tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727865882500477774.post5528389014067381261..comments2024-03-25T11:29:26.476-07:00Comments on Kenyan Marketer: Unilever Idea Trophy-Is it a con?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10499806135360736784noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727865882500477774.post-51825096412133132262012-05-17T22:56:12.010-07:002012-05-17T22:56:12.010-07:00Thank you so much for this...It is this same over ...Thank you so much for this...It is this same over emphasis on grades that has killed the education system in Kenya. Guys go through campus not to read and understand but merely to pass. You can read a week to the exam and still get an A, worse still with all the internet you can google answers and the Mwakenya's are still there. What MNC's are hiring through rigorous tests & procedures is purely W.I.P.<br />Graduates from USIU, Daystar and Strathmore are doing better in the corporate world today because they got the skills and not just grades in school! If a whole MBA from some universities cannot write a good resume and get hired but he is a first class then what learning took place??? When Nelson Mandela said Education can change the world he never meant good grades, education does create economic citizens only if people understand what they were taught-that's why a lot of book smart guys can't do anything after graduation with their great papers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499806135360736784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5727865882500477774.post-9540024702249358712012-05-17T22:47:09.874-07:002012-05-17T22:47:09.874-07:00I agree with you especially on that focus on grade...I agree with you especially on that focus on grades point. I tell you it is such a bad culture that is embedded in the minds of very many employers. Grades, especially nowadays with all this internet around, could well be awarded to the student and Google, Wikipedia et al, (you know what I mean). They should focused on "can you do the job" and "how", not the pathetic "have you been taught how to do it". <br /><br />We love quantity, we disregard quality. A little off topic but related (at least as far as I am concerned) is the way even bosses at work want to see you just put in a gazillion hour to work. Few will worry about the conversion rate of the hours of work to actual result. I have had a boss who wanted to get a report of at least 10 calls to clients everyday but rarely asks if any call translated into a closed sale.<br /><br />Coming back to the point, employers, whether big or small should shift focus to the skills and abilities and the techniques of the job seekers. Actually, I think grades should only be used as the last resort when the numbers of job applicants has to be cut.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com