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Find Your Dream Job in Kenya: The Top Job Search Sites You Need to Know

Job hunting is a challenging task. And that’s alright because it’s not supposed to be; you have to make an effort to put yourself out there, meet the right people and grab the opportunities that life throws your way.

Tough, isn’t it? You must actively seek to find– even jobs that your ambitious self considers low-entry.

If you haven’t been successful in landing a job, and have since grown clueless on what you’re doing wrong, this article is for you. In this article, we’ll explore job sites that will make your job hunting easier by listing opportunities that match your qualifications.

Job search sites have revolutionized how we search for and land jobs. As an active job seeker, it’s only right that you make some of these boards your go-to solution to find jobs and gigs, or at the very least, make them a great starting point! With their extensive databases and user-friendly interfaces, these job search sites are a great resource for professionals across various industries to browse opportunities conveniently in the digital age.



It’s 2024, don’t waste your time scrolling through the dailies or relying solely on word-of-mouth referrals. Use these job search sites and you might be surprised to land a lucrative job on the other side of the click.

Why You Should be Using Job Search Sites

The Kenyan job market is unbearably competitive, and getting and keeping a job can be pretty tough. This’s no news. At Mustardseed, we appreciate this fact; it’s tough getting and keeping a job! And it’s even harder when you’re just trying to find your footing with zero experience and few high-value connections in your circle.

The best thing about these job search sites is that they give you a pool of fresh job postings from employers who are also in a race to fill vacant positions in their companies. These sites expedite your job search, giving you options to choose from and a clear process to apply to the vacancies you feel qualified to fill.

And this helps, you know. Imagine having to clutch an envelope walking to offices in town, knocking on strange doors, hoping that you’d find a job. Such a hassle. That’s how our fathers and forefathers hunted for jobs.

But that dark era is behind us. Hallelujah! 

Today, these job search sites give you access to a vast database of job opportunities in the comfort of your seat. They partner with numerous employers, ranging from small startups to multinational corporations, ensuring a wide range of job listings. Thus, you can explore various industries and roles, expanding your horizons and increasing your chances of finding the perfect job.

These sites also consolidate all the relevant information in one place. You can easily filter your search based on location, industry, experience level, and other criteria, saving you time and effort.

You can also land valuable resources on these sites as a job seeker. They often feature career advice articles, resume-building tools, interview tips, and networking opportunities. These resources can help you enhance your job search strategy and stand out from the crowd.

Popular Job Search Sites in Kenya

Many job search sites in Kenya offer a user-friendly interface, comprehensive job listings, and advanced search options. Here are some of the most resourceful job search sites in Kenya that can help you land a job and grow your career. 

  1. BrighterMonday

It might sound crazy, but I got my first job on BrighterMonday, and that was over 10 years ago. I can only assume they’ve gotten better at doing what they do–linking job seekers to credible employment opportunities.

BrighterMonday allows job seekers to create profiles, upload resumes, and apply for jobs online. Employers can also post job openings and search for potential candidates using the site’s robust search filters.

BrighterMonday offers a premium subscription option for job seekers, providing additional features such as priority listing and access to exclusive job opportunities, but you can still get a lot more on their free option. 

  1. Career Point Kenya

Career Point Kenya focuses on providing career advice and job opportunities to Kenyan professionals. The platform features a user-friendly interface and allows job seekers to upload their resumes and apply for jobs directly. It also offers resources such as interview tips, resume writing guides, and career development articles to help you enhance your skills and increase your chances of success.

  1. MyJobMag Kenya

MyJobMag Kenya has an extensive database of job listings across various industries. The platform allows you to search for jobs by location, industry, and experience level. MyJobMag Kenya also provides career advice articles and a resume builder tool to help you showcase your skills effectively.

It also allows employers to post job openings and search for candidates using the site’s advanced search options. That way, it’s a win-win for job seekers and employers looking to fill a vacant position fast!

  1. Fuzu

Fuzu is a Swahili word that loosely translates to ‘Succeed’, and true to their name, they’ve helped many job seekers to find success in a noisy, highly competitive job market. Fuzu caters to specific industries and provides career development resources. The site offers job opportunities in sectors like banking, education, manufacturing, and many others.
Also, Fuzu provides personalized career guidance based on your skills and interests to help you make informed decisions about your professional growth.

