The JobVuka blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- Career Advice
How to make the most of a job fair
Plan who to speak to, what to ask and how to follow up after meeting employers at a job fair.
- Recruitment Tips
Reduce uncertainty between application and interview in construction support
Give candidates for construction support enough information to prepare and plan.
- Interview Tips
How to answer why you want to work in distribution planning
Explain why a particular part of distribution planning fits what you want to do next.
- Career Advice
Protect your momentum in a search for travel operations work
Use a manageable short routine to keep moving toward travel operations opportunities.
- Recruitment Tips
Make a structured interview panel for food production administration
Keep hiring decisions consistent when several people interview for food production administration.
- Interview Tips
Prepare for a phone screening in renewable energy project support
Use the first call to explain your interest in renewable energy project support and check the practical details.
- Career Advice
Build a reliable contact list for a move into telecommunications support
Keep useful connections in telecommunications support and follow up with purpose.
- Recruitment Tips
Give clearer feedback after a printing and signage interview
Write interview feedback that helps candidates understand the decision in printing and signage.
- Interview Tips
How to discuss work samples in a community programme support interview
Use a small sample to explain your thinking about community programme support.
- Career Advice
Use a job shadow to learn about facilities coordination
Make a short observation session in facilities coordination useful for your career decision.
- Recruitment Tips
Improve the first-day briefing for insurance administration hires
Give new starters in insurance administration enough information to get to work and ask for help.
- Interview Tips
Practise explaining a decision you would escalate in agricultural operations
Show that you can recognise when a decision in agricultural operations needs someone else’s input.