The JobYethu blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- Finding Work
Follow up on a logistics coordinator trainee 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 procurement 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 sales support assistant shift
Learn to ask a useful question that describes the issue clearly.
- Finding Work
Track your junior marketing 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 IT support trainee work
Make clear what is finished, what is outstanding and what needs a decision.
- First Jobs
Prepare for a data capture clerk 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 junior bookkeeper vacancy
Get enough detail to plan a reliable commute and start date.