tell 'm this is why gaddafi was run out of town

Wazuans your comments are hilarious

Are you saying I should not live in a house ( Nisilipe rent)

Not eat food( To eliminate the food bill)

And I forgot to indicate I have two small children....the minimum governmet wage for househelp is 7586....

So if I paid her first, I would not even feed my family.

Are some people not meant to live??? And when I married a rich man they call me a gold digger!!!

Read this post and you will understand why SOME graduates in this country are unemployable.

http://www.wazua.co.ke/f...spx?g=posts&t=15433

First , they is too much generalization here. There is a general attitude from the comments posted on this thread that graduates are lazy , inept and have a superiority complex. This is untrue. Just like in any field or environment, performance levels are different.

If you know how the Kenyan system of education works, entrance to university is on merit. And am talking about module 1. The Kenyan system of education is one of elimination and is about survival. That is why, few excel to go to good secondary schools and fewer excel to join university admission. But of course there are exceptions.

To go through the university system , especially for a regular student, is good training ground. Besides the education, you get to interact with many students from diverse backgrounds. Generally there is more exposure. Look at the celebrations on graduation days - relatives travel from far because they understand what their son or daughter has gone through. Most graduates have honestly earned their paper.

To pay a graduate badly should in fact be made a crime. Some of these companies are headed by graduates themselves, and yet go ahead to misuse young Kenyans. To expect a graduate to be perfect in his work immediately after recruitment is unrealistic. That is why companies invest a lot in training. Deloitte does that.

Companies are making too much money. Look at the profits banks announce. You then hear what they pay some of their employees you get shocked. SHAME ON YOU!

There are arguements of demand and supply. There is no problem with that. But you wonder why companies are having a crazy staff turnover. You pay some graduate peanuts. He will take it. But when he gets a better offer, he will move so fast and leave you there complaining about graduates.

Maybe @new investor is right. But should 50k be the benchmark? How did you arrive at 50 and not 30 or 100?

@madhaquer, you've got a BIG point. I've been trying to establish a side 'job' such that if I were to leave my current job I wud still earn at least as much as I would have lost.

Well, remember the employers don't have to employ you. If you are unsatified with the wage you're earning, quit, look for another job,start your own business, or move back to shags! Remember, these are private businesses and they are in the business of making profits!

That is why some of us have mentioned good recruitment practices and systems. For a recruitment exercise to be effective and get the right personnel it has to be objective and fair and transparent. Whoever can get you an interview but that is where it should end if it has to reach there. If you arent good enough a good exercise will weed you out.

I think the problem is that graduates from Kenyan universities think they are very bright and are owed something for their "expertise".

I find it shocking that Kenyan graduates can't type to save their lives. Yet they are on facebook.

I was in a Kenyan college and also been in a college "out there". I have to say, I have never met as many self important people as Kenyan graduates....One had the audacity to tell me that he was so bright, I could not afford him. So I told him to go to where he could be afforded. 2 yrs later, he's still tarmaking.

For about 2 yrs I worked as an intern. With a masters degree to boot. And no, I was not paid peanuts, I was paid nothing!

You try get a Kenyan graduate, even the one who's tarmacking to work as an intern. The guy will go start a riot in Tao.

Sorry, Mr/Ms graduate, the world owes you nothing. You are insignificant and no one needs you as much as you think.

You need to prove to the world that you are worth your boss asking the BOG to increase your "personal" salary. Not set up a website to tell people exactly why you are considered a bad person to employ in the first place.

so on point