Job description: Contact existing and prospective customers, using the telephone or other electronic communications media, to promote goods and services, obtain sales and arrange sales visits. Tasks Working from scripts and lists of contacts to promote goods and services by telephone in order to persuade potential customers to purchase products or services or to make donations to charitable causes. Obtaining customer information such as name, address and payment method, and entering orders or commitments into computers. Creating interest in goods and services, and seeking a sale or an agreement by the potential customer to meet with sales representatives. Arranging appointments…
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Job Description: Outbound Call Agents are sales representatives. Their job is to promote and sell products to new and old customers over the phone. Training is usually received on the job, which is nice for those starting a career in sales and customer service. What does an Outbound Call Centre Operator do? Contacts existing and prospective clients from a call centre environment in order to sell products and services. Describes products and services Answers questions Actively matches the needs of the client with the features and benefits of the sellable product. Provides clients with relevant product information with the intention…
Job description: Designs, develops, modifies documents and tests, implements, installs and supports software applications and systems for the BPO sector Tasks Assessing, developing, upgrading and documenting maintenance procedures for operating systems, communications environments and applications software. Consulting with customers concerning maintenance of software system. Consulting with engineering staff to evaluate interface between hardware and software. Developing and directing software testing and validation procedures. Directing software programming and development of documentation. Modifying existing software to correct errors, to adapt it to new hardware or to upgrade interfaces and improve performance. Researching, analysing and evaluating requirements for software applications and operating systems. (Occupation…
Forbes Magazine recently published a series of articles on the future of work. They examined which jobs are most likely to be affected by automation, which jobs will be least affected and new jobs that will be created. Many careers require human characteristics that machines cannot replace. Recent research shows that the job categories needing the following skills would not be replaced by machines: Creativity research, design and academic jobs Complexity (the state of having many parts and being difficult to understand or find an answer to) strategy and management positions Dexterity (the ability to perform a difficult action quickly and skilfully with the hand, and/or the ability to think quickly and…
The British Government tasked the team at Fast Future Research to reveal the careers that will be needed in the very near future. YOU decide – Science fiction or science fact? Body part maker Advances in science will make it possible to create living body parts, so we could need living body part makers, body part stores and body part repair shops. Nano-medic Advances in nanotechnology for creating molecular-scale devices and treatments could transform personal healthcare so we would need a new breed of nano-medicine specialists to administer. Genetically engineered crops and livestock farmer New-age farmers will grow crops and keep…
Become part of the fee-free higher education generation. Article kindly supplied by NSFAS At the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) we know that due to financial reasons, it is impossible for most young people from poor backgrounds to study further than their matric. To solve this challenge, the South African government gave us the responsibility to ensure that you are given an opportunity to study at a public university or TVET College of your choice through a bursary. The R350K threshold and what it means This is the total annual income earned by the student’s family (spouse, mother, father…
There are different kinds of funding available to finance your studies, and it helps to understand the differences between them. Let’s start by looking at the difference between bursaries, loans, and scholarships. Bursaries Bursaries vary in amounts and professions and are given to students in order to further their studies. In return for funding your studies, the company may require you to repay them by signing a work contract with them. Another type of bursary is a donor bursary (a bursary awarded to a deserving candidate in a specific field of study or in recognition for his/her work in a…
Quick links to bursaries and study loans List of bursaries in South Africa Click here to connect ABSA bursaries Click here to connect ABSA study loans Click here to connect FNB student loans Click here to connect Nedbank student loans Click here to connect Standard bank student loans Click here to connect Standard bank bursaries Click here to connect Eduloan Click here to connect
Universities of Technology offer assistance in applying for funding. Here is a list of contact details that will help you to find the correct people to speak to. Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) Click here for funding information 27 (0)21 959 6767 Central University of Technology Click here for funding information +27 (0)51 507 3911 (Bloemfontein campus) +27 (0)57 910 3500 (Welkom campus) Durban University of Technology Click here for funding information Click here for bursary information +27 (0)31 373 2553 (Financial aid) Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) Click here for bursary information +27 (0)31 907 7111 (General enquiries)…
Tertiary studies are expensive, there’s no way around it. Luckily though, you have options to finance it – student loans in South Africa are a realistic option, and they are readily available. Student loans work like this: A student and a parent (with an income) apply for a loan to the student, where the parent is required to pay the interest portion of the loan on a month-to-month basis while the student is studying. The capital amount sits in the student’s name, and the student is required to repay the loan through monthly installments upon graduating. The loan issuer (a bank, usually) ordinarily allows the…