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Internships in Kenya...argh!!!
joankarungu
#1 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 10:54:09 AM
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I do not understand why it is that most of the companies in Kenya do not view interns/interships as valuble or even necessary!!Many times you need a "connection" to get one and in the end one only gains experience in KYM(kazi ya mkono).
Comapnies shouls step up and create opportunities for those in University or even staright out of HIgh School. A company can decline to take you while you are in first year and advice you to apply in third year and upon application and acceptance into that same company,what you are "trained" to do you realise could have been done even by a high school student. It is very frustrating!!
I challenge comapnies to come up with internship programs that will nurture students and provide the necessary support to them throughout their university life. Such internships should be capable of enabling students who are to choose majors etc to make better choices based on the experience they have gained.
So many students have untapped potential and i beleive interships can be one of the major avenues for exploiting this potential.
Dash
#2 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:18:53 PM
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Very true!
I ended up getting attached a place that had zero with what I was studying for because it was the only place I had 'hook up' despite camping in different offices after the initial applications. This happened to 95% of my classmates. The rest were fortunate enough to know people where they got.
It reached a point you just go wherever because it was mandatory to go for attachment :(
For Sport
#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:21:15 PM
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joankarungu wrote:
I do not understand why it is that most of the companies in Kenya do not view interns/interships as valuble or even necessary!!Many times you need a "connection" to get one and in the end one only gains experience in KYM(kazi ya mkono).
Comapnies shouls step up and create opportunities for those in University or even staright out of HIgh School. A company can decline to take you while you are in first year and advice you to apply in third year and upon application and acceptance into that same company,what you are "trained" to do you realise could have been done even by a high school student. It is very frustrating!!
I challenge comapnies to come up with internship programs that will nurture students and provide the necessary support to them throughout their university life. Such internships should be capable of enabling students who are to choose majors etc to make better choices based on the experience they have gained.
So many students have untapped potential and i beleive interships can be one of the major avenues for exploiting this potential.


@ Joan

Shame on you Shame on you - Companies should do this, companies should do that
Think: What's in it for the company?

KulaRaha
#4 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:42:43 PM
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Anyways who wants a moron from UON who throws stones for fun??
Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
Njung'e
#5 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:50:37 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
Anyways who wants a moron from UON who throws stones for fun??


Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly Laughing out loudly
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Magigi
#6 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:39:46 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
Anyways who wants a moron from UON who throws stones for fun??


@KulaRahaApplause Applause Applause
...They may break computers and steal sugar and tea leaves and toilet paper eta al...
...And by the way, wale mnapitia around the university, chungeni, kesho the morons will be at it...
KulaRaha
#7 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:47:21 PM
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Magigi wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:
Anyways who wants a moron from UON who throws stones for fun??


@KulaRahaApplause Applause Applause
...They may break computers and steal sugar and tea leaves and toilet paper eta al...
...And by the way, wale mnapitia around the university, chungeni, kesho the morons will be at it...


I will never hire a retard from UON, he may start throwing staplers if his tea has only one teaspoon of sugar instead of two...

Idiots, ati interns!! Get rost!!!
Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
drake
#8 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:19:44 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:

I will never hire a retard from UON, he may start throwing staplers if his tea has only one teaspoon of sugar instead of two...

Idiots, ati interns!! Get rost!!!


This is no different from saying; I will never hire an accountant from community X because.....or I would never marry off my daughter to someone from community Y because....or people from community Z are not to be trusted because....

Shame, really, ... alas.
For Sport
#9 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:23:39 PM
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what kills me is the sense of self importance and self entitlement. Like the world owes you shit.
KulaRaha
#10 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 2:26:18 PM
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drake wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:

I will never hire a retard from UON, he may start throwing staplers if his tea has only one teaspoon of sugar instead of two...

Idiots, ati interns!! Get rost!!!


This is no different from saying; I will never hire an accountant from community X because.....or I would never marry off my daughter to someone from community Y because....or people from community Z are not to be trusted because....

Shame, really, ... alas.


Oh pls.....Shame on you Shame on you Shame on you
Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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