Thobelani Gift Yilam
My name is Thobelani, I work as Security Supervisor. I am currently studying towards law degree. I have passion for people and people's development. I tend to fuse HR and law to be a HR personnel.
Location South Africa
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Hi everyone,
My name is Thobelani. I am based in South Africa. I work as a Security Manager in one of the biggest companies in Southern Africa.
I joined this course because I want to better my communication and interpersonal skills. The role I position I currently occupy has me attending lots of meetings and write many reports. I believe that the...
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@FredKwarteng Hi Fred.
I am happy we have made it far.
Knowledge gained here will go a long way in our careers and perhaps our own enterprises.
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I am so happy I have made it this far.
I am loving each and every moment of this course.
@Valeria's feedbacks make me engaged and important.
I can safely say that futurelearn is doing exactly what the content says in so far as employees being part-time marketers of the service.I have been taken screenshot of some articles in this course and sharing...
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This speaks to me. This is the content I really needed as I am about to venture into business.
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I can think of situations where employers resign in just less than a month in their roles.
I knew immediately that they were sold a dream during recruitment processes.
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The organization I currently work for is passionate about alignment of people to the strategic plan of the organization.
Quarterly, we have briefing sessions on site, and we also off site conferences where we talk about issues facing the firm and develop way out of those isues together with senior management team.
I find this really helpful in that it... -
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ROR was my highlight for this week. It's funny how people doing business tend to undermine the power that consumers have.
Time to time I have glitches with people on the floor at shops, part time marketers.
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Writing my own blog was so helpful
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@EvansBoatengOwusu I think inside-out concept means that managers tend to focus on things things like the cost of producing the product, the quality as perceived by them and not as perceived by the customer, labour and other resources.
An outside-in approach would mean that managers are more proactive in terms of aligning themselves with customers needs,...
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This is interesting, it now tells me that managers of our services providers should keep up to speed with changes and developments in our company rather than us challenging them to keep up.
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I am comparing this to my actual work scenario, interesting
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The criteria is gonna be kept in my office posted
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It's been an exciting week. As a security service provider, I learnt a lot.
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Looking forward to week two
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Where I live there two bars facing each other. I would say they have similar standards, however I go to one simple because of how they interact with me. I feel like they relate to me so well compared to the other that I feel like they dont value my input to their existence.
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I take the view that customers create value, you may come up with a product but if customers dont see value or the product doesnt talk to them theres no value in the product
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I fully agree with this sentiment. Any business is a service provider to someone or other organization. The two co-exist in that one is dependent on the other.
A business should always seek way to better ways in which they can be of greater help to their customers.
They should go deep and try to understand what is really happening in their customers and... -
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Hi all,
I am Thobelani Yilam. I am based in South Africa, Gauteng province. I am professional corporate security personnel.
I am in a mission to try and find my way senior security roles. I believe this course will help me stand out from other candidates. -
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Great insights in this interview. Really looking forward.
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He is indeed a pioneer. Very helpful and explaination.
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Absolutely looking forward
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I have not owned a computer in my entire life. However, my experience with social networks, music download websites and adult content websites is that there is a lot of this happening there.
I notice that when I want to click on download, all of sudden, the download click moves and I end up clicking on something redirecting me to something else.
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Autorun worm
Autorun worms are malicious programs that take advantage of the
Windows AutoRun feature. They execute automatically when the device
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My password as rated low before typing in digits and symbols.
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I use a minimum of 5 letters, symbol and digits.
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All what i can say at this stage is that I find that I am one most vulnerable person to online banking scammers.
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I'll follow trusted cyber journalist and blogs on socials
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Target Attack
target attack is the one scenario that relates much to area of work. We outsource most of the work that we do, we allow access to some contractors to email for purposes of work and communication. We try to enforce CIA by making sure that vendors complete and sign nondisclosure and secrecy forms which will surely cover confidentiality, but I do...
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Wow!! This is getting interesting even more.
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I am happy, the feedback from email check is that I am not pawned. I must say that my lack of interest in online adverts must have played a big role.
I make sure that I visit trustable websites.
One of my old password has been pawned -
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So for me to pay for me this course I added bank card details. I am worried.
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Hi all,
I am Thobelani Yilam from South Africa. I work in corporate security as a supervisor. I just enrolled for this course. I look forward to engaging and connecting with fellow students across the world.
My expectation is to gain knowledge on how a security manager can avert threats to security systems.
