My Brilliant Career: Matching jobs with the right people is hugely rewarding
Madelein Smit is the MD of recruitment firm HR Company Solutions
Tell me about HR Company and the work you do there. HR Company Solutions is a recruitment agency based on the East Rand near Johannesburg. As a recruitment partner to businesses of all sizes and in all industries, we specialise in sourcing and placing top talent for our clients through our talent agents using our unique technologies. Our recruitment methods are innovative and different, which sets us apart from other agencies. Have you always worked in human resources (HR)? My passion for HR and people started very early in my career when I managed forecourt staff at petrol stations. I soon moved into the corporate field, where I secured my first role as an HR manager at an electrical company, and then moved to a logistics company as the head of the HR department. What are the biggest issues facing HR departments at present? I strongly believe that the biggest issues are that top-level management still does not take HR seriously, or as seriously as they should be. If organisations i...
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