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Reasons Why Your MBA Degree Is Worthless.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 10:33 AM PDT

This is a followup on Tuesdays article where we discussed on whether an MBA is necessary. You can get the article by clicking here.

The article elicited some comments and below i have published two. Comments unedited.

MBA ni kama kujezea mbuzi gitaaa.the real problem with our country Kenya is lack of enough jobs and many people have been blinded to think that the only way to success is through piling up
certificates to present to employers. The pay is not worth the cost of an MBA these days. save your time and money i what i can advise you fellow Kenyans.

Kenya is getting over saturated with many MBA holders and especially people who are very young. I believe MBA goes with experience and how one sees themselves in a particular career. Honestly I think people need to consider the expectations when deciding whether to do an MBA. Will the employers afford to pay you after the MBA? especially with these current economic times?

Today’s article is based on these comments. Reasons why you should not get an MBA. This article is targeted more so to the young. Those under 30 yrs old.

Though one is free to do MBA with multiple reasons it makes more sense to stop thinking about the MBA alternative if the reason for your MBA is only one of the below. As usual applying common sense in career decisions is highly recommended!

When you can't afford it – Yes that's true! There are a good number of idiots still struggling to payback the loan installments they availed be it through HELB or unsecured loans. They can't make out what to do with their 'so called' knowledge. Don't make that mistake. Analyze whether you really can afford an MBA and the post MBA life. Is it a career need or more of an infatuation of being an MBA? This answer is your first step to identify whether an MBA is really worth it for you. In case if you are not clear about such basic question an MBA degree is ought to go futile.

When you want to earn more – Young kenyans try to do an MBA to earn more. Earn more money, reputation etc. They believe slogging 2 years of their life studying an MBA will result in decades of happiness and fat pay cheques. That's a dream which will never come true. The jobs that you are targeting want the maximum out of you. They are not to suck every hour from you but they are there to challenge you to take up every responsibility and deliver. Earning good money and repute is just a by product.

After you get an MBA, it's harder to take an entry-level or low position; thus, you better be certain about what you want to do for the rest of your life.

You can't take a job in an industry that pays low because you have to pay for your loans or its not prestigious enough.

Basically, an MBA is useless for most jobs and it disqualifies you for more jobs than it qualifies you for.

In this sense, you are better off investing your money in your professional growth from a reality standpoint.

Well, OK, that doesn't sound completely off-the-wall. You don't have a job and instead of sitting around moping or whiling your time away, you've decided to get a post-graduate qualification that'll do you good in the future. It will even sound commendable in your CV when you explain that gap in service.

Don't think I'm a hater here, but I really don't think not having a job at the moment is a convincing reason to commit to a rigorous, full-time, 2-year course that will take all your time and energy. If a job is what you really want right now, shouldn't you be putting that time and energy into getting employed instead of getting more employable in the future?

An MBA makes much more sense after you've got a few years of experience under your skin, anyway.

I've never known an MBA to look bad on anybody's CV as long as it comes from a good, accredited, respectable university.

But if that is the only reason you're going to enroll, think again. There are lots of other post-graduate degrees, diplomas and courses out there that would look just as good on your CV as an MBA. Choose your post-graduate education with careful thought to your core strengths and areas of interest. It makes sense to specialize in something you like and would want to work with for the rest of your life.
Great: then let them get that MBA for themselves. I appreciate that your parents and well-wishers want the best for you, but they must stop living vicariously through you. You should do what you think is right for you and your career.

Get an MBA if you're sure it is the course to take. Live your own life.

It happens too often for me to be amused at this. Many young Kenyans make major decisions based on their current love-interests. I hope it doesn't happen, but your relationship with your girlfriend or your boyfriend is not likely to last as long as the MBA program!

This article isn't about slamming MBA's or the notion of getting an MBA. We know people get MBA's for numerous reasons; some may be valid and some not so much. The important thing to understand is that such a degree won't get you to be a better person and professional if you don't understand first what it is you are meant to be doing in life, what your passion is, and if you approach your life and future from a place of fear instead of a place of confidence in your capacity and worth.

Business Development Manager

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 10:05 AM PDT

Posted by: One Acre Fund

Nairobi, Nairobi Municipality, Kenya, Kigali, Ville de Kigali, Rwanda, London, London, City of, United Kingdom

Organization Description

Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a start-up NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a “market bundle” that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market access. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure more than 100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.

