JOB HUNTING

JOB HUNT...

Finding your ideal job can be difficult if you dont have the right resources...

Jobs, education top youth challenges

7 June 2012
Young South Africans are most concerned about unemployment and education, a national survey released on Monday has found.
Consumer insights company Pondering Panda said the survey was done to test reaction to development problems identified by the National Planning Commission (NPC) earlier this year.
"The survey was to gauge the reaction of South Africa's youth between the ages of 15 and 34 years old to the questions facing South Africa," said Shirley Wakefield from Pondering Panda.
She said 5 814 respondents were interviewed using mobile phones and that the results were representative of the national population in the relevant age groups.
Unemployment and education were identified as being of significantly higher importance than any other problems, irrespective of age, gender or race. About two-thirds of respondents chose them as the country's most pressing problems.
The survey also showed that education was more important to younger respondents, while unemployment became more important as the respondents' ages increased.
Health and medical care were of major importance to 36% of respondents. Transport was the least important issue, with only eight percent of respondents identifying it as a problem.
"These results should be noted by our national government, as they provide a very clear picture of where South Africa's youth feel the government should prioritise their strategic efforts," said Wakefield.
It was important to note that the concern of the youth about the future was felt across all demographic groups, she said.
The aim was to reach and engage with a youth audience which do not have easy access to traditional computers and the internet.
The NPC created a portal on Mxit in April and the survey was conducted from 11 to 14 May. Over 50,000 people had since interacted with the NPC service on Mxit.
Sapa


Read more: http://www.southafrica.info/news/business/2094391.htm#ixzz29ivrSP9j

South Africa's unemployment rate drops

1 August 2012
South Africa's unemployment rate dropped to 24.9% in the second quarter of 2012, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) reported in its latest quarterly labour force survey, released in Pretoria on Tuesday.
The unemployment rate fell by 0.3% from 25.2% in the first quarter of the year, and by 0.8% year-on-year from 25.7% in June 2011.
Stats SA deputy director-general Kefiloe Masiteng attributed the change to an increase in employment in the formal sector.
"Between the first and second quarters, formal sector employment increased by 62 000 jobs while informal sector employment decreased by 21 000 jobs," Masiteng said in a statement.
"Employment in agriculture decreased by 18 000, while employment in private households remained virtually unchanged - it rose by 2 000 - in the same period."
Compared to the same quarter last year, the number of employed South Africans in the formal sector increased by 4.1% or 373 000.
"The growth in formal sector jobs was mainly driven by the community and social services industry," Masiteng said. It boasted the creation of 183 000 jobs.
Construction and mining also fared well, with 26 000 and 21 000 more people employed in each industry respectively.
Four of the country's nine provinces also marked a drop in unemployment levels. "The biggest decrease in the unemployment rate was observed in Limpopo with 1.7 percentage points, Mpumalanga with 1.4 percentage points and KwaZulu-Natal with 0.7 of a percentage point," Masiteng said.
Despite these improvements, there were still areas where improvement was needed.
"Approximately 4.5-million persons were looking for work in the second quarter of 2012, of which 3-million (or 67,8%) have been looking for work for a period of 1 year or longer," she said.
Also of concern was the number of South African graduates without jobs. "Despite overall levels of unemployment declining year-on-year, the number of unemployed persons increased by 24 000 among those with tertiary education."
SAinfo reporter


Read more: http://www.southafrica.info/business/economy/jobs-010812.htm#ixzz29iuesFYv

INTRODUCTION

TO READERS/FOLLOWERS

GREETINGS TO ALL, MY NAME IS SANELE MKHIZE, FROM PIETERMARITZBURG CURRENTLY STAYING IN HOWICK. IM BLACK 25 YEARS OF AGE, YOU WILL KNOW MORE ABOUT ME AS TIME GOES ON.

LET’S GET TO THE POINT...
I HAVE OBSERVED THAT SO MANY OF GRADUATES ARE JOBLESS AND THEY ARE STRUGLING WITH GETTING A JOB… WELL WE CAN ALL AGREE NO ONE WILL WANT TO HIRE INCOMPETENT WORKERS… WELL COMPETENCE REQUIRES LOT OF LEANING AND HANDFUL OR SOME EXPERIENCE…

THE REASON FOR THIS BLOG IS THEN TO “TRY” TO HELP EACH OTHER IN ACHIEVING OUR GOALS. I DO FEEL I HAVE INFORMATION THAT MOST OTHERS DON’T HAVE AND MIGHT BE USEFUL TO OTHERS, I’M WILLING TO SHARE AND HELP THOSE WHO NEED ASSISTANCE… HOWEVER I WILL NEED ONE TO CONFRONT ME WITH HIS OR HER PROBLEM

FIND ME ON Facebook : Lwazii Mkhize  and TWITER:  @Sannza207