Monthly Archives: August 2009

Instant access control technology takes away HR concerns

Hospitality staffing specialists, Innstaff turned to a high-tech solution to manage 200 temporary workers at this year’s Durban July, ensuring seamless access control as well as saving three days of manual data capturing to produce its payroll.
“We provided hospitality staff for around eight different marquees operating at the Durban July,” says Innstaff Contracts Manager Carrie-Ann [...]

BPO Investment into South Africa set to increase on back of recession

Invariably when one talks about the recession, the focus is on job loss, budget cuts and general financial doom and gloom. This might be the case for most industries, but when it comes to the BPO sector, with threats also come opportunities.
South Africa has excellent infrastructure, we provide highly qualified labour, staff attrition rates are [...]

Job creation initiatives vital for BPO sector

CallingtheCape together with local government has committed itself to reducing unemployment in the Western Cape through the Career Assessment Development and Training (CADET) Programme.
CADET is part of an ongoing effort by CallingtheCape to provide working opportunities in the call centre industry for the provinces unemployed. It has been in existence since 2004 and has [...]

Ease of use, remote support underpin successful global software sales

Software company idu has successfully ventured into the global export market, thanks to a combination of easy-to-use software and excellent remote customer support.
“Choosing an international rather than a local supplier was a big decision for us,” says Tim Mangold, finance manager for major New Zealand retailer The Warehouse. The company implemented idu’s budgeting package idu-Concept [...]