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SA’s Top 8 scarce skills you should study for

SA’s Top 8 scarce skills you should study for With South Africa’s ever-increasing unemployment rate, it comes as a surprise that there is still an abundance of vacancies in certain industries. These vacancies aren’t the result of a lack of interest in these positions but rather the fact that employers require skilled workers to fill them and there just aren’t enough people who meet the requirements. Unfortunately, due to this skill shortage, local companies within the following industries turn towards the global market to fill vacant positions. By acquiring the necessary skills, you could help to close the gap and…

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Death of all salesmen: Waiting for the final curtain to fall?

In February 1949 Arthur Miller’s most famous and now much celebrated play, Death of a Salesman first opened at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway. The story focuses on the last 24 hours of salesman Willy Loman’s life, tackling major themes including loss of identity, superficial ideals and a man’s appetite for accepting change within himself and society. In some respects, those of us engaged in sales roles of one kind or another may find ourselves grappling with the same issues faced by Willy in his tumultuous final hours.  ‘Sales’ is a vocation under assault. What is the role of the modern…

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