Posts Tagged “experience”

An upcoming Multinational company with over 56 branches all over the world wishes to recruit 60 Customer Service Executives to serve in our new East Africa office being opened in Upper Hill Nairobi with plans of opening another office in Mombasa and Dar-es-salaam by November this year.

The Catholic Diocese of Nakuru wishes to recruit a highly motivated and competent individual to fill the following position;

Accountant / Bursar

Dynamic People Consulting is recruiting a Foreman (Water Drilling) for one of its clients.

Bridge International Academies was conceived in 2007 out of the belief that giving every child access to a high quality education would have the greatest impact on reducing poverty worldwide.

With that guiding insight, Bridge International developed a strategy that would enable it to launch a large-scale network of high-quality, ultra low-cost, for-profit primary schools.

Our Client is one of the pioneers in energy management consultancy services in East Africa.

It is involved in energy & project management which includes comprehensive energy audits, Investment Grade audits and also manufactures Lean Brigs for Boiler conversions (oil fired to briquette fired)

With these three appointments, our client a highly successful company which imports, supplies, installs and services agricultural, irrigation, kitchen and industrial laundry equipment wishes to further improve the services it renders to its clients.

Technical Service Manager

We are in urgent need of Experienced SEO Content Writers. If you have written SEO articles before we are interested in workign with you.

To qualify we will need atleast 3 samples from your past work, your CV and be willing to take one trial article from us.

Do your homework before meeting with our recruiter. Read the job description for the position on our recruitment site. It will give you an accurate picture of the job, its background and its challenges. If necessary, broaden the scope of your research by talking to a graduate of your school who works at The Company or Firm you are willing to work with.

Job hunting is a daily exercise. Whether you get a good job, you will be hunting another bigger job after a while. That is why I get shocked when people email us to unsubscribe from getting the latest jobs on their emails. Like I said above, job hunting does not stop because you got a job, it makes it easier. Now you have resources and access to information (internet) and even interview experience.
If you are coming straight from college or university starting to look for a job is tricky but it can be very easy if you know what you are doing. If you have a job, I know by now you know various things you need to adhere to before starting to start looking for a job. But if you have forgotten, then here is a refresher.

 

1.   Tailor your resume to the position for which you are applying – include specific elements of the job description in your resume (make it easy for them to see that you are a good fit).
2.   Do not rely on a cover letter to explain why you are a fit. You may want to use it to explain reasons for relocation, but your skills and experience need to be evident within your customized resume. If anything, the cover letter may be used to weed you out.
3.   Do not apply for more than one position within one company: It creates the perception that you are not sure which position is best for you. We recommend applying to one but including a variety of skill sets on your resume so that you indicate you are qualified for more than one position.
4.   Keep everything positive in your resume and in your communication with the company. Don’t dwell on bad experiences, frustrations, or ineffective bosses. Talk about what you learned, why you are better for it and how you will leverage those experiences to make your new company successful.
5.   Honesty rules: Hiring managers and HR professionals will do informal reference checks with people they know at other firms and you do not want them to be surprised.
6.   Answer salary questions definitively and transparently: Do not try to circumvent these questions. Tell them specifically what you were making and what you are looking to make.
7.   Don’t be shy: let your personality come through in your answers. During an interview, you might be thrown some questions that are asked to assess how your brain works or to find out more about your personality.
8.   When accepting an offer, be enthusiastic: They want to hear the smile and excitement in your voice. This will lay the foundation of a very positive transition into your new company.
9.   Don’t engage in a counteroffer negotiations: You risk alienating yourself from the new hiring manager and your old company. Consider the offer and decide.
10.                Being overqualified is a serious concern for companies, but the solution is not to remove things from your resume as it may create the perception of dishonesty.
11.                End interviews with assertiveness and pro-activity: It is very appropriate to end interviews by asking “When would it be appropriate for me to follow-up?
12.                Be prepared for behavioral interview questions: Come to the interview prepared with several anecdotes about challenges you have faced before and how you dealt with them. Demonstrate a positive and measurable result whenever possible.
13.                Do your best to incorporate the firm’s core values into your interview responses.
14.                Keep up your knowledge: Companies understand that people may have been out of work for extended periods of time in this economy. However, you must demonstrate your ability to stay current (seminars, certifications, etc.) and to get up to speed quickly.
15.                LinkedIn is a recognized tool, but they disregard most of what they see, including recommendations. Be prepared to provide a supplemental reference sheet during interviews.
16.                Identify and ease their pain. Ask hiring managers about “gaps in their department” to find out where their pain is and suggest how you can help ease that pain. They need to be sure they are hiring someone who can help with their issues. Ask good questions. Like, “What does success look like 6 months into this position?” and “What obstacles might I run into?”
17.                Be careful with Facebook: they review these pages and screen people out as a result!
If you look at all the above, they seem like warnings but in real sense they are just ways in which you can help yourself find the exercise of job hunting very easy. You do not want to experience a hard time finding a job. Some of you might already be doing this but if you are not, then have these like 17 commandments.
All the best.

