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Excellent learning experience

The office is always busy. I have learnt a lot about the legal framework and how to apply these in my daily work. The Department encourages educational development and even offers training in selected disciplines.

Pros: I can almost say guaranteed job security
Cons: There are no promotion opportunities

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A starting point

The department of Home Affairs was a great starting point in the social sciences field. I have since developed into BCom and would like to gain career relevant experience in HR.

Pros: Teaches you self discipline and dedication to work
Cons: Long working hours and far from home

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Progressive Organization and a good industry to learn around

I learn a lot from my colleagues and even made friends so far. We share ideas as a team, it can be work related or personal. I learned to prioritize issues and also to be able to respond to incidents according to organization's protocols. I enjoy being in a field than to be in an office as my job requires more technical job at hand than admin or paper work The most challenging of my job is to drive around trying to reach user's end point to actually find out what they are experiencing in a situation where they are unable to describe their problem telephonically

Pros: Good environment to work at
Cons: I prefer short working hours with 100% complete job

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It technician

 CREATING USER ACCOUNT AT ACTIVE DIRECTORY  INSTALL, MAINTAIN, CONFIGURE AND SUPPORT PC HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE IN MICROSOFT ENVIRONMENT  ACTIVE DIRECTORY – ADDING, MODIFYING AND DELETETING OF USER ID, E-MAIL AND INTERNET  ADMINISTRATION AD AND MAILBOX FOR EXCHANGE ONLINE  INSTALL, MAINTAIN, CONFIGURE AND SUPPORT MS PRODUCTS SUCH AS MS EXCHANGE, MS OFFICE ETC.  DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF WINDOWS UPDATE SERVICE AND PATCH MANAGEMENT  DAY TO DAY MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING OF VIRUS UPDATE AND CLEAN-UPS  PROVUDE TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO END USERS  DAILY BACKUP AND RECOVERY OF E-MAIL, NETWORK FILES, SERVERS AND THE MONITORING  IMPLEMENTATION, MANAGEMENT AND ADHERENCE TO IT SECURITY POLICIES AND PROCEDURES  IT INFRASTRUCTURE HOUSKEEPING AND MANAGEMENT  IT INFRASTRUCTURE MONITORING, CAPACITY PLANNING, EXECUTION AS PER PROJECT  DOCUMENTATION RELATING TO PROJECT AND SYSTEM PROCEDURES

Pros: SUPERVISOR
Cons: supervisor

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Department of Home Affairs

On a typical day we would go out to trace, arrest and detain illegal foreigners in the republic. Open criminal dockets if they are illegal at saps. Go to court and testify and give evidence. Investigate and interview foreigners who are suspected to be illegal in the country. Assist saps with regards to investigation if a foreigner was involve in criminal activities. Plan and do operations with internal and external stakeholders. It is important that we work as a team as we worked without firearms and in an dangerous environment. It is important to trust each other. I enjoyed working in undercover operation with stakeholder where a few foreigners were arrested for Bribery on different occasions. The most challenging part is conducting your daily work and the resources is not enough and have a target to reach.

Pros: leave days. annual bonus
Cons: Working overtime and not getting paid for it.

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Working at home affairs help me to grow in terms of adjusting at the workplace environment.

working at home affairs help me to grow in terms of adjusting at the workplace environment,i have learn to work independently .I have learn how to respect colleagues,supervisor and management at the workplace .i have learn how to meet deadlines of a daily task given to me .i have enjoyed the good culture of home affairs and enjoyed my exposure learning .The most challenging aspect of the job is when we work outside of the office at bretts storage we i was expected to retrieve information in a large storage,retrieving information from 2008-2015 which was not an easy task but at the end, we managed to get all the information as instructed by management

Pros: At home affairs there was good opportunities due to lack of funds they didn't manage to advertise vacant post to fill them
Cons: We work long hours for overtime only if overtime is approve by management

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Job security

A typical day involves article writing and editing, planning events that our Minister can host which involves a lot of logistic co-ordination. Many of the people who I work with and interact with are not enthusiastic or motivated in their roles and that makes it difficult to work with them. They lack creativity and are not interested in doing things differently as they believe it will create more work. I most enjoy seeing the impact that we have on communities and wish there was more that we could do.

Pros: Opportunity to study further
Cons: Creativity is styfiled

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HR standard

My relationship with my colleagues is that I always strive to work in team to become a team player is my priority in order to achive set goals. I've learnt how to manage time effectively I'm deadline driven. I enjoy working in recruitment most challenging is nothing I love the job.

Pros: Able to grow career wise
Cons: none

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Hardworking

I am a responsible, self motivated and hardworking person eager to take on new challenge. Good communication and intetspersonal skills. Good negotiations and facilitation skills. Team player and leader. Problem solving. Fast learner and. Innovative. I would like to work in an environment that encourages individual initiative as well participative co-operation Like to work under pressure.

Pros: like to learn new thing eveytime
Cons: 8 hour and more

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Hardworking

I am a responsible, self motivated and hardworking person eager to take on new challenge. Good communication and intetspersonal skills. Good negotiations and facilitation skills. Team player and leader. Problem solving. Fast learner and. Innovative. I would like to work in an environment that encourages individual initiative as well participative co-operation Like to work under pressure.

Pros: like to learn new thing eveytime
Cons: 8 hour and more

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