Kenya based company, Fuzu has launched an internet based recruitment platform akin to Linkedin that is intended to tap into both the informal sector and the formal employment sector.
The platform, the first of its kind in Kenya, will offer diverse services. What sets Fuzu apart is its recruitment processed based on experience rather than the education biased system, meaning that
there will be considerations on experience, skills, and talent.
LinkedIn steadily facing competition from players ranging from -Facebook for
business- to small start-ups like
LinkedIn for doctors, LinkedIn for teachers, and the like.
Fuzu automatically matches a job seeker open positions that fit their profile. Through Fuzu, all a job seeker need to do is send an online application, whenever they come across an interesting opening. Once, your application is received you become part of the selection process.
Fuzu automatically matches a job seeker open positions that fit their profile. Through Fuzu, all a job seeker need to do is send an online application, whenever they come across an interesting opening. Once, your application is received you become part of the selection process.
The employers will then have the chance to investigate individuals online and launch recruitment campaigns. Those eligible for employment will be connected to couching, mentorship, reasoning test and English language test.
Though the site cuts across all kinds of skills
and employers, it will be the first to keenly consider talent and
experience in connecting employees to employers.
INFORMAL SECTOR
A
new report by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Africa ranks
Kenya as the country with the highest number of informal sector
employment in Africa at 77.9 per cent.
The study
attributes the high level of informal sector workers to inability of the
formal sector to absorb the huge number of job seekers.
Fuzu
is banking on the sector to grow its usage in the country. The site was
launched simultaneously in Kenya and Finland with plans to move to
Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi as it widens its footprints to the
rest of the world.
Already, KONE Kenya, Craft Silicon, Techno Brain, Chase Bank, Equity Bank and M-Kopa are enrolled onto the platform.
Kenyans
living abroad will also benefit from the recruitment site since they
will scout for jobs in Kenya as they make plans to relocate.
Fuzu
now join local recruitment firms Duma Works and Net Consult. However,
the new entrant thoroughly profiles job seekers allowing no chance for
upload of CVs.