  1. Career Point Kenya

Career Point Kenya consolidates a wide range of job offers from different industries. Be it finance, IT, hospitality or medicine, you can be sure to bag a great opportunity right on the site. They also provide essential information on career growth and personal development that you can take advantage of, and grow yourself professionally.

How to Effectively Use Job Search Sites

Now that you know the popular job search sites in Kenya where you can begin your job hunting, here’s how to use them effectively to broaden your options as a job seeker and boost your career growth. 

  1. Create a Compelling Profile: Create a compelling profile that highlights your skills, experience, and qualifications. Fill out all the relevant sections, upload an updated resume, and include a professional photo if possible. A well-crafted profile will attract the attention of employers and increase your chances of landing an interview.
  2. Set Up Job Alerts: Most job search sites allow you to set up job alerts based on your preferences. Take advantage of this feature by specifying your desired industry, location, and experience level. You’ll receive email notifications whenever new jobs that match your qualifications are posted, keeping you informed and ensuring you don’t miss out on any opportunities.
  3. Use Advanced Search Filters: Use advanced search filters to refine your search based on specific criteria. These filters narrow down your options and focus on the jobs that align with your interests and qualifications. You can filter by industry, salary range, job type, and more.
  4. Regularly Update Your Profile: Keep your profile updated with the latest information, including your skills, certifications, and work experience. Employers are more likely to notice profiles that have been recently updated, as it indicates an active and engaged job seeker.

    Regularly review and update your profile to increase your visibility on job search sites. It also shows your growth as a professional.
  5. Leverage Networking Opportunities: These sites often provide networking features that allow you to connect with professionals in your industry. Take advantage of these features to expand your professional network and learn about hidden job opportunities. Engage in discussions, join industry-specific groups, and reach out to professionals for guidance and support .

In conclusion, job hunting can be tough, and it’s not a unique problem to the Kenyan job market. Jobs are scarce, and you have to know how to do a proper search to win against the competition. While you shouldn’t limit your hunting ground to these job search sites, they provide a fertile ground to begin your search and grow professionally.

Go forth and make good use of these sites. Good luck! 

Why a Sense of Entitlement is Detrimental to Your Career

A Sense of Entitlement shifts your expectations to other people and leaves you vulnerable

Entitlement also breeds an inflated sense of self-importance

You obviously have had those days when the skies hang low, and everything moves in the wrong direction. Those days when you don’t want to step out of bed and face yourself in the mirror because, you know, everyone is unfair.

It is true we all want to be appreciated and rewarded for every accomplishment at work, but who sets the metrics? Could we be the problem by deserving more than what we’ve earned?

Yes, sometimes there is someone who deserves the perk better than you even if you break the last sweat to get it. This alone is disappointing, but not as breaking as the entitlement you have.

“Who even cares?”

The more you commit to the pursuit of your goals, the greater the sense of entitlement grows within you and this contrary to popular belief that it gives you confidence, only breaks you. From biblical stories to ancient fables, being entitled makes you prone to failure. Do you remember the story of Cain and Abel?

Well, here is a snippet.

Cain and Abel went out to offer sacrifices to God. Cain being a farmer gave what he thought was God’s share in his harvest and Abel gave the fat portions of his flock as sacrifices and the good God was pleased and looked upon him with favor. Cain’s offering wasn’t appreciated, and so he tricked his brother and killed him, and God place a curse upon him.

Let’s face it; if Cain didn’t feel so much entitled to God’s blessings he would have done better; possibly pick a lesson or two from his brother and offer sacrifices that pleased God next time,

But No, It Had To Happen There And Then!

Having a sense of entitlement is detrimental to your career. It makes you a difficult person to work with and a thorn in the flesh to your superiors. It also inhibits your growth at a personal level because you know you have got everything it takes to be the best.

Don’t get me wrong, self-confidence is your biggest asset, but that overbearing attitude; the belief that you must be treated better than everybody else without earning it isn’t confidence. While other employees are learning the workplace culture and positioning themselves for leadership, an entitled employee savours his privileges of the moment and complains when such opportunities aren’t forthcoming.

While other employees appreciate bonuses and perks they were rewarded after achieving their targets; the entitled employee view them as rights— not rewards. This causes career stagnation.