Thanks
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Managers can encourage ethical behaviours by being reflective of organisational values and codes. There is a need, especially in RSA, for managers not to see themselves above the teams they lead.
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Sustainability refers to mainly to an approach that seeks to balance three aspects economy, planet and society.
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I must say that I work for one of the best organizations in the world. The effort leadership put to ensure that employees are happy and contented is immeasurable.
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One most standout unethical issue in South Africa that I can think of is that of the Gupta family.
Here, this family was involved in influencing ministerial appointments. It is alleged that they owned many business entities in various industries including mining and media.
They were also involved in registering companies that would be most preferred for... -
In this instant there is a possibility/doubt by a civilian that businesses in the pharmaceutical and health industry could be used to endorse "Covid19 vaccine" to achieve agendas of certain individuals.
Luzuko, where are you based in RSA?
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It is quite clear that Lee needs help. Their issue if not taken seriously and therefore not addressed could result to her making bad decisions whether in the workplace or life general.
Purpose and best interest of the individual are most aspects to consider for in this instance. Sometimes people drown thinking they would salvage themselves or it's better if... -
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Quite interesting facts shared in the video. Really, sometimes, I realize that I do not always consider whether a decision is ethical or not, it just happens.
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Ethics essentially refer to set of acceptable norms and rules that do not necessarily have to be in legislative writings. These rules naturally develop long periods of time.
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Hi all,
I am Gift Yilam in South Africa. I am a line manager wishing sharpen my managerial skills. I hope that this course will help me learn skills on making sound decisions in difficult situations.
Thanks
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Hello everyone
my name is Thobelani. I am based in South Africa. I am so excited to join the course. I just completed HR Fundamentals.
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I am definitely staying. I'll enroll for more other courses.
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I have gained great insight different roles HR personnel play in a organization. I also now know of different divisions in HR, like IR, Training, Recruitment...
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I have enjoyed my journey. The course kept me coming back to learn new stuff. I love the comment box part of the course as it allowed me to think hard on future, present and previous experiences.
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I left two organization before joining the one I with currently. Reasons were similar, I wanted an opportunity to work in a senior role. I think it is going to be the case even with my current employer.
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unfortunately most adverts I come across in my country contain these red flags
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When new questions arise and seem to try and trick the candidate. A very important statement is made above, that the interview doesn't intend catch out candidates.
A BP has to intervene by making sure that a standard and fair system of recruitment is applied to candidates -
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I think I relate with these biases. At some point in my career I was responsible for screening candidates for employment without proper training.
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I do have a job description. To be honest, before apply for my currently role I was terrified by contents in that jo description. Line managers do have depth knowledge of the role to be filled, but the help on HR is very important. when managers look for people may forget crucial things to look for like succession planning as you recruit for current vacancy.
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All these steps were touched during my recruitment.
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Yes, I do think mi too was strategic. I think this should be the approach for all vacancies.
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I look forward
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I was recruited through agency. The lady interviewed me at a local coffee shop. She was happy and submitted my resume to the company's recruiting team where I was interviewed two times. First panel was made up of departmental management and business partner. The second was director, head of department and BP.
the experience was good, the interview came long... -
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I am going to take major steps in my career development to try and fit my skills to succession of my manager.
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Great insight in how HR gets to do things. However I still feel like there is a long way to go before workplaces meet standards.
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I am in the automotive space and my friends are in retail space which is not really rewarding. I am better placed in this. I can say I have better benefits
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The organization I work for various mechanism to achieve engagement of employees. There is a committee made up of people from different departments just to try and achieve engagement.
2018 I was part of team that worked on improving our recognition scheme policy. During this task we were expected to gather information through interviewing other employees on... -
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Where do you see yourself and your own career in the next year or two?
I currently work for a well rewarding organization and I think I need to stay in this role for at least the next 2 years. The organization observes and complies well with legislative requirements. In this two years I plan to develop myself in wild range of skills.
I have a very good and... -
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I am going to share this with my manager. I told him about this and I wish to shake things up in the department through knowledge gained from this programme.
