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Rank: Member Joined: 1/22/2011 Posts: 193 Location: nairobi
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It's a pity reading the replies posted above from the Wazua "veterans".
Kudos to the very few value adding responses.
Joan, getting internships is hard so is getting a job. Just keep on applying and you will get one.
As for the routine jobs, that’s the norm for most entry level positions; we even joke @ work that a class eight graduate can do most of the jobs at the entry level position.
Come to think of it, how many people do what they trained at the university? Additional training/professional qualification is usually required for the more involving tasks.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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...and dont hire a wazuan too, they like phombe, surfing, drooling over tv personalities and landing
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/2/2007 Posts: 536
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Hmm interesting conversation.
I know a few fellows who were on internships straight from high school...
My 2 bob - generalizations don't help too much when it comes to assessing individual competencies. A good HR process should not discriminate based on university/college attended. That said, even in the west, some companies prefer to hire students from specific universities. Internship is useful to companies though, as a few have said, in identifying potential employees.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/2/2011 Posts: 4,824 Location: -1.2107, 36.8831
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very true wazuans, generalization is very wrong. Where i work, we have graduates 4No. JKUAT, 11No. UoN, 3No. Moi, 4No. Eger and 1No. MMUST(WECO), and, honestly, i believe our HR cannot have a criteria of comparing productivity and College attended. (Unfortunately for Engineering, private universities are not involved). Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 10/25/2007 Posts: 1,574
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Querry wrote:As for the routine jobs, that’s the norm for most entry level positions; we even joke @ work that a class eight graduate can do most of the jobs at the entry level position.
Come to think of it, how many people do what they trained at the university? Additional training/professional qualification is usually required for the more involving tasks.
Not in the medical field...  A medical intern will be expected to perform routines and jobs that even senior consultants find difficult to do. And, on top of the training in University, he/she should be reading the latest editions of medical books in the various disciplines, and should be abreast with journals and the latest research in the medical field. Set out to correct the world's wrongs and you will most certainly wind up adding to them.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/27/2008 Posts: 4,114
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jguru wrote:Not in the medical field... A medical intern will be expected to perform routines and jobs that even senior consultants find difficult to do. And, on top of the training in University, he/she should be reading the latest editions of medical books in the various disciplines, and should be abreast with journals and the latest research in the medical field. It's called CPE - continuous professional education - and it is a requirement in all professions - law, medic, eng, acc etc Nothing is real unless it can be named; nothing has value unless it can be sold; money is worthless unless you spend it.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/22/2009 Posts: 7,836
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mukiha wrote:....and BTW, I am not a UoN graduate Good. There is a technical question I always to ask someone who might be knowledgeable to answer it. Here we go. If you throw a two hundred grams projectile at a car 10 metres away traveling at a speed of 80km/h towards you how long will it take before the car is hit and at what angle assuming the angle of flight is 42 degrees and the force is 200 newtons. Your answer should take cognizance of the fact that the motorist will most probably slow down and/or swerve on seeing the projectile and the projectile is of an irregular shape!  @mukiha - Just messing with you. Never count on making a good sale. Have the purchase price be so attractive that even a mediocre sale gives good returns.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Anyways, lets see how much support UON students get at 9 pm today, after the monkeys hit the streets... Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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KulaRaha wrote:Anyways, lets see how much support UON students get at 9 pm today, after the monkeys hit the streets... Do you have any idea of the ratio of the stone throwers to the total UoN student population???? ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Member Joined: 3/6/2008 Posts: 632
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So we have seen different replies in regards as to why majority of the companies do not hire interns!! Fair enough on a different tangent, why dont these companies acknowledge receipt for applications received for advertised vacancies or issue regret notices if individuals do not meet the minimum criteria or better still after having attended an interview and one did not sail through don't you think it would be prudent to offer the short listed candidates some review on how they performed their strongest points and where they faltered!! I think this would go a long way in preparing would be employees better on the rigours of the job market. Just a thought!!
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