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Should African countries restrict work permits for Expatriate Job Seekers?

A major concern facing companies in Africa is a shortage of qualified and skilled talent to fill job vacancies in the organisation. Companies have no choice but to recruit for these jobs overseas. Many African countries make it very difficult for individuals to get work permits, saying that these jobs should be filled by locals. Is this argument valid? What are the impacts on the companies and the country?

Politicians, when defending restrictive employment visa regimes usually argue…

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Added by NIKUNJ SHAH on August 20, 2011 at 2:58am — 1 Comment

Recruiting in Africa – Is it getting harder?

As a recruitment consultant focussing on recruiting for executive level and management jobs in Africa, we are finding that it is getting harder to recruit quality talent for our clients. Professionals are not willing to build careers in Africa. Why is this happening? We have some thoughts.



Firstly, traditionally companies in Africa have relied on expatriates to fill senior level and technical positions within their organisations. Given the lack of appropriately skilled candidates… Continue

Added by NIKUNJ SHAH on July 21, 2011 at 11:38pm — 2 Comments

Part 1: Why Online? -Basic South African Internet Statistics

The South African online population is typically behind other first world countries such as the United States, or the United Kingdom in terms of internet usage. This is due to a number of factors including legislation, high pricing structures and education amongst others.



That said, the population of users who are online in South Africa has grown by just over 13% from 3.5 million in 2007 to 5.1 million in 2008.



With a population of just over 44,3 million, that represents a… Continue

Added by Matthew Gray on January 22, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

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