paper based career
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Effects of pursuing academic qualifications for promotion & Standing out at labor marketTRANSCRIPT
Paper –Based Career model Pathway to Frustration
Over the last 5 years enrollment to the universities has registered phenomenal increase by 103% from about 118,000 in 2008 to 240,000 in 2012(Second MTP, Ministry of planning and devolution) Majority of these are employees. This could be attributable to the need for promotion at workplace and/or favorable competiveness in the job market. Note, just like in any other market, in the job-market the principle of demand and supply also applies. Therefore, high under-employment due to high supply of labor is inevitable. The effect of under-employment causes low staff morale, lack of innovativeness, increased work-related stress, emotional disconnection due to job dissatisfaction, low productivity and high staff turnover. The employee get trapped in a rat-race cycles searching for greener pastures from one organization to another that remain to be a pipe dream. Have a look at a paper-based career model……
Paper-Based Career Model
Paper Promotion Stagnation Crisis frustration
1. Enrolling for the Degree
On the basis of short-term demand…..
Many adverts for Purchasing & supplies jobs in counties,
Disaster management due to Westgate attack,
Retirement age of your boss,
What every body else is doing
etc
2. Short-lived Happiness
Graduation
Successful Interview
Promotion
More responsibilities
Un-met dead lines
Un-achieved- Targets
Low morale
3. Role-Interest Conflict
stagnation
Poor pay
Competition
unrecognition
4. Career Crisis
5. Frustrations
I Give UP!...
Alcoholism
Corruption
Back-stabbing
Bitterness
Abusiness
In the July 2013 issue of Kenya Power ‘s organizational change
and rebranding magazine-Mwangaza, a report on employees
engagement was given. In the report, 61% of the employee are
likely not engaged, 28% are actively disengaged and only 12%
are engaged. While recognizing the importance of capacity
building and mission alignment as recommendations by the
report, my crystal ball tells me that the outcome reflected in the
report has a dimension in paper-based career – of course with
enough reasons to support this position.
In my view looking forward, interventions that will win back the lost
souls back to the company business as an emergency response
would be recommended in the short-run. Then, individual
capacity, talent and skills (Authentic genes) be matched with the
job placements to ignite PASSION amongst the staff members.
The passion will sparkle creativity and drive innovativeness
among the staff members who will then put Customer’s interest
First. This unity of purpose will generate synergy in One Team in
pursuit of Excellence in all that they do. Every staff members will
voluntarily endeavour to protect Integrity of their shining BRANDS
individually!
Yours host,
James Mathenge
@mathengejames