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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...

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 ...

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...

By Pastor Sam Adeyemi “I can still remember clearly, I felt like my ministry was stagnated and things were not moving for me. So I decided to pray. I remember that day in April 1994, my wife and I went to Lekki beach, fasting and to pray. I was praying, asking God about the next level, where do I go from here?” God spoke to me and asked me to continue with the prayer and fasting. After  days, He said I should stop the fasting but go ahead with the prayer and I obeyed. “Sometime in July that year, the Lord spoke to me clearly one morning that He was going to take me to the next level of ministry, to teach Biblical success principles. He said I would not be able to do the things He wanted me to do in my former pastorate, because He was asking me to teach success on radio, television, tapes, publications and seminars. In addition, I was to establish a church that would help people discover and release their potentials. I got the vision for  Success Power Internation...

... Spetacular Ujuaku HERE YOU GO AGAIN It is a hard thing to love a good man. A good man is not a nice man – he does not do things to be nice, he does things because he has a moral code, a set of values he prioritizes and will always do his best to make sure that his actions are in line with his own personal standards. A good man will not do the easy thing or the convenient thing, or even the thing that he wants to do; he will do what he knows to be the good thing. He will never lie to you to spare your feelings or attend something because social constructs deem it the courteous or polite course of action, and he will in fact do many things that anger and frustrate you. But you cannot get mad at him, because after all, he is a good man. A good man is the man who will take his ex-girlfriends call while he’s with you, because he knows that she has anxiety and would only ever call in an emergency, and he is obligated as a good man to do whatever he can to help even when it...

Have you made an employer’s short-list in a job hunt lately? If you’re one of the finalist candidates – or the chosen applicant – the employer may want to conduct a background check on you before bringing you on board. Employers who conduct background checks want to confirm details about you and see if you present a risk to them. Being prepared will help you avoid any nasty surprises. After all the work you’ve done to get this far, you don’t want to let incorrect or missing information prevent you from getting that great new job. Check your social media:   Social media is the new job market and what better way to check out your habits, behaviours and thoughts than via your social media pages. Many youths have lost job opportunities due to obscene and derogatory posts on their social media accounts. Also, always  ensure the information on your CV and your social media accounts tally, you don’t want employers to see Unilag on your CV and LASU on your LinkedIn pr...