Nikkon Success Kenya Ltd. deals with the distribution and sale of electrical and electronics products such as Street Lanterns, Highbay and Lowbay Lights, Floodlights, Energy Saver Bulbs, Electronic Gensets, Automatic Voltage Stabilizers among others.
We are currently looking for capable and highly motivated individuals to fill the following vacancies:
 Graduate from any recognized University, CPA (K) or equivalent.At least 3 years of relevant work experience.Proficiency in computer application packages and QuickBooks.Strong planning, organizational and analytical skillsAbility to work in a team with excellent writing and verbal skillsConfidential, honest and diligent individual.Graduate from any recognized university or High Diploma in stores Management.3 years increasingly responsible experience working in a busy warehouse or store.Ability to work in a team and to perform physical activities such as, but not limited to, lifting, bending, standing, climbing or walking on a consistent basis.Degree in Marketing or any other related field.At least 5 years in a busy environment with excellent writing and verbal skillsResponsible for the marketing of company products and services to the right marketBe able to demonstrate technical marketing skills and company product knowledge.Ability to work in a team.Be able to manage and direct other sales staff in the companyDiploma in Marketing or any other related field.At least 5 years in a busy environment with excellent writing and verbal skillsResponsible for the marketing of company products and services to the right marketBe able to demonstrate technical marketing skills and company product knowledge.Ability to work in a team.Female candidates are encouraged to applyIf you are looking for a challenge and career growth and want to be part of our team, send your CV, Cover Letter and Certificates indicating availability and current remuneration not later than 5th May 2014 to vacansk@gmail.com. Successful applicants will be notified through email by 8th May 2014.

Most successful career women who have attained a level of success are erroneously blaming the men in their lives with little or lower level of success for their failed relationships.

Divorces are on the rise and a large number of them are resulting from this one misinterpreted word-independence. Women are taking this word too far from the usual. Independence is defined as freedom from control or influence of another or others, the state of being in a position to take charge of your life right from your finances to your social life not the power to intimidate others.

Well, this word has ruined many homes especially when a woman earns enough or more than the spouse. Let’s hit it, women can show “madharau ndogo ndogo” with a slight rise of their finances especially when the man in their life earns slightly….underline slightly less than them.

This does not apply to all successful women out there. There are women who earn more than their spouses but are still respectful in the relationship. I have nothing against a woman’s success.

I am proud of women who have beaten the long term myth that associated them with the lesser or less engaging and less profitable roles in life. Both genders are entitled to equal opportunities in life.

I would dare to say that the women who believe that their success causes men to run and hide are either seeking out the type of men who feel as if the man has to be 100% in charge of every facet of the relationship or these women are in denial of the fact that they have one or more flaws in their personality which is repelling men.

I do not know of a single case in the real world where a man was run off because the woman he was dating or married too was too successful. Funny how no such drama arises in cases where a very learned or very successful man is dating or married to a not so learned/successful woman .

Prove me wrong, in every five homes in Kenya, three have successful career/business men with ‘0’ level partners and there’s no problem with that. But it is a fact that most of these homes are often more peaceful than those having an opposite arrangement or with two partners competing over success and money.

We all want to be successful, independent and all that but respect for each other should apply at all times. Let’s look at it critically, men don’t like no matter what level of success a woman may think what she has is as follows; women who think that their degree(s) mean anything within the relationship.

If you think that your Bachelor’s or graduate degree gives you more power within the relationship you need to think again. If you have a Bachelor’s degree and your mate has a PhD, I am certain that you would not be delighted for them to continuously use their level of education as a tool to make them feel as if they have the upper hand in your relationship.

Second, women who think that because they make more money in the relationship/ marriage (or the fact that she has a certain job title) means that they are superior to their mate are a no go zone for men.

