how to find a job in Zambia
Finding a job in Zambia can feel confusing, frustrating, and sometimes a little personal. One day you’re hopeful, the next day you’re tired of sending CVs and hearing nothing back.
This space is for people who are trying anyway.
Not people looking for perfect advice or shortcuts, but people who want to understand how jobs actually work here, what helps, what doesn’t, and how others are navigating it in real life.
You won’t find hype here. Just honest conversations about job hunting, CVs, interviews, rejection, career switches, internships, and figuring things out as you go.
Below are articles that break different parts of the job search down, slowly and practically, in a Zambian context.
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Where to Find Jobs in Zambia: The Complete Guide to Local and International Roles
If you are looking for work in Zambia today, the “old way” of walking from office to office with a brown envelope of printed CVs

Making a Career Action Plan in Zambia
You keep hopping from one job to the next. You send CVs, ask friends, check WhatsApp groups, maybe even GoZambiaJobs or JobWeb Zambia. Yet, it