The title in itself poses a challenge. Not everyone likes change and our new normal takes some time getting used to. With the whole world in a sense of panic, the economy taking a hit, and businesses trying to keep afloat; the last thing businesses are thinking about is training. The coronavirus has affected the livelihood and wellbeing of everyone around the world, putting millions of people’s health at risk. The future may look daunting right now, but changing our way of life is not an...
Skills Development
SKILLS DEVELOPMENT VS COMPLIANCE AND COVID-19
When implementing a training intervention in your organisation today, it is important to have a clear understanding of its purpose in the end. Is the planned training intervention there to serve a particular purpose to benefit the company in terms of legislation, or will it benefit both the organisation and the employee intrinsically and extrinsically? It is an unfortunate fact that HR training & development in South African organisations have been widely neglected over the past few...
Maximising your Skills Development during COVID-19
COVID-19 has brought a halt to many industries across South Africa and the world. In this present pandemic that we currently find ourselves in, is there anything positive to come out of the ashes? Lockdown does not mean lockout of your companies Work Place Skills Plan implementation. · If your company has submitted a Workplace Skills Plan, the implementation thereof is of significant importance for your Annual Training Report that needs to be submitted in 2021. What may have seemed far away,...
WSP/ ATR submissions 2020: the way to work smarter, not harder!
The COVID-19 national lockdown has created a challenge for South African business owners who need to find a new approach to ensuring their supply chains continue to run. We at SEESA know you are focused on running your business during this time and for that reason, we are doing everything on our side to minimise the impact this lockdown period will have on your 2020 Skills submission. SEESA Skills and Skills Training has always been committed to providing ongoing quality service to all of our...
Have you submitted your WSP/ATR?
The outbreak and rapid spread of COVID-19 have caught everyone underprepared and uncertain on how to approach the lockdown period, the good news for SEESA Skills Training clients is that the majority of our client’s annual WSP (Workplace Skills Plan) and ATR (Annual Training Report) have been submitted by their Skills Development Facilitators, but if yours has not yet been submitted or you are unsure whether yours has been submitted there is still time to do so. The final submission deadline...
Breezing through Skills Development Solutions for B-BBEE
Due to the increased importance of the Skills Development Element (now being a priority element), more and more clients are looking at Learnerships as a possible solution. However, it became clear that clients were not entirely comfortable with the details. The following presentation will briefly explain the WHAT and WHY of Learnerships. Get Started
Building an (Instant) relationship with your customer
Maya Angelou said, “People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” Despite all the advances in technology and automation, at the end of the day, we are doing business with people, so it all comes down to interpersonal relationships and to establish a real connection with your customer. First Impression The problem with a first impression is that you only have one go at it. The first impression is usually the first step in building rapport and...
Bou ‘n (kits) verhouding met jou kliënt.
Inleiding Maya Angelou het gesê, “Mense sal vergeet wat jy gedoen het, maar hulle sal nooit vergeet hoe jy hulle laat voel het nie.” Ten spyte van al die tegnologiese vordering en outomatisering doen ons steeds besigheid met mense, so op die einde van die dag kom dit neer op interpersoonlike verhoudings en om ‘n ware band met jou kliënt te skep. Eerste Indruk Die probleem met ‘n eerste indruk is dat ons slegs een kans kry. In meeste gevalle is die eerste indruk die eerste treë om ‘n verhouding...
Most recent changes to Skills Development under the codes of good practice explained
On 31 May 2019 the Government Gazette was published with a number of changes pertaining to some definitions in the Codes, the Enterprise & Supplier Development Element and the Skills Development Element for Generic Entities. Regarding Skills Development, the set target of 6% for expenditure on learning programmes for Black People was reduced to 3.5% with the set weighting of 8 points to be reduced to 6 points. A new indicator on the Skills Development was introduced where a 2.5% target is...
Die voordele van Gesondheid en Higiëne in die werksplek
Vir meeste mense beteken konsep van[RRG1] Gesondheid en Higiëne in die Werksplek bloot algemene persoonlike higiëne en ʼn professionele voorkoms en hoewel werknemers die beeld van hul organisasie moet bevorder deur hul voorkoms (hulle verteenwoordig immers die besigheid), is hierdie ʼn baie beperkte siening van die konsep. Alle werksplekke moet higiënies wees, nie net ter wille van 'n goeie beeld en om ‘n goeie indruk te skep nie, maar ook ter wille van die gesondheid en veiligheid van...
