Gamjobs.com is a
social job website which connects employers and professionals in The Gambia. Founders Ebrima S. Dem (social entrepreneur and HR specialist) and Modou NS Njie (ICT specialist and social entrepreneur) launched the site back in October 2014. Here’s the story behind Gamjobs.com
With over 5000 users, Gamjobs.com is the most popular and interactive social platforms in the country. In addition to effectively connecting job providers to job seekers, Gamjobs.com also offers companies, even those without websites, the opportunity to promote their business, products and services.
Gamjobs.com was established with a simple objective, to make the process of advertising, searching and finding jobs easier, more affordable and accessible even in the most remote areas of The Gambia. The site also supports companies by helping them grow their business using the Internet. As a result, Gamjobs.com helps bridge the ‘access to job information’ gap in the country and also improves the methods by which companies reach out to larger or more specific audiences.
The website also permits job seekers to present their skills and competencies in a way that would make them visible to employers. This has long been a daunting task in The Gambia, because aside from newspapers, which were either too expensive or not available in some areas, there were very few other options available to enable professionals, employers and businesses to connect. The Gamjobs.com team were convinced that the best way to improve this situation was to have a free and accessible job searching website.
Gamjobs.com uses the booming GSM industry infrastructure in the country (currently many Gambians own mobile phones with 3G internet access) to connect people easily. With Gamjobs.com, people in the urban and rural Gambia, and even those in the diaspora can apply for jobs of their choice. This ensures that qualified candidates anywhere can apply for a job. It also reduces problems faced by Gambian professionals who are unable to apply for their dream jobs due to unavailability of job information.
As a technology start-up, the site also allows businesses to brand their products and reach out to a specific target audience using mobile (SMS) and online technology. Gamjobs.com also offers career advice and job placement and consulting services to recruiters and employers on how to attract, hire and retain staff.
Gamjobs.com also accepts and encourages job seekers from the informal sector such as carpenters, masons, welders, builders, painters, metal workers, mechanics etc to upload their CVs making it a truly all-inclusive job search engine. Those without formal education can also be assisted with developing a simple CV for free or next to nothing cost. All job seekers can register for free and upload their CVs and profile.
Communication between job providers and job seekers is direct. Recently, quite a number of Europeans and other foreign nationals have expressed their admiration of Gamjobs.com and its effectiveness in linking job seekers with job providers.
Visit www.gamjobs.com to learn more
Source: http://www.ingambia.com/