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Craig Tingey, Principal Advisor - Leadership Development at Rio Tinto, the world’s second-largest mining company, pointed out that this industry is more than people with shovels.

Using autonomous tracks driven by people sitting by computers miles away or using drones mapping the earth to find the new potential materials below the earth, it stands at a leading edge of technology. The future in mining can be construed as what you see in the movies: Mining under the ocean or in space.

Proving yourself technically is as important as being a candidate who is able demonstrate core values such as Respect, Integrity, Team work, Accountability and striking attention to Safety. Can you meet your commitments and deliver even more than is expected from you? Align yourself with the strategy of the company and add an extra value, you will definitely fit in.

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Whether you are Science and Engineering oriented or with a Business background you can join one of the world’s largest and fastest growing industries which offers vast number of positions and covers all the aspects of Health Care: from General Management, HR, Compliance, Development, Research, Marketing, Sales to IT and many others.

You can find your position directly at Johnson & Johnson or with some of their partners such as Philips around the World. Each country has its priorities in which tremendous shortage in staffs influences the ability to deal with issues such as HIV in Kenya. Also lack in services such as Insurance demands improvement.

If you have the fundamental ability to work in a team and communicate with people from all aspects of this environment you are ready to become part of the workforce which will fill up the countless job positions in Heath Care.

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Deloitte is the largest professional services firm in the world which operates in 150 countries across the globe.

As stated by HR Director, Deloitte East Africa Philip Grobler during the Knod Career Chat: The Employees of Deloitte should commit to make an impact that matters.

You can choose from departments such as Audit, Tax, Consulting, Financial Advisory or Enterprise Risk. As long as you show commitment to each other, ability to manipulate with numbers, communication skills, curious mind, analytical skills, multitasking and accommodate computer skills, any degree course you study will get you the opportunity to grow and develop in this company.

Aspire to deliver excellence. Are you creative? Can you make a decision on the spur of the moment to the advantage of the client? Then you are the right candidate to join this culturally diverse family of 200.000 people as you think outside of the pizza box!