Ways to grow your business as a sole proprietor
Running a business as a sole proprietor, especially in a highly volatile economy, is a momentous task. You started your business because you believed that, at least to some extent, you could make the world a better place and provide a service/product that would benefit others. Unfortunately, running a business is about more than just owning your area of […]
What is an Information Officer and what does POPI require from them?
When, in the early 1990s, the personal computer was becoming popular in South Africa, people were slowly but surely starting to migrate physical activity to a digital form. Soon, programs like Microsoft Word became a home and office staple. After the shift from physical data processing to digital data processing, came the shift from manual digital processes to automated […]
Why face-to-face communication remains relevant
One of the biggest challenges in the workplace is that of communication. Everything we say (and do not say) has an immense impact on the effectiveness and functionality of the workplace and those who work in it. While modern technology inundates us with methods of communication, intended to improve the quality of communication, it leaves us at a loss for some of the […]
5 Considerations for growing your business in 2021
2020 was an immensely difficult year. Because of the economic downturn in the country, it left a lot of businesses with insurmountable odds to make things work and so, many businesses have had to shut up shop. While this has been unfortunate for many business owners, it does present those who have been able to continue their business successfully with […]
Is your applicant hiding something in their CV?
In the world of CVs, there are many good and obvious reasons to reject a candidate. However, sometimes a CV doesn’t tell the whole story and requires some probing questions to really fish out the details the CV does not disclose. There are many ways in which candidates may (purposefully or inadvertently) hide information by […]
The POPIA is in Effect: What This Means for You
Data is everywhere. In fact, because of the nifty autosave setting on the word processer used for writing this sentence, new information is being added to the Internet as it is typed. Every day we are engaging in hundreds or even thousands of little data exchanges. When we take stock of these minute transactions, it’s […]