Unemployment rate in the Gambia has increased to 9.50% in 2017 compared to 9.40% in 2016 respectively. By extension, lead to an averaged of 9.35% from 1991 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 9.50% in 2017 and a record low of 9.10% in 1991. While access to employment in Gambia is a challenge to many, young people are
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Gambia has undergone several years of dictatorship, during this period, the county was virtually shut down for foreign national, often, due to fear of the regime.Apart from tourist visiting the country mostly during the winter for sunshine,Gambia’s doors were closed for foreign workers. Now that the country had a smooth transition, several foreign nationals are eying the country as their
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Are you a fresh graduate and about to start looking for job? Here are few steps you can take to land yourself a job right after graduation: Create/Polish Your Resume This is the first and most important step. You can’t do anything else until you have a resume to give to hiring managers and recruiters. First, you typically want to
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We have just entered into 2018 and obviously many professionals desire a new job, promotion or career change. When you start to feel like your career is becoming stagnant, it`s time to push the reset button and upgrade yourself the same way you upgrade the mobile apps on your smartphone. Below, are five powerful strategies that can help you to
Continue reading Culled from Glassdoor.com If there’s one thing that drives people crazy when applying to jobs, it’s the uncertainty. Of course, you alwayswantto geta job offer, but if recruiters give you a prompt feedback on your application status — even if it’s negative — you can generally deal with it pretty well. Those days after an interview where you aren’t quite
Continue reading We all know that job interview never seems to be a glass of “ataaya” that can be just gulped down easily, even when you have gone through various interviews in your career. The feeling of going through an interview is the same – jitteriness. Considering that the company is vetting you against numerous other candidates, it is always a good
Continue reading We all know the clichés when looking for a job. Have connections, put out a good resume, dress nice, follow-up, and so forth. It’s annoying looking for advice and getting what should be common sense. The problem is that everyone else is doing these things, and they won’t help you stick out from the crowd. Sometimes you have to think
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It is a new Gambia and women entrepreneurs are not taking anything for granted in leading Gambia’ s new business ecosystem. In recent years we have seen women rise above and succeed in places and avenues they were once denied access. In the smiling coast of Africa, a new era has dawned – the new era for Gambian women Entrepreneurship.
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Thinking of starting a business in the new Gambia but you are not sure of the sector? Then, read these 10 sectors with investment opportunities. The sectors mentioned in this article have created some of the successful entrepreneurs in the Gambia and If you want to increase your chances of building a successful business in the new Gambia, these opportunities
Continue reading By Ebrima Sawaneh Many new job seekers tend to wounder why they are not shortlisted after meeting the basic educational requirements for a job advert. However, if we take a serious review of most applications, you will found out that most first time applicants ignore the common saying “first impression matters”. In this article, I have reviewed 5 tiny but
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Over the past few years The Gambia witnessed a steady rise in entrepreneurship in the country which has been brought about by government policies especially through GIEPA, GCCI and other agencies such as NEDI, NEMA, GICAV etc. There have been a number of projects geared towards encouraging entrepreneurship in the country and amongst them are the EMPRETEC Training program (coordinated
Continue reading By Ebrima S. Dem I recently started reading about the online community in The Gambia. Not just Gambians on social media but also home grown grown websites. My intention was to see which websites are most visited and how online businesses can target this growing trend of online interest, so as improve overall business performance and drive business in the
Continue readingGamjobs.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 isthe most popular and interactive social platforms in the country. In
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By Simon F. Mendy, You can never predict for sure which questions you’ll be asked in a job interview. However, these six questions are guaranteed to come up in most (if not all) job interviews — regardless of your industry, your experience level, and job type. At the top of this list is “Tell me about yourself”. The interviewer’s ultimate
Continue reading It is not only phenomenally important to complete an internship to avoid “the how-can-I-get-experience-if-I-have- no-experience dilemma”; but also your internship can earn you a full time job. In fact most employers increasingly see their internship programs as the best path for hiring entry-level candidates meaning your internship can be an avenue to a full time job. But how can you
Continue reading The Gambia’s job market is a highly volatile place today with many jobs to be filled and many people including non Gambians jostling to fill them any given time. Why is this? This is because of technological and social change. The Gambia is taking advantage of the phenomenal changes in technologies, developed during the preceding decades—the computers, digital electronics, and
Continue readingEmails addresses like: sexybabe69@gmail.com, danboy@yahoo.com, preacherman@hotmail.com, madcobra@live.com etc are not appealing to most employers. If you are applying for jobs at gamjobs.com, and have something similar to these as your profile email address, we recommend that you change it. A good email for professional purposes can be something like yourname.surename@example.com, namesurename@gmail.com, surenamename@ymail.com etc . Emails addresses like these make employers
Continue readingByNatalia Baryshnikova Every manager wants Why Managers Fail at Hiring Good Peoplto hire talented people and help their teams become high performing. But why do some managers and teams fail at it so often? Here is my list of five common mistakes that cost you good candidates – and suggestions how to avoid them. #1 You Don’t Know What You
Continue reading1. Many people believe that the more resumes and job applications you send in, the higher your chances of securing a job. This is just not true. What matters is quality – not quantity. 2. It’s also widely believed that cover letters and thank-you letters are not only unimportant, but a waste of time. This is a big mistake! These
Continue readingIf you’re relatively new to your career, you’re probably asking yourself “what can I do to be successful?” Well I’ve had the opportunity to work with hundreds of amazing people over the years and there’s one trait thatalways comes throughamong the highly successful: Hard work. Of all the things you can do to be a success, the one which
Continue readingIn Gambia, many people have agreed that it’s all about who you know thats gives you job. If this is the case, then it is good that you connect and know the people that matters. And one way of doing that is networking. Networking with the right people in your industry can open doors for you and help your career
