Share Your Dreams
Too lazy to Google when the ‘shoot your shot’ phrase came into play, but it’s been around for a minute now. The idea is basically that you go for whatever you want because *insert...
Category: Employment
Keeping At It
Isn’t it annoying/frustrating/depressing that you need (a lot of) experience in order to get the opportunity that you want? The logic is that, the more opportunities under your belt, the better your chances of...
Orientation Period: Yay or Nay?
It is a few hours to the extended deadline for the 40 Days Over 40 Smiles Foundation (4040) Internship Program open applications. Given the fact that I am directly involved in the evaluation and...
Why Great Employees Quit ‘Good’ Jobs
How many times have you told yourself that you will start as soon as you get ‘x’? If you are this kind of person, unfortunately ‘x’ is any number of things because you will...
Are Traditional Hiring Systems Failing Employers?
1 in 10 people that I know are currently working in a field that relates to their degree. Of those 10, only 3 have ever held a job position that is related to their...
Bridging the School to Work Transition Gap
When I was in senior six vacation (which feels like decades ago), I worked at my sister’s shop. She owned a Warid Franchise shop. For about six months, I made sure I was at...
Today vs. Tomorrow
When has looking for a job ever been fun? Almost never, and this is because most times, we only look for a job when we are out of a job, or think we might...
It’s All Fake, We Are Millionaires
It’s a few days to the end of the year, and it has got me thinking about my life more than usual. I think it is from this sentiment that ‘new year resolutions’ were...
Master of Destiny: Employer Feature
They say a ‘journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step’. The saying best describes Michael Niyitegeka, a Consultant Course Director at the International Health Sciences University in Kampala, Uganda. Michael’s journey...
Cultivating a Better Work Ethic Culture
If you want to shock people out of their socks, quit your job. Being a country that suffers unemployment as a major issue, we are not equipped to understand people that are moving away...
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