Archive for November, 2009
This is how to do unpleasant tasks and making sure you achieve all your goals.
Mark Twain once said that if the first thing you do each morning is to eat a live frog, you can go through the day with the satisfaction of knowing that that is probably the worse things that is going to […]
November 30th, 2009 | Posted in CAREER ADVICE, WORK PLACE ADVICE | No Comments
If you missed Thursday Daily Nation paper where Corporate Staffing Services was featured you can get the full article by clicking here.
Nation Article.
The article is on salary negotiation skills and the steps to take to get the pay you deserve.
We also have a vacancy for a college administrator and for now we don’t have […]
November 26th, 2009 | Posted in JOBS KENYA | No Comments
Corporate Staffing Services HR Officer P. Wanjiku was interviewed by Daily Nation on the move by the Kenyan government to now only recognize ICDL-International Computer Driving License as the basic computer literacy certification.
Read moreon the place of ICT in you career development by clicking here. Media Article.
November 24th, 2009 | Posted in WORK PLACE NEWS | No Comments
Nurses, Driver job and clerical officer among latest jobs advertised by the Kenyan government.
If you bought Fridays Daily Nation you will notice the job advert for nurses courtesy of the Ministry of Health. And today the press carried driver job vacancies and 600 clerical jobs by the Office of the President. In total more than […]
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in CAREER ADVICE, JOBS KENYA, WORK PLACE NEWS | No Comments
This week’s job searching tip deals with gaps in employment on your Cv. If, by looking at your CV, an interviewer can see an obvious gap between recent jobs, their perception of what that gap means could hurt your chances of being considered for a job. This week’s tip discusses strategies for dealing with these […]
November 23rd, 2009 | Posted in CAREER ADVICE | No Comments
Read on how to get your priorities right at the work place.
The very worst use of your time is to do what need not be done at all. The Pareto Principle says that 20% of your activities will account for 80% of the value of your activities. This means that, if you have a list […]
November 19th, 2009 | Posted in CAREER ADVICE | No Comments
More and more Kenyan universities are now offering MBA programs. Should you join the bandwagon? What do you think of the MBA program offered in Kenya?
When i joined University of Nairobi regular programme a decade ago the university was in the latter stages of launching the parallel degree programs or in the right wording evening […]
November 18th, 2009 | Posted in WORK PLACE NEWS | No Comments
In trying times, don’t quit trying.
Let no man stand on your way
If you have a dream,go for it.
Do the right thing and fear no man.
If you fall seven times, stand up eight times.
This simply means, if you have been doing something many times and never turned out right,go for it one more time and you […]
November 17th, 2009 | Posted in CAREER ADVICE | No Comments
Fridays Daily Nation has the highest circulation thanks to Kenyan job seekers. This is where you find the latest jobs in Kenya and career advice section. Although most jobs are managerial many Kenyan job seekers still buy the newspaper with hopes of finding their dream job.
Stuck in a corner in lasts weeks paper was an […]
November 16th, 2009 | Posted in CAREER ADVICE, JOBS KENYA, WORK PLACE NEWS | No Comments
Less than 30 years ago we were told that our career would be spent with one company from leaving school to retirement …. now our career is spent with numerous companies in more than one industry.
Less than 20 years ago we were told that the biggest challenge in the 21st century would be what to […]
November 13th, 2009 | Posted in CAREER ADVICE | No Comments