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.

How misleading!!!!
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!

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.

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.

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.

Wrote a CV, helped by a former campus mate whom i consider my mentor.
Befriended the directory.
send out as many blind applications as possible, even where no job was adverstised.
Walked up and down industrial area handing out job applications.
Befriended the estate newspaper seller; every morning I'd join the other guys to read the newspaper(I went straight to the vacancies section) coz I couldnt afford a paper.
was called for many interviews. failed. but every failure was a learning experience. Id tweak my apllication letter, Cv and interview skills.
saw this job advert one morning. Applied. was called for interview. passed. was called for medical. passed. the rest is history.

Let her not despair. I 'tarmacked' for 1year, 4 months. But the job that i finally got was better off than all the other jobs id failed interviews for.
I learned that those failures were preparing me for this good job that i have. People still ask me..who did I know to get in.

A strathmore MBA..

Networking, networking, networking.

Am sure most of her classmates @strathmore are working somewhere, some of them as managers or influential people.. why not talk to them?

And, no, you do not have to pay someone to get a job, I never did, and i have turned down about 3 offers in my short life. You dont have to sleep with the prospective employer, either.

Most of all, ask yourself, what do i want to do in 5 years? Then look for a job that will help get you there. Sometimes it pays to be choosy!

It is actually possible to get a good job by persistence and not losing sight of what you actually want.

Your cousin has the good papers but little experience, so she may have to settle for any job (even if not well paying) that allows her to gain some experience in accounts.

MBA qualification - She should be proud of it but not use it to justify demanding an overly high starting salary. The MBA qualification might be just what sets her apart from other applicants for the same position.

In a nutshel;:

1. Send out CVs (including for internships) but focus to gain experience in Accounts or whatever she specialisied in her MBA
2. Give herself time perhaps9 months to one year to gain solid work experience
3. Start Job-hunting after 9 mnths to one year (by then, her good qualifications will be backed up by some work experience) for a middle level management/superivisory position


With jobs in the Kenyan market, persistence and a positive mind-set is important. From all the interviews I have attended, there is always something new to learn about myself and how to approach interviewers.

....and here comes the winner.
...this young lady shows up for an interview with all the right credentials.
......believe it or not... she was chewing louder than she could speak.
.....after 2 minutes i excused myself,and left the rest of the team conduct the interview.

.......ofcourse she didnt get the job.about help,i cant help you