Today’s job market has turned job seeking into a full-time commitment, getting a job that suits your abilities, and pays you commensurate with your skills and experience is proving to be a tall order.
These have turned job hunting to be an unpleasant and frustrating experience. This has forced many youths to utilize any available opportunity that comes their way to sustain their daily expenses.
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Muthuri Kinyamu, a travel expert, has encouraged youths to always work hard and never be discouraged, adding that no matter how long it takes, a degree makes a difference in someone’s life, whether employed or not.
He added that in reality after graduation many realize going to the university helped them.
“The truth is after graduation, some people get jobs and early success but five or ten years later, you’ll look back and see what difference going to University makes. Don’t despair, the future is bright.” Kinyamu said.
The rate of unemployment in Kenya has increased due to the adoption of technologies that have left East Africa’s largest economy with the highest unemployment rate in the region.
More than one million young people who graduate from colleges and universities annually are still struggling to search for jobs as many companies have also been retrenching their employees due to technology.
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The rise of mobile banking, hence reducing cash transactions, has allowed banks and other business owners to reduce the number of employees due to reduced physical encounters with their customers; this has caused massive job loss.
This has pushed many youths to engage in unlawful practices like stealing to get something to sustain themselves. This has also caused the increased number of suicide cases as many youths cannot sustain the pressure of being jobless and having a family to take care of.
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