If you are dating someone who you feel is on a lower level than you are, you must ask yourself why you are dealing with this person in the first place and why you settled for them. It’s obvious that you are benefiting from the relationship somehow or you see some potential to benefit from the relationship, otherwise you have no better reason as to why you’re still finding them inferior.

What’s the need to go discussing how “useless” your partner is if at the end of the day you’re still going back o them? Decide on who you want to settle down with.

Women who are well taken care of (financially and in the relationship) will not dare bring down their spouses but wait until the guy, for some reason shows signs of financial instability when hell breaks loose. I salute women who have stood by their men in such times.

True that love does not put food on the table but neither does “madharau” because if you believe in this guy’s potential you will have no reason give up but will stand by him, in all ways, until he regains his balance. Show me a man who took off the minute his wife was fired and I’ll give you the reasons.

He was either a ‘kept’ man with no focus and direction in life or theirs was purely based on finances. Successful women are not the only ones to blame all the same. There are those very financially stable women, taking good care of their families but for some reason, their spouses feel inferior and react by hating the woman’s ambition and blaming her for every little misfortune in their lives.

The moral of this story is that if you (male or female) continually gets “madharau’ from your partner following your success or lack of it ,there is need to step back and re-evaluate your life, see what part of your personality might be driving people away.

Ladies, let’s stop playing the emasculation card, because that’s not it. And in the rare case where a man is truly intimidated by your success and he runs away you should be thankful that he eliminated himself, as a person of that nature will add nothing but stress in your life.

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Jobs in Kenya come to you in different ways. You’re good and trusted friend can decide to forward you a job vacancy at their firm. You might be a member of a professional body who regularly send job vacancies to their member’s i.e. ICPAK for accountants or IHRM for us in Human Resource.

However, for most of you out there the only way to know a job exists is through the Daily Nation Newspaper or through Career Point, Brighter Monday, Kenyan Jobs and other wonderful Kenyan websites all offering the latest Kenyan jobs and vacancies ( Some copy from Career Point, but thats a topic for another day)

As a job seeker have you ever asked yourself how vacancies come to be? If you do understand then it will completely change the way you make  job applications and hopefully raise the chances for you to get called for an interview.

Let’s take a scenario of your average Kenyan company who have a vacancy for an accounts assistant.

Regardless of the way you got to know of the job vacancy many candidates assume the company just decided to contact Nation Media yesterday for the advert. Shock on you my dear sister/brother. The job advert has gone through alot of stages.

I will take you through the various stages of the recruitment process.

Most Kenyan companies have independent departments. The Chief Accountant is in charge of finance, the HR manager handles HR, and then you have the MD or General Manager depending on the complexities of the company.

Now, when a vacancy arises in finance it’s the work of the Chief Accountant to inform the HR of his requirement and the candidate he has in mind. Maybe the accountant wants a CPA Part one or even section six, aged 25 and below, tall, skinny, fat…whatever are his or her requirements he or she furnishes the HR with the details.

This is where it gets interesting. If you had sent your CV to the company earlier on even when no position was advertised the HR manager might decide to call you for an interview and save the company time and money if you have the relevant skills and level of expertise. At this point it upto the HR to make the decision. On the other hand if you had sent your CV to the finance manager or chief accountant and he likes your CV it would be advantageous for you since you might be the only candidates he recommends for an interview. And as you and I know it’s very easy to convince someone when the competition is drastically reduced.

Lesson number one. When sending blind applications don’t send to the HR rather the department you have an interest. But for Gods sake, dont apply to the MD. These top dogs have alot on thier plate and the last thing they want is distration.

Assume the company has no CVs in their database. The HR Manager can ask staff members to forward CV’s from their friends and the interviews follow. Lesson number two. 50% of Kenyan jobs are filled this way. You won’t see these jobs adverts at Fridays Daily Nation  or even here at Career Point etc. Learn to network and keep your ears on the ground. Loosely translated, networking is what Kenyans refer to as kujuana and it works like magic.

If the first two options don’t work then the company decides to advertise for the post either through the websites or Daily Nation.

