Ready to work by Lubwama Martin A presentation to Junior Recruitees with various Organisations. Career advice and guidance to fresh graduates.

1. READY TO CREATE
AND OFFER VALUE

2. LUBWAMA MARTIN
•Recruitment and Business developer – SEAOWL
Energy Services Uganda Limited
•Strategic Planning Director – Malengo Foundation
•HSE and OHS Basics - Certified IMIST OPITO
•Actor
•Disability Rights Ambassador and Activist

3. Are you ready for work?
WHY YOU??
Self Aware Know what you
offer
Know who you are
offering to
Know what they
are looking for

4. Employment Readiness
• What Is Employment Readiness.
Employment readiness is defined as being able, with little or no
outside help, to find, acquire, and keep an appropriate job as well as to
be able to manage transitions to new jobs as needed.

5. Workplace readiness skills
•Workplace readiness skills are important
because they ensure workers have the basic
academic, critical thinking and personal skills
necessary to maintain employment. ...
The ability for employees to think and make
sound decisions is essential.

6. Workplace Readiness Skills

7. Workplace Readiness Skills
Professional Qualities / Skills:
• Presentation skills – Correctly and articulately expressing opinion , information.
• Negotiation Skills – making reasonable and gainful offer or identifying and Settling for one.
• Customer Service – understanding and prioritizing the needs of customers
• Communication Skills – clarity in speech, making the effort to listen
• Organization – managing your time and tasks
• Health – maintaining your personal health, adhering to company safety policies
• Math – applying basic mathematics to the tasks at hand
• Attitude for Success – working toward promotions
• Increasing Knowledge – learning alongside technological advances
• Macro View – comprehending the overall issues and positional role
• Reading and Writing -
• Problem Solving – Assessing situations and availing a working action or providing a way forward

8. Workplace Readiness Skills
Personal Qualities
• Integrity – reliability, honesty, propensity to adhere to policies
• Resourcefulness – initiative
• Appearance – appropriate workplace attire and behavior
• Positive Work Ethic – motivation and timeliness
• Diversity Acceptance – friendly and helpful communication with all customers and
coworkers
• Teamwork – aiming for team success through positive and appropriate interaction
with coworkers
• Cooperative Attitude – ability to resolve workplace issues diplomatically / Cordially.

9. Workplace Readiness Skills
Technology Attributes
•Internet Connections and Sources (Search Engines, Sites,
Online tools)
•Telecommunication – applications, devices, services –
Tools, Systems, Protocols
•Information Technology – familiarity with computers,
software, and file management

10. CREAT YOURSELF
You are a brand

11. This is the emotional response to an image
or a name of a product , Company , service
or a person.
What is a Brand?

12. What's Your Brand?
Who are You?
What are You?
What is associated with you?
Why should I Pay attention to you?
What defines you?
What makes you different?

13. Showing up is not sufficient.
• Make an impact.
• Take every opportunity to show up but reset
expectations.
• Leave a mark. Show your most amazing work.
• Make bold challenge to pursue what you
really want.

14. GLOBAL BRANDS

15. VALUE ADDITION TO ONES’ SELF
• Identify what you need to know
• Search and find information for Knowledge
• Consume Information
• Refine What you know
• Apply what you need to know
• Develop expertise
• Market what you know how to do.

16. RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
• What is experience?
Work experience is any exposure and hands on approach that a person
gains while executing tasks in a specific field or occupation making one
familiar and proficient at those given tasks in the field of reference.
Eg: Hairdressing sales, accounting, Cooking, baking News Anchoring
e.t.c
Although the expression is widely used to mean a type of volunteer
work that is commonly intended for young people — often students —
to get a feel for professional working environments.

17. HARNESSING YOUR WORK EXPERIENCE
 Internships.
 Attending trainings
 Volunteering
 Online courses
 Reading widely and writing
about the Subject
 Networking.
 Join a hub / Mentorship space
 Freelancing.
 Find a mentor and offer to
shadow
 Frame your existing experience
appropriately.
 Secondments.

18. Using the information
around you to Grow in
amount of Value

19. Information + Knowledge + Skills = Commercial Value
( Currency)

21. SOURCES OF INFORMATION
• Books
• Journals
• Radio
• The TV Net
• People who are Knowledgeable
• The Internet
• Trainings
• Networks (Clubs, Groups, Social Gatherings, Meetings)
• Social Media
• Research and Testing Sample items
• Newsletters

23. OUR MOBILE DATA
Calls
Texts
Pictures
Music
Contacts
Locations
Webpages
Videos
Conversations
Documents
Audio Books
Networks
Applications
Games
Distances

25. Information is Nearly Free

26. Finding Opportunities
Opportunities:
✔Employment
✔Ideas
✔Academic Scholarships
✔Business partners
✔Marriage Partner

28. SHOULD HAVE TOOLS
Skills
Access to Google to find information
An email address
A professional Profile (CV, Resume)

29. • https://www.brightermonday.co.ug/
• www.jobconnect.co.ug
• https://www.theugandanjobline.com
• https://www.greatugandajobs.com
• https://www.aikanhr1.com/careers/jobs
Popular Online search Tools
http://wecanwork.ug

30. Be The change in the world
that you want to see Around
you
Make your Life Count

32. THANK YOU