I was just googling when i chanced upon Wangari Maathai CV. For this Kenyan woman who has over 20+ working experience, she has been able to bring out her experience in a nicely worded and brief manner.
I have seen many Kenyan job candidates who have an excess of ten years experience and coming up with a coherent simplified CV document is a big problem.
My first job interview with a Kenyan company was at the World Vision Kenya and i failed miserably. Have you ever attended a job interview and all you did was blabah this and that. You even don’t need a confirmation from the Kenyan employer that you failed. You can already see it on the interviwers faces that you are not thier preferred candidate.
Try reading an objective written by a Kenyan job seeker on their CV and you will be astonished by how dull the statements are. when it comes to CV writing,many Kenyans would rather stick to the safe and tested method even if it doesn’t add value on their CV’s. What happened to being unique?
Quality assurance Kenya jobs.
One of our clients is in need of a fresh graduate or slightly experienced candidate in the area of foods science and technology.
Being an employer can sometimes feel like being a kindergarten teacher. It can be quite frustrating when you walk into the office on a Monday morning and find your subordinates sitting around idly. When you ask them what the matter is, they innocently respond:
Many young Kenyan professionals move through their career waiting for things to happen to them or for them. Waiting and hoping that “someday” they will be having great jobs, will be recognized, known, respected, valued, and excited about their career. That “someday” their business will grow, they will have their ideal clients, partners and resources.
I have never been a fan of MBA’s. If you ask me the fees and time spent studying for an MBA in Kenya is negligible to the benefits accrued. I also rate experience more importantly than having the right papers. And how many of you have benefited from having the MBA tag anyway? And benefiting I don’t mean the extra K’sh 5,000 that was added to your salary after much haggling. Wouldn’t it have been better to start a Matatu business that would bring you a daily income? Is an investment in MBA worth anything in Kenya now?
With layoffs, pay cuts, and furloughs all in the news, even the most accomplished professional has good reason to worry about job security.
Last month it was Equity bank in the news for retrenching over 50 employees. Yesterdays lead feature in Business Daily reported that KCB Bank has plans to retrench a 1,000 of its workforce.
Has this ever happened to you? You’ve been instructed to list your career accomplishments, and you can’t think of any. Or you’re asked in a job interview, “What accomplishments are you most proud of?” — and you freeze up. You know you have had accomplishments, but you just can’t dredge them up.
The inability to come up with accomplishments happens to lots of Kenyan job seekers. We know because we ask our CV and cover-letter clients to list accomplishments as part of the process of preparing their CV and cover letters for their next jobs. Although we stress that accomplishments are far more important than duties and responsibilities, a surprising number of clients are unable to articulate beyond the day-to-day tasks they performed in their jobs.
You are possibly past your first year mark at work. You have somewhat learned the ropes of your position but you feel you are slowing down.
So, what are some of the attitudes in the workplace that can help you get ahead at work? These are many positive attitudes that can help you do that. In fact, the value of these attitudes is that they make you more motivated and hence, give you a career boost.
These are the 5 career booster attitudes in the workplace to get you ahead: