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iyke10: When you subtract out the sleeping time, commuting time, working time and things you have to do each and everyday of your life, most people don't have more than one or two hours a day to do what they would like to do - and then would they have the money to do it the answer most times is NO

If you are already working, don't you deserve a compensation that should give you total time and financial freedom?

Well, I know a way most people can 'own their life' by building their business and there is a system that is so simple that anyone can do it. It doesn't require selling and the best part is it won't take much of your time. If you are interested browse the link below

www.explorefreedom.com/bestmove ensure you watch the video brilliant compensation. IF your internet link is slow, select the animated option(not the live option) of the video.

I advise; don't just watch the videos, be willing to research them too and if you like what you see, do not hesitate to take action.

thanks

My friend, GET OUT OFF HERE!

pDude: Ok

do i drop my email? Have you ever thoght of selling it as a novel? just rework it and try your hand on Amazon kindle or the Amazon associates. It is free to set up or so. try googling around

pDude: I deleted it cos Seun and his mods provoked me.

didnt you save it some where? please just help me with a copy. I actually read it back then when you where writing it but I will like to print it out. please help me with a copy

can someone tell me where is the ADAMAWA GIRLS PLEASE? I read it back then but i have been itching to have a read again

Sam Milla: That is what we know how to do here in Nigeria. While the Indians and Chinese are organising Science and Tech contests,
We are busy organising Big Brothers, Maltina dancehall, Gulder ultimate search, Nokia project fame, MTN this and that.
Are these things what we now learn in our Universities?
#bigShame

God bless you... Who will you blame? Is it not the government who have misplaced priority...? Now everybody wants to be STAR!

Even promo no dey end again... it is one raffle draw to another. Fvcking country. China no even get facebook, talkless of this nonsens we display here.

malaria: Poster 4 ur mind, u paste joke.

I command your handle to be turned into HIV/AIDS...In the name of pathogens

Below is an article I found. you might find it helpful by further researching...
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Thousands of Brits want to be there



New Zealand might be nearly 12,000 miles from Britain, but that doesn't stop it being a draw for thousands of people who move there to live and work each year, enticed by its mountains, forests and lakes coupled with the dream of a more satisfying lifestyle than seems possible back home. More than 19,300 people from the UK alone were granted a work permit in 2004-5.

But despite these seemingly high numbers, New Zealand doesn't just let anybody in. To get the best chance of making the grade for a work permit or permanent residency, it helps if you are persistent, passionate about moving halfway around the world — and have the right combination of education and experience.

Indeed, perhaps the most critical success factor in landing a job and new life in New Zealand is having skills the country needs.



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Do you have the skills the country needs?



Like many countries with an ageing population, New Zealand is facing skills shortages in several trades and professions. It's therefore actively looking abroad to recruit skilled migrants.

The government has identified areas, such as information and communication technology, biotechnology and the creative industries, as immigration target areas. But it doesn't stop there. New Zealand is also on the lookout for people skilled in education, the health and medical field, agriculture and farming, pharmaceuticals and the skilled trades. And recruiters say they're "screaming" for engineers.

Hays Specialist Recruitment, in its July 2006 quarterly forecast, identified accountancy and finance, construction and property, call centres, information technology, office support, and resources and mining as "hotpots". It describes a shortage of candidates at all levels in oil and gas, power, heavy engineering design and construction and mining.

"New Zealand is booming at the moment," says Darren Hatton, managing director of specialist recruitment consultancy Career Engineer. "There's plenty of opportunities for people. They often find that by coming here their careers take one or two steps forward."

The official figures for the economy show modest growth, slowing slightly in 2007 but rising to a healthy annual 2.4 percent in 2008. But it's in the fields suffering skills shortages where most opportunities lie.



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Your skills might get you fast tracked



All this means that applicants who are applying for jobs in these fields could have their applications fast-tracked - you could, bureaucracy permitting, have the whole thing sorted in less than two months.

Brigitta Kirsten, a consultant with specialist agency Scientific and Technical Recruitment, says the fastest way to get into the country is to apply for a work visa for one of these in-demand professions.

"If they get employment through an accredited company, they are fast-tracked through the system," she says.

The New Zealand immigration department accredits certain companies and recruiters who are actively seeking to hire people from abroad for certain hard-to-fill roles.

