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5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by tessygirl(f): 2:04pm On Sep 22, 2017
12th of July 2014 I passed out from service. My friend with whom I was staying with, spent her service year with some ICT schools in Ibadan to learn ICT skills, while I stayed behind. She later got a top job while I managed with a small secondary school. I later moved to Lagos and got a job as an Admin person with a small hotel.

About a year later, I got a Teller Job with a new generation bank and I was working my ass off with a small paycheck. My other friend was already attending conferences and posting all sort of executive pictures online (It was so intimidating). The sacking spree then started in most banks, and I was affected. But I discovered that the I.T guys at the backroom were always confident despite lots of sacks going on. “Why can’t I be like them?” I asked myself. “Do they have 2 heads?” I asked again.

Currently I am working with a big ISP firm in Lagos and I am doing wonderfully well in terms of Finance. I don’t write this post to show off but to tell other people reasons why they should learn ICT skills even if their job role is not related!



So many Job opportunities

God knows that this month alone, I have seen countless number of Digital Marketing jobs, Software Development Jobs, Hardware and Brand Communication jobs. But I come up this forum and still see people begging for jobs. ICT is like a virgin field in Nigeria, yet to be crowded (I tell you from experience) unless you don’t know your skill well. I am already thinking of attending Digital Marketing Training, just in case my present employer messes up or I see a higher job offer (As I intend to leave the country and become a full digital Marketer like Click here to see how it was explained in this Post You also see reasons to learn ICT skills?

Peace of Mind

Even if you are sacked today, a competitor is waiting to utilize your ICT skill. A Digital Marketer with Pepsi can easily switch to Coca-cola with ease, even if the post isn’t vacant. A Network Engineer with Cobranet can switch to IPNX, even if they don’t advertise the position. Which other job sector can afford you that privilege?

Multiple Job Roles

Only ICT jobs gives you the priviledge of handling two or more jobs at the same time. During my learning period, I was a bank teller but also carry out networking jobs during weekends. I know how many times I collected sick leave just to help set up a CBT center in Lagos. The revenue was 2x my monthly salary. As a H.R person, can you handle more than two job roles at once? Hell NO!

But Imagine if you had a skill like – let’s say Digital Marketing alongside your H.R skills, can’t you help manage someone’s business online while you do your day job? We have to open our eyes to the fact that ICT rules!!!

Utility Staff

They will marvel at how a Teller girl could offer Networking advice to our Engineers. They wanted to retain me, but someone was offering a higher pay. I have knowledge of accounting, I am a Network Engineer and I am about to learn More. Call me a jack of a trade – no problems, but I am a master of all.

Higher Pay

A small Business man or Enterpreneur with Digital Marketing knowledge and the one without, who would generate a higher revenue? A H.R person with Oracle Database Administrator skill and the one without, who will get a higher pay?

An accountant who can develop a solution to help solve a problem in his firm and the one who is only an End user, who will get a higher pay?

If nothing else would convince you to learn ICT skills, I hope this will convince you.

Steps to take to learn ICT skills

i) Determine what skill would help you achieve any of the following above

ii) Choose where to learn

iii) Pay and start – it might be expensive or might not be, but it is worth every penny.

iv) Graduate and start living your dreams.

Questions about the right skill? please use the comment section and I will respond. Thanks.

Originally written by Tessygirl

Source: http://topwritersden.com/reason-learn-ict-skills-jobs/

cc: please find this post worth. Thanks. Let's others who might not be aware exposure about the I.T field.

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by quinnboy: 2:38pm On Sep 22, 2017
As a graduate in accounting, what ICT knowledge would you advise ....presently I intend starting a training in graphic design.

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by iihtlagos: 2:48pm On Sep 22, 2017
Wow!! wow!! Wow!!

Permit me to sound like an ambulance. Genius you are!!

The fact is that most of us prefer to find the specs of the latest phone in town. What about the latest skill that fetches money?