For a job Candidate this is not the best option. From a HR position I can tell you a simple job advert will attract all manner of applicants. One accounts assistant job will attract applications not less than 2,000 (more so when the aplications are through email). Some are qualified, some have the right qualifications but few have the right combination.

Faced with such many applicants the HR manager gets creative. He might just decide to read the first fifty applications and everything else gets tossed to the dust bin or deleted for email applications. Lesson number three, Make your applications soonest possible. By the time the recruiter or manager goes through the 75th application he or she is already bored and more so if he gets qualified candidates with the right skills along the way. So you who wait for the last cut off date to make applications despite your impressive CV may not have your application even opened thus losing out on the job. My advice, make application the soonest you get to know of the advert. (Some lazy HR managers do the reverse, they wait untill the closing date and start shortlisting from the last to the first)

The reason why I said newspaper jobs or vacancies known to all are not the best is because of the level of competition. The whole of Kenya has seen the advert. And this is where you’re CV and cover letter counts. At the end of the day these are the only two documents representing you. It’s important then to make sure the two are selling you proper.

Don’t be like many candidates who just remove their usual cover letter, edit the companies contact details and add the REF PART. You need to pay attention to your key skills making sure it’s a match with whatever the employer is asking.

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Last week a distant cousin wrote an email to the effect of, “I’ve been working hard in my career- why isn’t it paying off?”. Apparently,  he’s been struggling in the same position for a good five years.

Today’s lesson. life is like high school.

When you’re in high school, it’s ALL about popularity, being cool, what you wear, what clubs you’re at, etc.

When you go to college, the focus shifts to academic achievement.

Many people get out of college thinking the world will be like that. “The harder you work, the more you will be rewarded.” But it’s not.

Life is like high school. It’s all about who you know, how socially charming you are, what scene you’re in, what you wear, what parties you’re at, flirting, and being cool.

But you can make this work in your favor.

When I think about every big leap that has happened in my career, it was always because of “someone I knew.” Always friends of friends. People in some position of power who I kept in touch with, did favors for, and got the same in return.

Go meet 3 new people each week you think could help your career. Be a good friend. Make it mutually beneficial, not some suck-up relationship. There’s always some resource you have that can totally help out someone and it shall be reciprocated.

Happy furahi day!!

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To succeed in today’s demanding and ever-changing work environment, you must take charge of managing your own career.

Look upon yourself as a company with a product or service to sell. Understand your market and devise a marketing campaign, remembering that Kenyan companies hire employees who offer them the best results and the best value for money.

Begin by identifying your skills, qualifications, and accomplishments. Adopt a customer-focused approach. What benefits and results can you offer employers? Are your skills marketable and up-to-date?

Employers are in the market for team-players and problem-solvers. They want to see evidence in your CV or resume of specific, quantifiable accomplishments.

Determine what additional skills you need to develop to make yourself more marketable. Take advantage of all opportunities for continuous learning and professional development.

Successful businesses win customers by developing a unique selling proposition. To give yourself a competitive advantage, analyze what other employees in your field are offering.

It is not enough to emulate them; you must strive to differentiate yourself by offering something extra, something unique.

Try to assess yourself as objectively as possible in order to identify your marketable features. Analyze your performance appraisals and, if possible, enlist the help of a trusted friend or colleague to help you evaluate yourself.

Define and priorities your short-term and long-term career goals.

Study recruitment websites and the appointments pages of newspapers to familiarize yourself with the current requirements of employers.

Your CV/resume should be fine-tuned regularly and kept up-to-date to enable you to make a swift and targeted response to any suitable job opportunity that arises.

Learn all you can about job search strategies, job-specific CV, and professional interview techniques.

By adopting a planned and proactive approach, you will maximize your chances of landing the job that best fits your skills and personality, and increase the likelihood of achieving your long-term career goals.

Have a great start this new week.

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