₦airaland Forum

FortifiedCity:
Elrufai ruling this country will be a great disservice to humanity, freedom and unity

Like the way he brought freedom and unity to kaduna state right?

nijaomegacode:
Please how did you apply for that FG job? Pls put me through sir

Getting Federal jobs are mostly based on referrals, for over 5 years no federal government parastatal apart from the military has openly advertised recruitment exercise, so applying is impossible since there's no portal where you can submit your application to.

If you know anyone in any ministry he or she can refer you, and you'll be employed based on who brought you into the job, that's how it is with federal government jobs.

NarnieAceTech:
Hello Nairalanders, I don't know if this is the right section to post this but I need your sincere contributions, advice on a career path I'm about to take. I will go straight to it:

I have been searching for a job for some months now. I applied in several startups but wasn't fortunate in getting replies from them. I recently got a job in a new generation bank and it's at their HQ in Lagos Island. I had barely stayed up to a week before I got a mail from the Nigerian Immigration Service concerning their screening exercise.
I have never been in such position to pick one, because from the look of things, I can't seem to have it both ways but I may just be wrong. I decided to list out the pros and cons of both jobs.

Bank job pros:
• Salary is close to 100k.
• Transportation is free I.e zero cost
• Positive working environment.
• Learning on the job.
• Job growth.
• Job flexibility- I will start working from home as soon as I get a good grasp handling some things, that means I may be coming to the office 3 times in 5 days. That means I'll be able to run my side hustle as well.

Bank Job cons:
• Distance from home to office is quite far. Due to Lagos traffic, I leave home by 4.45am and the office by 5pm and get home by 8-9pm.
• No job security.


Federal govt. Job pros:
• Job growth.
• Job security.
• Flexible: I can comfortably run my side hustles.
• Probably deployed to a state that isn't expensive like Lagos.

Federal govt. Job cons:
• I applied with my OND(national diploma) so I would have to start from level 6.
• Less than 60k salary for a start (from the Info I gathered).
• Probably redeployed to the Northeast of Nigeria
• Since it is just a screening exercise, there's no guarantee I'd get my appointment letter.

Please, if there are people working with the system,
I need to know how many days would the training exercise take?
What's the starting salary of an AII(Assistant inspector of Immigration)?
Can I upgrade my level now that I have my BSc, if I get the job? If yes, then how?

I seriously need your advice and answers to those questions I asked, so I can draw my conclusion from them, because the decision I will take may either make or break me. Thank you.

PS: I have just 10 days till the screening exercise and I would have to travel down to my state of origin for the exercise.

Please MODs, move this to the front page.

CrazyMan.

You've already answered your question...bank job doesn't come with job security. You can be laid off without notice.

For the federal job, you can always upgrade your credentials which will boost your chances of getting promoted, and also, you'll have enough time for a side Hussle.

The choice is yours.

This is the major reason why many Nigerians are suffering.

Imagine a making a profit of 500k in your business monthly in 2016 and by 2021, inflation sets in, tax increases, light, food, school fees for your kids...and basically every aspect of basic amenities (rent inclusive) how would such a person survive knowing that you have staffs to pay? Truth is you'll definitely lay off some so as to breath a little.

Crime rate is high not because the police and other security agencies aren't doing enough, but because more and more youths are plunged into the unemployment market, and the government is mute about it.

How many youths with first degrees gotten between now and five years ago can boast of Independence? Many are still squatting, depending on their parents, friends, families...etc for survival. Some are proudly advertising themselves as online scammers, others have resorted into far more terrible channels just to survive.

Those days it was very safe to comfortably embark on a 500km journey outside your State of residence for a job interview, today you will have to confirm and check and confirm any message sent to you for an interview even though it's taking place in your location. Hunger has made us more wicked and evil towards one another.

The problem with Nigeria isn't the government, it's the youths, those in power have stashed up enough wealth for their tenth generation, but the youths killing themselves and defending them online can't even boast of N20k in their account.

The end SARS protest last year sent a very strong message to the government that power lies in the hands of the people, but division, greed, religion, sentiments, tribalism...etc, has blinded us to reality, that's why a section of the youths were contracted to disperse the peaceful youths who were protesting against SARS brutality which involves the back stabbers as well.

