Matriculants Who Can’t Find Work can Consider Working at Home
There are many matriculants struggling to find work, even some matriculants who have done further studies and have a degree, but how long should a matriculant spend time looking for work before trying a different approach to earning an income? Well, if a year has passed since a matriculant started looking for work, or since a university graduate started looking for work, and that person is still having no luck getting a job, things will not be looking very good at all. Depression may set in, causing these unemployed youngsters to put less effort into continuing to try finding a job. Of course I am not suggesting that matriculants look for work for only one week before considering a different approach to earning an income, but that they and their family and friends … Read entire article »
Filed under: Finding Work, Self-employment
For How Long are Parents Willing to Financially Assist their Kids?
I am a parent, a divorced mother, who is willing to financially assist my kids for as long as I am able to. But what if my kids still can’t find a job 2 or 3 years after matric or university? If I am still able to, will I still be willing to financially assist my kids when they should be earning their entire income on their own? I may not like it if I end up financially assisting my kids into their early twenties or beyond, but they’re my kids. I’m their mother, and as a mother I take on the responsibility of looking after them as best as I can, no matter how old they are. I took on that responsibilty the moment I fell pregnant with them. And … Read entire article »
Filed under: After Matriculating, Finding Work, Living
Basic Steps to Get a Job After Matric
Now what? You’ve finished matric and need to get a job, but you are not sure of what the basic steps to get a job after matric are. In brief, the basic steps to get a job after matric are: preparation, looking for a job, doing research on the business, contacting the business or employer, going to interviews, responding to hearing that you got a job PREPARATION FOR GETTING A JOB AFTER MATRIC Open a bank account if you don’t already have a bank account. Imagine you get a job, a month passes, and your employer wants to pay your salary into your bank account, and you don’t yet have a bank account. You’ve hardly started working and you have to try get some time off to go and open a bank account before you can receive your … Read entire article »
Filed under: Finding Work