They wouldn't ask about that.

A course like Digital Marketing is looking for people to take up juicy positions in several firms, make money as affiliates, Increase their online earnings, but they choose to neglect it.

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by iihtlagos: 2:49pm On Sep 22, 2017
quinnboy:
As a graduate in accounting, what ICT knowledge would you advise ....presently I intend starting a training in graphic design.

Graphics design is superb. But our curriculum has it embedded in web design and digital marketing.

What is your location?

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Fela40: 3:04pm On Sep 22, 2017
On behalf of all Tech guys, we endorse this post!!

Lalasticlala, another one from a techie. smiley

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by CellTabRepair20: 3:05pm On Sep 22, 2017
There's a book on that if U are interested in office career. Do so with superior knowledge. Get the book *"IT Career: A Roadmap"*. All packaged for Ur success!

http://www.amazon.com/Career-Road-Map/dp/1533508852/ref=sr_1_4?

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by tessygirl(f): 4:28pm On Sep 22, 2017
quinnboy:
As a graduate in accounting, what ICT knowledge would you advise ....presently I intend starting a training in graphic design.

Graphics Design is great. Please add Front end development to your learning. It goes hand in Hand.

lalasticlala

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Ihutomi: 4:55pm On Sep 22, 2017
True talk
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Nobody: 4:55pm On Sep 22, 2017
grin The Opportunities are immersed !!
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Jaytecq(m): 4:56pm On Sep 22, 2017
...you cant sit for long... you will certainly get a job

The bible was actually referring to the Tech minds(ICT). .... A man's gift maketh room for him and bringeth him before great men. Prv. 18:16

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by dmediator555(m): 5:00pm On Sep 22, 2017
am a graphics designer, what do u mean by front end? are you referring to web design?

tessygirl:


Graphics Design is great. Please add Front end development to your learning. It goes hand in Hand.

lalasticlala

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by soleexx(m): 5:03pm On Sep 22, 2017
Thank God for the gift of Life...my second name is Computer

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by omowolewa: 5:03pm On Sep 22, 2017
tessygirl:


Graphics Design is great. Please add Front end development to your learning. It goes hand in Hand.

lalasticlala

Nice, tried learning VBA excel but seems not relevant, what do you think?

please, tell me more about graphics.and the front end you mention (assuming minimum knowledge)

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by tessygirl(f): 5:04pm On Sep 22, 2017
dmediator555:
am a graphics designer, what do u mean by front end? are you referring to web design?


Yeap. Graphics on it's own alone is cool but not great.

Add digital marketing or front end development to it, if you want to harness the benefits properly.

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Rekyz(m): 5:05pm On Sep 22, 2017
This is great. I have to improve my ICT skills.
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by mykh01(m): 5:05pm On Sep 22, 2017
Op can you please help me out, am a fresh graduate awaiting call up letter, av been idle for a while now and am really interested in this ICT of a thing.

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by MrPresident1: 5:05pm On Sep 22, 2017
Learn Bible too angry

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by iswallker(m): 5:05pm On Sep 22, 2017
dmediator555:
am a graphics designer, what do u mean by front end? are you referring to web design?


The GUI...
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by yinkeys(m): 5:06pm On Sep 22, 2017
tessygirl:


Graphics Design is great. Please add Front end development to your learning. It goes hand in Hand.

lalasticlala
Lol @quinnboy get ready for HTML,Css, Php and co.

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Nobody: 5:09pm On Sep 22, 2017
Nice piece
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by tunesky2303(m): 5:12pm On Sep 22, 2017
As a graduate of English, which of the ICT programs you think it would fit in...

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Nobody: 5:13pm On Sep 22, 2017
I love ict

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by mykh01(m): 5:15pm On Sep 22, 2017
tessygirl:
12th of July 2014 I passed out from service. My friend with whom I was staying with, spent her service year with some ICT schools in Ibadan to learn ICT skills, while I stayed behind. She later got a top job while I managed with a small secondary school. I later moved to Lagos and got a job as an Admin person with a small hotel.

