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Towards the end of most interviews, it is common practice for interviewers to wrap up the job interview by asking you if you have any question to ask. As a job applicant, you should not wave this aside by channeling all your energy into responding to questions alone. While you are expected to respond to questions with insightful answers, you are also expected to ask intelligent questions. Especially when asked. Never forget that all through the duration of a job interview, the interviewer never stops assessing you. Therefore, you should focus on asking questions that reflect your knowledge of the company, your interest in the position, your experience as well as your personal work ethics. Here are 5 questions you should never ask an employer during an interview. 1. Can I Work From Home? Unless this was mentioned in the initial job description, don’t bring it up. Asking to work from home might indicate that you do not work well under direct supervision. It could also be interpreted to m...

Poverty is a state or condition in which a person or community lacks the financial resources and essentials for a minimum standard of living. Poverty means that the income level from employment is so low that basic human needs can't be met. If you were born poor and you die poor you have yourself to blame. At least 8 out of 10 people will have done something that contributes to their future poverty. Only few people will have done what is required to remain prosperous in the future. Below are 4 habits that could easily draw you to poverty. 1. You Dont Plan For Tomorrow In the 1950s a scientist from Harvard University studied the reasons for upward socio-economic mobility. He wanted to know how comes some generations get wealthier while others get poorer. All his research brought him to a single factor that he concluded was more accurate than any other thing in predicting success – he called it “The Time Pespective”. Time perspective is basically how far you project into the future w...

There are many young South Africans that are making waves across the country and beyond. Many of these individuals have gone on to found multi-million dollar companies. Through this post, we will be taking a look at the top richest young people in South Africa. 1. Vusi Thembekwayo Vusi Thembekwayo was born on the 21st March 1985 in Benoni on the East Rand of Gauteng Province, South Africa. He was already ranked 1st in Africa for motivational speaking at the age of 17. Having spoken in 4 of the 7 continents to over 250 000 people each year, he is seen as one of the best motivational speakers and keynotes speakers alive today. He was the youngest director of a multi-national turning over R17 billion a year at age 25, where he served on the operations board. Vusi Thembekwayo has an estimated net worth of $550 million. 2. Sandile Shezi Shezi was laughed at in his school for selling muffins at school. He took a big step and risk by trading all the money that was supposed to ...

If you have gone through interviews, you would know that this is one of the hardest questions to answer. It is always in the beginning of the interview, serving as an icebreaker of sort. It is a difficult question to respond to because “tell me about yourself” can receive a very long-winded and incoherent answer. Do you talk about your career path? Do you talk about your hobbies to show the interviewer that you have a life outside work? Or do you say you are married with three children? Do you say you are more of a cat person? The best way to gauge how to respond correctly is to ask yourself what the interviewer is trying to achieve with this question. The best guess is that they want to see if you are a perfect fit for their organization. In order to prevent answering this question in an awkward way that will jeopardize your chances of advancing in your interview process, incorporate the following tips into your response. 1. Talk About Your Career Path/ Work Experience Ta...