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Looking for your first job in your new country

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  FAMILY BUSINESS WORK EXPERIENCE and VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE This is for new people abroad (Diasporans) looking for work. Oftentimes new immigrants including students look for work and since everyone is required for have some form of work experience, it gets challenging if they do not have "formal" work experience to compete with job seekers in, say, industrialized countries who are fortunate to start working as early as 14 years of age. In Kenya for instance, young people start being responsible for varied domestic chores at an early age. Those in the countryside juggle between childcare, cooking for the family, looking after livestock etc. Some help with running family businesses in addition to participating in household duties. People also volunteer all the time in church, community events like clean ups, tree planting, participating in "personal" events like funerals and weddings, building or local roads and bridges, etc. When they get asked if they have any exper
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Take off!

  Flying for the First Time – What to expect!  You have planned your departure for a long time - applied for a passport, applied for a visa (filling of gazillion forms, interview, biometrics, medical (if applicable)), shopping for, booking and buying of an air ticket, packing, goodbyes, the trip to the airport, more goodbyes and finally you're at the security area ready to be frisked and scanned then off you climb that famous escalator that will take you away from your familiar territory! Here are some important details about flying written specifically for the first time flyer 1. Document safety and personal effects The safety of your travel documents cannot be overemphasized. You lose your passport and your flight won't happen! Keep your passport on your person all the time From experience, I find that the best way to keep your passport and other documents safe is to use a sling bag, a crossbody bag or a backpack and maybe a purse with a strap for ladies In there, you  put a
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Air Travel - Your First or Fiftieth Experience

People travel to different places for different reasons. Some travel far, often outside their countries or even outside their continents while others travel within their localities. For those traveling far, air transport is usually the mode of choice because of the need to save time. Flying can either be an exciting or an unnerving experience. Traveling by air for the first time is an experience that sticks to memory for many people. It does not matter how much one has heard, read or watched about air travel, it is until they actually make the trip that they get the real feeling.  Flying each time is a different experience since there are many parameters that come into play all the time - different airlines, aircraft, flight crew, fellow passengers, the weather, global situations like pandemics, terrorism and many others.  Therefore, someone flying for the first time or the fiftieth time is sure to encounter something different each time. This writeup is specifically for first time fly
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