Job hunting in Africa

29 January 2019, 01:24

My company is doing a project in Ghana and we put an Ad in the paper for applicants to submit their CVs for aptitude testing, for 32 operations, maintenance and administrative positions at a power plant. In the first two days we have received over 1,000 applications.

We have rented a hall for it but it looks like we are going to have to do the screening in shifts to get through them all.

Frank

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29 January 2019, 04:44

Beretta682E

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Originally posted by Fjold:
My company is doing a project in Ghana and we put an Ad in the paper for applicants to submit their CVs for aptitude testing, for 32 operations, maintenance and administrative positions at a power plant. In the first two days we have received over 1,000 applications.

We have rented a hall for it but it looks like we are going to have to do the screening in shifts to get through them all.

It might also show how limited good jobs.

No shortage of help wanted at low paying service jobs.

Mike

30 January 2019, 20:14

Grizzly Adams

I know a guy who worked for Shell in Nigeria, for years. He has no love for Africans.

Some good You Tubes about Chinese working with locals to be found as well.

Grizz

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31 January 2019, 01:28

Fjold

quote:
Originally posted by Beretta682E:
quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
My company is doing a project in Ghana and we put an Ad in the paper for applicants to submit their CVs for aptitude testing, for 32 operations, maintenance and administrative positions at a power plant. In the first two days we have received over 1,000 applications.

We have rented a hall for it but it looks like we are going to have to do the screening in shifts to get through them all.

It might also show how limited good jobs.

No shortage of help wanted at low paying service jobs.

Mike

100's of the applicants are degreed engineers for the operating technician positions.

31 January 2019, 05:00

Beretta682E

quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
quote:
Originally posted by Beretta682E:
quote:
Originally posted by Fjold:
My company is doing a project in Ghana and we put an Ad in the paper for applicants to submit their CVs for aptitude testing, for 32 operations, maintenance and administrative positions at a power plant. In the first two days we have received over 1,000 applications.

We have rented a hall for it but it looks like we are going to have to do the screening in shifts to get through them all.

It might also show how limited good jobs.

No shortage of help wanted at low paying service jobs.

Mike

100's of the applicants are degreed engineers for the operating technician positions.

Expat package and overseas us citizen tax loophole but other than that I see little reason for engineers to leave us for overseas.

Mike