Employee entitlement is common in workplace today especially among the millennials who are brought up believing that they are special and must be treated as so.

Create Balance between Expectations & Reality

Entitlement is like insanity, those who suffer from it rarely know they are sick. You might be a victim of employee entitlement without even knowing. If subconsciously you have developed an inflated sense of self-importance;

  • Do you ever think you are irreplaceable?
  • That you can get away with major workplace misconducts simply because you are the best?
  • That doing only what is in your job description is such a great feat that must be rewarded?
  • That your superiors aren’t better than you and should know better?
  • That you should receive a pay rise because you’ve worked in the company the longest?
  • That you don’t get recognized for great things you do?

Well, all these are symptoms of employee entitlement. The best way to beat employee entitlement is to balance your expectations with realities.

There are situations when you might miss a perk, not because you didn’t do better but because someone outdid himself and earned the perk. This doesn’t make your bosses assholes, it simply steadies a culture of healthy competition. In healthy competitive workplace, rewards and punishment work hand in hand to boost production and mold employees into better people.

There’s little you can do to influence your superiors’ decision on whom to reward and whom to punish, but you can do so much by adopting a better attitude. Changing your self-indulgent, arrogant and selfish attitude and recognizing that there are other people who can do a better work than you opens a cap of growth for you. When a cup is full to the brim, you can’t add anything to it. Do ensure you have enough space for much more. Here’s how;

Be an Asset to the Team- Working in a team exposes you to new realities, you begin to learn the strengths others have and how they merge to achieve milestones that seemed impossible. In working with teams, your weaknesses unfold before your own eyes and so are your strengths. You learn to appreciate the process more than the product.

Working in a team also helps you to develop interpersonal relations; you become a better communicator with your team members, customers and other stakeholders but most importantly, it helps you appreciate the fact that you are nothing more than a dot in a maze; you need others to create a labyrinth. So yes, be an asset to the team—not to self.

 

Learn

“More the knowledge lesser the ego, lesser the knowledge more the ego.”

― Albert Einstein

People who constantly learn about their area of specialty always have a space for improvement. The needs of the market constantly change and there is no way you can adapt to that change if you don’t learn. Household products that we used in the ‘90s have gone through a series of remodeling to fit today’s needs, workplace needs of the ‘90s are so different from now. Learning may not guarantee you bonuses and perks, but it surely makes you a better person.

Also, a learner always has the next step on the ladder in pursuit of knowledge. This ambitious pursuit leaves no room for entitlement to materialize.

These 3 Truths Will Make You Immensely Prosperous In 2018

As I write this, it’s four days into the new year and resolutions are still fresh as the first rays of sunshine on a clear sky. You have, without a doubt, made yours and you hope it won’t just remain on paper as your previous resolutions did.

I have spent about two hours reading other people’s resolutions and I’m quite impressed; while others want to read the whole bible in 2018, others are questioning their faith, while Tony is praying for health, Amanda is asking for financial breakthrough.

It got me thinking how insatiable the human heart is; the human heart is like a bottomless monster that takes and takes until it has nothing but itself to consume. But I Iike that; it is this consuming passion, desire, and will to conquer that get dreams lived. The hungrier you get, and know that you’re indeed hungry, the closer you get to satisfy the yearnings of your heart.

You’ve done pretty good to resolve, but here are three blunt truths you have to embrace to make it happen.

  1. It isn’t what you don’t do that stagnates you—It’s what you do!

Have you stopped beating yourself up for tasks you didn’t do? If you haven’t, you should. It is not what you didn’t do that matter— It is what you did (when you were supposed to be doing the task) that should worry you.

What consumes your energy but doesn’t reward you? Could it be the distractions; facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram notifications that never let you accomplish your daily goals? The hangouts that add nothing to your life but negative energy, envy, and more toxic friends?

Or maybe, you spend too much time attending to small man chores when you can be more productive if you delegate.

The logic is, you can’t fill an overflowing cup, dredge the filth in your daily routine first. Instead of making a to-do list, why not make a not-to-do list first? You’ll be amazed at what you accomplish.

