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We currently are looking for Telesales Team Leaders within the long term insurance space.
Responsibilities:
Manage a team of up to 10 – 15 call center agents
Enforce procedures to ensure sales agents only sell products and services that customers want and understand
Regularly monitor calls per sales agent, ensuring compliance to call flows and script guidelines
Track and monitor schedule adherence of sales agents
Ensure that the Quality Assurance team monitors calls per sales agents, per month, ensuring compliance to scripts, policies and guidelines
Regularly coach, mentor and develop sales agents in order to maintain a high level of productivity
Provide the sales agents with access to training and resources for their personal development
Performance management of non-compliant sales agents and taking appropriate action when necessary
Verify that sales agent’s compensation and remuneration discussions with customers promote fairness, honesty and integrity when closing the sale
Ensure ongoing verification of the sales process and call content for sales agents\
Requirements
Matric or Equivalent
Credit and Criminal Clear
Minimum of 2 year telesales team leader experience in Life Insurance e.g. Funeral Insurance and Personal Accident products
Excellent communication skills
PC Literate
Strong knowledge of administration and clerical processes
Must comply with FAIS fit and proper requirements (RE Exam & FAIS credits/ financial qualification)
RE 5 qualification essential
SCOPE & GENERAL PURPOSE
The Executive Sous Chef is responsible for assisting the Executive Chef in the overall kitchen operation as a successful independent profit center. Ensuring maximum guest satisfaction, through planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the Kitchen operation and administration.
To ensure that the Kitchen standards of the Royal Portfolio are met in order to contribute to the purpose of the company – “To give our guests a complete experience and a perfect stay”.
MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
REQUIREMENTS & QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate for the Executive Sous Chef position is one who can be dedicated, a leader and a team player.
Someone who will live the Purpose and Values of the Company and buy into our culture.
Please note, the final stage of the interview process will be a polygraph test.
A concern providing administration and accounting services is seeking a Creditor to join their team.
Job requirements :
Duties :
Preparation of the following:
– Summary of creditors payments to be made
– Creditors payments
– Payments and loading these for release
Skills :
Should you meet the above job requirements, please email your CV to bulelwa@kingrec.co.za
No reply after 2 weeks indicates that you have been unsuccessful
An EFF councillor in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has been suspended from the party and will resign from the council following his appearance in court on a rape charge, the party said on Monday.
“We welcome his move to resign,” said EFF spokesperson Vuyani Pambo.
The Herald reported that the councillor handed himself over to police on Monday morning before briefly appearing in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court.
He is accused of raping a 22-year-old Nelson Mandela University student at a flat in Central in the early hours of Saturday. He was released on bail of R2 000.
He is a member of the EFF’s central command team (CCT) but his membership of the CCT has been suspended in the wake of the allegation.
Pambo said the accused councillor appeared in court on Monday and will send a letter of resignation to the council.
“We have suspended his participation in the activities of the organisation as a member of the CCT until he further clears his name,” said Pambo.
He said the councillor made it clear that he did not take the allegation lightly.
“So, he needs to first clear his name and must also be exemplary in dealing with matters of such a nature.”
“It is not an easy thing to receive such information, to receive such news, but we welcome his move,” said Pambo.
“We know about the scourge of gender-based violence in this country, let alone rape, so we need to let the courts deal with this independently.”
Bloemfontein – Olympics and world 400-metre record-holder Wayde van Niekerk, who has been slowly recovering from a knee injury, won his first race this year in Bloemfontein on Monday.
The 27-year-old South African finished first in a 100m race on grass in a hand-timed 10.20 seconds at an unofficial university meet.
Van Niekerk came though the race unscathed in the central city as he eyes the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and a chance to defend his 400m title.
He smashed the Olympic and world 400m records of 43.18 set by American Michael Johnson in 1999 when he clocked 43.03 at the Rio Games four years ago.
“It is good to be back running and I am satisfied with my time. Thanks again to everyone who has assisted in my recovery,” said the South African.
Van Niekerk damaged a knee during October 2017 while playing a celebrity touch rugby match in Cape Town that preceded a Test between South Africa and New Zealand.
His rehabilitation included medical treatment in the United States, Qatar and South Africa, where he is coached by a grandmother, Ans Botha.
The injury prevented him seeking a third consecutive world title in Doha last year after triumphs in Beijing in 2015 and in London two years later.
Speaking in Berlin at the weekend ahead of the Laureus awards ceremony, Johnson said it would be “very difficult” for Van Niekerk to successfully defend his Olympics title.
“An athlete who misses two seasons through an injury usually takes one season to get back into shape,” said the four-time Olympics champion.
“Therefore, expectations around Wayde should not be too high as it will be a huge challenge for him to be at his best in Japan.
“It is mentally tough to stage a comeback in an Olympic year, especially when many of your rivals for medals are clocking really fast times.
“That is not to say, however, that Wayde has no chance of emulating his feat of four years ago and winning another 400m gold medal.
“He is a special athlete who may not follow the normal patterns of recovery. I guess we will just have to wait and see how he performs,” added Johnson.
Cape Town – The Springboks have won the prestigious World Team of the Year award at the 2020 Laureus Awards in Berlin with the Academy stating that their “incredible Rugby World Cup triumph showed the unique power of sport to unite.”
