Youth Opportunity Center- YOC

28/05/2018

Today we stand with the rest of the world to celebrate International Menstrual Hygiene Day.
UNESCO estimates that 1 in 10 African adolescent girls miss school during me**es & eventually drop out. This is due to different reasons surrounding menstruation like; stigma and discrimination, myths and misconceptions, and lack proper and recommended materials and facilities to use during menstruation.
We call up on and encourage CSO family to continue doing what it takes in regards to betterment of menstruation hygiene and management.

16/05/2018

Shout out:
If i had one person to apologize to would be a teacher, the had times we gave them, making their days living hell yet trying to shape our lives into what we are today. 👏🙏🤝🧤👐🙌

08/05/2018

Continuation on the previous post...
Step 5: Pack your bag and plan your outfit Get prepared with a professional-looking bag or backpack packed with copies of your resume, your portfolio, a notebook, a pen and anything else you think you might need for the interview.
Step 6: It's important to Pick out what you’ll wear at least a day ahead of time, so you don’t have to worry about it the morning of.
Step 7: Plan your route
On the day of the interview, be sure to add in buffer time in case of traffic. If applicable, be sure you have also thought through how you’ll deal with stepping away from your current job duties should the interview occur during your normal work hours.
Step 8: Eat, sleep and relax
Getting enough sleep and eating well in the days leading up to your interview is crucial when it comes to being at the top of your game. It’s normal to be nervous before a big meeting, but don’t let that stop you from getting good shuteye the night before and some high quality, nutritious meals beforehand.
If you’re struggling to get to that calm, focused state of mind that allows you to make the best possible impression, try whatever relaxation techniques, watching a TV show, a movie. Now go out there and crush your interview!
Source: www.entrepreneur.com ((By Julia Malacoff))

Advice, insight, profiles and guides for established and aspiring entrepreneurs worldwide. Home of Entrepreneur magazine.

08/05/2018

Are You Prepared for Your Job Interview? Don't Say Yes Before Reading This.
This story originally appeared on Glassdoor.
Getting ready for a big job interview can be stressful, and the best thing you can do to calm your nerves is to ensure you’re adequately prepared. We’ve simplified your prep work into eight foolproof steps, so you can walk into the interview armed with the information and confidence you need to seal the deal.

Step 1: Get acquainted with the basics
If you haven’t done so already, look up the company you’re interviewing with to get an idea of what they do, how big the company is, What’s their core mission? What are their corporate values? You should be able to answer all these questions before heading into an interview with them.

Step 2: Research your interviewers
If you know who you’ll be meeting with, look them up and learn about their professional background. Find out what their role at the company entails in as much detail as you can, as well as what previous positions they may have held. This will help you ask more intelligent, insightful questions during the interview, showing that you’re an informed candidate.

Step 3: Get your Q&As straight
On that note, come prepared with a few thoughtful questions for each interviewer so that you don’t feel pressured to think of them spontaneously. It’s also a good idea to review commonly asked interview questions, and consider what your answers would be.

Step 4: Practice makes perfect
After you’ve done the prep work, rehearse your responses to questions you anticipate being asked, either by writing them out or having a friend or family member ask them. This ensures you feel comfortable talking about your experience, skills, challenges and insights.

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05/05/2018

Tailor just designed my new Logo, let me know what you think!

02/04/2018

Hope you get inspired as you read this. No shortcut up. Its hard work and prayer for luck. SEE YOU AT WORK

"I have always wanted to be on TV. So, I thought I could do a teens show. I believe there's no TV teens show producer then that doesn’t know me. It never worked out as I expected. It’s not like there was a vacancy waiting for me; I had to push and prove my worth. For example this isn't my first time on NBS TV; 5 years back I was in the audience of Youth Voice.

In my senior six vacation there was no money to continue with my studies at University so I was advised to find something small to do where I could earn a little income. I landed a job at Buzz Events. It was a pretty good job but this wasn't for me. I was hungry and ambitious for TV and it wasn't really getting me any closer to my goal. I had to quit and then got a job in the marketing department at the Radio and TV Awards. They had an event coming up the following day and my role was to market the event by distributing flyers. We were running out of time, which called for strategic marketing so we moved to Kololo around The Wink bar. We decided to put the flyers under the wind screen wipers of cars parked along that road. Everything was going on well until armed policemen came running towards us thinking we were trying to vandalize the parked cars-we got arrested, with no valid ID on me except the expired high school ID that I had. I had a phone but no airtime. Luckily someone called our boss who came and bailed us out. The incident scared me to death. I thought of quitting the TV dream because it was now getting me in a whole lot of trouble but I instead quit the job at RTV Awards.

