Every year there is jubilation in Kenyan universities when a large number of students part with the 8-4-4 system successfully – graduation. This period is a relief for a whole lot of reason summarized as assignments, CATs and exams.
“Pictures or it didn’t happen they say”, and what better place to flaunt success than the internet? So caption after caption, these precious memories are shared with the world. For a minute, you are happy and content and proud and you deserve it! You have worked hard to earn this moment.
The thing with moments is that they are short lived. The clock on receiving financial assistance from your caregivers starts ticking faster. There is the unspoken pressure from society on top of that which you put on yourself because you need to be able to sustain yourself. School workload starts looking great from this other side of the world.
A recently aired feature titled ‘First class betrayal’ and so many other similar examples showed the real situation on the unemployment situation in Kenya. The life of a typical graduate in search of work or an internship in Kenya is brown envelopes, official clothes, interviews, the tarmac road and repeat.
The road to achieving career excellence may be tough but not impossible. Executive Edge Consulting, one of Kenya’s leading professional services firms is smoothening the process by launching a Graduate Transition Program (GTP). GTP is a finishing school whose intended purpose is to equip the fresh graduates from Universities and Colleges with essential skills to give them success in their given career paths. This intense program is coupled with apprenticeship opportunities from our partnering firms, whose aim is to expose you to real life work scenarios for career development. A highlight for the event will be on 23rd August, 2019 at St. Andrews and it is free.
It is a program that every graduate needs to make a smooth transition from 8-4-4 to the job market.