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Yes, social media allows you express yourself and Snapchat is the new rave. But your LinkedIn profile should be taken seriously if you don’t want to go grey in the job market. Here’s how to give your LinkedIn profile a facelift and start getting noticed by recruiters. Show Your Achievements : Treat your profile like a CV because it is one. Include projects, volunteer works, languages and causes you care about: it doesn’t matter if all these are in your CV, recruiters want to know your other qualities, qualifications and interests. It might be a like-mind in “causes you care about” that will pique an employer’s interest in you and invite you for an interview. So, No, no information is unnecessary. Don’t Overdo The Job Search : When a recruiter looks at your profile, your recent activities on LinkedIn are visible to them and it will be a huge turn off if they see you commenting “interested” under every job irrespective of job description or requirements. Comment when necessary

He was a young man who was still struggling to make earns meet; he had hope of finding love and one day he came across this teenage girl who was 18 and fell in love with her. The teenage girls father was very poor and could not afford to pay her daughters WAEC examination fee of #15,000. He took it as a burden to see her take the examination. He had gone to the construction site to look for manual jobs to raise the money but the job wasn’t going to be enough, he also engaged in street hawking and all kinds of meaner jobs just to raise the money but time was ticking out and the closing date for the registration was just two days away.  He had just gotten only #8000 and he still needs #7000 in two days; he took out his phone, his good shoes and his television and sold them to raise the money. He did get #15,000 and had an extra of #7000. He paid her WAEC and gave her the extra for her up keep throughout the examination period.  He had not gone to school at all but he had hope that

1. My son, if you keep spending on a woman and she never asked you if you’re saving or investing, and she keeps enjoying the attention, don’t marry her. 2. My son, a woman could be a good wife to you, some could be a good mother to your children but if you’ve found a woman like a mother to you, your children and your family, please don’t let her go. 3. My son, don’t confine the position of your wife to the kitchen, where did you get that from? Even in our days, we had farm-lands where they worked every morning . . . that was our office. 4. My son, if I tell you that you’re the head of the house, don’t look at your pocket; look if you will see a smile on your wife’s face. 5. My son, if you want to have a long life, let your wife be in-charge of your salary, it will be difficult for her to spend it when she’s aware of the home needs and bills to pay but if it’s in your care, she will keep you asking even when all has been spent. 6. My son, don’t ever beat your woman, the