Blog for Employers

  • Bridging the Remote Work Gap: Aligning Productivity Perceptions Between Employees and Management
    The shift to remote work has revealed a stark disconnect between employees' perceptions of productivity and management's views of output. While many remote workers report being more productive than their in-office counterparts, managers often express concerns about oversight and performance. We...
  • Bridge the Skilled Worker Shortage by Closing the Gender Divide
    In the heart of South Africa's economic landscape, a powerful solution to the skilled worker shortage is emerging – one that not only addresses the urgent need for talent but also paves the way for a more diverse and dynamic workforce. The Working Women Report 2024 shines a light on a vast pool of...
  • How best to train remote employees
    As remote working becomes ingrained in our daily lives, businesses and employees alike are realising that nearly every business and the operational transaction can be done virtually. For businesses to grow and expand, they need to be able to hire and train remote employees. The greatest challenge...
  • 8 Questions All Start-ups Should Ask When Building a Winning Team
    Any entrepreneur's dream is to take a business from start-up to scale-up. Yet the reality is, it takes visionary leadership, an inspired strategy, flawless execution and loads of cash to achieve the dream. Owner-founders often start out managing all aspects of the business from CEO, business...
  • Hire Part-Time Skills to Reduce Your Staffing Costs
    As salary hikes are expected to average 6.9% in 2024, outpacing an inflation rate likely to average 5.0%, the real increase in employee costs will be around 1.9%. This makes hiring full-time skilled staff increasingly expensive, particularly for SME’s. The conundrum is that by not hiring staff, you...
  • Implementing Hybrid Working A Guide for Best Practice
    The COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated that remote work is feasible and often preferable. Research indicates that employees often concentrate better at home and gain more personal time by eliminating long commutes. However, the value of in-person collaboration has also become evident. Remote work...
  • Stopping The Gender Leak: Strategies to Retain Working Women at All Stages of Motherhood
    To effectively address skills shortages and transform gender diversity in organisations, we must understand and tackle the reasons behind the talent gender leak. By implementing practical solutions to retain and support women at all stages of motherhood, we can economically empower women and...
  • The Role Of Diversity And Inclusion In Building A Strong Employer Brand
    Diversity and inclusion (also known as diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI) are closely linked values held by many organisations that support different groups of individuals. A significant number of organisations have recognised the importance of DEI by making it a priority for organisational...
  • How To Retain Senior And Executive Female Talent
    The Working Women in SA Report 2024 research study, the largest in SA with nearly 2000 respondents, finds that as women progress in seniority and responsibility, their desire for flexible working methods increases.  The data revealed that eighty percent of executive women expressed a preference...
  •  Creating A Balance For Success: The Power Of Employee Engagement and Satisfaction
    Employee engagement is frequently the main topic of debate when it comes to staff retention, a subject that HR professionals prioritise. Employee satisfaction, which receives less attention, is just as critical to promoting retention as its counterpart, employee engagement. If one of these two...