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After the recent post that made Front page about a woman being a victim of fake job interview in Nigeria, i decided to share this. Hope it helps. Fake jobs come in various forms but they all have one thing in common; they all carry an end product of deceit and disappointment. In 2015, Vanguard newspaper reported that 80% of online jobs in Nigeria are fake jobs. Meanwhile, there are those who use fake jobs to sow seeds of destruction in the lives of innocent job seekers. An example of this is seen in this harrowing experience of a Nigerian lady. In Nigeria, fake jobs are clad in different names; from scam jobs, fake jobs, scam recruiters, fake recruiters and many other unpleasant monikers they have been branded over the past years. In this article, we will share some of the fastest ways to identify fake jobs and scam jobs in Nigeria. We will also share samples of messaging templates used to promote fake jobs in Nigeria. Below are some of the fastest ways to spot fak...

Connection (the easiest way).  The connection can be through man, or through a supreme being (based on your believe). And we Christians believe in God, in Jesus as his son. You can have God, but no man to connect you, and God may decide to ignore you, to train you in hard times, and later to surprise you when you have lost hope. (That’s actually my story). Good Academic Result and hard work.  So many firms in Nigeria that pays well, always stick to minimum requirement of Second class Upper before giving you an opportunity to be interviewed. And if you have second class lower, you are on your own. Except you have a man connection to that company, or divine  connection. (Because there are staffs in Oil companies with second class lower and  even third class). But don’t be lazy as a student because of it. Graces are not the same. Everyone’s luck is not the same. Opportunities you got during NYSC an...

The new psychology of leadership pulls its focus on social processes. It explicitly looks at the involvement of followers in the leadership. This psychology of leadership operates on four rules that make for its effectiveness and they are: The rule of being in group prototype: This is essentially about the leader being one of us. Being one of us means more than just being a member of a currently salient social category. It’s explicitly exemplifying what it means to be us, what makes us us, also what makes us different from them. Every group compares itself in some way to another group, any person who is going to be that prototypical group member needs to be perceived to be most like us and most not like them if they are going to occupy that position of being one of us. Leaders are influential when they are most like us (group), least like them (other groups), and adaptable to changes in group identity. When followers have a leader who is prototypical of the group, this enhances...