by Dianne Bayley | Jul 28, 2019 | Workplace 2020
There is a tragic irrationality in the fact that South Africa has a youth unemployment rate of more than 50%, but at the same time has a skills shortage in many areas of commerce, writes Michael Shapiro, CEO at Synthesis. One of these areas is the technology space,...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 26, 2019 | Workplace 2020
With human error being one of the biggest culprits for data centre downtime, new approaches are needed, engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon says focus should be shifted from removing humans via automation, to welcoming humans back into the data...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 24, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The year so far has been a good one for South African companies on the gender transformation front, with statistics seemingly moving in the right direction for the first time in recent history, and notable appointments of women to top leadership positions. The good...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 24, 2019 | Workplace 2020
There is no arguing the fact that technology has made our lives easier. It has also resulted in organisations being able to deliver more innovative solutions in the workplace to provide for a more compelling environment. Nicol Myburgh, Head of the HR Business Unit at...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 9, 2019 | Workplace 2020
Currently completing an international MBA with a specialisation in Design Thinking principles, chairperson and co-founder of Ole!Connect Deseré Orrill looks at the South African job market’s response to digitalisation. It goes without saying that digital...
by Dianne Bayley | Jul 7, 2019 | Workplace 2020
The government’s recent commitment to create an additional 2 million jobs over the next decade is simply not enough to resolve the youth unemployment crisis, says Martin Pienaar, COO Mindworx Consulting. Our numbers are worse than poor; 55% for those aged 15-24 are...