"If an applicant has a specific job and they apply and go through the interview and are offered the job, they have to start their paperwork. This can take 4-8 weeks," she says.

"If a candidate doesn't have a job, it may take longer, because we will interview them and try to market them in New Zealand. That could take 8-16 weeks."

Molly Kallesen, an American speech-language therapist, found her entry into New Zealand was very quick because hers is one of the hotlist professions..

"I went through a specialist kiwi recruitment company. They were extremely helpful and found me exactly the job I wanted. I organized my registration, interviewed, everything before I came over. I arrived, found a place to live, and started work in less than 2 weeks."



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Dedicated employment-seekers only



So does this mean all expats can easily get jobs in these fields?

Recruiters sound a note of caution. Potential migrants have to prove they take their move to New Zealand seriously.

"What New Zealand employers need to see demonstrated is that someone has already decided they are coming to New Zealand, either to emigrate permanently or to work for a couple of years until they've made their mind up," says Hatton.

"Literally hundreds of times, people have the very best of intentions from half a planet away, but for one thing or another, things just don't happen. So employers don't get too enthused until they know the person is coming for a face-to-face interview — so they know they are quite serious."

Kirsten agrees: "A face-to-face interview is priceless. It shows how committed you are."



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So much for those with skills that match New Zealand’s needs



Unfortunately, for those without these golden skills, it can become tougher. New Zealand assesses applicants for its skilled migrant category according to a points system. In a nutshell — the more employment experience and education you have, the more points you get.

And it helps if you aren't fussy which part of the country you move to. A detailed list of the professions and trades currently most in demand is available at the immigration department's website. It shows, for example, that butchers are sought around Canterbury and Otago, while Auckland is the only place short of dental technicians. (Bizarrely, jockeys are also in demand, but not in Auckland or Wellington.)

If you're under 30 and from countries which have a treaty with New Zealand (the UK is one of them), you can apply for a visa under the working holiday scheme. This can be remarkably quick and easy.

Cathy O'Sullivan, aged 26 and from Ireland, landed a job as web editor with news website Stuff.co.nz with a working holiday visa.

"I applied online and it was granted within 48 hours," she says.



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Navigating immigration



But as with most bureaucracies, the New Zealand immigration process can be tiresome and involves fees — although expats who have experienced immigrating to more than one country say it's one of the better systems. Potential migrants do however require a medical certificate and police clearance certificate from back home before they can move, and these, while relatively cheap, can take weeks to process.

But more importantly, the system requires migrants take responsibility for their own work permit applications, unlike in some other countries where it becomes the employer's responsibility.

Hatton suggests a two-pronged approach: immigration application and job hunt. "We can help them, but they need to make themselves familiar with the immigration process and the requirement as to what's needed before they start looking at moving."

The Immigration Department certainly does its best to help. Its website, at www.immigration.govt.nz is clear and user-friendly, and gives plenty of information about working and living in New Zealand. Candidates are able to create their own profile, and the site includes a service, called NetworkZ Online, to help match applicants to jobs. That tool is currently rather thin on employment opportunities, however.

One thing potential migrants must consider is whether their qualifications are recognised in New Zealand. Fortunately, most of this information is available online from the New Zealand Qualifications Authority www.nzqa.govt.nz.



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Where to seek work



So where do potential migrants look for work?

One good place is a recruitment agency. There are hundreds throughout the country, and many specialise in fields such as healthcare, engineering or technology. Good agencies can help open doors to applicants when they arrive, even if the immigration process is left firmly in the migrant's hands. They can also advise on the immigration procedure before the applicant gets on the plane.

Potential expats are also advised to start looking for jobs directly, either on employers' websites, newspaper websites, such as The New Zealand Herald www.nzherald.co.nz, The Dominion Post www.dominionpost.com and The Press www.press.co.nz or through the publisher Fairfax Group's website at www.stuff.co.nz Specialist or generalist employment websites are also good sources — try Seek www.seek.co.nz, Search4Jobs www.netcheck.co.nz or Jobzone www.te.co.nz. Other worthwhile places to try are the government-run Career Services www.careers.govt.nz, or New Kiwis www.newkiwis.co.nz, which aims to match skills to needs.

