All Entries in the "Careers and Employment" Category
New Zealand looks to attract talented graduates
New Zealand, Minister of Immigration, Jonathan Coleman last week announded The Government’s new Silver Fern visa which seeks to attract young highly skilled people to work long term in New Zealand.
The Silver Fern policy will be implemented in April 2010.
“The new Silver Fern policy enables young people with proven potential to come to New Zealand [...]
Zimbabwe Human Capital Website Launched by IOM
The International Organisation on Migration in partnership with the Government of Zimbabwe has launched a website to www.zimbabwehumancapital.org.zw advertise jobs and investment opportunities for Zimbabweans in the diaspora.
This website offers free advertising and employers and or companies wishing to attract skills and investment would make use of the website.
The website presents an opportunity for Zimbabweans [...]
EMCOZ Has New Board
The Employers’ Confederation of Zimbabwe, EMCOZ, has elected a new board.
This board is to be led by the Mr David Govere, the group chief executive of Harambe Holdings.
His vice will be Ms Pumula Simela Ncube who is the group human resources and training manager at ZB Financial.
Another vice president is Mr Jack Murehwa who is [...]
HR Practitioners Meet In Harare and Bulawayo
The Institute of Personnel Management in Zimbabwe has organized two meetings in Harare and Bulawayo this month.
These two meetings, to be held under the theme ‘Exploring the 2010 dynamics of labour relations’ will be held in Harare on the 18th of this month while another would be held in Bulawayo two days latter.
Some of the [...]
For job seekers – Unsolicited application letters
Ever so often in my line of work and as a recruiter I am constantly asked whether unsolicited application letters actually work and whether they do receive attention.
An unsolicted application letter is a letter you send out to a company of your choice applying for employment even when they have not advertised that a vacancy [...]
PARENTHOOD – balancing work and children
Any one who is a parent, grand parent or guardian will tell you the balancing work and being a parent is tough work. Being a parent alone is a full time job, this is job does not have duties and responsibilities you can delegate, well maybe once in a while but all in all whether [...]
Planning to resign? – Never ever burn your bridges!
I interview people for jobs on a daily basis, whether I am screening for one of my clients and sitting on an Interviewing panel at the invitation of my client. I am amazed at the number of people from junior staff to senior staff who are willing to leave their employer within 24 hours knowing [...]
Do you love your job?
There many reasons why people wake up everyday to go to work, reasons why people work could include:
Because the job pays the bills
They have nothing better to do
They are using the job as a stepping stone for a better one
Their wife or husband insists that they must also contibute finances in the home
They want to [...]
ACCA qualification grows
A total of 187,335 candidates took 370,715 papers in ACCA’s June 2009 exams session. compared with 182,449 students taking a total of 365,528 papers in December 2008 according to the ACCA website with the results showing 5,416 students as having successfully become ACCA affiliates.
‘We are delighted to see that the ACCA Qualification is maintaining steady [...]
Failure is not an option – Human Resource talk by Miyanda
September always brings a feeling of sadness to me, but the sadness is temporary and turns to joy. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the death of someone who was and still is the pillar of my strength, my determination and commitment to my God given mandate, that special person is my late mother, [...]
