Fighting Unemployment with a Hashtag

 Kris Bareki is the Mastermind behind #EmploymentAlertBW and #EmployMe 

Find out more about these moves aimed at fighting unemployment. 

1. When did you come up with the idea of EmploymentAlertBW? And what prompted you to come up with it? 

Answer: What really happened is that I used to tweet about job vacancies I came across in newspapers so as to share with other inviduals who don't get to have access to buying them, and in addition to that I looked at the fact that nowadays our generation is consummated with technology. So this (EmploymentAlertBW) came about & around February 2018 that's when the # started to come about and started to be shared. 

2. Have you heard any positive feedback from someone who benefitted from it? 

Answer: Well, I have seen and got few responses from those who got positive responses & how it has helped them to navigate the search engines for suitable posts of their interest.

3. What is the vision you have for this movement? What great achievement would you like to see happen? 

Answer: The vision is basically to befit the transition where Recruitment Agencies or HR Personnel can actually pull out resources from Twitter for availed vacancies, as well as help them get the database of skilled unemployed people for their future benefit. It will also be of great gesture to form liaison or partnerships with Recruitment Agencies like HRMC, AD Central or even organizations or individuals to adopt the hashtag whenever they is a job post they want to advertise because with that I believe there will be a densified reach. And it'll create efforts to network with hiring managers at companies you want to work for as well as to get career advice tips, CV writing skills & general expectations on interviews. 

#EmployMe - another initiative by Kris Bareki - 

You basically hashtag #EmployMe -  detailing qualification, experience to any avaliable type of work. This is to raise awareness on the pool of Human Resources out there looking for jobs! This  #EmployMe will also be a job connection and is another avenue of creating a platform of human resources available. 

4. How are you going to ensure that it reaches and touches every affected (unemployed and actively seeking) young Motswana?

Answer: Social Media tools are the most effective and convenient means of reaching out to every spectra of individual. Either unemployed or actively seeking. Therefore will open streams of skills sharing,  through integration of liking & retweeting to the larger audience.

5. Do you see yourself taking this out to those who may not be on Twitter and if you do how do you plan to go about it? 

Answer: Because I am working with a team of individuals who are also dedicated in making a change, for now we are still piloting on Twitter, given time we will execute a strategy of reaching other social media streams so we cover the entire audiences across! 

Below are some of the team members comment on the above. 

@ofentse_potase -  Use social media to our own advantage to address youth or help everyone get the little jobs advertised since unemployment is a major concern to youth 

Ofentse - A part of the movement!