Unfair Call for interviews

[Aqua]

Dear job seekers did you know that sometimes you are still struggling for job search because of the lack of the knowledge of the people who call people for interviews?

Sometimes I have a strong feeling that these people already have their own people and they just call people for interview just to fulfilling the procedure. Imagine this situation

A company calls you at around 18hrs or sometimes 19hrs asking you to attend an interview that will be conducted the next day? Does it real make sense even if I am in that region where the interview will be conducted to be asked for an interview within a short notice? You may be in the same region but there things you need to handover, you may be there but none of your clothes is clean for the interview.

The worse part is that in your CV you have indicated in which region you are currently (assume you are in other region), did they not read your CV? Is it possible to start a journey during the night and we all know that buses start their journey in the morning? Are these people who call people for interview considerate or they have their relatives they notified them early and "the son of peasant" will be given the information late?

One day I met I person attending an interview in Songea,he was supposed to be around for the interview at 10am and at around 07h10 he was in Iringa(from Iringa to Songea it is impossible to use 3hrs by bus/car).Why this happened? Late information for attending interview and this behaviour is increasing.

If you are blessed you should know something is not right with the organisation, serious organisations plan their work and they give you time to prepare and they do not surprise you.

Do you need a degree to be a considerate person? Still we say we are professionals however our actions contradict who we say we are.

It is time organisations and those who are involved in preparing interviews you change, give people enough time to prepare and stop surprising people. Do not use the fact that there are a large number of job seekers to your own benefit.

Do not be surprised if they say the interview was fair while deep in the root of their heart they know that knowingly/unknowingly they stopped others from attending the interview.

Another techniques these people I believe they use to minimise the number of people who will attend the interview is calling people to attend interview using e-mails. Please do not get me wrong on this; I am not saying that e-mail is not a means of communication.

Not all the time people have access to internet, sometimes you may be out of network coverage. I just want to let you know that the means of communication differ in their effectiveness-mail is a means of communication but it is not an effective means of communication for something that need an immediate action. You can minimise this by reading your e-mails everyday if you have access to internet. If you ask me I will recommend phone calls if possible followed by an e-mail and the e-mail can be used to add other details like the location of the office and others information to help the person who is supposed to attend the interview.

NB: You need to read between lines job seekers' CV, are they employed or not? Where are they currently? How long it will take for them to travel to reach your office.

Please remember you are giving information about your company in a way that you have never thought. Is it considerate? Is it organised or full of surprises? Is it working like a spy unit where info is not shared to all?

Can the government do something on this? It depends who is the government and how far they can see beyond their normal sight.
To all the job seekers "Never give up, no matter how the situation is there is always hope".

While other can see what I have explained as a problem to other it is an opportunity, there is a need for training on how to prepare and conduct interviews. It is all about "Perception", it is not a law that you should see what I see, and sometime you can not see what is not for you.

Did I say Good morning?

Good morning!

 

[Asili100]

hii ingeandikwa kwa kibantu chetu ingekaa powa sana.... Enewei labda mtoa mada ni foreigner kutoka Songea!

 

[Odili]

hii ingeandikwa kwa kibantu chetu ingekaa powa sana.... Enewei labda mtoa mada ni foreigner kutoka Songea!

cc. Aqua

 

[stranger man]

Its nicely presentation mkuu I solute you! all things u explained are real and consistencyl hususani kwa waendeshaji binafsi wasio waaminifu ambao sio tu kuwafanyia hayo bali hata kuwaita watu kwenye interview wakati selection zimeshafanyika na zimeandaliwa mfano mzuri ni kampuni fulani ya ground handling iliyopo Airport wanatabia ya kuwapotezea muda watu wakati wanawatu wao! hakuna ulazima wa kufanya hivyo waajiri bila kutangaza its part of them! at least government now days mambo yanaenda vizur

 

[saadmad]

hahahaa kweli wewe ni asili 100 ndio muda muafaka wa kutafsiri kwa kibantu ili wakina chini ya asili 100 wanufaike,

 

[saadmad]

well n indeed

 

[conductor]

