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Matatu industry offers respite for the city’s unemployed |
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The matatu drivers and touts in Kenya’s capital Nairobi are cashing in on the alarming number of the unemployed youths in the city. Statistics recently released by various government departments including the Ministry of Youth places the unemployment rate among the youth in Kenya at a staggering 2.5 million with a projected increase in the year 2011.
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High standards required in the demanding but fulfilling medical research field |
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By Alexis Maureen
Undergraduates are increasingly finding it difficult to secure permanent jobs in research-based organizations due to the demanding environment existing in scientific-driven institutions.
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Market dip forces change of guard in stockbroking firms |
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Stock market jobs have opened to a new breed of dynamic graduates, as stockbroking firms have seized the chance offered by computer trading to replace an old elite club of traders with bright young professionals on starter salaries during a time of tough trading and lower volumes.
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E tourism, the next big job creator |
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Bob Koigi
20-year-old Angela Ndolo is a popular tourist guide in the coastal city of Mombasa, one of the leading tourist attraction hubs in Kenya. The young, petite lady did not follow the course of many of her classmates who chose to farm, marry or fly out of the country in search of greener pastures after graduating from high school.
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Men turn to the mirror as path to success |
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By Bob Koigi
A few years ago, men would have shuddered at the idea of standing in front of the mirror as they left for work. It didn’t matter how they looked and shabby dress was even macho. But now they are embracing the idea of grooming, because it works for them. Smart dressers get more promotions and are taken more seriously.
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University creates and fuels jobs-makers in award-winning model |
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By Ken Macharia
One of Kenya’s newest universities is turning the education system on its head in a drive to turn every graduate into a ‘creator of jobs’: producing not just graduates, but ready-to-go entrepreneurs. Inoorero University (IU), formerly the Kenya School of Professional Studies, is training students in vital business skills alongside every enrolled class, irrespective of subject.
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