The Job Seeker’s Guide to finding a job in South Africa

For the first time in Job Mail’s 17 years of existence we are publishing an E-book called The Job Seekers Guide To Finding A Job In South Africa. This electronically formatted book is aimed to help job seekers in many stages of the job seeking cycle, from Matriculants to University / College Graduates to currently unemployed people, as well as people who are currently employed but are looking to enter the job market again. Two volumes of this e-book have been published.

JSGVol2Our second volume covers various job hunting topics in depth:

  • The first part covers the general rules of job hunting, the do’s and don’ts.
  • The second part takes a deeper look at your CV. Topics like your cover letter, your original CV and networking are covered.
  • The third part features tips on how to make yourself stand out from the crowd and focuses on Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin, etc).
  • The fourth part focuses on job applications. We look at the job application process and the follow up process for applications.
  • The fifth part focuses on interviews. We look at one’s general approach, the initial interview and following up after interviews.
  • The rest of the book focuses on dressing for success, selling yourself and offers some food for thought

You can download the second volume of our E-book in one of these formats:

  • Click here to download the PDF version.
  • Click here to download the epub version.
  • Click here to download the .mobi version (which can be read on most cell phones).

JSGVol1The goal of our first volume was to assist you in all stages of job hunting:

  • The first stage is to help you stay motivated as we all know it’s a tough journey and miracles do not happen overnight.
  • The second stage helps you improve your CV, maximize your online brand by networking and having your social profiles work for you.
  • The third stage provides you with interview tips and also deals with accepting the job offer and ultimately resigning from your current employer.
  • There are also various ideas on how to keep yourself occupied while job hunting.

You can download the first volume of our E-book in one of these formats:

  • Click here to download the PDF version.
  • Click here to download the epub version.
  • Click here to download the .mobi version (which can be read on most cell phones).

The Job Seekers Guide To Finding A Job In South Africa will be updated regularly with new information to guide you in your process and hopefully assist you in your ultimate goal of getting that dream job, so watch this space.

We wish you happy reading and welcome comments / feedback / suggestions, and while you are at it tell us what you think of our new responsive website. You are welcome to e-mail us via jobmaster@jobmail.co.za.

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