Youth Employment in Uganda - Ever Jobs Career Report
Guest Blog From Everjobs Uganda: This months’ Everjobs Uganda Career Report takes a closer look at the Ugandan job seeker market. According to a World Bank report, 70% of Ugandan fresh graduates are deemed unemployable. In 2012, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics exposed that the share of unemployed youth, which is the group aged between 18-30 years, among the total unemployed individuals within Uganda was 64%. This is also seen among the Job seekers, as the majority of job seekers is under 30 years of age. According to the everjobs Uganda Marketing Manager Andreas Schühly everjobs takes this into account for the marketing strategy. “ We at everjobs know that the young generation is highly tech savvy and that we can find them on the different Social Media channels. Consequently we get in touch with them on portals like Facebook and Twitter. We try to motivate them and provide relevant information to support them in career building. Through these channels we can engage...