We are growing quickly. In five years, we have grown to serve 65,000 farm families with more than 500 full-time field staff. In three more years, we will at least quadruple in size, while adding several new countries. Our approach has won widespread validation, winning grants from the highly competitive Echoing Green and Skoll Foundations, and the global Financial Times/ IFC award for "basic needs financing" in 2010 and 2011. Website: www.oneacrefund.org

Job Description

We are seeking exceptional professionals with 3 – 10+ years work experience, a demonstrated long-term career interest in international development, and a track record of securing grants, cooperative agreements and contracts with large, institutional funders. As a young organization, we are ready to hand over large responsibility for specific, well-defined work modules, with similar structure to an operations consulting role.

One Acre Fund is looking for an exceptional individual to serve as Business Development Manager. This position will help design and carry out a strategy to engage bilateral and multilateral organizations in country mission offices to support our work. The Business Development Manager will serve as a spokesperson for the organization in African capitals while simultaneously shepherding complex, large-scale funding proposals from identification to development to fruition. Through strategic communications and expert relationship management, the Business Development Manager will secure major, multi-year commitments from multilaterals, bilaterals, and governments. This is an excellent position for a highly skilled and experienced professional looking for a meaningful development opportunity.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

The Development Manager will perform the following and other duties as assigned:

Help design and implement the organization's public sector fundraising strategy.
Pursue partnerships with multilateral and bilateral agencies.
Develop successful multi-million dollar funding proposals to support the organization, shepherding proposals through all required stages and decision-making processes.
Manage the required reporting and continued development of successful proposals.
Provide expertise and guidance to One Acre Fund staff on the technical requirements and processes of these proposals.
Serve as an articulate and enthusiastic spokesperson for the organization, demonstrating an understanding of the organization's approach and the context in which it operates.
Establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders and partners.
Collaborate with One Acre Fund's senior management team.

Professional Qualifications

The successful candidate will have the following minimum qualifications:

Demonstrated success in identifying, managing, and closing complex, multi-year, technical proposals for bilateral and multilateral agencies
Past experience as part of a large-scale fundraising effort, preferably in the international development arena
Past experience managing relationships with high-level government and agency representatives
Past experience conveying a complex mission and program to diverse groups including Board members, bilateral and multilateral agencies, potential funders, and partner agencies
Excellent communications and presentation skills, and experience developing funding proposals
Exceptional interpersonal skills, including a willingness to listen to internal and external constituents and learn from their best ideas
Experience with long-term funding cycles, strategic planning, goal setting, and performance management
Ability to travel extensively, up to 30%, within Africa and other international destinations

**Personal Attributes**

The following personal attributes are desired:

A deep commitment to serving the poor
A passion for One Acre Fund's program
Comfort and experience working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and locations
High energy level, and a personable, flexible, tenacious, diplomatic, and respectful demeanor
Proven ability to serve as a team player and leader able to motivate and inspire staff and colleagues
Entrepreneurial spirit
A sense of humor

Job Location: Negotiable. Nairobi or Kigali preferred. Major European city possible.

Preferred Start Date: Flexible

Compensation: Commensurate with experience.

Benefits: Health cover, immunizations; annual flights to your home country, room and board for hires stationed outside their home country

Career development: Quarterly management consulting-style career reviews, and significant investment in career development. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development.

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Program Associate – Kenya

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:56 AM PDT

Posted by: One Acre Fund

Bungoma, Western Magharibi, Kenya

Organization Description

Most of the world's poor are farmers, representing the largest and most uniform group of poor people in the world. One Acre Fund is a start-up NGO in Kenya, Rwanda, and Burundi that is innovating a new way of helping farm families to achieve their full potential. Instead of giving handouts, One Acre invests in farmers to generate a permanent gain in farm income. We provide farmers with a “market bundle” that includes education, finance, seed and fertilizer, and market access. Our program is proven impactful – every year, we weigh thousands of harvests and measure more than 100% average gain in farm income per acre. We have laser-like focus on generating better lives for the people that we serve.

Job Description

Rapid organization growth translates into great career opportunities for our staff. We invest heavily in careers – we want to develop our next group of country directors, R&D directors, and partnership leaders. In their first year, our program associates lead 3-5 internal consulting projects, such as:

- Impact innovation: A program associate recently designed a new harvest storage product and farmer training, and tried it with a few hundred farmers. The trial demonstrated an increase in harvest profits by more than 10%. Next year, we expect to sell this product to over 40,000 farmers.

- Growth innovation: A staffer recently designed a new viral marketing initiative. She identified our best and most enthusiastic farmers, and turned them into volunteer "replication agents" who are empowered to recruit new groups of farmers. Our staff person designed the trial protocols, trained 10 field staff to test the idea, and observed the trial in-field, resulting in 25% higher client enrollment. We are now rolling this out across more than 200 field sites.

