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The Behavior of Millenials in the Digital Age.

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Let me start by defining Millenials in a simpler and clear way for everyone to understand. Millenials are youths both female and male that were born between 1984 to around 1994. Its complicated to learn and understand this group but it has even become harder in the social media age. Talk to any current CEOs about employing these young people and then they will express their excitement by emphasizing how good they are at technology and how miserable they are at EQ (Emotional Intelligence) and work behavior. But what is the real challenge affecting today's youths? You may doubt it but here is my take on what I think is the prime problem; the youths have been lied to that all is simple and that they can live a fancy lifestyle without struggles. This behavior is particularly exhibited in the way youths interpret  the meaning of success and how fast they want to live a flamboyant lifestyle without putting in the work. If you have been watching the so called motivati...

Youth Employment in Uganda - Ever Jobs Career Report

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  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...