Do you know somebody who qualifies for this job? Let them know about this career opportunity.
Requirements:
B Degree (university degree);
3 years+ architectural (design structures) experience
Responsibilities:
Carry out designs from concept to structure
Project management
Customer/ client orientation
Contact: Fusi Motaung - fusi.motaung@gmail.com/ 016 933 5493
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Project Architect [R45k p/m] - Johannesburg
Do you know somebody who qualifies for this job? Please let them know about it.
Requirements:
Black African Male/ female;
35 years old max;
Pr Architect;
B Sc/ equivalent from Wits, TUKS, FS University or at UCT.
Responsibilities:
Monitor initial and ongoing building construction as per architectural design specifications
Project management
Stakeholder management
Problem-solve
Report writing
Contact Fusi Motaung - fusi.motaung@gmail.com/ 016 933 5493
Requirements:
Black African Male/ female;
35 years old max;
Pr Architect;
B Sc/ equivalent from Wits, TUKS, FS University or at UCT.
Responsibilities:
Monitor initial and ongoing building construction as per architectural design specifications
Project management
Stakeholder management
Problem-solve
Report writing
Contact Fusi Motaung - fusi.motaung@gmail.com/ 016 933 5493
Friday, October 24, 2014
If I am your Referee
First of all, let me tell you how surprised I was that you have chosen me to be
your Referee yet you have not asked me to play that role.
Secondly, let me tell you how astounded I am that you have not contacted me over the course of two days, during which I have been receiving calls from employers wanting to confirm our working history.
Thirdly, let me tell you how difficult it was for me to try to pin your identity down, when the names you have given to your potential employer are not the “other names” you have used in the past, including the ones that are on your facebook account.
Secondly, let me tell you how astounded I am that you have not contacted me over the course of two days, during which I have been receiving calls from employers wanting to confirm our working history.
Thirdly, let me tell you how difficult it was for me to try to pin your identity down, when the names you have given to your potential employer are not the “other names” you have used in the past, including the ones that are on your facebook account.
And,
let me tell you how awkward it felt for me having to try to remember the work or
project I’ve done with you. I have done quite a bit with many people in the recent
years, you know. Touching base with me before submitting your CV to employers would
have made things easier for all of us.
As I was writing this to you, my head was sore after scratching it for a long time trying to remember who you are.
Let me tell you how frustrated I was when, after discovering who you are, I tried without success to get hold of you on the phone. I do not have your number.
I am not done yet.
So let me tell you
how doubtful I am about my contribution to your prospects of you getting that
job. Not after that dodgy reference I have given about you. Which employer
tolerates being asked to phone the next day, and the next day, simply because
the Referee is not in the clear about who we are talking about? A simple “Sorry
employer, I don’t know who Sepamo Mashaya is’ from me would have sealed your
fate. Not only did I try to keep your credibility intact this morning. I was
fighting tooth and nail to defend my own reputation. As I was writing this to you, my head was sore after scratching it for a long time trying to remember who you are.
Let me tell you how frustrated I was when, after discovering who you are, I tried without success to get hold of you on the phone. I do not have your number.
I am not done yet.
If you have ever asked me to be your referee, then I apologise for having a short memory. But if you have not done so, I am damn well justified to give you a dressing down about this! So why, in the world where people a trying new ways to land a job, are you calling yourself Trigga-happy Molesta on facebook? Have you not heard of Oskido and his 5 year jail term which has the country divided down the middle? Okay; Oscar Pistorius. I hope you get the point.
Let me tell you how embarrassing it is going to be, and career limiting it might be, when the employer confronts you about the mis-match of information which came from you and me. Ausi, on the second day the employer pinned me down, I found myself piecing things together so that you could get that job.
Before I let you go… Referees can stand between you and the job. History between Referee and Applicant, including a ridiculous thing like the mood of the latter, are critical.
Another thing is, Referees who have vouched for somebody who was not what they claimed to being have found themselves in trouble. So no one is taking the role of being referee lightly these days. Think for a minute about a person whose name is appearing in the Referee section of the CV of the SABC Chairperson. That Referee is not sleeping well at night, judging by the developments of that matter.
