When you submit your resume check for the following!

When we review people’s resumes, we often see a basic document with basic content and outdated formatting.  We also see resumes that contain some pretty fundamental mistakes.  Here are some tips of what to do:

SPELLCHECK and GRAMMARCHECK!!!!!
Include basic contact information.  Direct contact number, i.e mobile number.  The e-mail address you use should be a personal address, not your e-mail address at your current job.
Provide a summary (2 – 3 lines) of your experience, knowledge, strengths and value add.  Do not use words like “excellent communication skills”, as nowadays this is an absolute ‘given’ and a natural requirement for all positions.  Detail specific outstanding qualities/skills that you have been complimented on or which have been highlighted to you
Make sure the layout of all your bullets, paragraphs, and sections is consistent.  Use the same type of bullet in every section.  Use the same font throughout your resume.  If you need to get creative, you can bold, italicize, underline, or change colors, but using more than one font is distracting.
Ensure that employment dates reflect months and years and that any gaps are explained
Ensure that you detail/describe your KPA’s
The focus of your resume should be on your achievements, so highlight these for each position.
Give proper reasons for leaving  - leave nothing to the imagination
By checking your resume for these basic mistakes, you will create a more professional document.  Please contact Andrea Pillay, should you require assistance in drawing up a marketable resume/profile. Contact details : +27-11-678-3403, alternatively andrea@syncconsulting.co.za

Website Operations Manager needed

Senior Website Operations Manager

Our client is a leading outsourced e-commerce management services company, based in Johannesburg South Africa. They provide services to a niche group of customers, delivering cutting edge e-commerce solutions to a global user base.

The Marketing division is tasked with delivering innovative, varied, creative and dynamic marketing solutions. These initiatives span web based, telephonic, email communications, real world interactions, direct mail campaigns and other initiatives.

Responsibilities include :

1. Management of the web master function – providing web master & website management related services
2. Ensuring that all websites and products are developed according to SEO best practice, and that all web related efforts & projects are geared around improving search rankings. Drive & implement the business’ search engine optimization strategy with the SEO team.
3. Efficient and effective brand management of various brands. This includes traditional brand management, as well as project management and thought leadership of all brand related projects across the business.
4. Ensuring reliable and effective web analytics & reporting to the base of marketing department users
5. The outputs and day-to-day management of the creative team
6. The outputs and day-to-day management of the copy / content team [spanning 8 languages].

Qualifications / experience:

• Must have minimum 10 yrs eCommerce Branding, Webmaster, Product or Promotions Management experience.
• Must have experience running multiple projects simultaneously, especially with the releasing of large web based projects with fresh content on a weekly basis (40 – 50 new pages per week)
• B.Com or similar Marketing Management Degree essential
• A proven track record of team management in a dynamic environment with a diverse portfolio of responsibility. This position has approximately 40 direct reports, including web masters, SEO specialists, copywriters, brand manager etc
• Proven analytical ability and involvement in strategic planning & business management

Skills / Competencies:

• Solid Business and Product Development skills required
• Exceptional inter-personal skills. Strong negotiation and networking skills; required to network and negotiate with product, channel, creative and other internal stakeholders to ensure integrated brand solutions / offerings.
• Conflict management ability; plays an integration role across various functional areas that may have conflicting interests
• Strong analytical skills
• Exceptional organizational, communication, presentation and facilitation skills for effective campaign & project co-ordination
• Must have a sound understanding of online branding and brand dynamics to actively manage the quality of all brand and communication initiatives in order to sustain a positive and consistent brand image, aligned to business capabilities
• Demonstrated skill at ensuring consumer insights are developed into effective creative material
• Contact nicole@syncconsulting.co.za

Staff needed Sync Consulting

Job ID	Date Posted	Job Title
584	08/06/10	E-Marketing Business Developmet Co-ordinator New!
583	08/06/10	Multi Media Designer New!
582	08/04/10	Senior Business Intelligence Specialist New!
581	08/02/10	Designer: 2x New!
580	08/02/10	Content Manager: Social Media New!
579	07/28/10	Call Centre Agents: Foreign Languages New!
578	07/28/10	Fraud Screening Consultant New!
577	07/28/10	Screening and Investigations Team Leader New!
576	07/28/10	Business Systems Analyst New!
575	07/28/10	Sales Manager - Outbound Call Centre New! http://www.syncconsulting.co.za

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You need never worry about bad staff if you use Sync Consulting Global
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The adage "a persons past behaviour is a good predictor of their future behaviour" is supported by Employers' Mutual Protection Service (EMPS) annual screening statistics from 2009, which showed that 40 percent of job applicants with criminal convictions were convicted of two or more crimes.

Kirsten Halcrow, managing director of EMPS, says the latest screening tool that can now be used by employers to look at past employment behaviour of job candidates is a CCMA check. It will show whether candidates have any CCMA awards or Labour Court judgments against or in favour of them. A further CCMA transcript check can then be done to get the full CCMA transcript report.

She says checking an applicant's CCMA records when used as part of a safe-hiring process can serve several purposes.

"It can reduce the chance of a negligent hiring decision. The threat of liability gives employers reason to be cautious in checking an applicant's past.

"CCMA checks can also help identify false or inflated information supplied by job applicants. Because of such a high incidence of CV fraud, employers should be wary of accepting anyone's word at face value.

"CCMA records are vital sources for verifying information submitted in job application forms and verifying an individual's reason for leaving previous employers. They also help determine whether applicants are fit for the job.

"The ultimate purpose of any screening programme, once credentials have been verified, is to ensure a good job fit. Using previous employment references and CCMA data could prove valuable in establishing job fit.

"CCMA commissioners do not always find against job applicants, there can also be cases won in favour of applicants, that explain possible negative employment references, by disgruntled previous employers."

Halcrow says CCMA checks will discourage applicants with something to hide and encourage honesty. Application forms should directly ask applicants about any CCMA records or previous disciplinary history.

"Most honest job applicants are not concerned about background checks, but others are uncomfortable with the idea of anyone poking around in their personal history.

"In-depth background checks could unearth information that is irrelevant, taken out of context, or just plain wrong.

"It is of the utmost importance that employers use accurate sources, get signed consent from applicants and only use data that is relevant to the position applied for," says Halcrow.

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494 01/21/10 Email Marketing Specialist

“I met Nicole while trying to get professional contacts regarding SAP projects/respectively employers in South Africa. Her professional and personal approaches are remarkable and I would always seek her expertise in any matter concerning my professional career.”

Matthias Frankenberg, January 3, 2010

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Nicole Bradley
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