Rafael Laverde, originally from Colombia, moved to Wellington after six years studying for a marketing MBA in the UK on a visa through his partner, who is from New Zealand.

"It takes a little bit of hard work and investigation to find a job here," he says. Some employers rejected him during his 5-month job-hunt because he was from a Spanish-speaking country and had an accent "like Antonio Banderas".

A combination of tweaks to his CV and assistance from the Job Mentoring Programme in Wellington helped him find employment as a project manager with translation centre NZTC International.

He says attitudes towards non-native English-speakers are changing. While not long ago anyone with an accent was viewed suspiciously, New Zealand employers are now starting to accept workers from all over the world, not just those from the traditional emigration nations such as the UK.

"There are plenty of opportunities now for skilled immigrants," he says.



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Life in New Zealand



It's this combination of opportunities and a good quality of life that New Zealand is dangling in front of potential migrants.

"You have a 40 to 45-hour week, time for the family, and you're able to go down the beach after work and have a barbeque," says Hatton.

While New Zealand salaries for engineers aren't as high as, for example, the Middle East, Hatton says they are competitive locally and the quality of life is much greater.

"And in terms of disposal income, it's probably a lot better than people are experiencing in the UK. Buying power is as good, if not better."

Indeed, Auckland and Wellington, at 100 and 105, fare well in the Mercer Human Resource Consulting Cost of Living Survey for 2006, showing they're among the cheapest places to live in the developed world (London, for example, is at position 5).

That, coupled with New Zealand's glorious open spaces and relaxed pace of life, make it a draw, despite its distance from Western Europe.

Weather
The weather is at least palatable; the temperate New Zealand climate won't come as much of a shock to anyone moving from Britain. Summer, which is at its height between December and February, sees temperatures in the 20-30C range; in winter (June until August) temperatures hover between 5 and 15C. Expect rain all year, however, especially on the South Island.

Education
The education system is government-funded, with schools having the facilities you would expect from a first-world country. New Zealand also has free and subsidized healthcare, but it's only available to official residents.

Housing
Housing ranges in price from around NZ$350,000 (£120,000) for an inner-city, 1- or 2-bedroom apartment to NZ$550,000 (£190,000) for a house in the suburbs. A townhouse with a view of the ocean will set you back NZ$800,000 (£275,000).

You can almost taste the fresh air. As Cathy O'Sullivan says: "I just love the lifestyle I have here in New Zealand. I get to do lots of outdoorsy activities and go on lots of road trips. Even though I am thousands of miles away from home, I really feel 'at home' here."



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Immigration Routes



There are four main options for people who want to come to New Zealand to live and work.

Skilled Migrant
For people who want to live and work in New Zealand permanently. Applicants are scored according to a points system, with being aged under 56, having a tertiary or trade qualification, two years of work experience and a job offer all giving you more points.

Work to Residence
If you have a skill that is in high demand, or have an exceptional talent in sports or the arts, you can use this permit to work temporarily in New Zealand as a step towards permanent residence. You need a job offer from an 'accredited employer' with a base salary of at least NZ$45,000 (£15,500) per year, or an offer of full-time, ongoing employment in one of the jobs on the Long-Term Skills Shortage list.

Temporary Work Visa
For a temporary job in New Zealand, especially if you have a skill that's in demand there. It's also used for people working in connection with a particular event.

Working Holiday
If you’re aged between 18 and 30 and come from one of 23 countries (including the UK), this option allows you to travel around New Zealand and take up temporary work. The visa usually lasts 12 months.


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Written for Nexus, Expat Network by
Simon Payn



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]source: http://www.expatnetwork.com/Jobs/Working-and-Living-Overseas/Working-in-New-Zealand.cfm

daisyella: And where is †ђξ pix of most naija guys

That is your home work!

Pacemaker: Majority of the businesses I made mention of are cash intense and with employment potential for a whole lot of unemployed graduates if utilized wisely. I have Naija and Indian friends that work's for Amazon, which started as a regular neighborhood website with less than 5 employees. As we speak they have more than 500 employees, from engineering to business major.The owner is now an employer of labor and well respected by Americans.

Capital is the major thing holding most of us... that's why I am starting from scratch...

