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Apr 4, 2024
How long does it take to get a job in South Africa. Let us find out if you can find no experience matric only jobs in South Africa š FREE RESOURCES + JOIN EMAIL LIST - https://lynnfitho.com/resources/ ā MY JOB BOARD āŗ https://lynnfitho.com/ Time stamp 00:00 Intro 00:26 Should you quit your toxic job? 01:38 How fast can you get a new job in South Africa 04:10 What to do when you feel like leaving your job 05:50 Can you find a job with just matric ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ā¬ NOTE: This channel receives a HIGH volume of daily views, so if the job has closed YOU MAY HAVE BEEN TOO LATE, so PLEASE subscribe and TURN ON the notifications š !
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I don't care if your boss is toxic, your coworkers are, you are tired, you feel run down
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Do not quit your job. You will regret it. Hi guys. My name is Lynch
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Let's talk about looking for a job in South Africa in the year 2024
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Guys, it's a nightmare. It's hell's pits. If you are employed right now, what I'll say is do not let someone
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force you out of a job. I'm talking about those that are in toxic workplaces
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Don't let another child take food from your table. Now, I saw an article written by Reuters
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I believe they are a repeatable publication. Africa's most industrialized economy has one of the highest unemployment rates in the world
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The agency said that the number of unemployed people totaled 7.933 million in January to March period
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But in this sense, 7.93 million people were unemployed last year
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Then we move on to say, okay, maybe the economy has improved
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That is not true. We know the interest rates have been going up. We know groceries are choking us right now
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The economy has since even gone worse than when that article was written
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But I digress. I'm like, okay, so 7 million people are looking for jobs
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Can one easily get a job? I'm always getting emails. People want jobs quick
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They want to send a CV today, get a job tomorrow. It's possible, I guess, if you are like 10 years of experience in a highly competitive environment, and you are the only one with that special skill
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But the majority of us are like me. We were just skating through life
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So those stats, those predictions are not for us. Okay. All right
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I went on Indeed. I believe Indeed is one of the biggest job-searching platforms right now that we have because they also offer employers the ability to post jobs for free
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So that's why I'm talking about Indeed. So in the last 7 days, today is a Monday
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I'm thinking I'm going to post this video on Tuesday. So in the last 7 days, really, and right now it's after hour, it's like 5.30 after work
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That's when I'm filming this video. So a full day Monday has passed
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So fresh new jobs have been posted, yada yada. In the last 7 days, including weekends, around 5,000 jobs have been posted
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Only out of 7 million unemployed people, only 5,000 jobs have been posted
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And remember, this is for just, this is for the entire country
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I'm also talking about Justin Houghton, Justin Kieftan, this is for the entire country
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Only 5,000 jobs. Maybe by the end of the week, maybe some jobs have been taken down, but still, guys, I don't think they'll even get to 10,000 jobs that have been posted for everyone
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Mind you, this is including tenured people, super experienced people, tech jobs, entry level, only 5,000
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Okay, I then narrowed it down to entry level, us that are looking for entry into the market, never with no experience
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Guess how many jobs from that 5,000? 55. 55 jobs. One might say, Len, why did you not go to LinkedIn and check
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A lot of the roles that are on LinkedIn, they already own indeed
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And indeed is for like super experienced executive jobs mostly. Those are the ones that are posted there, so I'm not even going to talk about those
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And those people are normally headhunted. They really go out to look for jobs
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So guys, that is what I was saying. If you are in a toxic environment, I'm going to put this in quotes now, or whatever
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Fight for your life, Ntase. Fight. Do not let anyone else kick you out of a job
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Okay, so your boss is having unrealistic whatever. You gotta fight. No one is kicking you out of a job
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You are bent out. Take leave. I've been seeing a trend of women that are expecting mothers pregnant, and they quit their jobs
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Because people write me messages like, hey, Len, I was expecting my child and I quit my job. Why
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Take maternity leave. And I think if your company doesn't give you maternity leave, you can take them to the CCMA
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I would say rather take unpaid maternity leave. And after three months, you can go back to your job
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Don't just quit because you're expecting a baby. Maybe I understand some people have got difficult pregnancies
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Rather ask your employer, like, hey, I'll take unpaid leave. That way you know after three months, you are hoping back to your job
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You don't want to be after three months, your baby is like, I don't say independent, but you know, you can take them to nursery school
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You can leave them with another relative, some new support system, you know
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And you are starting to look for a job because you will cry and it's not worth it
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So anyway, guys, it's just something I thought, I feel like a preacher. You know how when they say, oh, I had something burning, something the Lord told me to tell you guys
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Now it's not the Lord, but it was the employment munchkins. Let's say, Len, talk about this
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Because I have been getting a lot of messages from people talking about quitting their jobs and all of that
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I'm like, hey. I'm not even sure if I'm looking at my lens. Hey
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OK, so I'm clearly heated about this. I do want to delve into other things such as entry level jobs
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What are entry level jobs? What jobs can you do with just metric
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Do such jobs even exist? Because guess what we have realized from TikTok
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People have got degrees and they are not working. People have studied useless degrees
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So obviously they are going to get the jobs that just say any degree, which are the jobs which just people with just metric are supposed to do. Right
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So which means if you do not have metric, you are toast
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So a piece of advice would be, guys, I always want to leave the videos with on a positive note
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It's there is some hope. Right. One, if you do not have metric, like you failed some subjects, go and rewrite
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I promise you no one will care. Go and rewrite. Pass. Apply for those bursaries
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Get on to NASFAS. Get on your bag. Heat up your relatives
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Who can sponsor you for what? Rewrite. That means in English. Two, varsity, college
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Don't just pick any program. Check to see what is working. If when all fails, guys, go to the traditional stuff
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Pick your teaching, nursing, accounting. I'm going to say stay away from law
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What I've been saying, law is also another dumpster fire. People are not getting articles
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You need a car. You need to be able to speak Afrikaans. There are just not enough articles for everybody to go around
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Leave those. I guess in STEM subjects. That's what I'll say. Stick to the traditional STEM
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Now, I'm not saying don't study other things. I studied other things and it didn't work out well for me
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That's a chat for another day. But in today's economy, guys, be safe
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Pick safe guaranteed degrees. If you've got a job, hold on to it
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I'm not saying don't move jobs, guys. Always look for a job when you're already on a job
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Never quit a job. The world can just smell how desperate you are
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And they're not going to give you offers. What else, what else, what else
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That's about it, guys. The job market is a dumpster fire right now
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Do not do it. If you are employed, rather see a therapist
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Have someone you decompress with. Don't tell your co-workers your fights with your manager
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Have someone trusted from home whom you can tell what's going on. Go and see HR
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They cannot force you out. Make sure you are also doing the work
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What is it that is making this job toxic? I'm not putting in, you know, I'm not blaming the victim
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But sometimes, you guys, you could be like me, I'm also lazy sometimes. Maybe I'm not doing the work as I've been trained
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As for retraining, Have to move to another team if possible. But never quit the job
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Remember guys, you are amazing. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Until next time
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