The job market has changed in recent years as employers prefer to take in skilled people but not simply holders of paper qualifications, the Executive Director of Federation of Kenya Employers (FKE) Jacqueline Mugo has said.
In a speech read on her behalf by FKE Rift Valley Regional Coordinator Florence Odwako at Kabarak University’s Nakuru Campus during its TVET Career Day, Mugo said many job seekers in Kenya have academic certificates but they cannot perform the duties assigned to them by their employers effectively.
Mugo said the employers are very concerned about workers’ productivity, not the number of Degrees they hold.
“As employers, we employ peopled who are skilled, determined and competent but not people who hold several degrees,” said Mugo, encouraging girls to embrace STEM courses as they attract quick job opportunities.
She said as FKE, they are rolling out various programmes in secondary schools to sensitize girls on the importance of doing STEM subjects.
“We conducted a survey in 2023 and found that students who study STEM courses get employment faster compared to students who ignore those subjects,” she said.
By Peter Otuoro
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