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
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Culled from Africa Business Communities founded Gambia’s most popular job-search website, Gamjobs.com. He also co-founded in Spain the GAC – Gambia Association in Catalonia, a migrant support system. His interview with Africa Business Communities: Would you please introduce GMJOBS? GMJOBS is an online advertisement, job listing and marketing firm registered in the Gambia in October 2014. It is the country’s
Continue reading We are looking for good article relating to contract procedure and social security contribution requirements and benefits and any other contractual rules for foreigners in the Gambia. We need this information to updates foreigners who might be thinking to relocate, live and work in the Gambia.If you can help in researching and writing this article, please contact us: info@gamjobs.com Best wishes
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 readingHaving reviewed hundreds of resumes posted at www.gamjobs.com , we have realized that there are common errors in the way many job seekers in the Gambia write covers letters which limits their chances to get hired. Key errors we observed on their resumes are: Many don’t have cover letter at all, despite been requirement for the job application Cover letters are too scanty
Continue readingIf you’re looking for a new job, internship, volunteer opportunies or perhaps a career change in the Gambia, we can help you stay ahead of the game. Follow our 4 simple steps and you’ll be leading the pace for your dream career: 1. Visit www.gamjobs.com 2. Click on the tap “Register‘ enter your username and email and click “send” Your
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
Continue readingGetting a job can sometime be a difficult process; you may have the right qualifications, language skills and work experience, but if your CV is not presented in the correct format or does not highlight your best features it may never get seen by the people that count. Its for this reason, Gamjobs.com introduced a new CV review services to
Continue readingThere are always good reasons why you should post your jobs at Gamjobs.com, Gambia’s first job website: These are: Services are relatively affordable or free of charge You can quickly reach specific and targeted audience for your job listing view professional’s resumes and contact details of large pool of qualified prospects Receive updates of new resumes of professionals that match
Continue readingAre you an employer in the Gambia searching for professionals jobseekers ? Gamjobs.com can offer your real time chances to reach the quality candidates you need by the click. We offer you the opportunity to post your job free, get featured at the top of gamjobs home and category page plus other advantages. Be a smart employer, go online, go
Continue readingJob interviews can be a daunting, scary experience but you can ditch the nerves by preparing answers to popular interview questions before you head out the door.We take a look at the different types of interview question you can expect to get and offer you advice on how to go about giving answers that will get you the job. So, it’s
Continue readingLots of people go into interviews thinking that they can just ‘wing it’; after all, there are so many potential questions that an interviewer can ask it’s almost impossible to predict, right? Wrong! . Sure, some questions are always going to be a surprise but most questions, including difficult questions, can be prepared for. We tackle some toughies for you, here…
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