I have had many times and I have received positive feedbacks. Luckily sooner after I joined the company I enrolled for a management programme which contributed greatly to my leadership skills
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I find helpful information in this interview. Generally, I think managers struggle with setting SMART objectives, I have noticed that most of the times they tend to impose these objectives on employees without properly explaining them.
sometimes you may find that they are way out of employee scope of operations, leading to impacted employ not to even attempt... -
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Activities that relate to planning and creating systems for smooth operations and accountability will always bring the best in me. I also excited by investigations.
important values to me are honesty, integrity, reliability, caring... these are important values to me -
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Mindset –
I want to become an HR professional leading and changes in organizations and contribute great to the well being of workforce.Environment –
I need to work hard to gather as information, study hard and get a qualification. Collaborate with HR department and volunteer when a chance arises.Teamwork –
Improve communication skills. Making sure... -
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Very interesting. I take the strength based approach. I'll apply this approach at work
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I did a little bit of research in this subject back in 2017 when the organization tasked me and 4 other gentleman to update the organization recognition scheme.
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I feel like I may have to soon register for business management course
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I lead a team full of third party workforce. It my responsibility to filter down organizational goals and values onto contractors under my leadership.
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Making our plant a plant of choice. This refers to both employees and clients. Attaining more clients and retaining best talents.
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The organization I work for has done so well in terms attempting limit covid-19 cases.
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Good work balances the need for employees to be part of the society live, fairly, participate in activities like kids schools sports day and kids schools meetings.
Good work should contribute less to stress levels. I believe in flexibility in terms of working hours, I think right now organizations cage people for hours monitoring their movements in the... -
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5 years ago I worked for a company that I still think do very well in terms of employee retention. I have friends who worked there before and are still there. The culture there is that join, let's help you develop yourself, and line managers are skilled to look after employees well.
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I am finding contents of the course very interesting and relating to what I experience in the workplace.
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Scenario one is a perfect example of unfair labour practice.
Scenario two is perfect example of good purposesful data collection. -
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I hardly considered this, but now realize the need to keep good profile.
I now understand why some people won't get roles that an ordinary may think they should get.
This maybe due to things like poor credit record, lifestyle outside work, views you post on social media/blogs that are against what the role demands. -
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I am starting to realize that what we share on social media may in way influence decisions of not only our current employers, but potential employers too.
I was surprised when a recruiting agent told me that they followed my Linkedin profile. -
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Quite an interesting journey.
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Very insightful views there. I certainly enjoyed and learnt quite a lot from this audio conversation.
Like Giles indicates, developing trust is vital in these circumstances. But I am also concerned about learners coming from campus based schools trying to find their way into corporate space.
I wonder if current education systems do cater for this...
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I am looking forward.
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I am truly excited. I finished week one and the experience so far has been good. All scenarios are so realistic and reflective of workplace reality.
I am motivated by fellow students submissions, too.
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Response number is absolutely correct. These kinds of complaints should never take longer to be attended as they may serious and severe consequences.
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Thobelani Gift Yilam replied to Danielle L
Hi Danielle. Interesting input there. I hope through this programme we are going to get the basic understanding that we require and end up experts in field.
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In my previous discussions, I submitted that HR plays a significant role in harmonizing the relationships between the employer and the employee, organization and stakeholders, clients and possible clients(general society).
Once HR department forgets the importance of this role and the severity of consequences this may have on the organization i.e feeling of...
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HR professionalism is important because it is the right way to work and behave.
The reason why I choose this answer is because like any other professional in corporate space people need to maintain high level of respect, truthfulness, integrity and helpfulness and express great knowledge of the basic contents of the profession they are in.
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I can say that the organization has so well in dealing with this situation. People that have categorized to determine the need for them to be site or not.
Departments like finance, purchasing and procurement work at home full-time. Even HR department people rotate and only come to site whenever there's need.
New occupational nurses were employed for...
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Yes I have successfully done four short online courses. These course consisted of between 11-17 modules each and assessments. I feel like this is the best way to learn because one learns anytime of the day/night in the space of your comfort bed, outdoor and in transport.
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"HR to me is really about engaging and enabling the workforce to optimise what they do within a company to really ensure that what a company has in terms of its human capacity is fulfilled" this statement sits well with me when it comes to definition of HR.
"Connecting with the people that work within the company" this one speaks to my earlier comment that...
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I knew nothing about CIPD, all I was doing was google searching for a reputable Institute for me to start my HR journey.
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Human Resources, to me, means a department that looks after the well being of employees in the organization.
This department does this through various responsibilities like recruitment, training, recognition and performance management, retention and leading disciplinary processes of employees in a fair and just manner.
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Greetings everyone,
I am Thobelani Gift Yilam from South Africa. I am excited by the opportunity to be in this course and meeting you all.
I have no experience in HR. I currently occupy a supervision position which led me to continued engagements with HR personnel. Further to this, I did a management development course which dealt much with subjects in...