- Operations rotation: In addition to internal consulting projects, program associates also spend time paired with a regular "operating unit," which has 50+ staff. This is an opportunity to observe how regular operations work, while also building leadership skills by mentoring a larger number of staff.

In their second year, our strongest performers take leadership over a relatively independent pilot within the One Acre Fund network, while earning a significant and sustainable salary increase. Examples include:

- Burundi: One Acre Fund plans to launch one new country per year, for the next five years. A program manager moved to Burundi early in 2011 to direct field operations for an initial 400-farmer pilot. Six months later, that pilot is now being quadrupled in size and is our newest country launch.

- Farmers United: One of our program managers piloted an innovative trial in a new area of Kenya. This trial helps farmers to save up for farm inputs over time, in addition to taking loans, and has high potential to scale rapidly. Over two years, he has created a field organization of 80 staff from scratch. His organization, called "Farmers United," cooperates closely with our existing field units, but also operates with a high degree of independence within the One Acre Fund umbrella.

Career Growth and Development: One Acre Fund invests in building management and leadership skills. We provide constant, actionable feedback delivered through weekly mentorship and through regular career reviews. We also have regular one-on-one meetings, where we listen to and discuss career goals, and work collaboratively to craft roles that each person can be passionate about. Because of our rapid growth, we constantly have new high-level roles opening up and opportunities in many functions and countries. This results in fast career growth for our staff.

Qualifications

We are seeking exceptional professionals with 2 to 5+ years of work experience, and a demonstrated long-term passion for international development. They will serve in a career-track position that combines both field and management experience.

We are looking for truly extraordinary candidates that will help take our organization to the next levels of impact and scale. This is not a short stint in Africa – this is a competitive posting for a career-track role. Only 3% of applicants make it to a phone screen. Therefore, please only apply if you fit these criteria:

Strong work experiences. Examples include a demanding professional work experience, or successful entrepreneurial experience (e.g. starting a field program in a developing country, leading a conference, starting a business, solid Peace Corps accomplishments)
Leadership experience at work, or outside of work
Top-performing undergraduate background (please include GPA and test scores on your resume)
Humility and personal stability. We have a fantastic and likeable team. We are looking for passionate professionals that combine strong leadership skills with good humor, patience, and a humble approach to service
A willingness to commit to living in rural areas of East Africa for at least two years – this is a long-term, career-track role. The ideal candidate will have at least one year demonstrated experience working in the developing world, although this is not a strict requirement
Language: English required in Kenya, and French required in Rwanda and Burundi. French-speakers are particularly encouraged to apply
Ability to cook/ laugh – desirable

Preferred Start Date: Flexible

Compensation: Starts very modest. However, this is a career-track role with fast raises for performance, paying a meaningful salary for long-term placement in developing nations.

Benefits: Health cover, immunizations, flight, room and board. Two annual home flights provided.

Career development: Quarterly management consulting-style career reviews and constant feedback. Your manager will invest significant time in your career development.

Sponsor International Candidates: Yes

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Program Associate – Kenya

Key Account Manager (Gross Salary-30K + Commissions)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:28 AM PDT

• To liase with client create and develop relationship.

• To assist in the preparation of business agreements

• Ability to devise a detailed plan and run projects in way that will realize income.

• To ensure that accounts meet targets.

• To prepare proposals, presentation, reports as required.

• To input detailed solutions to maximize profits.

• A minimum of diploma in sales or merchandising

• Ability to run projects and liaise well with clients

• The candidate should be very organized and keen to details

• Minimum age of 26yrs

• 2-3yrs experience in account opening.

If you are qualified, send your application with detailed CV and daytime personal No. to
jobs@staff-kenya.com

The recruiting manager,

Corporate Staffing Services,

Development House, 13th floor suite 3

Website .www.staff-kenya.com

Data Entry Clerk (Salary-15-20K)

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 09:26 AM PDT

Our client, a marketing consultancy firm is looking forward to recruiting the following staff;

• To enter data into the system and verify information, operate data entry devices and prepare documents.

• Process account information, customer information, and a variety of other forms of documents by resolving inconsistencies and reviewing data for errors using standard data entry procedures.

• Requesting further information for documents that are deemed incomplete.

• Verifying, correcting, deleting unnecessary data, or combining data from several sources before entering into the system.

• Entering information into specific system from recorded material, hand written pages or figures contained in printed files.

• Keeping records of tasks, files and proofread reports

• Checking completed work for errors or duplicate information before submitting the final product

• Minimum- Diploma in sales or any related business field

• You must be very good in Excel

• Ability to enter data accurately at a given speed

• Strong typing, analytical, and computer skills and the ability to manipulate data.

