By Dorcas Karuana, “The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.” Stephen Richards, is perhaps the best way to demonstrate how attitude affects our success or failure. Your attitude can be your greatest asset or your greatest liability. Our attitude affects our behavior, which in turn is demonstrated by our performance,…
By Dorcas Karuana, “The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.” Stephen Richards, is perhaps the best way to demonstrate how attitude affects our success or failure. Your attitude can be your greatest asset or your greatest liability. Our attitude affects our behavior, which in turn is demonstrated by our performance,…
By Dorcas Karuana, Job hunting today is a tedious process due to high competition in the job market. But even with so many applications; do you ever wonder why you never seem to receive calls from employers? The success or failure in a job hunting process is contingent upon the way one someone writes his…
By Dorcas Karuana, You send off your CV, full of hope and expectation that your qualifications and experience will stand you in good stead for the position you are applying for. And if you’re lucky enough to be summoned for an interview – well, you just become even more confident and hopeful about your chances…
By Dorcas Karuana, Your CV got you in the door for an interview, where you were a smash hit with the hiring manager, and just as impressive with a group of would-be coworkers in the second interview. And today you get a call for a job offer and you are very excited and thrilled that…
Job interviews are usually tense moments for many people. Candidates have only a one time opportunity to express why they can do the job better than anybody else. But just how honest should you be with your responses. Even if they say the truth will set you free, there are some things you can say…
Alright, so you have seen an advertised intern position in a company that you would like to intern for but you don’t know how to go about it. Don’t even think about sending that CV without a cover letter. Sending a CV without a Cover Letter is a major blunder that shouldn’t be allowed to…
By Dorcas Karuana, Smart Job Seeker P.O Box 500- 0000, Kisii 10th July 2013 The Human Resource Manager, XYZ Company, P.O Box …, Nairobi. Dear Sir/Madam, RE: APPLICATION FOR A FINANCE/ACCOUNTING/BANKING POSITION I am writing in response to your advertisement on for the position of a Finance/Accounting/Banking officer to serve your organization. You will
Sample Cover Letter For Sales Job in Kenya. Eliud Job Seeker, P.O Box 42000, Nairobi. Date … Human Resource Manager, ABC Company, P.O Box ***, Nairobi.
By Dorcas Karuana, Many of the job seekers are quick to take an offer that comes their way as long as it attracts their interest. They allow themselves to become charmed by the company culture, name, the personality of the hiring decision makers, the nature of the business or product/services being offered, the income, the…
Years later, I still remember the hush that fell over the room when I was in the middle of doing a perfect rendition of our boss that used to come into the work place and the first hour of work was hell. I did not even need to turn around to know he was standing…
The Turkish government has warned Kenyans against Turkey job offers posted on the internet. The govt has said that the fraudsters share information through emails and social media using names of prestigious institutions like Turkish Ministry of National Education and HSBC Bank-Turkey. In a statement sent to newsrooms, the embassy said they target innocent people…
Many Kenyan lecturers did not take kindly to my article titled “Why Kenyans take forever to acquire PhDs” Some lecturers thought that the article was excessively one-sided and projected the lecturer as the villain. I was inundated with e-mails and telephone calls, and have tried to condense the reasons provided by lecturers as possible causes…