Mynd_44: Funny pic but not necessary true

mostly true... Approach 10 with as a gentle with sleeve,tie, or suit and see how many would appreciate that...

Come back with swag-like zeal(like wizkid, dbanj, psquare etc) and do it for another ten... And tell me what you notice.

kayjegs: @2Sexy...thanks and what will your website be about? @Pacemaker...that was absolutely brilliant...it makes a lot of sense. I have been watching this thread, your ideas are always off the hook. Please what are you really doing? You are highly needed....sincerely...

The website is for selling info product to the international market... I am still gathering tools and arsenals.

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Abitrage, I no understand your paypal verification method o.

arbitrage: Activation of the paypal prepaid mastercard is done after receipt on same site or

https://www.paypal-prepaid.com/account/activation.m

By the way, myamericanshipper.com will accept your Nigerian card for payment of their services. Good luck!

I could not attach those vpn softwares for non-Nigeria ip access to your paypal but you may google for their downloads lke WTL (hide ip) browser, Tor browser (about 151MB) and ultrasurf (working nicely at just 1.2MB).

kayjegs: I will like to drop an idea here.Very simple, but I know it will yield results. It is all about packaging. I have discovered that Nigerians like "Class". This is what I can see in a small packaged bread by "Yale Foods" in Ibadan and it is spreading like wildfire even though the bread is not in anyway better than our normal breads except for the packaging. This is what the Lebanese owners are exploiting in Nigeria.
I thought of doing small packagings of raw foods like Rice, Beans (well sorted without shafts like the normal ones in the market). You can make it in different economical sizes, such as 5 cups of rice in a pack, 10 cups in a pack with of course different prices. Just like you buy your indomie noodles etc. These can be readily sold in supermarkets and even roadside kiosks as we have in Nigeria. You don't need any special thing to do than to design good nylon packages and buy the big bags of rice and repackage. I don't know if this type is already available in Nigeria anyway, even if it is, it is still an area one can explore. Just think of those bulk food commodities that can be re-packaged. I discovered that you buy almost anything here abroad in packs from supermarkets. Why cant someone do something like that back home in a neat and healthy way? I am very much interested in this business group as it aligns with my vision of turning around the economic situation of Nigeria for good as youths. We can actually do it.

I m in Germany for a 3 month research and training and will be back to Nigeria in November. Wants to be part of this,
seriously.....
@Pacesetter, @2sexy @2ruink and everybody....welldone guys...I love your spirit. Pls keep it up!

You are welcome...

I am currently trying to set up a website for my own use...BRB

Pacemaker: Nairaland lack class though,it may go down the drain real soon. Have you seen their ad banners? They look very shapeless and primitive. He should buy a software that edit's banners before they are published.

That is their own palava... I have given suggestion and nothing happened.

Pacemaker: I totally understand where you are coming from. Please no pun intended; The likes of Kenny Ogumbe of Kennis Music used to dominate the naija entertainment space, all of a sudden new breed of independent record labels started popping up from all corners, as we speak Kennis music is played out, I barely hear of those guys or see them in front of camera these days.This same scenario can be repeated in business sector by our generation.....lol

Exactly... but one thing that could have affected Kennis Music may the price points. They were charging way too high and because the industry was still green and a lot of people were ignorant, they had it their way and made good money.

They lost it because they weren't thinking about the future...

The same could happen to nairaland if care is not taken. I pray it doesn't though.

Pacemaker: This author of the below link provide accurate tips on how to generate income using your website. It is not a secret unlike those internet con artist on nairaland,that advertise ebook or blah blah blah
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/ways-to-make-money-online-with-website/

Hello, bro. Hmmm... been feeling a little depressed though.

The truth is that online biz is real... Just yesterday, I stumbled on another Nigeria's website who makes money as a writer on the internet--that make two them now secretly making that kind of money. Surprisingly, he sure would be making much more than our local newspaper writers due to the benefit of the hard currency.

HE makes around $3000/ month and charge $50 and above to do the writing.

For the benefit of this forum,I may run a little tutorial here on how you can tap into this business right here in Nigeria.

2ruink, pacemaker, stpat1, what do you think about that...? Give me the green light!

friedmeat: i see.

What do you see?

Yes, paypal do transfer money to your account for verification but I am not so sure on the success rated for using payoneer's virtual bank.

