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#Howtogetyour1stjob Fast forward to Engineering my 1st topic HOW TO GET THAT 1st JOB, when you have zero experience, zero skills, but 100% ‘Potential’ so they say! Let me invite colleagues to help on this @phillipkudzayi @memorynguwi @nematombo
So How I got my 1st Job, I knw I ddnt know any Engineering, I also knew Companies employ people to get value, also knew if I ddnt hv sm1 to springboard my potential, it wld remain just ‘Potential’ untapped,unused. so I made decision when I was 2nd Year at Uz. To Offer MySelf Free
I volunteered at a local Consultancy Firm 2nd Yr, 3rd- 4th & leant a lot I became ahead of myclass! I now had industrial Experience! I had Value, I cld offer Companies Value, By the time I wrote my last exam, My boss needed me, I had immersed myself into their System I MATTERED
I had started Graduate Traineeship even before graduating, without an application letter, ahead of my time, with Little competition from my class even! I was ahead! I aimed to Remain Ahead I Still want to Be Ahead! I was now a Structural Engineer! Then 2008 the Economy Collapsed!
I ddnt hv R3000 to get a the Travellers Cheque & apply for South African Visa, So my bosses left, my colleagues in the office all went for World Cup Work! I didn’t Qualify, I Cdnt Afford, So I stayed! & That was the BEST decision/fate in my Career!
I was now 1 on of the only low experienced Engineers in Hre, Working for a Big Firm, I got promoted, I got exposed to Projects, My @calebmakwiranzou trusted me, he taught me Engineering, management, Everything I know aided by @MagaloNleya @BMzangaza these Eng’s made Me
By 2012 I became one of the Youngest Registered Engr’s in Zimbabwe I had worked on
-Msu Admin Block
-Msu Library
-Nust Ceremonial Hall
-BUSE Faculty of Science 1 & 2
-Toll Gates
-UZ Accommodation
-Zimra Beitbridge Border Posts
I got exposed to a Lot of Engineering
8yrs employed I needed to Move on, We started @TheDesignTeamC1, where we hv done
-Nyaradzo Headoffice
-Econet Marondera
- Embassies
- Schweppes Bonaqua
- Uz Agriculture
- DPA Solar
- Shopping Malls
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