#employment

source I was chatting with a customer today who mentioned he has hired some temporary staff recently who matriculated last year from a well known local school. When he found out he was a little taken back

I am a feminist. I realize, when I use that word it means different things to different people. So I ask my readers to wipe their minds clean of all the changes that have taken place to the concept of

Five years ago, my daughter who was 15 years old at the time went missing for two complete weeks without any means of contact and it was the most terrifying experience of my life. After frantic searches

Looking at the rate of unemployment in the world right now especially in my country, the labour market becomes more scary day by day, with tens of thousands of graduates joining the market with no provision

Being your own boss and working outdoors is absolutely fantastic

I've always had significant trouble sitting in one box. When I was only a writer, I found the mystery explained and carried itself. Nobody quite seemed to know what that was like, as long as it didn't

I wasn't good at everything I did. This job was not for me!

This young-person's job turned out to be a wonderful life lesson as well

This post was inspired by @beelzebubba's post about his second job. Like his, mine was being a dishwasher at a restaurant. image credit As a teen, I started out doing babysitting and housecleaning for

I was 15 and a half years old

It's a beautiful place, clean and safe. But is has a dark underbelly

source Operation Dudula is the movement that is fighting foreign nationals. A new government announcement from the labor department was released this week with regard to domestic workers in South Africa.

source Over the decades Africa has been looted for it's raw materials due to corruption. Corruption still exists, but the thought process of how the selling of the raw materials is changing. The time has

So for the past ten months or so, I've been working with this studio which meant semi-regular classes, which in turn allowed me to connect with some semi-regular attendees and more importantly, with people

A couple days ago, my good friend @riverflows penned an interesting post (which is nothing new, since all of them, without fail, are) that really stayed with me. What are we all working towards? Is a

A fair wage is a complicated issue. Some people think it’s a political matter, define it as “enough to make ends meet”. But that’s not true. It’s a mathematical equation, and a simple one. A wage is fair

I was born here, I schooled here, and I am still here in Nigeria, and for a lot of people and me, Nigeria has failed us, and people are left with 3 options: wor

source Ghana this week followed Nigeria by flying migrants/illegal migrants out of South Africa due to being concerned for their safety. I do think this is going to continue and is a natural reaction to

The world has advanced a lot in all areas, and we have no option but to adapt to the moving train of change. Some months ago, I came across a controversial post on Facebook about a lady who said that since

Last week I wrote in a guest post elsewhere where I asked whether it was possible to get a corporate job at 45. I put everything in my mind on that post; all the doubts and fears I have and all the steps