About a year later, I got a Teller Job with a new generation bank and I was working my ass off with a small paycheck. My other friend was already attending conferences and posting all sort of executive pictures online (It was so intimidating). The sacking spree then started in most banks, and I was affected. But I discovered that the I.T guys at the backroom were always confident despite lots of sacks going on. “Why can’t I be like them?” I asked myself. “Do they have 2 heads?” I asked again.

Currently I am working with a big ISP firm in Lagos and I am doing wonderfully well in terms of Finance. I don’t write this post to show off but to tell other people reasons why they should learn ICT skills even if their job role is not related!



So many Job opportunities

God knows that this month alone, I have seen countless number of Digital Marketing jobs, Software Development Jobs, Hardware and Brand Communication jobs. But I come up this forum and still see people begging for jobs. ICT is like a virgin field in Nigeria, yet to be crowded (I tell you from experience) unless you don’t know your skill well. I am already thinking of attending Digital Marketing Training, just in case my present employer messes up or I see a higher job offer (As I intend to leave the country and become a full digital Marketer like Click here to see how it was explained in this Post You also see reasons to learn ICT skills?

Peace of Mind

Even if you are sacked today, a competitor is waiting to utilize your ICT skill. A Digital Marketer with Pepsi can easily switch to Coca-cola with ease, even if the post isn’t vacant. A Network Engineer with Cobranet can switch to IPNX, even if they don’t advertise the position. Which other job sector can afford you that privilege?

Multiple Job Roles

Only ICT jobs gives you the priviledge of handling two or more jobs at the same time. During my learning period, I was a bank teller but also carry out networking jobs during weekends. I know how many times I collected sick leave just to help set up a CBT center in Lagos. The revenue was 2x my monthly salary. As a H.R person, can you handle more than two job roles at once? Hell NO!

But Imagine if you had a skill like – let’s say Digital Marketing alongside your H.R skills, can’t you help manage someone’s business online while you do your day job? We have to open our eyes to the fact that ICT rules!!!

Utility Staff

They will marvel at how a Teller girl could offer Networking advice to our Engineers. They wanted to retain me, but someone was offering a higher pay. I have knowledge of accounting, I am a Network Engineer and I am about to learn More. Call me a jack of a trade – no problems, but I am a master of all.

Higher Pay

A small Business man or Enterpreneur with Digital Marketing knowledge and the one without, who would generate a higher revenue? A H.R person with Oracle Database Administrator skill and the one without, who will get a higher pay?

An accountant who can develop a solution to help solve a problem in his firm and the one who is only an End user, who will get a higher pay?

If nothing else would convince you to learn ICT skills, I hope this will convince you.

Steps to take to learn ICT skills

i) Determine what skill would help you achieve any of the following above

ii) Choose where to learn

iii) Pay and start – it might be expensive or might not be, but it is worth every penny.

iv) Graduate and start living your dreams.

Questions about the right skill? please use the comment section and I will respond. Thanks.

Originally written by Tessygirl

Source: http://topwritersden.com/reason-learn-ict-skills-jobs/

cc: lalasticlala please find this post worth. Thanks. Let's others who might not be aware exposure about the I.T field.

I will be glad if u can help me out, i really need to get something doing, especially what will be of benefit. I studied philosophy

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by naijaisGOOD: 5:15pm On Sep 22, 2017
Cool
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by seyirock(m): 5:15pm On Sep 22, 2017
hmm.I
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by seyirock(m): 5:15pm On Sep 22, 2017
hmm.I will be back
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by SirLakes: 5:18pm On Sep 22, 2017
Following!
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Sammiejokes(m): 5:23pm On Sep 22, 2017
I have been asking around on where to learn extensively an Oracle or database administrator software in Lagos. I don't mind digital marketing or Network Engineering i just need to have more knowledge of this skills before deciding.

