The JobYethu blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- Career Advice
Plan a return to IT support trainee work after a break
Prepare an honest explanation and show how you are refreshing relevant skills.
- Career Advice
Build a small portfolio for cleaning operative applications
Use a short work sample to show your approach without exposing workplace information.
- Career Advice
Explain how you prioritise in contact centre agent work
Show what you would handle first and how you would communicate a delay.
- Career Advice
Turn volunteer experience into evidence for a warehouse assistant role
Connect a real activity to one responsibility in the vacancy.
- Career Advice
How to show initiative in education assistant work
Use a small improvement to show you can act within your responsibilities.
- Career Advice
Prepare a teamwork example for a logistics coordinator trainee interview
Describe what you contributed and how the team finished the work.
- 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.
- Career Advice
Show attention to detail when applying for junior bookkeeper work
Prepare one specific example that demonstrates a reliable checking habit.
- Career Advice
Write a sharper CV bullet for a kitchen assistant application
Show the work you did and what changed because of it.