"DARAJA LA MAFANIKIO" SEMINAR ORGANISED BY THE AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN TANZANIA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BANK M A HUGE SUCCESS

Bank M Deputy CEO, Jacqueline Woiso addresses the audience during AmCham-TZ's 'Daraja la Mafanikio' seminar, which was held in Dar es Salaam yesterday. The seminar was organised by the American Chamber of Commerce in Tanzania (AmCham-TZ) in partnership with Bank M.

Executive Director of AmCham-TZ, Richard Miles addresses the audience to mark the start of the seminar, which was organised by AmCham-TZ in partnership with Bank M.

Participants listening carefully to recruitment professionals during AmCham-TZ's 'Daraja la Mafanikio' seminar, which was organised by AmCham-TZ in partnership with Bank M.

A full day seminar dubbed “DARAJA LA MAFANIKIO” (Bridge to Success) which was organized by the America Chamber of Commerce (AmCham-TZ) in partnership with Bank M Tanzania Plc. took place yesterday at the Diamond Jubilee Hall in Dar es Salaam, and was a tremendous success. The seminar focused on helping Tanzanians strengthen their job hunting skills and strategies and included guidance by Human Resources Executives from some of Tanzania’s largest and most respected corporations across a wide variety of sectors. The seminar hosted about 4,000 attendees including corporate professionals and recent college graduates.

The turnout highlighted the fact that employment is a sector which needs to be looked at with the most priority, and the need to have such seminars is another area which needs to be stipulated.

AmCham-TZ Executive Director, Richard Miles said “While unemployment is a major problem in Tanzania, many young people find themselves waiting for a job. There are job vacancies remaining open right now, not because Tanzanians lack the skills for these positions, but because they lack the knowledge of how to go out and get them. We at the American Chamber of Commerce in Tanzania felt we could share best practices to help Tanzanian job seekers effectively compete for these positions, and our message is ‘don’t wait’ – learn how to go and get these jobs. The response to this event underscores how deeply needed these skills are.”

Ms. Jacqueline Woiso, Bank M’s Deputy CEO who were the main sponsors of the event, speaking after the seminar said “I’m very much excited, this seminar has made us feel very proud that we have supported something which has a major impact to the community especially the youth. It’s something which we will definitely continue supporting.”

The seminar provided training for job-seekers, including how to prepare a CV, how to interview, and how to use social media. The skill-building presentations were followed by a Panel Discussion made up of hiring professionals and HR managers, which included a lively question and answer period, where job seekers had an opportunity to ask direct questions to the panel and being responded.

Apart from Bank M who were the main sponsors of the event, other sponsors included Vodacom, Symbion, Pyramid Pharma, Worldwide Movers, Formula 10 Hospitality Group, Kilombero Valley Teak Co, Alistair Logistics, ImpactAfya, G4S, Kamal Group, CFAO Motors, Khangarue Media, Mylan Pharmaceuticals, MMI Tanzania, Anda African Adventure, Kazi Services, Tanzania Conference Services & Quincewood.