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By Aji Fatima Jobe In recent years, Africa has witnessed an exciting technological awakening, withQR codestaking center stage. Imagine these black-and-white squares as magic keys that, when you scan them with your smartphone, open the door to a world of possibilities. From lively marketplaces to life-saving healthcare, QR codes, or “Quick Response” codes, have been spreading like wildfire across Africa,
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By Ousman Seckan I will begin by stressing that no matter the situation at the workplace, collaboration is always better than confrontation. While some business executive in The Gambia work hard to ensure a healthy employer – employee relationship frictions at workplace, some are not. This friction can emanate either from the employer or the employee . In this article, I explain ways
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan For many new employees, negotiating a better salary is no go area. This is because they are worried to be seen as too greedy. As a new employee, there are better ways to negotiate for better salary at onset without causing misunderstanding. While voicing your concern for better pay may lead to rise in pay, there are
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan It is usually an exciting moment when you receive a call or letter that you are offereda job. However, not all job offers may meet your expectation. In such situation is advisable to reject such offers that accepting knowing that you will not be happy doing the job. There are several reasons why some job offers maybe
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Gamjobs.com has new feature that notify candidate of jobs opportunities based on their preferences. In this new feature, candidates can choose to receive job alerts base on job category, keywords, job location or job types etc. They can also choose the frequency they want to receive this notification (i.e. Daily, Weekly or monthly) To set this up, visit www.gamjobs.com, login
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan While the social media hasease theway we search and find jobs, it hasalsobrought several challenges for job seekers. One of these is a fake job advert. Sometimes jobs advertised on-line and even in newspapershave been found to be fake. The fraudsters capitalize on desperate situations of job seekers, especially young graduates and defraud them of their meager
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan In the Gambia, some workers fear performance appraisal because they see it as a witch -hunt meant for supervisors to expose their weakness. The fear of supervisors using appraisal tools to punish or even threaten their subordinates make them quite uneasy. These among other reasons make some workers in the Gambia fear appraisal so much. In fact, some staff see it as
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan Gamjobs through REAP project and with support from Migration and Sustainable Development Gambia (MSDG) and GK Partnershas rolled out returnees’ training on soft skills, job coaching, and placement opportunities in the Gambia. Three hundred thousand dalasis (300,000) is earmarked for this project, which will run for 6 months. Dodou Kah, the Talent and Career Coach, Gamjobs,said the
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan The excitement you feel when called for job interview is quite phenomenal, but this excitement can be ruined inadvertently when you do not know the right respond to a few interview questions. Scores of interviewees in the Gambia are usually eager to respond to questions instead of carefully analyzing them for befitting responses. In this article, I
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan In the Gambia, job seekers are usually quick to complain of the turn-down of their carefully prepared applications when they have met the requirements and also answered all the interview questions. It wonders them what is actually responsible for this rejection despite their qualification and experience. In this article, I will discuss 5 things recruiting managers are
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan Recruiters aim in job interview is to ascertain candidate’s suitability for the job. This allows them to scout out best from a pool of potentially qualified candidates. Thus, all questions in an interview are designed to get as much information as possible from the candidate to help the recruiters to arrive at good decision. As a candidate,
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan In the Gambia, the general perception that if your job application is rejected after supposedly meeting the required qualifications, there is no doubt the job is given to a relative, friend or a loved one. While I cannot refute this possibility in its entirety; I’m with the conviction not all positions can be given to relatives, especially
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan Like elsewhere around the world, employers in the Gambia are seemingly engaged in competition for top talents to keep their services and businesses thriving. As such, technical and professional capabilities aren’t enough to excel professionally and sustain a job. Recruiters are increasingly concerned about soft skills because they have come to realize that these skills drive performance.
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan Do you follow Gamjobs on social media? If yes, perhaps you have been seen several wrong ways some Gambians apply for jobs online. Well, Gamjobs has over the years compiled these not-so-good job application methods, and now wish to use them to advise job seekers on how they can change their application procedures that would lead them
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan It’s common in the Gambia for someone to apply for a job vacancy multiple times without any success. While you need not to relent in applying for your dream job, there is a limit to incessant application of a particular job. Besides, you may wonder what has gone wrong for not getting the job offer or even
Continue reading By Ousman Seckan In the Gambia, there is a general belief that it is only through personal contact and referral that one can get a job. While it is undeniable that personal contact is an important element in job searching anywhere in the world, it is not the only option available to job seekers. Searching for job, they say, is
Continue reading If there is any positive lesson taken from the COVID pandemic, it is the importance of technology in our lives. Digital transformation has become the order of day, even for those without technologies. Every sector, organizations, institutions and even people’s family engagement were all digitized, leaving many people marginalized. The lingering question is how do we level the playing field
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Usually, graduations are term as achievement and show some degree of success. It is very beautiful to see one-self graduating from a university. Grandaunts tend to have rationale and super spirits whenever they think of the life that awaits them. From the four years’ experience, they will take with them the memories, good and bad and as well relationship that
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Gamjobs in collaboration with UNDP-The Gambia Accelerator Lab has introduced an SMS service targeting job seekers and employers, geared toward increasing public access to job information. This will enable job seekers and employers to be receiving regular job information amid coronavirus pandemic. Through the service, job seekers will receive real-time SMS alerts of existing job opportunities directly on their mobile
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