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Nobody: 5:25pm On Sep 22, 2017
Op, am a guy that have interest in ICT, can you advise me on any course or how to start?

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by Nobody: 5:31pm On Sep 22, 2017
tessygirl:
12th of July 2014 I passed out from service. My friend with whom I was staying with, spent her service year with some ICT schools in Ibadan to learn ICT skills, while I stayed behind. She later got a top job while I managed with a small secondary school. I later moved to Lagos and got a job as an Admin person with a small hotel.

About a year later, I got a Teller Job with a new generation bank and I was working my ass off with a small paycheck. My other friend was already attending conferences and posting all sort of executive pictures online (It was so intimidating). The sacking spree then started in most banks, and I was affected. But I discovered that the I.T guys at the backroom were always confident despite lots of sacks going on. “Why can’t I be like them?” I asked myself. “Do they have 2 heads?” I asked again.

Currently I am working with a big ISP firm in Lagos and I am doing wonderfully well in terms of Finance. I don’t write this post to show off but to tell other people reasons why they should learn ICT skills even if their job role is not related!



So many Job opportunities

God knows that this month alone, I have seen countless number of Digital Marketing jobs, Software Development Jobs, Hardware and Brand Communication jobs. But I come up this forum and still see people begging for jobs. ICT is like a virgin field in Nigeria, yet to be crowded (I tell you from experience) unless you don’t know your skill well. I am already thinking of attending Digital Marketing Training, just in case my present employer messes up or I see a higher job offer (As I intend to leave the country and become a full digital Marketer like Click here to see how it was explained in this Post You also see reasons to learn ICT skills?

Peace of Mind

Even if you are sacked today, a competitor is waiting to utilize your ICT skill. A Digital Marketer with Pepsi can easily switch to Coca-cola with ease, even if the post isn’t vacant. A Network Engineer with Cobranet can switch to IPNX, even if they don’t advertise the position. Which other job sector can afford you that privilege?

Multiple Job Roles

Only ICT jobs gives you the priviledge of handling two or more jobs at the same time. During my learning period, I was a bank teller but also carry out networking jobs during weekends. I know how many times I collected sick leave just to help set up a CBT center in Lagos. The revenue was 2x my monthly salary. As a H.R person, can you handle more than two job roles at once? Hell NO!

But Imagine if you had a skill like – let’s say Digital Marketing alongside your H.R skills, can’t you help manage someone’s business online while you do your day job? We have to open our eyes to the fact that ICT rules!!!

Utility Staff

They will marvel at how a Teller girl could offer Networking advice to our Engineers. They wanted to retain me, but someone was offering a higher pay. I have knowledge of accounting, I am a Network Engineer and I am about to learn More. Call me a jack of a trade – no problems, but I am a master of all.

Higher Pay

A small Business man or Enterpreneur with Digital Marketing knowledge and the one without, who would generate a higher revenue? A H.R person with Oracle Database Administrator skill and the one without, who will get a higher pay?

An accountant who can develop a solution to help solve a problem in his firm and the one who is only an End user, who will get a higher pay?

If nothing else would convince you to learn ICT skills, I hope this will convince you.

Steps to take to learn ICT skills

i) Determine what skill would help you achieve any of the following above

ii) Choose where to learn

iii) Pay and start – it might be expensive or might not be, but it is worth every penny.

iv) Graduate and start living your dreams.

Questions about the right skill? please use the comment section and I will respond. Thanks.

Originally written by Tessygirl

Source: http://topwritersden.com/reason-learn-ict-skills-jobs/

cc: lalasticlala please find this post worth. Thanks. Let's others who might not be aware exposure about the I.T field.

But even in University,one is taught maths and Pascal when he or she studies computer science,so is online course the best option?
Nigerian universities don't teach the skills you mentioned

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Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by drotba(m): 5:32pm On Sep 22, 2017
tessygirl:
12th of July 2014 I passed out from service. My friend with whom I was staying with, spent her service year with some ICT schools in Ibadan to learn ICT skills, while I stayed behind. She later got a top job while I managed with a small secondary school. I later moved to Lagos and got a job as an Admin person with a small hotel.

