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