Graduates urged to use polished language during interviews

Story: Rose Hayford Darko, Tema
March 28
The Chief Executive Officer of Synergy Concepts, a local NGO, Ms Phylicia Mortey, has appealed to the youth to learn to build their human resource base by taking advantage of all education related training programmes available in the country.
She observed that many young graduates considered themselves qualified for jobs, without knowing the basics when applying for vacant positions.
Ms Mortey made these assertions in Tema at a seminar for graduates of tertiary institutions and senior high schools (SHSs).
She observed that over-ambition and complacency had resulted in the inability of many people to effectively prove their capabilities.
Ms Mortey who holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in International Relations and Masters in International Degree from American Universities, deemed it important for the graduates to use polished language when presenting themselves for interviews.
She said some had ‘diluted’ their language with ‘pidgin’ and it rendered them incompetent and not ready to work for serious organisations.
Ms Mortey advised them to look for the secrets of companies and what they stood for.
She said Synergy Concepts was involved in social, voluntary and philanthropic activities with the purpose of creating a more efficient, effective and globally competitive situation for job seekers.
She noted that education was not limited to just going to school, and urged the graduates to consider learning good habits, build up their vocational base and look smart for interviews.
She reminded them of the global unemployment situation of which Ghana was not isolated, and said a careful study of unemployment for very qualified graduates revealed that the youth took things for granted and did not consider the ethics of work places, job search, and interview techniques.
She said that the NGO which had foreign and local partners had on-line facilities through which the centre would train high calibre job seekers.
Ms Mortey said Ghana was developing fast and very soon with many positive indications coming up, investors would turn their attention to the country and jobs would be made available to qualified and high calibre graduates seeking employment.
The Tema Regional Director of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Mr Charles Adjei-Mensah, urged the drivers to display the VIT stickers on the windscreens of their vehicles for inspection.
He said after the education, the IRS would start with prosecution of offending drivers who failed to comply with the provision of the IRS Law and they would be liable to summary conviction of fines or three years imprisonment or both.
The Tema Metropolitan Chief Executive, Mr David Quaye Annang, who chaired the seminar called for closer collaboration between the IRS and the truck operators for increased revenue collection.
He urged the payers to fulfil their obligations as a way of contributing their quota to the country’s economy.
Mr Annang was of the view that the National Centre for Civic Education (NCCE) should be made to educate the public to be aware of their tax obligations to enhance tax collection.
The commercial truck operators and truck owners who participated in the forum filled the Tema Port conference hall.
They shared ideas with the IRS officials as to how to operate the system creditably to benefit them and the economy as well.