Good morning Nairalanders, I would like to have your opinions concerning this. A consensus was reached on changing the family’s surname to dad’s first name. An oath was sworn to in court to this effect but not yet published in the dailies. Pondering on this issue now, the question is can this pose a threat to me as a corps member while seeking for a job?
Helpful Inputs from H.R personnel, job seekers, Career counsellors etc. will be greatly appreciated.
CC: Tanimola22, Jarus, Yemmight, Lalasticlala, Ishilove

You may go through the inconvenience of having to explain to recruiters who look at your credentials in the course of hiring (some may suspect you had a criminal record, some may suspect you are attempting to use someone else's credentials), but I don't think it should pose serious challenge once you do newspaper change of name.

If you have a credential that shows your picture (e.g WAEC certificate from 2000), it may also make your case easy.

The effects will surely be huge.Recruiters and the general public can easily identify with any change of name by a female applicant on the basis of marriage.But like Jarus said,you need to explain your reasons.Mind you some people will not accept it.....get ready to deal with it.

Always have a copy of the court oath that was taken as a reference.It wont be easy i tell you,because Nigerians have abused the oath and affidavits sworn in courts.

Waow! this is looking more serious than i thought.
@Jarus and debbie, i really appreciate your contributions, God bless. Do you then think i can reverse back to my previous surname for now till i get over the hassles of job seeking and getting a solid footing in my career path ? Inputs from other members are also welcomed.

Who goes to the court to reverse a sworn oath?

brainnny:
Waow! this is looking more serious than i thought.
@Jarus and debbie, i really appreciate your contributions, God bless. Do you then think i can reverse back to my previous surname for now till i get over the hassles of job seeking and getting a solid footing in my career path ? Inputs from other members are also welcomed.

debbie:
Who goes to the court to reverse a sworn oath?

lmao

debbie:
Who goes to the court to reverse a sworn oath?

taiwolusol:

debbie:
Who goes to the court to reverse a sworn oath?

Sounds funny though, but when issues like this surface no potential option would sound ridiculous for the affected person to consider you know.
What i actually meant was if it is possible to continue with my previous surname since i haven't published it in the dailies neither have i used it on any of my credentials.
Do you get what i mean ?

Thanks for the contributions though and looking forward to more.