The only thing I do is get someone to make payment for me and if I have to receive money, I use a friend's paypal in US to receive my cash.

I mean address used to apply for the card and the one on paypal must be the same.

You may tell your client to send the money from his Visa or Mastercard to your Payoneer.

2baga: I believe the govt have the best interest of the citizenry in mind with the YOUWIN project but lets watch, wait and see how it goes,

@2sexy: once you are on line especially NL you are never alone, mind you you can feel lonely if you are "lost" in a crowd also you can feel connected (not lonely) even though you are physically alone.
all the best sha.

from ma office in apapa (alone with NL)

Thanks.

YOUWIN? That is a political maneuver. It will die a natural death! What is wrong if they(GOVT) Revive Ajacuta Steel Complex? Do you know how many people that will be employed?

That ASC can manufacture cars, heavy machines etc.

What's wrong if they utilise the coal in Enugu for power generation?

Why can't we have a stable power supply at this stage?

Why do will still have pot holes in our roads? This can easily be solved if detailed soil test is conducted and the soil highly compacted and a good adhesive catalyst use to bond the tar.

The truth is that this so called leaders are saying that we are f00ls... Imagine saying Nigeria will have a good water supply by 2025!

friedmeat: Ovbiedo we khia?

I am half Edo(mum) and half igbo

2ruink: I don’t think he meant 'dead' as in irrelevant mineral resources. I suppose he was referring to negligence on the side of the government.
Hw is Benin my guy?

Benin Dey... Just bored, always indoor, no friends except when I come on Nairaland.

arbitrage: Since it's not a Nigerian issued card, it should be able to verify paypal, I suppose.

Wrong. ID conformity is the key to verifying your paypal.

They offer a virtual US bank account though, but I doubt that that will work either.

Again, I spoke to David , Payoneer community manager,about transfer of funds from paypal to payoneer yesterday in another forum.

Here is what he said: you can only transfer funds from your paypal to your payoneer. So, if you want to transfer fund from a client's or a friend's paypal to your payoneer, it wont work.

Wetin concern me..?

Kay-Dee:
There's nothing much they can do about it. More and more people now use facebook on their mobile devices and that way the adverts dont show up so the companies that usually advertise are reluctant to continue. That is the main reason why GM pulled out.

The company was over valued and shares overpriced and there is no clear cut strategy for generating the revenue they projected they will make and they stated in their prospectus,


investors should learn to read and analyze companies' prospectus before participating in IPOs, a lot of people fell mugu to transcorp for not reading even though the future failure of transcorp was glaring from the prospectus.

Analysing and studying a company is what many people don't know how to do and that's why they lost money.

If you put your own company sef, them go rush you like ant dey gathe sugar.

The world's greatest investor once narrated a story. He said a shoe shiner was showing him the latest stock to buy and he thought to himself: if a shoe shiner could be trading stocks, then the market is saturated. He pulled out all his stocks and investment that day and guess what?

The market crashed the following week.

That's Warren Buffet's experience.

Agriculture is an ever-green niche.

I love realestate as well--actually my future domain.

Pacemaker, I don't think coal and steal are a thing of the past; it's just that we are ruled by a bunch of ignorantly-wise leaders whose blindness are worse than a bat.

Coal is still used to generate electricity in some parts of the world.

If the infrastures were available, ajakuta steal complex can provide over 2000 jobs and we would be car manufacturing hub of Africa.

But greed, ethnic divides, politics and ignorance has killed these seemly potential economic boosters.

I am here bro. I am right here. You know I stay in Benin, so it won't be easy for me at this point.

Since I got the modem, I have been trying to help the single mother and I also spoke with azeez yesterday but network spoil show.

I dey follow you like twitter.

Card applied for and verified... they will contact me in the next 7 business days.

hMMMMMM....

Wooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! They have finally sorted out the issue of funding. It use to be hard for one to fund the card in the past but now it is easy. before now, whichever partner of payoneeer you got the card from, you will have to work with them in a form affiliation and make money first into the card before you will be qualified to fund it yourself. I see that has now changed... and best part is that people with paypal can send you money into the card.

I am applying for this card right away.

mrkels: Btw the link aint working... Showing the error page

go direct to payoneer.com