• Ages between 24 yrs -27yrs.

• Good experience working with computers.

If you are qualified, send your application with detailed CV and daytime personal No. to

The recruiting manager,

Corporate Staffing Services,

Development House, 13th floor suite 3

Website.www: staff-kenya.com

Volunteer Mission at Childrens Home

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Posted by: Gracepatt Eco Tours

Nairobi, Nairobi Municipality, Kenya

Volunteering at this childrens home you experience love from these children and your help is really appreciated by every one. Your presence alone at the home is in itself an enormous blessing. These children refers you as a friend whom they can trust and open up to – a fatherly, brotherly, Motherly or Sisterly figure a shoulder to lean on.Once placed here, you will decide to work in either of the departments – Cook for the children, feed them, teach them, help with laundry, mop the floor, give those who are sick their medication, any help offered will be appreciated. For Placement feel free to contact us: info@gracepattecotourskenya.org

http://www.gracepattecotourskenya.org/volunteer%20in%20an%20orphanage%20in%20Kenya.html

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Sales Advertising Exec Kenya Jobs.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 08:04 AM PDT

The successful Sales Executive(s) shall form part of an energetic & passionate team of young go getters.

Moreover, you will have the opportunity of engaging with the latest and most exciting outdoor advertising concept in East Africa – The AdTrucks…

The Person

You will have a deep understanding of the local Advertising market in addition to having established a wide
network of key contacts within the industry.

You shall also play a key role in strategy formulation, achievement of sales targets, all aspects of client liaison, business development amongst others.

Good leadership & management skills

Effective communicator & excellent interpersonal skills

Good team player with contagious positive energy

Aptitude to build & sustain strong client relationships

Trustworthy & reliable

B.Com or any other business related degree.

Higher diploma in Business Studies shall be considered if coupled with relevant industry experience.

At least 2 yrs experience in the Advertising Industry.

Apply in confidence stating why we should consider you for this position.

Attach an updated CV, Testimonials and include day-time telephone contacts.

Both male and female candidates are highly encouraged to send their applications to; info@motionpictures.co.ke – so as to reach us NOT later than 15th August 2011.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Motion Pictures is a vibrant Outdoor Advertising Company best known for setting new trends through its flagship brand the AdTrucks.

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Posted: 10 Aug 2011 08:01 AM PDT

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Accountant-Treasury Job With Safaricom.

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:59 AM PDT

Reporting to the Treasury Operations Manager, the job holder will conduct bank reconciliations to ensure all bankings are verified daily and correctly captured in Oracle, and conclusively address queries from Retail Centres and Banks.

Ensure preparation of daily bank reconciliation of all the bank accounts maintained by the company and
implement auto bank reconciliations for all the bank accounts when availed;

Participate and utilize the auto reconciliations and eliminate manual reconciliation of the bank accounts;

Ensure timely resolution of issues to do with the transmission of data between the banks and download into Oracle application;

Ensure data on actual revenue cash receipts, revenue expenses and capital expenditure is captured accurately;

Generate Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Reports for review on a timely basis;

Ensure timely and accurate monitoring of all payments made to the bank via the electronic payment solution and ensure charges levied are as per contract terms with the solution provider;

Conduct monthly revaluation of foreign denominated bank balances and loans;

Generate reports for all funds put on call by the Treasury section on a timely basis and

Conclusively address queries from Retail Centres and Banks;

Ensure all correspondence for the Treasury section is filed and readily available as and when required;

Ensure that monthly bank charges and interest income are prepared for review.

Qualified Accountant CPA (K)/CIMA/ACCA/ACA or equivalent with an Honors degree from a recognized university;

3-4 years accounting experience preferably in an international company

Experience in preparation of monthly bank reconciliations preferably using automated systems and revaluation of foreign exchange for reporting;

Excellent negotiation skills;

Thorough understanding of the International Financial Reporting Standards;

Submission of accurate, timely and relevant information for statutory and internal audit purpose;

Demonstrate analytical skills and ability to monitor and explain trends and variances

Working experience in Oracle application;

Self- drive for results.

If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your resume and application letter indicating why you are the most suitable candidate for the role clearly quoting the job title and Ref No to the address below by Wednesday the 17th August 2011.

Senior Manager – Talent Acquisition

Safaricom Limited, Nairobi, Kenya,

Safety Engineer MEA Job Vacancy in Kenya

Posted: 10 Aug 2011 07:02 AM PDT

IHS Safety Engineer MEA

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