The JobYethu blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- Finding Work
Track your cleaning operative applications without a complicated spreadsheet
Keep the vacancy details and follow-up dates together so you can prepare quickly.
- Finding Work
Questions to ask about the hours in a contact centre agent vacancy
Get enough detail to plan a reliable commute and start date.
- Finding Work
How to decide whether an office runner vacancy is worth applying for
Use a quick checklist to judge the requirements and working conditions.
- Finding Work
Search terms that uncover more education assistant vacancies
Build a search around the names employers use for similar work.
- Finding Work
Use interview notes to improve your next maintenance apprentice application
Capture questions and useful details while they are fresh.
- Finding Work
Read between the lines of a procurement assistant job description
Turn vague phrases in a job advert into specific interview questions.
- Finding Work
Set a weekly search routine for IT support trainee opportunities
Make your search regular enough to spot vacancies without spending all day scrolling.
- Finding Work
How to ask about training before accepting cleaning operative work
Find out what you will learn, who supports you and what independence looks like.
- Finding Work
Compare two contact centre agent job adverts side by side
Find the differences hidden behind similar job titles.
- Finding Work
Follow up on a warehouse assistant application without sending repeated messages
Send a short enquiry that gives the recruiter the information needed to find your application.
- Finding Work
Track your education assistant applications without a complicated spreadsheet
Keep the vacancy details and follow-up dates together so you can prepare quickly.