Wednesday, July 15, 2009

In Papua New Guinea, it’s not what you know but whom you know


Papua New Guinea is fast becoming a society where the cream of the crop is jobless.The normal process of securing a job in PNG by sending resumes, setting appointments and interviews are things of the past.

Unemployment rates are skyrocketing as more students graduate from colleges and universities. What is the Government doing to overcome this? In a country where young people resort to crime to meet daily needs, creating more jobs could minimise some of these activities.

Unless the Government creates more jobs, crime will remain an impediment to our economic growth.Today, getting a job in PNG is like the survival of the fittest. The bottom line is, and this is the sad part, it is not what you know but who you know these days to get a job.

And this a friendly reminder: To find a good job in PNG, you need to know someone who hires and make sure you have some money to give him/her or buy a lunch box, smoke, betelnut (does this smells like corruption? I don’t know, you tell me).

To get that job, you need to do whatever it takes to ensure you get it.You do not have to show what kind of degree you have. I have been there and done that and those who have been in my situation know what I am talking about.

Ultimately, the chances of finding a good job the old-fashioned way are less than 50% but if you try the PNG style, or what is known as “backdoor-deal”, you might have a 95% chance of success.

I am not encouraging anyone to try the latter but it is now a norm in PNG and whether you like it or not, you have to adhere to it to put food on the table for your family.

*** I wrote this article on this blog earlier but was edited and published by The National News on their editorial column. To read the full article, click here.

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At July 15, 2009 at 1:09 PM , Anonymous William said...

Bro David,

Greetings to you and thanks for your comments/views in the "The National Newspaper" regarding cronyism regarding employment in PNG. There are extreme cases in many public agencies and corporate organsations where you would see inequality in ethnic representation of the countries social and political make-up. By saying this for example, where East Sepiks, Engans, Tolais and Central Papuans as head, you would see alot more in there even their own immediate relatives. We need alot to do more on this and prevent such in future. Anyway, thanks for those reality views of yours and have a blessed time there in the US.

William

POM CITY, PNG

 
At August 8, 2019 at 7:34 PM , Blogger Mica said...

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