Nigerian will continue to be miserably governed, even the 2023 everyone is eagerly awaiting, won't make any difference if we the youths continue to elect the wrong people into power. It might even be worse if we don't wake up and grab our future these old men are gambling with.

If all his female passengers choose to offer sex as payment, how will he fuel the car, pay his taxes, maintenance, put food on his table, pay his bills..etc.

The way some ladies reason can be so annoying.

Why not take any of the available options you mentioned and use it to raise capital for your programming dream?

The secret is to avoid unnecessary and reckless spendings. You can easily achieve this by having a budget for the month and sticking to it regardless of whatever financial emergencies pops up in the cause of the month.

If it's someone you feel can be of help to you in getting another job, it will be wise to let him/her know your current state.

If it's just a random person looking for regular gossip, you can tell him/her fine, so as to avoid being the topic of their next discussion.

The Lord is your strength bro.

What has happened has happened, the most important thing here is that you've gotten the required experience, don't be so hard on yourself or start blaming yourself, see it as a stepping stone to attain greater heights. I believe that very soon you'll get something much better.

Good luck

Rocktation:
Alright. But do you really feel that I should have done that on the online PTA? As in, prove to other people, that I am empathetic to other people?

Yes cos it's the right thing to do.

TripleDdotcom has hit the nail on the head...so I have very little words to contribute here.

But nevertheless, I feel you should have at least sent a condolence message, it won't cost anything. Deaths isn't as regular as birthdays, weddings, dedications... etc. So when it comes in its unexpected manner the least one can do is to show that you're grieving with the family of the deceased by airing your voice.

Sometimes people just want you to be there for them in their grieving moments, they want you to stand by them, if you fail to do that, why should they maintain any kind of friendship with you?

You didn't do well.

I've never come across this bank in the south East and south south. Are they operational only in the south west?

I don't see anything wrong in complementing a lady you find attractive. Your duty in the establishment is to provide solutions to tasks, therefore your personal life is none of their concern.

Even if you moved first by reciting all the the romantic lines to her only to discover that she's your boss wife, I don't believe it will be logical for them to terminate your appointment because of that. She can simply tell you that she's married or she's your boss wife.

Where I feel you would deserve punishment is if you know she's your boss wife or she tells you and you still go ahead to try to win her over, then at that point, your appointment deserves to be terminated and you might be arrested for verbal molestation.

Go to your bank. They'll send Representatives to come and check out your business, if they're impressed with what they see, you'll be granted the loan.

Acidiously:
So guys I have a friend who works as a POS operator for his madam and she pays him 15k monthly. He also has to send daily summary of his transactions at end of day. Now this is where the problem lies, if he omits sending the summary she charges him 2k/day from his salary. Now, technically he earns #500/day. Is it right to penalize an employee four times their wage? Please he needs my advice. Can he protest the unreasonable penalty to his boss?
Crazyman
1forall

I'm going to be very honest with you... most of all these sales boys and girls are the ones ruining promising businesses.... majority of them will steal from their employers at the slightest opportunity they get.

A lot of people with funds these days are finding it difficult to open a business outside their state of residence because they might become victims of their staffs dishonesty and insincerity.

I know a friend whose business was ruined by the sales boys he employed to handle one of his shops.

Sometimes these conditions most bosses give prospective employees might seem harsh but if you look at it on the long run, they're only looking out for their business. These sales boys only care about their agreed salary, whether the business folds up or not, they're actually not concerned. Cos if the business folds up, they can easily go elsewhere to find another job leaving you to bear the pain of your loss. So you must be the one to enforce certain rules to ensure that your business is safe and the money you're paying them isn't a waste.

If he needs the job badly tell him to be extremely careful and serious with it, he can hang onto it pending when he'll see something better.

Rocktation:
Correct..unless he wants to be self-sponsored. Because many Nigerians can't even accept that they could be depressed, not to speak of suffer from other mental health ish-es.

Yes...and even if they experience depression in any form, they'll look for the nearest pastor because we're religious in nature.

The average depressed Nigerian will feel more comfortable talking to a pastor than a professional counselor.

OcholaKings:
Happy Sunday fellow NL, am just enquiring on the career path of counselling and therapy in Nigeria.

