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What do you need to get a job in kenya
aemathenge
#21 Posted : Thursday, November 25, 2010 5:24:17 PM
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Location: Kerugoya
What is with this generation of Job opportunity seekers.

The nature of my job requires that most that visit our institutions are sent to me.

96% of the male interveiwees do not wear a suit and tie. Ladies, the plugging necklines and above the knee hemlines. Please.

Did I miss something? Attending an interview in Jeans and Safaricom T-shirts for an opening in accounts and administration?

Sheng is not yet recognized as an official language, the new constitution not with standing.

for heavens sakes ladies and gentlemen, do not attend an interview if you cannot speak English. Please. Thank you.
marshalliah
#22 Posted : Tuesday, November 30, 2010 11:01:19 PM
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aemathenge wrote:
What is with this generation of Job opportunity seekers.

The nature of my job requires that most that visit our institutions are sent to me.

96% of the male interveiwees do not wear a suit and tie. Ladies, the plugging necklines and above the knee hemlines. Please.

Did I miss something? Attending an interview in Jeans and Safaricom T-shirts for an opening in accounts and administration?

Sheng is not yet recognized as an official language, the new constitution not with standing.

for heavens sakes ladies and gentlemen, do not attend an interview if you cannot speak English. Please. Thank you.



may be you can hire me after i graduate on 10th December. i have a Bsc. Agri-economics and resource management, CPA 1, Gold Award in presidents scheme, First Aid skills from Red Cross, Proficiency in microsoft office applications, SPSS, among others.
Ms Mkenya
#23 Posted : Friday, December 03, 2010 10:06:11 AM
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IDP wrote:
I am sorry to say this but if you cousin is a she, then am afraid she might have to hit the mattress with these morons. By 10.00 all lodgings are taken as the potential "employers" exploit the job seekers! The kenyan job market is a screw yard.

Again she should hide the MBA certificate for now. These so called execs don't have papers, they fear people with papers bcoz they join their Orgarnizations to be their bosses, So you will not even be shortlisted. So advice your cousin to use the CPA certificate to enter an organization then unleash the other certificate afterwards.


How misleading!!!! Liar Liar Shame on you Shame on you
1. No, she does not have to hit any mattress. She should never lower her dignity to that level. And in any case, she is well qualified!
2. Why hide her MBA cert, she is well qualified! She will soon meet a serious employer who's been looking for someone just like her!

Let her not give up! There are indeed job opportunities she can fit in. As long as she keeps looking!
....above all, to stand.
Ms Mkenya
#24 Posted : Friday, December 03, 2010 10:07:51 AM
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aemathenge wrote:
What is with this generation of Job opportunity seekers.

The nature of my job requires that most that visit our institutions are sent to me.

96% of the male interveiwees do not wear a suit and tie. Ladies, the plugging necklines and above the knee hemlines. Please.

Did I miss something? Attending an interview in Jeans and Safaricom T-shirts for an opening in accounts and administration?

Sheng is not yet recognized as an official language, the new constitution not with standing.

for heavens sakes ladies and gentlemen, do not attend an interview if you cannot speak English. Please. Thank you.


Gosh, this actually happens??? Haiya!
....above all, to stand.
misdemeanour
#25 Posted : Friday, December 03, 2010 10:17:17 AM
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Location: nairobi
sometimes they play reverse psychology...show up for the interview decently and professionally dressed.

a week later, the jeans, tshirts and beach sandals check in....quite frustrating and an eye sore.
Am paid in Kshs.
IDP
#26 Posted : Thursday, December 23, 2010 10:36:20 AM
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I stand by what I had said. In this country institutions are not working. Why do you think 2,500 employees are going to loose their jobs in education ministry? They were hired irregularly. You cannot get a job in this country through conventional means. And that is the truth.

How were you all hired in your current jobs. You may lie, but you know the truth in your hearts.
Tommy
#27 Posted : Thursday, December 30, 2010 1:51:22 PM
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tell her not to be choosey, to trust in God n not to despair. tell her to be aggresive n u should give her all the support.
Don't wait for the Last Judgment. It happens every day. ~Albert Camus, The Fall, 1956
Wendz
#28 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:08:12 PM
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IDP wrote:

How were you all hired in your current jobs. You may lie, but you know the truth in your hearts.


Believe it or not, i took the directory, checked out the institutions i would want to work for (many i can confess) sent out my CV via Post Office, was called for interview and rest is as they say..... Same as what happened in my previous workplace. The others before that i would drop my CV personally coz i didnt have money to post them.....
mozenrat
#29 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 8:22:54 PM
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1. Visited a cybercafe and researched on how to write a winning CV
2. Wrote a winning CV and winning cover letter
3. Made as many copies as I could of the 2 documents
4. Trekked thro' Industrial area dropping off applications
5. Realised that most of the companies I was interested in only accepted online applications.
6. Accepted a salary-less job that gave me free access to the internet.
7. Applied for any and all jobs I could find online - had luxury of tweaking CV each time.
8. was called for so many interviews that my employer started complaining
9. Passed most of the interviews, received 15 job offers..
10. Chose 1.
NB: All this within 2 months. No bribes, No godfathers, No mattress. My former classmates who were waiting on their godfathers were still waiting two years after I got my first job.
kadonye
#30 Posted : Thursday, January 06, 2011 9:10:28 PM
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I was informed of an opening by my former collegemates after my final xams.Applied,went for interview and a week later had a job.
What a wicked man I am!The things I want to do,I don't do.The things I don't want to do I find myself doing
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