What is JobCrystal?

JobCrystal is an online career management service for high-potential individuals - those who are currently employed and earning at least R10,000 a month. We give you the tools and information to map out your own career path, while our system carefully matches you to suitable jobs, based on your preferences and skills.



How does JobCrystal know where to look for the right job for me?

You know how that chicken-orientated fast-food chain refuses to share its herbs-and-spices recipe? Yeah. We're not going to give away all our secrets either. But here's more or less how it works:

  • We approach corporate employers and ask them to give us detailed descriptions of the positions they need to fill.
  • You complete your profile by filling in your skills, dream jobs, work experience, personality type, and other preferences.
  • Our system goes to work, making millions of calculations (that's a rough approximation) at lightning-quick speeds (that, on the other hand, is very accurate) in order to determine the best candidates for the position.
  • Bubble bubble toil and trouble. Abracadabra. Wands are waved and sparks fly.
  • You get matched to jobs that are highly suited to your skills, goals and values.

And that's all we're allowed to tell you. But if you want to see the magic in action, do sign up and give it a try. (Disclaimer: It's not really magic, but it certainly might look that way to passers-by.)

Why would I use your service when there are lots of recruitment agencies out there?

Because, unlike many recruitment agencies, we do the job-hunting and matching work for you; and unlike a lot of recruitment agents, we don't waste your time by sending you to interviews for unsuitable jobs. Apart from that, we:

  • offer loads of other valuable stuff, like salary information, suggested skills, career pathing, networking opportunities, employer rating and so on
  • have a large and growing database of corporate employers, which means more jobs on offer
  • are a career management company, we build a relationship with you that allows us to advise you how to get the jobs you want to over the coming years


Can I change my preferences on my profile as I change jobs?

Of course! You can change any of your preferences or details from your dashboard at any time. Do keep your details up to date, so that we can always give you information that's relevant to your career, and match you to the most appropriate positions.



What happens once I've found a job?

Getting a job is just the start. JobCrystal is about managing your career on an ongoing basis, not merely finding a single job on one occasion. Even while you're happily employed, you’ll be regularly informed of your marketability, your potential career paths and any other positions that will help you to move closer to your dream job.



Do you need my CV and references?

Nope. In fact, that's one of the best things about JobCrystal. We've never actually met anyone who enjoyed setting up their CV – it's a horrible, difficult, time-consuming process, and incredibly hard to get right, so we decided to just do away with it altogether. Instead we'll create a streamlined profile for you, based on all the information that you supply during registration and later via your JobCrystal dashboard. This is the profile that potential employers will see – minus your personal and contact details, of course, until you give us permission to release those.



Okay, that's all my questions answered. How do I sign up?

Funny you should ask – as it happens, we have a conveniently placed sign-up form right on this page!



JobCrystal in a nutshell

“Where do you want to be in 5 years” is just another way of asking, “What are your next 2 jobs going to be”.
At JobCrystal we believe your career is too important to be left to chance. We're about maximising your career potential and getting you from where you are to where you want to be.

Kevin Laithwaite
Managing Director - JobCrystal