Editor's Pick
What the Employment Tax Incentive means for your business: Part 1
- Published on 26 Mar 2014
- Rob Cooper
Around 50% of South Africans under 25 and of working age are unemployed. This situation, which has persisted for many years, has dire implications for the country's future unless it's reversed. Will the employment tax incentive – which is part of the recent amendments to the taxation laws – be the answer to this problem?
The value of assessment centres in your recruitment strategy
- Published on 25 Mar 2014
- Lia Marus
Last week, the HR Pulse team attended the 34th Annual Assessment Centre Study Group (ACSG) Conference at the Protea Hotel in Stellenbosch. Some of the top professionals in the assessment centre field participated in this event and provided insights into the assessment centre landscape. According to the ACSG committee, assessment centres have proven to provide rich layers of information for managerial decision-making. After having attended the conference, I've realised that one of these layers of information is a business' recruitment strategy.
Is the National Development Plan the answer to SA’s unemployment problem?
- Published on 25 Mar 2014
- HR Pulse News Desk
The South African economy is in a crisis – even the World Bank thinks so. In its economic update at the beginning of February, the bank revised its economic growth outlook for South Africa to 2.7% from a previously predicted forecast of 3.2%. In an address to the Potchefstroom Business School at the end of last year, Professor Raymond Parsons – special policy advisor at Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) - stated that South Africa could be aiming for a growth rate of 6% instead of the current low rate. This would go a long way to solving what he terms to be the "overarching triple challenges of unemployment, poverty and inequality". So how can we successfully grow the economy?
PPE that is not in the OSH act will save your employees’ lives
- Published on 24 Mar 2014
- Jan Hollenbach
It's sad that, yet again, the issue of incidents, accidents and fatalities in the industry have come to the fore. Many of the responses to these dilemmas have been along the lines of "we must maintain or increase our safety standards at the operation beyond what the OSH act requires". Should we rather not upskill or empower our employees who're involved in our operations? Having considered some of the safety training materials in many organisations – as the HR manager you should be considering this when you select safety courses for your staff - it's made me ponder on what kind of PPE* will save a limb or a part of the body if an accident occurs.
Talent mapping: How to navigate your workforce
- Published on 24 Mar 2014
- Frew Murdoch
Talent mapping is a formalised process of aligning the talent on hand to the talent required to meet business strategy and goals. This means that it's an excellent method of talent planning. Talent managers need to focus their efforts on aligning talent management with strategic planning to see increasingly greater value in talent mapping. However, creating a comprehensive and value-generating talent plan is not for the faint-hearted and requires a lot of research and smarts.
