The Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) took the world by storm and replaced certain jobs like postman, journalist or even teacher. The digital revolution has taken over in both the finance and marketing area. The American website Linkedln, created in 2003 and used for professional networking, has changed the relationships between candidates and recruiters.
Community Manager: a vital job in Africa
We can’t talk about new jobs in the Communication and Internet departement without mentioning the Community Manager position. This job consists of hosting and developing communities, on the Internet, for a company, a Brand, a celebrity or even an Institution to name a few.
AFRICAN DAYS OF EMPLOYMENT
Talent2Africa is a partner of the 3rd edition of the African days of development of employment organized by ARCID (African Research Center for Innovation & Development), 26 and 27 April 2019 at UCAD.
ARCID is a non-profit organization dedicated to researchers and professionals. It is created in the perspective of developing new forms of innovation in organizations and contributing to the development of the business context of African countries
JADE is an annual, unmissable event that offers exceptional job and recruitment opportunities in Africa, and for Africa. An opportunity for executives or young graduates, in post, research or reflection on their professional development to meet the main recruitment agencies, many companies and famous partners of employment and training on the African continent. The program of JADE 2019 is as follows:
An inaugural conference
Business Networking
Round tables
Thematic workshops
Recruitment simulation. It represents the proof of truth, in other words a return on the posture, the knowing how to be, and overall on the image that the individual releases during a job interview. This simulation aims to help school winners get closer to the reality of interviews in companies on the African continent.
and coaching session.
Note that a hackJade concept will be in the form of competition between the best project carriers.
Many other innovative will be offered:
The launch of a call for innovative project ideas in promising sectors for Senegal and Morocco: Agriculture and fisheries, tourism, Art and culture …,
Registration on an Open Innovation platform for submission of project ideas
The selection of ideas by a HackJade commission will contain the following activities:
Training cycle on “Smart Entrepreneurship” for leaders of project ideas (in Morocco and Senegal). The objective of this training is to support young people with ideas to realize them
Competition in the form of Pitch and selection of the three best projects
For more information, visit www.arcid.org
Africa: where do women stand in the development of Africa ?
The role, women could play in social-economic development has always been an important topic for researchers all around the world. Especially in Africa where there is a misconception of what a woman really is and because of that, they are viewed as second class citizens. Despise all that, we must admit that the African continent cannot be truly developed without women.
Those african countries that are getting ahead of Europe
Doing business in Africa is not complicated anymore, at least in some parts of the continent. Indeed, this last few years, lots of reforms have been put in place in order to make it easier to do business in those countries. In practice,those reforms resulted in creating a business environment that is more convenient and attractive. At least, that is what have been said during the 2019 edition of World Bank’s “Doing Business”.
Digital communication in Africa: a pot of gold for job seekers
The advent of digital technology has taken the communication world by storm, offering new paradigm of communication different from what we have always known. No one can resist its power, not even Africa. Just like the rest of the world, the African continent is more and more immersed in this quite new digital technology era.
Dealing with the issue of unfit training-employment in Africa
Hiring qualified human resources is quite the big challenge considering the undergoing changes happening in the job market. It is mostly due to the fact that the type of qualifications individuals have is not up to standard with the qualifications that the businesses need. This significant unbalance has always been an obstacle when hiring young people in Africa whose unemployment rate is on the rise.
The reasons behind the marginalization of Africa in World Trade
Just like a boomerang, discussions about why Africa can’t benefit from world trade keep coming back, harder and stronger. According to World Bank and the IMF, Africa is guilty of not adjusting to the neoliberal economy and therefore not being capable of measuring up to the World Trade system. Even though it is hard to escape from a cliché, this simplistic opinion couldn’t be further from the truth.
The emergence of the African Economy, a Myth or a reality ?
This last few years the concept of emergence have become part of the vocabulary of the decision makers. It has been in the center of all the speeches and discussions related to economics and politics since the end of the year 2000.
How to deal with emotions in a place of business?
Sometimes we can be defensive towards critics in a work place for the sole reason that they have that capacity of disrupting our emotions, our normal behavior or worse our productivity. A simple heated argument during a meeting or during a random inquiry could have bad effect in our self-esteem. It could have a great impact in our work relationship or even our career. That’s the reason why it is so important to be able to develop proper management skills while dealing with situations of conflict.
Self-control and keeping your cool are the keys
Taking control of your emotions are the main skills that are needed to be developed in your work relationships and especially in tense situations. We must keep our cool in any circumstance. Remember that you are in control of a situation when you succeeded in controlling yourself. Those are the main reasons why we suggest that you use different techniques such as breathing control, meditation, visualizing. When you are in a situation of conflict, the first thing you need to do it to be stable emotionally, mentally and physically, you must take your mind to another space. Be capable of spotting criticism and responding to it Here are 3 situations to help you give the appropriate answers:When you know that you were wrong and that they had every right to criticize you
- Accept the other person’s perception, you can also express yours.
- If you recognize that you were wrong just apologize.
- If you believe that you didn’t make a mistake then walk that person into your reasoning to get them to understand your perception.
- Do not hesitate to tell the real reason that made you act a certain way.
- Agree to disagree when the person you are talking to is not opened to a resolution.
When you were wrongfully accused and did not deserve the criticisms
Here are different ways to express yourself:- Basic assertiveness: “There must have been a misunderstanding because I did not…”
- Empathetic assertiveness: “I understand your frustration, however I did not…”
- Gradual assertiveness: “I understand you are appalled, but once again I did not…”
- Confrontation assertiveness: “I made it clear several times, already that I did not act the way you say I acted. I suggest we …”
- When it is confusing: You do not know that they are talking about.
- Ask for some precisions: “I need to have more information about the changes you want me to make.”, “what do you call acting weird at the meeting?”, “what makes you say that? »,» at what particular time did I act like a selfish person”, “I can see that you are upset with me so what did I do to make you feel that way?”
- Do not be afraid to give critics if the person you are talking to is evasive.
- Conclude with the realization that there has been a misunderstanding or a disagreement and made it clear that we can take a different approach to deal with the situation.
- Do not speak too much. Listen and rephrase. Silent is gold, use it as a weapon.
- Be brief, do not go round in circles, and make the situation progress.
- Be polite, it can’t hurt you.
- Do not justify your behavior but clarify it.
- If you are wrong, do not feel guilty, everybody makes mistakes.
- Be discreet and classy: you do not need to let everybody in the office know about what happened. Chit chatting is very tempting however it is to avoid.
- To conclude if the other party admit to its mistake and apologize, let it go, you do not need to make the situation worse. Happy endings are always the best.