The top 5 most popular job hunting articles in 2016

The most read job hunting articles in 2016.

We've rounded up the most read articles from our job hunting tips column.

To make sure you haven't missed our most essential and must-read tips about Job Hunting, here's a little recap of the most popular stories of 2016.

1. The hottest jobs of 2016

What jobs should you look out for? Which positions are going to increase in demand in 2016? These are the questions you should be asking yourself if you’re looking for a new job or considering a career change. In no particular order, these were the hottest, most-in-demand jobs for 2016. And you’re in luck, they will still be high in demand in 2017!

2. The top 25 jobs with the rarest skills in South Africa

To compose this list, we took a look at the skills most sought after by companies and the demand for those jobs by South African job seekers. By combining these two they gave every job skill or title a “rareness factor”. The higher the employers' demand, and the lower the employees' demand, the higher the rareness factor of the job. Here are the top 25 jobs that have the rarest skills.

3. Want to work for Makro? Read this!

Makro, a division of Massmart, is a major South African retail chain serving customers and traders since 1971. It boasts 20 massive warehouses in South Africa's major metropolitan areas, as well as newly launched e-commerce platform.

4. The top 10 in demand skills in South Africa right now

If you want to be the applicant to get picked, you have to show that you have all the skills recruiters are looking for. To help you find out which skills you need to update to be more marketable, a large online platform for professionals has analysed billions of data points and has come up with a list of the top 10 most sought-after skills in South Africa.

5. The best engineering companies to work for in South Africa

Are you tired of your engineering job? Is your current work place not fulfilling enough or not giving you the opportunities you are looking for? Or are you a new graduate searching for a dream job? To help you make a good choice when applying for jobs, we’ve listed -in no particular order- some of the best engineering companies to work for in South Africa.

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