CareerJunction's latest press releases, news and events...

CareerJunction Announces Its Associate Sponsorship To The Vodacom Super 14
| January 2010
CareerJunction has pleasure in announcing its associate sponsorship to the Vodacom Super 14. This is the first major sponsorship CareerJunction has entered into and the first time SA Rugby sees an online company sponsoring this popular tournament.

2009 Junction Awards Winners Announced
| September 2009
CareerJunction celebrated its 6th annual Junction Awards ceremony in customary style on the evening of 16 September 2009 at the Vodadome in Midrand. This popular annual event recognises excellence in recruitment service delivery by South African Recruitment Agencies, as voted for by CareerJunction CareerSeekers. The 2009 Junction Awards were again co-sponsored by Sowetan and SundayWorld, and this year more than 6,000 votes were cast by CareerSeekers, nominating a total of 624 recruitment agencies.

The CareerJunction Index Reveals A Possible Rise Of Unemployment In The Online Labour Market
| March 2009
According to the latest CareerJunction Index (a quarterly analysis of the online labour market in South Africa), the online labour market has taken a significant slump over the last running quarter, contradictory to the latest quarterly Labour Force Survey published by Statistics South Africa, 2 March 2009.

Recruiter Of The Year Winners Honoured At The 2008 Junction Awards | August 2008
Kelly, Emmanuels Advance and Deloitte Consulting were honoured with the Recruiter Of The Year titles for 2008 at the 5th Annual Junction Awards.

Announcing The CareerJunction Index - The First Of Its Kind In South Africa | August 2008
CareerJunction has launched the CareerJunction Index (CJI), the first of its kind in South Africa. The CJI measures the trend between supply and demand of the online labour market, where the supply represents the pool of active CareerSeekers and the demand represents the advertised Jobs.

CareerJunction Honours Recruiters Who Make A Difference In The Lives Of CareerSeekers | July 2008
CareerJunction will once again honour South African Recruitment Agencies at the 5th Annual Junction Awards to be held in August 2008. The Junction Awards give career seekers the opportunity to vote for Recruitment Agencies that have displayed outstanding and exemplary recruitment practises.

CareerJunction Announces One Millionth Registered User | June 2008
CareerJunction, an Avusa media company and South Africa's leading Online Recruitment solution, has announced that it has over one million users registered on the CareerJunction website.

CareerJunction Announces New Features For Executive Package Clients
| April 2008
CareerJunction proudly announces its new offering to valued clients. The 5 Star Experience is now a reality.

CareerJunction Announces Launch Of CareerJunction Middle East
| January 2008
Dubai - CareerJunction, the 11-year old online recruitment solution, today officially announced the launch of its Dubai-based Middle Eastern operation. The CareerJunction Middle East is the first overseas outlet of the South African company, which enjoys 70 per cent market share in its home market.

CareerJunction Provides Thousands Of Jobs to The Times’ Readers
| June 2007
CareerJunction has teamed up with The Times, Sunday Times’ new daily newspaper, to launch The Times’ Careers – an innovative partnership that sees thousands of CareerJunction's online jobs seamlessly being published into the newspaper each day.

SA CareerSeekers Vote For The 2007 Recruiter Of The Year | June 2007
Online CareerSeekers are more experienced and older than what is traditionally believed and visitors to online job boards spend more time engaging with the website than other information only websites.

Online Job Hunting On The Rise | April 2007
Online CareerSeekers are more experienced and older than what is traditionally believed and visitors to online job boards spend more time engaging with the website than other information only websites.

CareerJunction Launches Groundbreaking CV Technology - CV2Resume | January 2007
CareerJunction has launched a revolutionary technology set to transform the face of online recruitment in South Africa.

2006 JunctionAwards Winners | August 2006
The 2006 Recruiter Of The Year in the category of small, medium and large Agency category were announced at the prestigious 2006 Junction Awards at the Indaba Hotel in Johannesburg on the evening of Wednesday 23 August.

Sunday World Offers Jobs Online | July 2006
Sunday World, South Africa’s original tabloid, has joined the CareerJunction stable to ensure that readers now have access to online employment opportunities seven days a week...

CareerJunction Launches iTalent | June 2006
CareerJunction, South Africa’s #1 Online Placement Solution - announces iTalent, a new business unit that will address the recruitment technology needs of Corporate South Africa.

Is SA In Need Of A Skills Revolution | May 2006
In March 2006, Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka announced that there is a skills crisis in South Africa and that the nation is in need of a “skills revolution”.

CareerJunction Scoops International Award For Technical Innovation
| March 2006
South Africa’s leading Online Placement Solution, CareerJunction, has won an international award for Best Technical Innovation in Online Recruitment at the second annual Onrec Awards held in the United Kingdom .

Job Hunting Season At An All Time High | February 2006
The number of CareerSeekers posting their Resumes on CareerJunction was reported as being higher in January 2006 than ever recorded before. Similarly, the amount of new jobs being posted on CareerJunction is at an all time high, with over 20 000 fresh jobs on the website in January 2006 alone.

Sowetan Introduces Jobs Online | January 2006
16 January 2006 – Sowetan, one of South African's biggest daily newspapers, launches jobs online, powered by CareerJunction, SA’s leading online placement service.

Hiring The Wrong Candidates Costs The Country Billions
| November 2005
In a global research study – conducted jointly by SHL and the Future Foundation – it was found that the hidden cost of selecting the wrong candidate for a position equals an annual sum of US$23 billion in the UK and US$105 billion in the United States. Translating these findings to a South African context, the cost of managing poor performance is estimated to be R29 billion or 2.26% of GDP.

What Do Graduates Do Now? A Report On Entering The Job Market
| October 2005
A flood of Matric pupils and tertiary graduates will hit the SA job market soon. Are there enough jobs out there? Media reports on high unemployment figures seem to conflict with talk of a skills shortage. CareerJunction’s Kris Jarzebowski offers insights.

A Snapshot Of Online Recruitment And The SA Job Market
| September 2006
CareerJunction, an online recruitment Website, maintains regular statistics to track online trends. It was ranked 10th amongst South African Websites in terms of Unique Visitors, 4th in terms of Page Impressions, and 1st among employment websites, according to the Online Publishers Association (OPA) August 2005 report.