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Hear hear!
31/07/2007 09:06
Very true! I spoke to a middle aged lady this morning who also confirmed this. She said that she, "can't understand why people complain that there are no jobs..." Some people throw comments like; 'I do not have the money to improve my skills', others that; 'there's no time...' blah blah blah... If you want those skills you will sacrifice those hours spent watching soap operas or clashes between you favorite sports teams. It really does take a step back to enable the leap forward. - ElectroMan |
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Exactly
31/07/2007 09:21
I worked for a software company for 6 months with no pay, to gain the skills to get a job, and ive gone from earning zero, to a pretty fair salary in 4 years, i dont have a degree, but i put my head down and grafted, learnt anything any one was willing to teach me, and im now about to start a new position as a team leader.
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Skills shortage
31/07/2007 09:28
Sooooo true.... - "Confused One" |
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Skills
31/07/2007 09:30
You are perfectly correct, however, South Africans are not keen to work for free to obtain skills. I know of a few foreigners, legal and illegal who are prepared to to do just that. And they put great effort in to master the offered skills. Speak to the car guards and see how well qualified they are and how keen they are to do anything, for their daily bread. South Africans should stop complaining and start working, to better their own lives. No one will do it for us."You get what you deserve" - Devil's Advocate |
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Labour market
31/07/2007 09:50
The problem in the labour market is not at the middle or top end, it is at the bottom end. Your article applies to skilled and semiskilled individuals; however the majority of our unemployed population probably doesn?t even have a standard 8 education. These individuals at the bottom end cannot find a job as easily as your article states. This is the problem with the job market in South Africa. There is a labour shortage in the skilled labour market, with an oversupply in the unskilled market. - Economist |
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Skills
31/07/2007 09:55
One of the reasons why companies are sometimes not keen to "employ" a person without any remuneration is due to the strict labour laws. Our company will be prepared to assist learner fitters in such a way but, for example, one injury on duty can ruin your company. - Gert Marais |
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Shortage is real, but the response is a mistake
31/07/2007 10:04
There is a real skills shortage in that the skills required are not available - those who have them are already employed. However, this being the case a company will often hire someone who doesn't have the skills, but shows they can learn them. Of the companies I've worked for I've had the required skill set for only one of them, all the others I've learnt on the job. The author is right - don't be put off just because you don't have the skills requested in the advert. - C |
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Your logic unlogical...
31/07/2007 10:04
I quote you: "if the job spec doesn't match their skills, it means there are no jobs." NO... It means there are jobs but NO people matching those skills. So Yes there is a skills shortage not a job shortage. But with your kind of redenation....No wonder! - Martin |
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Acquiring skills
31/07/2007 10:07
People should also try to educate themselves further. Study hard, go to college, then you can only succeed!
We have a severe skills shortage in areas that require matric maths and science. Try focusing on these areas by taking these subjects on the higher grade, then study them further at a university/college/technical institute. - CF |
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Jobs
31/07/2007 10:09
When u go to those job search sites and newspapers most of the advertised vacancies want about min 3-5 years experience, even if u have a diploma or degree they want industry exposure;how on earth are we suppose 2 get that without employment? this is unfair really, but I have 2 live with it. I'm a job-seeker myself 4 now, it sucks 2 bits!!! - B |
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CONFIDENCE MORE IMPORTANT THAN SKILLS
31/07/2007 10:11
This is thw way companies operate! They will publish a requirement for a job and put a max salary figure to it to make it attractive! Then a list of required skills, normally impossible for a single person to match all. If you go for the interview, the no-skills will be deducted, the best skilled person will get the job the salary reduced from max due to making the full skills bouquet! But the core skills have to be identified and met! The outcome: Go for the interviews, you may just get a surprs - Christiaan |
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skill shortage
31/07/2007 10:16
the problem in our country is that no one wants to give you a change i am unemployed and feel that i ncan do just as good a job as any skilled individual in many jobs but just because you dont have the papers no one want to employee you even just on a trail basis to see if you can cope with the job and give you time to acure the papers that you need as you cannot obtain a certificate if you dont have money to do a course - unemployed |
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New Credit Laws - BEWARE!!!
31/07/2007 10:38
I am listed at CRS because of negligence of the staff at Discovery Card [FNB] after closing my account in writing and now need to pay off monies to clear my name. This is rediculous!!!!
Beware, people, when you are dealing with the above or any other person/business!! - Annetjie Long |
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Labour Market
31/07/2007 10:45
The problem is that we taught from high school that in order to make money you have to have a sexy office job. That creates a short supply of artisans in SA. We should make artisans jobs sexier to school kids so that we can have a variety of skills available. The curriculms in schools should also match the face of our economy. You find many students studying BA degrees which they don'r even know what they are going to do with those subjects - JPM |
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New Credit Laws-beware!!!-Annetjie Long
31/07/2007 10:50
What the .... does a blacklisting have to do with the topic of skills shortage. Annetjie is a sour lemon who just wants to avenge FNB. I Say, make debt, pay up, don't show your malice by avenging the credit grantor. - Reesa |
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work
31/07/2007 11:00
I have been trying to get a rep for my internet company for 4 months. Not a single application to date. Only required skill is selling. People are lazy and want the most money for the least effort. - slim |
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Long term VS Short term
31/07/2007 11:34
You know I'm from a small little town in KZN. I came up to JHB for an interview and got the job based on what little I knew. They wanted someone junior and I needed to get my foot "In the door". So I took the job - pathetic salary and all, hell I've even had to walk to work (8kms) cuz I couldn't afford petrol several times. 5 Years later, I couldn't be happier for taking the plunge. When my Dad heard I got the job he was thrilled, but when he heard the salary he scratched his head and wondered how the hell I'd pull it off. With hard work and willingness to work whenever & where ever was required I have managed to acquire skills that are not replacable and have put me in a place where I'm now considered a senior in my field of expertise. The moral of the story? If you are not prepared to risk anything, how on earth do you expect to gain anything? - MP3 |
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