The JobYethu blog
Practical guides for finding work, exploring career paths and building experience in South Africa.
- First Jobs
What to say when you have no formal work experience
Turn something you have already done at school, at home or in your community into a clear answer for your first job interview.
- Finding Work
Use interview notes to improve your next office runner application
Capture questions and useful details while they are fresh.
- Career Advice
Plan a return to education assistant work after a break
Prepare an honest explanation and show how you are refreshing relevant skills.
- First Jobs
How to prepare for feedback in your first maintenance apprentice job
Turn a correction into a change you can test on your next shift.
- Finding Work
Read between the lines of a production assistant job description
Turn vague phrases in a job advert into specific interview questions.
- Career Advice
Build a small portfolio for logistics coordinator trainee applications
Use a short work sample to show your approach without exposing workplace information.
- First Jobs
Prepare an example of customer care for procurement assistant work
Think through who uses your work and what they need from it.
- Finding Work
Set a weekly search routine for sales support assistant opportunities
Make your search regular enough to spot vacancies without spending all day scrolling.
- Career Advice
Explain how you prioritise in junior marketing assistant work
Show what you would handle first and how you would communicate a delay.
- First Jobs
Practise a one-minute introduction for an IT support trainee interview
Link one strength and one example to the employer’s work.
- Finding Work
How to ask about training before accepting data capture clerk work
Find out what you will learn, who supports you and what independence looks like.
- Career Advice
Turn volunteer experience into evidence for a junior bookkeeper role
Connect a real activity to one responsibility in the vacancy.