The Job Hunt!

They said the credit crunch in the US wouldn't reach us here in Africa, how wrong they were. They said the effects of the crunch wouldn't be as strongly felt here, how mistaken they were. They said nothing was going to happen to our jobs, how misinformed they were.

I had a great job doing what I loved, with a bunch of people with whom I got along wondrously. The only drawback in all this was that the company was young and foreign so when the crunch hit, we were in the center of the maelstrom. I have often wondered at what might have been, but I know better now not to go down that road of despair because coming back from it is an almost superhuman task.

When you get to a certain age all over the world (though in all honesty the actual age varies depending on the part of the world you inhabit) you inherit responsibilities. Meeting these responsibilities, however, is a gargantuan task if one has no gainful employment as I have come to painfully discover. But I digress...

One of the hardest things in the job seeker environment is being told that you are, and I quote "Over-qualified". I understand that to mean I am so qualified to do the job, that I might do it better than it deserves. Come on employers, seriously! Give me a chance and if I shine too much, you can ask me to tone it down. How is that?
If you think I'll want more money, you are wrong. The first thing a Ugandan job seeker will say when asked what he'd like to be paid is, "...what my peers in this position earn..." Never "...what my academic peers earn..." Give us a chance. No give ME a chance.

Anyway, enough ranting and raving, time to polish my CV and hit the streets yet some more. If you know any employer looking for an IT person, or an Administrator, or whatever needs doing, call me up.

They said we'd get back on our feet fast; Oh, how they lied!