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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Tired of applying to jobs, but getting nowhere? It may be because you’re not going out of your way to network. But if you’re dreading the thought of going to another industry meet-and-greet or grabbing coffee with your former coworker, you can relax — networking can be much simpler than that. In fact, you don’t even necessarily have to leave
Continue reading 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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Photo by Talent 2 Africa ByBusiness Insider Interview questions are often designed to test candidates. Some of these questions are obviously difficult, while others are more subtle traps. Business Insider spoke to two career experts who listed some especially tricky questions to watch out for and how to answer them. Savvy hiring managers know exactly what to ask candidates. Sometimes,
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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
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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
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What do you understand when someone tells you that am studying or studied Computer Science? What really comes to your mind? The responses may vary depending on your level of expertise or exposure to the field of Computing and its related sciences. This article will target individuals who are trying to decide on whether to study Computer Science at a
Continue reading By Ebrima A.M. Sise Think about when there was no email; internet; mobile marketing; telecommuting; smart phones or tablets. When communications were not instantaneous. Less amounts of information move through to conduct businesses and keep correspondences between business owners, employees and clients. These were the dark days and only few businesses flourished under such conditions. Now the question is, how
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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Below are some, but all the many reason why employers should choose Gamjobs.com to list there vacancies. Free and easy to register, post jobs, or view candidate profiles or download their CV The site have over 5000 users, best Google ranking and strong social media presence User friendly and highly interactive Quirk and professional response to all queries Flexible payment
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By SIMON F MENDY: Some believed that low GPA is a function of not performing higher on whatever standardized grading system your school was using. Therefore, the excuse is that you didn’t study hard enough or work hard enough to understand what was expected of you so that you could perform higher. Whether that is true or not; you will
Continue reading BY Simon F Mendy The Gambia which gained independence from Britain in 1965 is the smallest country on mainland Africa. It is a long strip of land situated on Africa’s west coast and is sandwiched on either side by Senegal. Here I hash out what it is about this country that has me so enthralled. The Gambia enjoys relative peace.
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