You’ve just graduated from university with an IT qualification, or just completed an intensive IT course with an industry recognized certification. You are all enthusiastic and looking forward to securing a relevant job in the industry. However your optimism may soon turn to frustration, and sometimes to bitter disappointment.

A Horticulture Commercial Assistant for sellingboth local and export produce is required.

Qualifications:

  • Minimum Higher Diploma in marketing

An educational institution requires primary school teachers, French teacher and high school teachers for English, Maths / Chemistry, Maths / Biology, Chemistry / Biology, Kiswahili, Business / Maths, Physics and Agriculture.

New Communication Officer Job in Nairobi Kenya 2011

 

Horizon Contact HR Job in Kenya 2011

 

Human Resource Job Summary

NGO Cashier Job Kenya 2011

 

Department: Finance

Position: Cashier

Contract duration: Open ended

CDTF Consultants Kenya Vacancy-2011

 

Community Development Trust Fund – Short-Term Full Time Consultants for the Community Environment Facility (CEFII)

Marketing Executive Jobs Nairobi Kenya- 2011

 

 

Position: Marketing Executive

Location: Nairobi

Receptionist Secretarial Job Kenya-2011

 

Medium Sized consulting company is looking for a receptionist – cum – secretary

Programme Development Officers

Flexible Location

Competitive Salary

Internews Radio Network Editor Job in Southern Sudan 2011

General Function:

To manage the news and current affairs content exchange between the Internews radio stations in Southern Sudan and Transitional areas.

Vacancy Number: CHW/BIOTECH/03/11

Department: People, Animals and Their Zoonoses (PAZ)

Location: Busia District, Kenya

TANATHI Water Services Board is a State Corporation under the Ministry of Water and Irrigation created under Section 51 of the Water Act, 2002 vide Legal Notice No. 69 dated 4th June, 2008.

The Board has the legal mandate of ensuring efficient and economical provision of water services within its area of jurisdiction which covers Kajiado, Makueni, Machakos and Kitui Counties.

Hanns Seidel Foundation, a political foundation with its Headquarters in Munich, Germany, seeks to hire a professional Administrative Assistant / Executive Secretary.

PwC Kenyan Graduate Associates Recruitment & Vacancies 2011

Medium sized company in Mombasa requires Assistant Accountant.

Age: 25 – 35 years

We are a medium sized IT company and we seek to recruit a full-time programmer who will be responsible for the development of websites and web applications as per client requirements as well as make presentations of the solutions to the clients

General Marketing Executives – Kenya in Jobs

MARKETING EXECUTIVES (GENERAL BUSINESS)
AREAS: Nairobi, Thika, Meru, Machakos, Kisii, Kisumu, Mombasa, Embu, Kakamega

Primary Responsibility