A Case Study: Does Your Degree Choice Matter for Promotions

[GERALD9949]

@Hata sikuskia vibaya

Most companies in Kenya employ people to do work they did not study in campus.

Magufuli denied mulinge change because the type of work she was to do can be done by tanzanian citizen

True, though some of them do it for ulterior motives.
Equity and National Bank used to take education students who have majored in Maths or did a major in Business and minored in Mathematics as their accountants for one reason.
They cannot join banking unions(or that was the case a few years ago).

[Ken_Sarro]

@Mediocre

Those are diplomas not degrees.

is that enough??
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[GERALD9949]

@Mediocre

Those are diplomas not degrees.

Moi does not offer a diploma in Chemical Engineering.It is a degree.

[GERALD9949]

@Ken_Sarro

is that enough??
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JKUAT’s Industrial Chemistry is however weaker than UoN or KU’s .Ironically.

[GERALD9949]

@Ken_Sarro

is that enough??
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Please do not confuse Industrial Chemistry for Chemical Engineering.
They are not the same.
Moi is the only institute that offers a Chemical Engineering degree that is recognized.Sidhani ya TUK ni recognized.
UoN and JKUAT do not offer Chemical Engineering.
They offer Industrial Chemistry which is different.

[Mediocre]

@GERALD9949

JKUAT’s Industrial Chemistry is however weaker than UoN or KU’s .Ironically.

What do you mean weaker?

[GERALD9949]

@Mediocre

What do you mean weaker?

A graduate from UoN and KU are seen as better.
UoN because they have the longest experience with the course. They also have ties to existing industries
KU because it is done with a little bit of Computing and a lot of Business Management.

[Fala_12]

@GERALD9949

A graduate from UoN and KU are seen as better.
UoN because they have the longest experience with the course. They also have ties to existing industries
KU because it is done with a little bit of Computing and a lot of Business Management.

wewe unaongea tu kujaza server

[Tia_Dalma]

I hope now everybody understands my shock to find out the head of Customer (ata sijui hii kazi yake ni nini) does not have a Business Degree (She replaced some Master degree, Professional course holders.

@Mundu Mulosi @Purple @old monk @admin we need a Jobs category for people to put up Vacancies

[GERALD9949]

@Fala 12

wewe unaongea tu kujaza server

I am talking from personal experience.
You clearly have never worked at management level anywhere.

[GERALD9949]

@Tia Dalma

I hope now everybody understands my shock to find out the head of Customer (ata sijui hii kazi yake ni nini) does not have a Business Degree (She replaced some Master degree, Professional course holders.

@Mundu Mulosi @Purple @old monk @admin we need a Jobs category for people to put up Vacancies

Ni kaa vile nilikuwa nasema.Ukienda Equity na National Bank.The accountants ni ma B.Ed kaa wote.

[omhangla]

@GERALD9949

Please do not confuse Industrial Chemistry for Chemical Engineering.
They are not the same.
Moi is the only institute that offers a Chemical Engineering degree that is recognized.Sidhani ya TUK ni recognized.
UoN and JKUAT do not offer Chemical Engineering.
They offer Industrial Chemistry which is different.

I was in moi, they offer. Very competitive with cutoff points similar to medicine. Shida most of them end up not practising. In our year, 6 of them were directly recruited by pwc, I guess to work auditing oil companies. The rest entered banks and akina bamburi. But have a friend who started a very innovative company that is doing very well

[Bwenyenye]

@Tia Dalma

Sylvia Wairimu Mulinge (née Sylvia Wairimu), is a Kenyan businesswoman and corporate executive. Since November 2018, she serves as the Chief Customer Officer at Safaricom, reporting directly to the chief executive officer of the telecommunications company.[1]

She was born in Kenya and attended St. Xaviers Primary School (1983-1990) in the town of Nakuru, and Mary Mount Secondary School (1991-1994) for her elementary and secondary education. She studied at the University of Nairobi, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science and Technology.[5]

Note, Food science is the science of nature devoted to the study of food; it is often confused with “food technology”. The Institute of Food Technologists defines food science as “the discipline in which the engineering, biological, and physical sciences are used to study the nature of foods, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming public”.[1]

This job (Chief Customer Officer) is not a job for a Food Science degree holder! It should be a BComm holder (even better a Chartered Institute of Marketing member)

Now even worse (or good for motivation) is Robert Collymore does not even have a Degree.

statistically speaking, thats an n of 1. that’s a small sample size.

[GERALD9949]

@omhangla

I was in moi, they offer. Very competitive with cutoff points similar to medicine. Shida most of them end up not practising. In our year, 6 of them were directly recruited by pwc, I guess to work auditing oil companies. The rest entered banks and akina bamburi. But have a friend who started a very innovative company that is doing very well

The advantage of engineering, you can be taken on by most companies when it comes to Management Trainee programs. However, for chemical engineers, I often advice working abroad (which btw, is not that hard to get. If you do German up to B2,I know many many German companies that can take on even a fresh graduate) then using the experience to gain work here. There are many factories in Kenya that can take on chemical engineers, but ukianza nao jamani!!Utalipwa vibaya and moving up is hard. But if you have international experience, you can join the middle level employees immediately.
You can start a company but that comes with its own pitfalls. Being Kenya and all. The ones who joined PwC, si walikipatapata the first three months:D:D:D:D:D.

[mamen16]

@Pseudo

Yeah! Rumor has it alishika Collymore akimasturbate to gay porn so ikabidi apigwe promotions ndo asiseme:D:D

Ni kama wewe ni gay

[montecarlo]

@Tia Dalma

I hope now everybody understands my shock to find out the head of Customer (ata sijui hii kazi yake ni nini) does not have a Business Degree (She replaced some Master degree, Professional course holders.

@Mundu Mulosi @Purple @old monk @admin we need a Jobs category for people to put up Vacancies

@priss inbox adverts zenyu. Hiyo ofisi yenyu sigwes mind

[Galeat]

I find that education is very important, but for some positions not so critical. As for example customer service, it is much more important to have good communication and service skills rather than University degree. With some other professions, knowledge and experience would be on a first place

[Tshabalala]

@Tia Dalma

Watu kama Sisi wenye tuko na Masters, I don’t see how it is helping me; maybe kidogo.

But, I seem to note women leaving a husband because she wants to scale the corporate ladder. Only that is not the best way you get a promotion.

Also today we start our first recruitment exercise this year. The way the wording for the job requirements has to change. No more specifics like “A holder of BComm, Accounting” or " 5 years experience".

nko na hiyo b com accounting and I need a job. How can I apply? Thanks

[Bazuka]

@Tia Dalma

Sylvia Wairimu Mulinge (née Sylvia Wairimu), is a Kenyan businesswoman and corporate executive. Since November 2018, she serves as the Chief Customer Officer at Safaricom, reporting directly to the chief executive officer of the telecommunications company.[1]

She was born in Kenya and attended St. Xaviers Primary School (1983-1990) in the town of Nakuru, and Mary Mount Secondary School (1991-1994) for her elementary and secondary education. She studied at the University of Nairobi, graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Food Science and Technology.[5]

Note, Food science is the science of nature devoted to the study of food; it is often confused with “food technology”. The Institute of Food Technologists defines food science as “the discipline in which the engineering, biological, and physical sciences are used to study the nature of foods, the causes of deterioration, the principles underlying food processing, and the improvement of foods for the consuming public”.[1]

This job (Chief Customer Officer) is not a job for a Food Science degree holder! It should be a BComm holder (even better a Chartered Institute of Marketing member)

Now even worse (or good for motivation) is Robert Collymore does not even have a Degree.

An MBA is Worthless