On the long list of qualifications and working experience is Minimum height.
From the Street: Uganda has one of the largest youth unemployment fractions in the world. And tough times are projected.
At first, having a Bachelor’s Degree was enough to have companies and government parastatals knocking at your door, often times before finishing university. When graduates’ numbers started flying near the roof, having a Master’s or any other Postgraduate qualification was a safety measure.
During this period, required job experience was being increased from internship to years, now nearing a decade. This didn’t deter citizens from exploring the heights.
Interviews were sat, short listed applicants named, but at the end, their has to be one winner. Then graduate numbers flew over the roof. Interview panels came up with a lot of techniques to ‘sort the wheat from the chaff’, like asking irrelevant questions in relation to the job.
And now, one company has a new formula. Height. Not just height. Minimum height. And it is set at 5ft 6 inches.
In a job opportunity advert posted in The Daily Monitor, Wednesday, March 2, 2011 page 16. Security guards are invited for a walk in interview by a company called Securex Agencies (U) Limited. But they must have a minimum height of 5ft 6inches.
My mind tells me that at the door to the interview room will be seated a member of the interview panel. The first question is neither oral nor written.
The first question is for the applicant to stand by a calibrated stick measuring 5ft 6inches. And if you cant see the tip of the stick, sorry, make a u-turn.
Giving information that you are single, divorced, from a certain tribe or religion, could keep you unemployed for an extra day.
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