The JobVuka blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- Career Advice
Compare the first and next steps in renewable energy project support
Explore how entry-level responsibilities can grow into more independent work in renewable energy project support.
- Recruitment Tips
Design a short screening task for telecommunications support
Give every applicant for telecommunications support the same clear task and scoring criteria.
- Interview Tips
Explain a gap in your work history when applying for printing and signage
Prepare an answer that moves the interview towards your readiness for printing and signage.
- Career Advice
Build a 30-day learning plan for community programme support
Turn your interest in community programme support into a small learning plan with a useful outcome.
- Recruitment Tips
Write an accessible advert for facilities coordination
Make the duties and practical requirements of facilities coordination clear to applicants.
- Interview Tips
A good question to ask when interviewing for insurance administration
Ask the employer how the team recognises sound judgement in insurance administration.
- Career Advice
Map a move into agricultural operations
Identify the parts of your past work that transfer to agricultural operations.
- Interview Tips
Ask about success in the first 90 days in facilities coordination
Use the interview to understand what good early progress looks like in facilities coordination.
- Career Advice
Make a realistic first-month budget for a move into insurance administration
Check the everyday costs of taking a new role in insurance administration.
- Recruitment Tips
Reduce uncertainty between application and interview in agricultural operations
Give candidates for agricultural operations enough information to prepare and plan.
- Interview Tips
How to answer why you want to work in events operations
Explain why a particular part of events operations fits what you want to do next.
- Career Advice
Protect your momentum in a search for property administration work
Use a manageable short routine to keep moving toward property administration opportunities.