read |  | JONATHAN GOLDBERG Covid-19 has forced most companies to step back and re-think their organisational design and remuneration. The shift into remote work, the need to manage output - and not hours - as well as the financial pressure placed on companies to meet salary and benefits obligations, has created the opportunity to review age-old norms... Read |  | MICHAEL HANLY Thanks to the advancements in modern-day technology, it was possible for organisations to react quickly to the major disruptions presented in 2020. However, many were stuck having to MacGyver their way into the digital learning space... Read |  | JOHAN BOTES Putting the brakes on business travel and physical offices due to tech transformation... Read |  | GABRIEL HAMUY There are many factors affecting the global youth unemployment crisis. Tackling the situation starts with offering equal access to quality education... Read |  | SINDY PETERS Participating in our annual #BizTrends2021 feature, Anthony Orelowitz, director at Paragon Group, shares his insights on how Covid-19 has and will impact the future of the workplace... Read |  | NERINE BRINK For many, medical scheme membership is part of their employee benefits, but that doesn't mean they are under any less pressure to make ends meet, especially in light of the economic strain Covid-19 has caused. Read |  | |
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| Career Advice |
 | SERGE DA MOTTA VEIGA Searching for a job is an emotional roller coaster. Job seekers spend countless hours preparing and revising their resume, applying for jobs online, reaching out to their networks... Read |
| Employee Wellness |
 | DAVE COOK The economist John Maynard Keynes predicted in 1930 that the amount we work would gradually shrink to as little as 15 hours a week as technology made us more productive... Read |
| Labour Law & Unions |
 | During the lockdown period from May to June 2020, the CCMA received 28,000 retrenchment cases. While we can expect these numbers to drop with the easing of lockdown regulations, it is imperative that organisations clearly understand the retrenchment procedure and how to ensure both employee and business are protected... Read |
| Management |
 | ISSUED BY VENTURE WORKSPACE Co-working is no longer the future of the working world, it is the present, and the potential for growth in the sector has never been higher... Read |
 | FRANCOIS KRIEL, ISSUED BY KRIEL & CO Organisations that make planned management of change the norm become more resilient and
adaptable. Change needs to be part of the central business strategy in order to create adaptable and
agile organisations... Read |
 | MICHELLE COETZEE, ISSUED BY ERSBIO Ensuring that a person is at work has become less of a management nightmare since the introduction of time and attendance software. The latest challenge, especially with remote workers, is ensuring that staff tend to work matters instead of personal tasks or pursuits... Read |
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 | JASON MITCHELL The Covid-19 emergency has focused minds on the urgent need for improved healthcare across Africa, aligning unprecedented opportunity for positive social impact with competitive returns... Read |
 | The transition from 2020 into 2021 was marked by two significant landmarks in global trade... Read |
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 | CHILEQUE BEZUIDENHOUT Freedom to work on what we want, setting our own working hours, flexibility of working from anywhere and being able to take long-lazy lunches. Sounds like the freelance dream, right? Read |
 | LEANDRI JANSE VAN VUUREN AND SABRINA ANDREUCCI As traditional media strategies faltered, 2020 highlighted the growing relevance of social media marketing and the need for businesses to relook customer engagement... Read |
 | ANDREW SMIT AND JOHAN WALTERS If Covid-19 was the villain of 2020, then digital was the hero. As in-store transactions plummeted, e-commerce rushed in to pick up the slack. Rapid digitalisation saw smaller companies suddenly able to compete directly with our large enterprises... Read |
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