How young people take matters in their hands to find a job ~ Zeniths Blog

How young people take matters in their hands to find a job

– Joblessness has pushed Kenyans to find fresh and creative ways of finding work.What started with job seekers holding up placards in busy streets to get noticed by prospective employers has now escalated to a whole new level

– For this group of Kenyans, social media is proving to be more than just a place to chat and spread wild rumours. They are now using it to advertise jobs and get each other work

– A hashtag IkoKaziKE has been doing round on Tweeter for awhile. But has it been successful in helping anyone find a job?

Unemployment remains one of the biggest challenges in Kenya, especially for fresh graduates. It no longer matters how thoroughly educated you are, or what papers you’ve got. The jobs are just not there, and the government is not about to deliver on it’s promise of creating a million jobs annually. But Kenyans are not going to sit back and wait.

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Kenyans on Tweeter (KOT) have decided to set aside their political and tribal differences and come together to help each other find work.

The said Kenyans, most of whom are presumably learned but still jobless, are trending under the hashtag #IkoKaziKE on Twitter.

The tweeter is also used by individuals in need of employees from different fields. Companies, Human Resource (HR) agencies and independent employers are reportedly using the #IkoKaziKE to post jobs and request people to retweet.

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Some Kenyans have resorted to holding up placards in busy streets to get noticed by employers

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The hashtag IkoKaziKE seems to suggest that there are enough jobs for everyone.

However, the reality on the ground is that jobs are scarce.The rate of unemployment in the country is said to be one of the highest in Africa.

Statistics show that Kenya’s rate of unemployment currently staggers at around 40 per cent, with 80 per cent of the jobless Kenyans being under the age of 35 years.

The government has been promising jobs, but that doesn’t appear to be happening, even as local universities release over 50,000 fresh graduates into the labour market annually, according to the Commission for University Education (CUE).