Does anyone know how to write a professional email these days?

Limelight Websites is looking for a new addition to our team. We are looking for a Junior Web Designer to assist us with our ever-expanding stable of websites and have advertised this position in both online and printed form. Because of this, we have had many applications and have seen many CV’s in our Inboxes from individuals ranging in age from 18 to 35. The problem that continues to crop up in many of these applications is the lack of command of the English language. The MXit generation has lost the ability to type full sentences, use punctuation correctly and even use the full version of each word.

We would like to encourage individuals sending official emails to be more professional. If you are interested in finding employment, an email containing your CV is your very first contact with a prospective employer. Make sure you have used a spell-check on your CV as well as your initial email, use full sentences and DON’T type the message in the same way you would a note to your best friend.

A good idea would be to attend a course or workshop in business etiquette or communications – this would certainly stand you in good stead in becoming a more efficient and professional member of the workforce.

Should you be interested in studying Graphic or Web Design, visit our website for courses in this field. If you are interested in sending us your CV and reside in the Durban region, please send a PROFESSIONAL email to
lauren@limelightwebsites.co.za with the subject line “Junior Web Designer Vacancy”.

Have a wonderful weekend.

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Hobby-X Comes To Durban

This year’s Durban instalment of the Hobby-X Exhibition begins today, Friday the 5th September 2008, and runs until Sunday 7th September 2008. Held at the Durban Exhibition Centre on the corner of Aliwal Street and Ordnance Road, Hobby-X runs from 9am to 6pm daily.

Be a part of South Africa's largest craft and hobby event. View the newest and most intriguing products to hit the market and interact with an outstanding line-up of major players in the industry.Become entangled in hundreds of fresh ideas, unearth exciting new experiences and allow your creativity to unravel as you discover new and interesting tools and materials in over 200 exhibits and 40 different hobby categories.

Workshops

For the Durban show this year, Hobby-X will be moving away from the traditional workshops and will instead feature "Make-it Take-it" tables where visitors can spontaneously participate in short projects. Various exhibitors will host the tables where a variety of fun short projects is completed in under an hour. The projects will cost no more than R50 each and visitors will be able to join a project table whenever there is a vacant chair. When the project is completed, the participant will walk away with their ingenious creation.

For more information, visit the Hobby-X website at