About a year later, I got a Teller Job with a new generation bank and I was working my ass off with a small paycheck. My other friend was already attending conferences and posting all sort of executive pictures online (It was so intimidating). The sacking spree then started in most banks, and I was affected. But I discovered that the I.T guys at the backroom were always confident despite lots of sacks going on. “Why can’t I be like them?” I asked myself. “Do they have 2 heads?” I asked again.

Currently I am working with a big ISP firm in Lagos and I am doing wonderfully well in terms of Finance. I don’t write this post to show off but to tell other people reasons why they should learn ICT skills even if their job role is not related!



So many Job opportunities

God knows that this month alone, I have seen countless number of Digital Marketing jobs, Software Development Jobs, Hardware and Brand Communication jobs. But I come up this forum and still see people begging for jobs. ICT is like a virgin field in Nigeria, yet to be crowded (I tell you from experience) unless you don’t know your skill well. I am already thinking of attending Digital Marketing Training, just in case my present employer messes up or I see a higher job offer (As I intend to leave the country and become a full digital Marketer like Click here to see how it was explained in this Post You also see reasons to learn ICT skills?

Peace of Mind

Even if you are sacked today, a competitor is waiting to utilize your ICT skill. A Digital Marketer with Pepsi can easily switch to Coca-cola with ease, even if the post isn’t vacant. A Network Engineer with Cobranet can switch to IPNX, even if they don’t advertise the position. Which other job sector can afford you that privilege?

Multiple Job Roles

Only ICT jobs gives you the priviledge of handling two or more jobs at the same time. During my learning period, I was a bank teller but also carry out networking jobs during weekends. I know how many times I collected sick leave just to help set up a CBT center in Lagos. The revenue was 2x my monthly salary. As a H.R person, can you handle more than two job roles at once? Hell NO!

But Imagine if you had a skill like – let’s say Digital Marketing alongside your H.R skills, can’t you help manage someone’s business online while you do your day job? We have to open our eyes to the fact that ICT rules!!!

Utility Staff

They will marvel at how a Teller girl could offer Networking advice to our Engineers. They wanted to retain me, but someone was offering a higher pay. I have knowledge of accounting, I am a Network Engineer and I am about to learn More. Call me a jack of a trade – no problems, but I am a master of all.

Higher Pay

A small Business man or Enterpreneur with Digital Marketing knowledge and the one without, who would generate a higher revenue? A H.R person with Oracle Database Administrator skill and the one without, who will get a higher pay?

An accountant who can develop a solution to help solve a problem in his firm and the one who is only an End user, who will get a higher pay?

If nothing else would convince you to learn ICT skills, I hope this will convince you.

Steps to take to learn ICT skills

i) Determine what skill would help you achieve any of the following above

ii) Choose where to learn

iii) Pay and start – it might be expensive or might not be, but it is worth every penny.

iv) Graduate and start living your dreams.

Questions about the right skill? please use the comment section and I will respond. Thanks.

Originally written by Tessygirl

Source: http://topwritersden.com/reason-learn-ict-skills-jobs/

cc: lalasticlala please find this post worth. Thanks. Let's others who might not be aware exposure about the I.T field.

Hello Tessygirl.Please regarding your post and my interest ,I need some guide.Any way we can connect?Thanks
Re: 5 Reason You Should Learn ICT Skills While Doing Other Jobs by generalbush(m): 5:33pm On Sep 22, 2017
Sammiejokes:
I have been asking around on where to learn extensively an Oracle or database administrator software in Lagos. I don't mind digital marketing or Network Engineering i just need to have more knowledge of this skills before deciding.

Check out IIHTlagos on Nairaland. They will be organizing a cheap digital marketing training

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