Working as a “Match- Maker” for Global companies

A career in talent acquisition is one of the growing careers in Human Resources, most companies that are growing rapidly and with a large workforce prefer having internal talent acquisition/recruitment teams.  We spoke to Gathoni Mwangi who is currently working as a Global Recruitment Manager, the conversation will guide us on how we can grow our careers as Talent Acquisition Specialists.  Gathonis Background- Linkedin Profile  Here are some of the

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META LAYS OFF ABOUT 13% OF ITS WORKFORCE

By Maureen Nzioki. Nov 14, 2022. Meta, the parent company of the most popular apps, Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp, confirmed the massive layoffs of some of its employees on Wednesday barely a fortnight after Twitter laid off nearly half of its employees.   Tech giants have been seen to reduce their employees significantly, from Stripe who laid off 14% of its staff earlier in the week, to Salesforce, Twitter, ride

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THE SUDDEN LAYOFF OF HALF OF TWITTER’S EMPLOYEES.

By Maureen Nzioki Nov. 11, 2022 What’s next for Twitter? Several twitter employees moved forward to file a lawsuit for unlawful layoff. A few days ago, some staff members were recalled. (either by mistake or their skills are still required).  When the lawsuit claims reached the public, the attorneys for the plaintiffs claimed that Twitter will pay some of the workers that were laid off by last January. Legally, the

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Choose your struggle : How Successful CEOs manage their team with ease

We’ve all been there; where you feel overwhelmed and struggling to understand why you are constantly tired, doing all the work, and can’t get instructions across to your team. Whether you’re a seasoned Business Owner or 1st-time manager, we all face similar problems and there’s a lot we can learn from one another. This year I’ve had the privilege of working with different businesses and interacting with their top management,

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I create magic for Accountants: Reconciliations from 20 minutes to 2 seconds

  Name: Ndiangui Kinyagia ( Dee) Company: Ari Limited When did you start your business? June 2012 Why did you decide to become a business owner? I used to work as a mobile applications developer and after some time figured that I could do the same work for other people. Where did you get the idea for your business? I’m a Computer Science graduate consequently I gravitated towards technology and

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A regret from Etihad gave a me a Job with Emirates

  We had the pleasure of speaking to Jane Odhiambo, who took us through her career progression as an Emirates Cabin Crew. Here are the career notes we took from Jane How did you get to this position?  I was working at a nightclub in Abu Dhabi, my work was very close to Etihad Airline’s plaza, I used to meet Etihad cabin crew inside our club and supermarkets around our

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Are you paying more? Salary estimates based on today’s SME market

As we prepare to get back to work; its important for us to prepare how our team, roles and salaries will also look like. In addition you will need to have a winning team. Salary can be a very complicated topic, especially at this uncertain time. At the moment there is an increased focus on outcomes-based (rather than fee-based). I recognize that there is a time flux in the data,

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If my employee contracts Covid in the workplace, do I compensate? POSTCOVID-19 RETURN TO WORK REQUIREMENTS

Are you ready for your staff to return to work on a full-time basis? Here are some aspects and regulations you should consider. POSTCOVID-19 RETURN TO WORK REQUIREMENT Key Highlights Occupational Safety and Health Risk AssessmentsEvery employer shall carry out appropriate occupational safety and health risk assessments in relation to the safety and health of persons employed and send a copy of a report of risk assessment to the Director of

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So what happens next? How other businesses are planning for recovery.

Where will we be in six months, a year, ten years from now? The future is quite uncertain. I am sure you are wondering what will happen to your business, your job, your livelihood. We still don’t know? There are a number of possible futures. Hopefully, we will use this crisis to rebuild, produce something better and more humane. But we may slide into something worse. All in all, we

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