MCI Direct Hire 2014 SA HR Recruitment Survey Results

The results of the MCI Direct Hire 2014 SA HR Recruitment trend survey are in. This survey ran for just over 30 days and received a massive 1263 responses from HR professionals across the country. Once again making this survey the largest of it’s kind to ever be conducted in South Africa.

60% of organisations do not primarily make use of recruitment agencies to fill their requirements

46% of respondents have between 1 & 5 recruitment agencies on their preferred suppliers list

66% of organisations use social media to recruit candidates

69% of organisations use LinkedIn, 23% Facebook, 5% GooglePlus and 4% Twitter

59% of organisations use Print Media to advertise vacancies

70% of organisations use job portals to advertise vacancies

53% of organisations use a recruitment management system

88% of organisations attempt to source and place candidates internally before approaching recruitment companies

53% of organisations rely on internal staff to refer candidates to HR for hiring consideration

46% of organisations have an employee candidate referral rewards program in place

74% of organisations have a careers section on their website

64% of organisations had an annual staff turnover rate of less than 10%

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The results of the MCI Direct Hire 2014 SA HR Recruitment trend survey are in. This survey ran for just over 30 days and received a massive 1263 responses from HR professionals across the country. Once again making this survey the largest of it’s kind to ever be conducted in South Africa

#Knysna #TravelChatSA in #Pictures

From today’s #TravelChatSA the topic was on the beautiful Knysna which is on my bucket list, I have decided to select Tweets showing the images of the area for today’s post.

Career in Aviation – Ground Staff

This morning I received a request by a candidate who wanted to pursue a career in aviation working as a ground staff member. So I quickly did a Google search so that I can refer the candidate directly to the airlines. And here is what I found posted by my good friend Rob Baker of South Africa Travel Online.

Full Article on Airline jobs listing

For Airport Ground Crew you will need ACSA-disembarkation

  • South African identity document
  • Matric / grade 12 certificate
  • Diploma in travel and tourism (preferable)
  • No criminal record*
  • Clear credit record
  • Computer literacy essential
  • 1 year customer care experience
  • Good customer care and communication skills
  • English plus one additional language
  • Drivers licence
  • Well groomed
  • Willing to work shifts
  • CV with the following
  1. Brief employment history
  2. Brief additional qualifications
  3. Direct telephone contact details
  4. Certified copy of matric / grade 12 certificate
  5. Certified copy of identity document

Source: http://www.southafrica.to/transport/Airlines/jobs/airline-jobs.php5

Thank you Rob! It’s a small world.

CountDown to #TravelChatSA

Excitement Building up for tomorrow nights #TravelChatSA on Twitter at 19:00 GMT+2. I have a family outing meeting at exactly the same time. Hope I can peep in but in the meantime let me do my part prior to the event.

Migrated from WordPress.Com to WordPress.Org

I had not realised how easy it was to migrate until this past weekend (24 Jan 2013)from WordPress.Com to WordPress.Org. Thanks to a chat I was having with Natalie Singer and Andy Preston.

Tonnes of widgets and plugins to deal with! But am loving it so far. If you view the site on a mobile you have the option to view mobile site (looks like an app) or full site. *This is way kewl*. There is a plugin called Floating Social Media – It gives you social media icons that float on the page as you scroll up and down….

WesleyWesley Mobile Site

I really love this theme but I want to see what WordPress.org has to offer 🙂

Are Bloggers Journalists?

The fact that you blog, are you a Journalist? The question that we argued over lunch at #ITWebSocial Summit 2013 with @BontleMoeng  , @lilly_tech and @TkaySA and I promised them I would post a blog post.

Let’s start with definitions (my favourite way in any argument)

Blogger – a person who keeps and updates a blog.

Journalist – A person who writes for newspapers or magazines or prepares news to be broadcast on radio or television.

So by definition, the fact that WeszMadz blogs doesn’t make me a Journalist but just a person who keeps and updates a blog. (I LIKE)

But what is a blog?

A Blog – A Web site on which an individual or group of users record opinions, information, etc. on a regular basis.