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