The JobYethu blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- Finding Work
How to ask about training before accepting office administrator work
Find out what you will learn, who supports you and what independence looks like.
- Career Advice
Turn volunteer experience into evidence for a warehouse assistant role
Connect a real activity to one responsibility in the vacancy.
- First Jobs
A first-week learning log for a retail assistant role
Build a simple record of tasks, questions and what you can do independently.
- Finding Work
Compare two office runner job adverts side by side
Find the differences hidden behind similar job titles.
- Career Advice
How to show initiative in education assistant work
Use a small improvement to show you can act within your responsibilities.
- First Jobs
What to take to your first maintenance apprentice interview
Prepare a small set of examples and the documents the employer asks for.
- Finding Work
Follow up on a production 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 a logistics coordinator trainee interview
Describe what you contributed and how the team finished the work.
- First Jobs
What to say when you need help on your first procurement assistant shift
Learn to ask a useful question that describes the issue clearly.
- Finding Work
Track your sales support 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 junior marketing assistant work
Make clear what is finished, what is outstanding and what needs a decision.
- First Jobs
Prepare for an IT support trainee practical assessment
Practise the type of task you may be asked to do under time pressure.