Mtoa mada nakushukuru sn, hata Mi nimewah jiuliza nia ya mwajir ni nn? Kwan kuwa kaz ni two way traffic kwa maana kwamba isiwe kupimana ubavu nakutafuta mazingira ya kumkosa mwajiliwa...ndo maana mwisho wa siku wanapata viraza ambao wana uwezo mdogo sn...na hii sikwamba kuajir mwenye uwezo mdogo inamuadhir yeye tu (internal organization) bali hapo ndo mdololo wa uchumi ya nchi uanzia (macro economics inflation) maana ubora wa uzalishaji hautaonekana si umeajir kilaza kwa sababu zisizo za kitaaluma?, inasikitisha unatakangaza kaz kwenye vyombo vya habar unaweka vigezo...mfano sifa ya chini kabisa ni mwombaj ni degree moja...,basi wadiploma kamwe hatakuwa considered bora tangazo lirudiwe...hamna vya amekosa wa sifa basi tupeleke wa diploma...mtahadhiri target ya kampuni...huwez chukua mwenye diploma ya medical ajaze nafas ya doctor...hapa tatizo kuubwa...pia binafs nimeona nafas nyingi za maaumuz ktk nyanza zozote kukaliwa na,wezee imekuwa tabu kidogo kwani kuna muda ufanis wanauweka pembeni wanaleta huruma ktk kuamua...wakat "law of competetive advantage " hauruhusu hivyo..lazma mihimili mitatu katk kaziieshimiwe (skill competency n vastility) lazma mwajir awe na setting skill/ pre planned schedulle....sio tuu kuangalia tu ndugu yako ana njaa...bali anasifa ya kukaa pale?...nakumbusha TZ imekuwa ya kwanza kwa RUSHWA africa..ktk nchi 49 zilizopimwa from transparency inrernational report.

 

[Aqua]

hii ingeandikwa kwa kibantu chetu ingekaa powa sana.... Enewei labda mtoa mada ni foreigner kutoka Songea!

Kam unlishawahi kukaa na watu wa linguistic wanajua kwamba unapojifunza lugha fulani ,kwa sababu lugha ni utamaduni utaanza kusahau utamaduni wako.kwangu mimi ni rahisi kuandika haraka kwa English kuliko Swahili kwani kuna sehemu nitakwama misamihati ya kiswahili then itakuwa shida.Nikupe kikazi kidogo ili ujue kiswahili ni kigumu tafuta maana ya maneno hay kwa kiswahili

1.Team player
2.Team worker
3.thinking out of the box

haya maneno nimetoa kama mfano lakini tukubali unapojifunza lugha moja na kuacha kujifunza lugha yako unapoteza misamiati.
All in all nia yangu haikuwa nitumie lugha gani bali nifikishe ujembe,lakini pia ninapoandika kwa hiyo lugha naamini kwa wanaojifunza kuna vitu wanapata na kwa wanaojua kuna madhaifu yangu wameyaona.
Ninajua ni janga la kitaifa na ninakumbuka sana enzi zile za kuvalishana pembe la ng'ombe kisa umeongea Kiswahili.
"Ku do you do you ku say you say me".I have been there I know.

 

[sawaka]

Kam unlishawahi kukaa na watu wa linguistic wanajua kwamba unapojifunza lugha fulani ,kwa sababu lugha ni utamaduni utaanza kusahau utamaduni wako.kwangu mimi ni rahisi kuandika haraka kwa English kuliko Swahili kwani kuna sehemu nitakwama misamihati ya kiswahili then itakuwa shida.Nikupe kikazi kidogo ili ujue kiswahili ni kigumu tafuta maana ya maneno hay kwa kiswahili

1.Team player
2.Team worker
3.thinking out of the box

haya maneno nimetoa kama mfano lakini tukubali unapojifunza lugha moja na kuacha kujifunza lugha yako unapoteza misamiati.
All in all nia yangu haikuwa nitumie lugha gani bali nifikishe ujembe,lakini pia ninapoandika kwa hiyo lugha naamini kwa wanaojifunza kuna vitu wanapata na kwa wanaojua kuna madhaifu yangu wameyaona.
Ninajua ni janga la kitaifa na ninakumbuka sana enzi zile za kuvalishana pembe la ng'ombe kisa umeongea Kiswahili.
"Ku do you do you ku say you say me".I have been there I know.

safi sana mkuu