The 2019 Rugby World Cup world champions were against tough competition for the award including Jürgen Klopp’s Champions League-winning Liverpool side, the USA women’s football team who won the women’s World Cup, six-time Formula One world champions Mercedes-AMG Petronas, the first Canadian team to win the NBA Championship, the Toronto Raptors, and two-time FIBA World Cup winners, Spain’s men’s basketball team.
Another South African up for an award, former Paralympian swimmer Natalie du Toit was nominated in the Laureus Sporting Moment 2000 – 2020 which was won by Sachin Tendulkar and the 2011 Indian Cricket World Cup winning team.
Laureus Awards 2020 Winners
Sportsman of the Year: Lewis Hamilton and Lionel Messi
Sportswoman of the Year: Simone Biles
Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability: Oksana Masters
Laureus Sporting Moment 2000 – 2020: Sachin Tendulkar and the 2011 Indian Cricket World Cup winning team
World Team of the Year: Springboks
Exceptional Achievement Award: Spanish Basketball Federation
Action Sportsperson of the Year: Chloe Kim
Breakthrough of the Year: Egan Bernal
Laureus Comeback of the Year: Sophia Florsch
Laureus Lifetime Achievement Award: Dirk Nowitzki
– Compiled by Craig Taylor
Urinary tract infections plague millions of Americans. Now new research suggests that what they eat might have a role to play.
The Taiwanese study compared UTI rates among nearly 10 000 Buddhists living in the island nation, about a third of whom followed a strict vegetarian diet.
The research couldn’t prove a cause-and-effect link, but it showed that people who eschewed meat had a 16% lower odds for a UTI versus those who didn’t.
The benefit was more pronounced among women. Female vegetarians had an 18% lower odds of getting a UTI compared to women who ate meat, the study found.
Why might the foods people eat dictate UTI risk? As the researchers pointed out, these troublesome infections usually have their origin in microbes introduced via the intestinal tract, “particularly the species of Escherichia coli accounting for 65–75% of all urinary tract infections.”
And they added that two meats – poultry and pork – are “the major reservoir” in the diet for E. coli.
The study was led by Dr Chin-Lon Lin of Tzu Chi University in Hualien, Taiwan, and was published in Scientific Reports.
As the researchers noted, UTIs strike about one in every 100 people worldwide, causing discomfort and distress. In women, especially, UTIs are among the most common type of bacterial infection, accounting for nearly 25% of all infections. UTI recurrence rates can range from 16%-36% in younger women to 55% in postmenopausal women.
In the new study, Lin’s group tracked UTI rates for Taiwanese Buddhists enrolled in a long-running study on the effects of a vegetarian diet on health. Of the nearly 10 000 people in the study, about 3 200 were vegetarian. Rates of UTI were tracked over a decade, and the vegetarians had significantly lower rates, the researchers found.
Two US physicians who weren’t connected to the study took differing views on the results.
“I would like the answer to UTI prevention to be as basic as to say that less meat means fewer UTIs,” said Dr Elizabeth Kavaler, a urologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. “But in the US we cook our meat thoroughly, which kills E. coli bacteria that could be transmitted though infected meat.”
“Secondly, E. coli is also present on vegetables, and can be transmitted through handling by workers with dirty hands,” Kavaler noted.
Her advice: “Cook your meat through and wash your veggies, whether or not you get UTIs.”
Another specialist believes there could be more to the diet-UTI link, however.
Dr Jill Rabin is vice chair of education and development for obstetrics and gynaecology at Northwell Health in New Hyde Park, New York. She agreed that “the importance of diet and lifestyle factors in the development of urinary tract infections cannot be overstated.”
Rabin said one key reason for the finding might be that lowering the population of E. coli in the intestine “allows the gastrointestinal tract to become more acidic – it is believed that a more acidic environment in the gut [and bladder] may reduce UTIs.”
Vegetarian diets tend to also boost the level of fibre in the diet, and that might help prevent UTIs as well, Rabin added.
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Apprentice Turner Machinist
We are urgently looking for Apprentice Turner Machinists to join our team in our factory as a starting position with room for growth. Key responsibility’s & tasks
1) Calculate dimensions and tolerances using knowledge of mathematics and instruments such as micrometres and Vernier Calliper’s.
2) Machine parts using machine such as lathes, milling machines, shapers, or grinders.
3) Set up, adjust, and operate all of the basic machine tools and many specialized or advanced variation tools in order to perform precision machining operations.
4) Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, and materials onto machines.
6) Monitor the feed and speed of machines..
7) Study sample parts, blueprints, drawings, in order to determine methods and sequences of operations needed 8) Select the appropriate tools, machines, and materials to be used in preparation of machinery work.
Skills Experience & Knowledge
2-3 Years Apprentice
Flaunt in Afrikaans and English (Read write & speak)
Qualifications
Preferable Grade 12 with mathematics
Additional Information
Please note applicant must reside in the Bloemfontein area and must be a South Africa Citizen.Send your updated cv and a recent photo to scjvbfn@gmail.com and ensure that you indicate that you apply for the “Apprentice Turner Machinist” position.
Closing date: 22 February 2020.
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