Odette Bester


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Odette Bester was a Digital Content Developer at Portal Publishing where she worked on the various sites, including Careers Portal and Skills Portal. Before working with Portal Publishing, Odette was a Lecturer of Media Studies and Journalism at Damelin College

Odette gained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Cape Town. She is highly experienced in Growth Marketing.

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Odette's Articles:


There has been long-running debate about the relevance of Maths Literacy in the job market and whether or not it offers learners less career opportunities. Being a part of this debate as well, False Bay College offers insight into its selection process for the math-centred courses offered to students.


If you're not sure about whether you want to go the finance route in your career plan, or you are not quite sure what a career in finance actually involves, take a look at what some of the most influential financial businessmen and women have to say below.


What is it that employers look for when they talk about work experience, and what are they looking for from it?


Let's talk about how you can march into an interview confidently. So what's the purpose of an interview? There's really two purposes. One is for an employer to find a really good fit both in terms of skills and experience and also a fit in terms of personality and culture.


Denel Technical Academy provides accredited, cost effective and efficient training of technical personnel for the aerospace, engineering and defense industries according to the needs and requirements of their customers. Their courses are accredited by various training authorities to offer training, in accordance with the Competency Based Modular Training system, to ensure that apprentices are adequately trained both practically and theoretically to allow them to continue their experiential training to qualify them to become artisans.


Public TVET Colleges offer a very wide range of courses/programmes that have been developed to respond to the scarce skills needed by employers. Courses vary in duration from a short course of a few hours to formal diploma courses of three years.

Naturally the costs of the courses also vary considerably but it is important to remember that Department of Higher Education and Training courses are subsidised by 80% of the delivery cost and for the remaining 20% that would be paid by the student, many full bursaries are available. 


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Post-Matric Options

 

We helped you with past papers for your matric exams, so hopefully you are happy with your Matric results. So now you are faced with a lot of post-matric options that can shape your future paths. You might want to study law, teaching, or nursing. Of course studying is expensive so we have helpful advice about student loans, NSFAS bursaries, Fundi loans, ISFAP, and lots of other funding options.

These options range from pursuing higher education at universities , TVET Colleges or  private colleges, finding student accommodation, entering vocational training programs (like Learnerships and internships), joining the workforce, or even starting your own business. There are so many choices but we are here to help.

 


 

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Social grant beneficiaries who are still using South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) Gold Cards have been urged to switch to the new Postbank Black Cards before the deadline.

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Applying for your Smart ID Card has gotten even easier as you can now apply online via e-Home Affairs. Here is how to apply, upload documents and pay for your application all from the comfort of your own home.


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