As a recruitment consultant at Datum Recruitment Services, focussed on building careers in Africa, one of the most common complaints by our clients relates to their inability to attract the right candidates and fill their job openings in Africa.



Unfortunately, many companies have not realised that there is a severe skills shortage globally, especially in senior and executive level positions. Many companies believe that if they advertise any vacancy, candidates will come rushing in to… Continue

As a recruitment consultant focussing on recruiting for executive level and management jobs in Africa, we are finding that it is getting harder to recruit quality talent for our clients. Professionals are not willing to build careers in Africa. Why is this happening? We have some thoughts.



Firstly, traditionally companies in Africa have relied on expatriates to fill senior level and technical positions within their organisations. Given the lack of appropriately skilled candidates… Continue