My mom's friend got me a mobile money job around Capital Shoppers supermarket Ntinda where I worked for 12 hours every day from 8am to 8pm. Along the way I realised my income was small, 100,000UGX a month which included my lunch and transport yet I also had to contribute something at home as well. It was now 8 months and I figured my income wasn't enough so I went to The Daily Monitor offices and asked if I could contribute to 'T-Vibe' as a fashion writer. Luckily I got the job. I didn't have enough resources so I took part of my capital (they call it ‘float’ in the mobile money lingua) and bought a smart phone at about 300,000UGX such that I could send in my articles when not busy making mobile money transactions, so I could get paid to supplement my income.

It was about 3 months of writing for T- Vibe and I was not seeing any money for my articles. I went back to inquire at The Daily Monitor offices and that's when I learnt that I had gotten so excited about the job that I forgot to discuss the payment terms and getting on the company payroll was a long process than I assumed. Things suddenly started going wrong; daily transactions in the business reduced, I was forced to use part of the ‘float’ to cover my daily expenditures and on top of that someone gave me 300,000UGX worth of counterfeit notes. As I was trying to figure out how to cover all these losses, my boss came to balance me and she realised over 1.2MillionUGX was missing. I honestly had no idea how I was going to pay back. She thought of having me arrested but then looked back at my family background and realised this wouldn't help because there was no way my family would be able to afford that kind of money. She fired me!

I believe in luck. Luck is a very important thing. Luck is luck, it’s not democratic like people will vote. Luck will fall on anyone, anywhere in this world. If only young people sat back and figured out what they enjoy doing and worked on it and also believed in themselves more. They'd be blown away by how much they can do in life. You just need to find and do things you're really passionate about through constant practice you'll slowly realize what your purpose is. I've been a rapper, model, newspaper columnist, I'm a TV news reporter and currently studying IT and I'm still hungry for more”

(Ntinda, Kampala)

(c) Humans Of Uganda

07/03/2018

What the Perfect Resume Looks Like!

1. Design Matters: Don’t go overboard with intricately decorated templates. Look for sufficient white space, margins of at least .7 inches, and a font size no smaller than 11 pt.

2. Be Reachable: Make it easy for recruiters to reach out to you by providing your contact info near the header.

3. Show Off Your Skills: Don’t make recruiters hunt for the most critical information on your resume — include a table of your key soft and hard skill sets up top. Make sure your highlighted skills show why you’re a good fit for the job — all the better if these are keywords from the job description.

4. List Your Experience: This section should include each company you’ve worked for, your title, the dates you worked there, and several bullet points that describe your key accomplishments and responsibilities.

5. Quantify Your Experience: Whenever you can, use concrete data points — it helps provide recruiters with the scope and context of your work, and demonstrates how you contributed to the bottom line.

6. Include Other Positions: Don’t be afraid to include positions that aren’t directly related to the one you’re applying for, especially if you have limited work experience. You can still use it to demonstrate the skills and qualities you want highlighted.

7. Get the Grade: Many jobs require degrees or certifications, so make sure to list yours. GPA is optional, but may be worth including if you’ve graduated recently with high marks.

8. The Extra Stuff: Add some color to your resume with a short catch-all ‘Additional Experience’ section at the end. Include clubs/organizations, volunteer experience, awards you’ve won, and even interesting hobbies or activities.

9. Keep It Concise: Limit your resume to 1-2 pages at the most

01/03/2018

Have you dared to start up????

"A 'startup' is a company that is confused about -
1. What its product is.
2. Who its customers are.
3. How to make money." - Dave Mcclure

At YOC we can help you go about brain storming your dream start-up ideas, how to start and scale up and raising CAPITAL.

13/02/2018

At YOC ,We are delighted to observe and celebrate International Condom Day with the rest of the world. We are confident that providing knowledge and reminding young people about condoms through our health program will go a long way in helping reduce new HIV and STD infections as well as unwanted pregnancies amongst them,”
According to UNAIDS report, the number of male condoms distributed by the government rose from 87 million in 2012 to around 240 million by the end of 2015. This is far below the number of condoms required, given the population size.
But never the less, fellow young people can still use the few available condoms to make a statement about their priorities this valentines: Show you care about your health and that of your partner. Using condoms is a fun and fashionable way to protect oneself and partner. But most importantly: it gives you peace of mind, so you can relax and focus on the fun.
We therefore call upon all the stakeholders to work together in strengthening the supply chain for both male and female condoms, and to ensure a coordinated approach to consistent condom promotion.
The times keep changing, whole world rearranging, But one thing remains surely true, “Condoms are Always in Fashion – don’t believe otherwise.”

06/02/2018

EveryMorning, take a moment of silence and a deep breath, Look out for that one thingto keep you inspired thru the day and Focus on it

31/01/2018

L'accès à l'information est un outil puissant pour influencer le changement, mais il reste encore une astuce pour les jeunes en raison de différents cous de bouteilles. Un petit nombre de jeunes ayant accès à l'information rendent difficile la réalisation de moyens de subsistance durables. Un mécanisme dynamique doit être mis en place pour donner aux jeunes un accès illimité à l'information et à d'autres possibilités.