The JobYethu blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- First Jobs
What to take to your first education assistant interview
Prepare a small set of examples and the documents the employer asks for.
- Finding Work
Follow up on a maintenance apprentice 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 a production assistant interview
Describe what you contributed and how the team finished the work.
- First Jobs
What to say when you need help on your first logistics coordinator trainee shift
Learn to ask a useful question that describes the issue clearly.
- Finding Work
Track your procurement assistant 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 sales support assistant work
Make clear what is finished, what is outstanding and what needs a decision.
- First Jobs
Prepare for a junior marketing assistant 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 an IT support trainee vacancy
Get enough detail to plan a reliable commute and start date.
- Career Advice
Show attention to detail when applying for data capture clerk work
Prepare one specific example that demonstrates a reliable checking habit.
- First Jobs
How to talk about mistakes in a junior bookkeeper interview
Prepare a short answer that shows how you spot and correct errors.
- Career Advice
Write a sharper CV bullet for a cleaning operative application
Show the work you did and what changed because of it.
- First Jobs
A practical exercise for your first kitchen assistant application
Make one small example of work you can explain in an interview.