The JobYethu blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- Finding Work
Follow up on a retail assistant application without sending repeated messages
Send a short enquiry that gives the recruiter the information needed to find your application.
- Career Advice
Prepare a teamwork example for an office runner interview
Describe what you contributed and how the team finished the work.
- First Jobs
What to say when you need help on your first education assistant shift
Learn to ask a useful question that describes the issue clearly.
- Finding Work
Track your maintenance apprentice applications without a complicated spreadsheet
Keep the vacancy details and follow-up dates together so you can prepare quickly.
- Career Advice
How to make a useful handover in production assistant work
Make clear what is finished, what is outstanding and what needs a decision.
- First Jobs
Prepare for a logistics coordinator trainee practical assessment
Practise the type of task you may be asked to do under time pressure.
- Finding Work
Questions to ask about the hours in a procurement assistant vacancy
Get enough detail to plan a reliable commute and start date.
- Career Advice
Show attention to detail when applying for sales support assistant work
Prepare one specific example that demonstrates a reliable checking habit.
- First Jobs
How to talk about mistakes in a junior marketing assistant interview
Prepare a short answer that shows how you spot and correct errors.
- Career Advice
Write a sharper CV bullet for an IT support trainee application
Show the work you did and what changed because of it.
- First Jobs
A practical exercise for your first data capture clerk application
Make one small example of work you can explain in an interview.
- Finding Work
How to decide whether a junior bookkeeper vacancy is worth applying for
Use a quick checklist to judge the requirements and working conditions.