Good luck with getting that job. Now I am done.
How stressful is your job?
http://www.jobmail.co.za/blog/the-5-most-stressful-jobs-in-south-africa/
http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/research-outputs/view/4159
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
The door
A
man went to apply for a job. After filling out all of his applications he
waited anxiously for the outcome. The employer read all his applications and
said, ‘We have an opening for people like you.’
‘Oh, great,’ the man said, ‘What is it?’
‘It's called the door!’
‘Oh, great,’ the man said, ‘What is it?’
‘It's called the door!’
Thursday, September 25, 2014
No job is for sale
A local newspaper, Vaal Ster, reported last week “Job seekers defrauded by SDM employee.” The
administrative official working at a municipality’s corporate services was
nabbed by the police for fleecing job-seekers of their money.
According to the story, the suspect masqueraded as an HR Manager. She solicited R1 000 deposit from each applicant to place them “on top of the list.” The understanding between her and the non-suspecting applicants was that they will have to pay her another R5 000 after they were employed.
Sometime in May this year a story broke out. A well known teachers union was alleged to be involved in a scandal of selling school principal jobs. According to the story, “school principals were placed in posts in return for R30 000 bribe upwards per post.”
Other sources from within the union and department of education revealed that entry level jobs were being sold upwards of R6 500 by principals to make back the money they paid for their own posts. Deputy Principal and HOD posts were being sold for R15 000 and R10 000 respectively’ revealed the source.
Other scams which were revealed included lateral appointments within and between provinces for upwards of R10 000. As for the teachers who were opting for early retirement, they could get their teaching job back within a year of leaving by paying upwards of R30 000.
According to the story, the suspect masqueraded as an HR Manager. She solicited R1 000 deposit from each applicant to place them “on top of the list.” The understanding between her and the non-suspecting applicants was that they will have to pay her another R5 000 after they were employed.
Sometime in May this year a story broke out. A well known teachers union was alleged to be involved in a scandal of selling school principal jobs. According to the story, “school principals were placed in posts in return for R30 000 bribe upwards per post.”
Other sources from within the union and department of education revealed that entry level jobs were being sold upwards of R6 500 by principals to make back the money they paid for their own posts. Deputy Principal and HOD posts were being sold for R15 000 and R10 000 respectively’ revealed the source.
Other scams which were revealed included lateral appointments within and between provinces for upwards of R10 000. As for the teachers who were opting for early retirement, they could get their teaching job back within a year of leaving by paying upwards of R30 000.
What the two scenarios are revealing is that as the practice of taking advantage of job-seekers escalates, more people will believe that a job is for sale; and that this is normal.
A recruitment Agency invited me to interview in Randburg about 10 years ago. I had gone there with my colleague who was also a graduate. Instead of us being interviewed, we were made to cough up R100 each in return for having our CVs re-written into a particularly uniform format. Everybody who went there to find a job came away with a CV that looked like everybody else’s, and a pocket which is minus R100. They promised us jobs, which we are still waiting for.
No job is for sale. If you are made to pay in order to get the job, then you are no longer applying for a job; you are buying one. What is worse is that the job you will be doing is not yours. It belongs to the one who orchestrates transactions. It is like having two bosses - the one you are reporting to, and the one who you are paying.
You do not have to look any further than the alleged scam happening in our education system. Suddenly a teacher who got promoted is being looked at with suspicion. Did he/ she get this on merit or… you know? When a teaching relative or neighbor is telling you about their transfer, you begin to flinch and “pray to God.”
If the allegations of scam are true, therefore a teacher who – out of nowhere - bought a huge car, or the one who settled their bond, or the one who bought very nice furniture or the one who did grand house renovations is being looked at with suspicion. And you know that, should they feel the need to return to teaching, they are at the mercy of those running the scam.
I often receive messages from young people who are being asked to pay some money in order to secure employment. I often advise them to go for one of the two options: 1. Report this to the police. 2. Run as fast as you can away from that swindler!
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
This interviewee is honest
‘What’s your greatest weakness?’
“Honesty.”
‘I don’t think that honesty is a weakness.’
“I don’t give a s##t what you think.”
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