Remote employment opportunities are currently on the rise across South Africa. This trend is bringing good news for local professionals who want to work from home. This growth in remote work is particularly strong for job seekers looking for roles within the Information Technology sector. What this means for SA job seekers 1. Focus your search on the IT sector.
Continue reading You got the interview invite. That means your CV worked. Now the hard part: most candidates fail at this stage. Here is how not to. An interview is not a test of whether you can do the job. You would not have been shortlisted if they did not already believe you probably can. The interview answers a different question: can
Continue reading Everyone tells you to “go do a learnership”. But which one? They are not the same — and the pay and requirements differ a lot. South Africa has four main routes into work for people who are starting out: learnerships, internships, apprenticeships and the YES programme. They sound interchangeable and they are not. Each is aimed at a different level
Continue reading If a job asks you to pay to get a job, it is not a job. It is a scam. Job scams in South Africa have become more convincing, not less. They copy real company logos, use real job titles, and often run as sponsored posts on Facebook and WhatsApp groups where they look identical to genuine adverts. The people
Continue reading If you have no matric and no experience, most job sites feel like they were not built for you. Every ad says “Matric required + 2 years experience”. The truth: a huge share of entry-level hires in South Africa come through YES programmes, learnerships, retail and hospitality — not degrees. Here are 11 legitimate ways in. Before the list, one
Continue reading South Africa’s business process outsourcing (BPO) sector — call centres, tech support, claims processing and customer service — created 26 346 new jobs in 2025, the highest annual total since 2018. And Nelson Mandela Bay (Gqeberha) is being positioned as the sector’s next big growth hub, alongside Cape Town, Johannesburg and Umhlanga. According to the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber,
Continue reading CareerJunction’s Q2 2026 Employment Insights report brings mixed news for South Africa’s IT sector: hiring activity is down 5% year-on-year, while job-seeker engagement shot up 86%. More people are applying for fewer advertised IT roles, and competition is the toughest it has been since late 2025. A big part of the squeeze is qualifications. Pnet’s April 2026 Job Market Trends
Continue reading Your CV is rejected by software before a human sees it. Here is the ATS-friendly SA CV format that works in 2026, what to leave out under POPIA, and a free template.
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