  1. It is the year that has changed, not you

The new year isn’t worth the hype if you don’t accompany it with personal change. The biggest reason why your past new year resolutions died within a week is because you assumed things will just fall into place simply because a new year had. Fact is, a change in a calendar doesn’t trigger an automatic change in your life. Make the change.

If you picked a drinking habit in 2017 that might hinder your progress, drop the bottle. If you want to earn more than you did, do more; rise earlier, study part-time, or widen the scope of your business.

A bodybuilder knows he won’t get tone by talking and wishing, theirs is a simple mantra —no pain no gain. Just do something to make the change, It won’t come to you. Find it.

 

“If you want success, figure out the price, then pay it”- Scott Adams

 

  1. That resolution isn’t worth the paper it’s written on😂

Yes, you heard me right. At the face of it, your resolution might seem the perfect roadmap to paradise, but the truth is, as ambitious as it sounds it is just words; empty, forlorn, and as misplaced as a dagger in an offering basket.

You’ve got to put resolutions in the right place— your heart, and breathe some life into them. Crippled ambitions won’t move you an inch; actions will. Don’t just write them, pursue them, overtake them, and help others catch up with theirs.

Above all, don’t forget to live. Find time to indulge; laugh more, dance if you can, and just live as wild as life was meant to be.
Have a Prosperous 2018.

 

3 Ways to Make Your CV Evade the Shredder

How many CVs have you sent out but never got invited for an interview? Countless?

Well, if my guess is right, your CVs ended up in the shredder. This is where most CVs rot!

You must save your  CV from this.

While many job seekers dwell in the basics, employers are now looking for more in a CV. Workplace requirements have evolved with time. For example, employers prefer; team people to lone rangers, innovation to antiquity, and versatility to rehearsed routines— your CV should also evolve.

While summarising your entire work experience into two pages is limiting, rummaging through pages of fluff when you have piles of CVs to scour is stiffly boring— hiring managers don’t have that time. Make it brief, clear, and resourceful.

Only two percent of job applicants get summoned for interviews. That’s how fierce the competition is.

Worse still, the job market is awash with job seekers who are more qualified than you; yet, you can’t coil your tail, throw your arms in the air and settle into the ‘comfort’ of unemployment.

You have your HELB loan to pay, your daily expenses outweigh your income, and the taxman won’t take your excuses for a currency.

You have to get a job; your CV mustn’t meet the shredder!

…Here’s how;

  1. Make It Easy to Read

You might be the most qualified candidate for the position, but if the hiring manager isn’t able to find the relevant information in your CV at first glance, then, your CV will be tossed in the shredder.

You only have one chance to make a lasting first impression;

  • Choose an appropriate font and use it consistently throughout the CV
  • Correct all typos, grammar, and punctuations
  • Use appropriate spacing between paragraphs
  • List your experiences tactfully; begin with your most recent experiences relevant to the position.

The hiring manager will have hundreds of CVs to go through, make it easier for him to find relevant information on your CV. Surely, if you were the hiring manager you wouldn’t rummage through the fluff to find the best candidate— It is the candidate’s job to be VISIBLE.

  1. Avoid vague terms; Give measurable accomplishments

When writing your CV, it is normal to reach that heart-pouring zenith, where you mention every contribution you made in your past jobs— irrespective of whether they are related to the position or not. This practice will riddle your CV with fluff.

Instead of mentioning all your contributions, pick one or two with measurable accomplishments. Don’t write; “I improved the sales of the company,” instead, let the hiring manager know what you did and how it affected the sales: “Buffalo, the team I led organised Wednesday street coups that improved our team sales by 50%”.

See, the hiring manager wants to know the value you’ll add to the company and not just tasks you have completed in the past.

The question is, can you improve quality, efficiency or productivity? — Your academic qualifications and vast experience won’t land you the job if you can’t demonstrate this.

  1. Clean your social media accounts

Be Clean Online. Be employable

Social media isn’t social anymore. Whatever you post to amuse your friends might—just might— make you unemployable.

Most employers will google your name to know more about you. If you fill your social media accounts with near-naked photos and I-don’t-give- a-damn posts, you know where your CV will end up— shredder.

Keep your social media profiles squeaky clean, or change your visibility settings so that only a few people you trust can view your social media acts.

In conclusion, don’t just write a CV for formality; make it the best representation of your workmanship. That, my friend, is how to save it from the shredder.