A new consideration for a career and one that is slowly gaining recognition in South Africa is that of the Medical Transcriptionist (MT). A medical transcriptionist as defined by the US Department of Labor as follows: "Use transcribing machines with headset and foot pedal to listen to recordings by physicians and other healthcare professionals dictating a variety of medical reports, such as emergency room visits, diagnostic imaging studies, operations, chart reviews, and final summaries.

Are you an experienced administrator or Personal Assistant looking for a new challenge, or are you struggling to get into the field? If so, you could consider becoming a Virtual Assistant. There are many different definitions for what a Virtual Assistant actually is, but a broad definition - as taken from the Virtual Assistant Networking website - is as follows: "A Virtual Assistant is a solopreneur who specialises in providing ongoing, one-on-one, collaborative-style administrative support.

The day has finally arrived. This may be the first day of the rest of your life. This is the day you must contemplate your future and decide on a way forward. Yes, you must make the decisions. It is your life. Leave the past with all its trials, failures and disappointments behind you. Concentrate on the successes you have had and on what lies ahead.

To help bridge the digital divide and increasing reliance on information technology, New Horizons Johannesburg, Microsoft Student2Business South Africa and Women In IT have committed R 500,000 to provide an IT Literacy skills programme to previously disadvantaged unemployed individuals over the next 12 months.

TEFL, or Teaching English as a Foreign Language, is teaching English to students whose mother tongue is another language. TESOL refers to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, and TESL refers to Teaching English as a Second Language.