Archive for October, 2009

United States International University (USIU) Kenya jobs.

United States International University (USIU) Kenya has job vacancies as follows.
1. Assistant Internal Auditor.
2. Business Application Developer (Two Positions)
Check todays Daily Nation for the job opportunity.
Applications to the Head of Human Resources. USIU Kenya by 13th November.

PS Calls For Kenyan Youth To Make Greater Use of The Fibre Optic Landing in Kenya

A permanent secretary has called for an increase in local internet content generation to
take advantage of the landing of the fibre optic cables in Kenya.
MinistryofInformationand Communication PS Bitange Ndemo said this will make
more use of the increased bandwidth capacity.
“When we were talking about the supply side of the infrastructure, we also talked on pushing to […]

Kenya Youth Fund Row Deepens.

Kenya youth fund faces an uphill task as Board rejects the  ministers decision to re-appoint former youth fund boss.
A standoff looms at the Sh2.75 billion worth Youth Fund with the board vowing not to let reinstated CEO Umuro Wario take office.
The board instructed Fund employees to ignore Mr Wario’s directives even as they attempted to […]

Teachers’ cases may be heard together

Two cases challenging the recruitment of Kenyan teachers as interns may be heard together after the parties argued that they were related.
High court judge Jean Gacheche will rule whether the cases should be heard together.
The cases were filed  separately by two teachers Unions-Kenya National Union of Teachers and the Kenya Union of post primary education […]

Accounting Job Market In Kenya Saturated?

The four most searched jobs in Kenya are in accounting and finance,NGO and humanitarian organizations, ICT and IT, and United Nations vacancies.
Which makes me wonder whether accounting job market in Kenya is that saturated.
The other day i was talking to a KASNEB finalist and he remarked how cheap it has become to study accounts. You […]

Kenyan Job Searching Facts You should Know

The average Kenyan graduate will send out about 70 CVs when looking for their first job in Kenya. Of these, the average number of responses will be 7 including 3 to 4 polite rejections and the remainder inviting the job seeker  to interview or further contact.
There was a direct link between the number of CVs […]

Kenyan Teachers on Strike Threat Over Hardship Allowances

Teachers in Kenya  have threatened to call a strike if a decision to reduce hardship allowances for their 94,000 colleagues is not reversed.
The giant Kenya National Union of Teachers wants Education minister Sam Ongeri to convene the Teachers Service Remuneration Committee to discuss the matter urgently.
Kenya National Union of Teachers officials  said in a statement […]

40 To Lose Jobs At CfC Stanbic Financial Services

As the Kenyan economy takes a hit and few people invest at the Nairobi Stock Exchange, Kenyan stock brokers are feeling the heatt. Already hundreds of staff members have lost thier jobs as stock brokers and investment banks in Kenya scale down their operations.
CFC Financial Services a subsidiary of the CFC Stanbic bank is the […]

Management Trainee & Job Internship In Kenya.

Are you a Kenyan graduate looking for an internship or management trainee opportunity? Or do you want to plunge directly to a job? Learn how to get that management trainee job or an internship that will give you the skills to beat the competition.
Getting your first job in Kenya after college is probably the hardest […]

Register with Kenyan Job Alert Websites

The internet is well endowed with sites that offer free Kenyan job alerts. Many of these Kenyan websites give subscribers the option of narrowing down their alerts to careers of choice.  It’s time to give them a try.
Most of these job websites don’t charge for the service,so there is nothing to lose (apart from a […]