Is it really a good career path?

Get a degree in theology and join any denomination and you're good to go. Anything outside that will be a total waste of time.

The fulani controlled media is fighting hard to look for an excuse to declare war on the Igbos, any unbiased person will easily know that Igbos are only defending their land from the murderous herdsmen whom the fulani government are sheltering.

With all the killings of farmers, across the South eastern states by known herdsmen, what has the government done to protect the lives and properties of the average Igbo man? Not a single arrest has been made so far.

Now we've decided to protect themselves by establishing our own security outfits you're here roping every atrocities committed in the region to us.

It will never be will with this government.

Leaving a job without having a much better offer in this present economy isn't wise.

If you had started this thread before quitting your job, I would have told you to hang in there and keep searching for something better. Or better still reach an agreement with the manage to give you a day or two as your off days which you will use to effectively hunt for a much better replacement.

But all the same, you have the experience in that field, and you've proven that you have the ability to solve problems, so that should fetch you something better.

Good luck.

Stop flogging other people's kids, I witnessed a live incident during my NYSC, days a female corper flogged a Jss2 student, the guy just fainted. It took the grace of God for us to revive him. Turned out that the guy wasn't sick but hungry.

Many people are starving, you can always communicate your message to them in a more civilized way than flogging them like animals, cos if you end up killing the child, the same community you're serving wouldn't hesitate to give you the jungle justice treatment.

Back to the topic... during my NYSC, a female student came to me and asked me where I stay, I told her what does she want to do in my house, she told me she wants to play with my pénis (although she didn't call it pénis directly. She called it pipe) I looked at her for some seconds after she told me what she meant by pipe and asked her how old she was, she told me 11, I shook my head and told her that it's very wrong for a woman to see a man's pipe let alone play with it that it can lead to severe stomach ache or death.

This child gave me the shock of my life when she told me that she plays with her uncle's own and he loves seeing her play with it and suck it. Upon further inquiries it turned out that she's a victim of sexual abuse by her own uncle whom she lives with.

I reported the incident to a mature female teacher who promised me that she'll get to the root of the matter, guess what....she did absolutely nothing, instead the uncle came and threatened me then withdrew the girl from the school.

I kept on asking myself, how did this so called mature female teacher handle this incident that it reached this level?

Not every elderly person is as matured as one thinks, I really felt for the child, never saw her again. This incident still troubles me till today even though it happened almost a decade ago.

Go for photography and graphics design.

Once you get the required knowledge, you can practice both simultaneously which will definitely expand your profit base. Blogging will frustrate you, cos you might encounter difficulty in securing any reasonable income after months and years of dedicated hardwork

Good luck.

Bigboy289:
The taxation abroad is more than that of Nigeria

For salary earners yes, for business owners no. Reason being that you're contributing your own quota towards reducing unemployment rate in their country so you'll be favoured.

In USA for instance, there's a very big difference between the taxes paid by salary earners and taxes paid by business owners. I don't know about Europe tho.

Kobojunkie:
Your church was consecrated by whom? and by whose power?
What and whose revival?
Jesus Christ never asked any of His followers to build Him altars, so who is to the altar?
Jesus Christ gave no one power to consecrate anything in His name, and how can unholy man make anything holy by simply it so?
Why do you believe your church more consecrated than your home? By whose decree is this consecration you proclaims?

The last thing I can ever do with my precious time is to engage in an argument about religion.

I believe what I choose to believe and I trust you do the same as well, that should settle the dust.

Stay safe and have a pleasant night.

Kobojunkie:
Your "spiritual atmosphere" in your churches is an imagined one.
God is everywhere and He looks in your hearts to know your desires and intentions. He even commands you to enter into your closet when you pray to Him so no one sees or hears too, even when you are at home. Going out instead to your public places(churches) to pray and wail aloud does not meet His requirement then, does it?

The church is a sacred place, a concecrated ground to God, it's different from the home.

Your heart needs to accept him (Jesus) first before you can comfortably fellowship with him in your home.

The church is also a place for revival, your heart can be renewed there through the word meted out from the altar by a pastor or priest.

So comparing the home and the church is totally out of point.

authority2006:
It's not like they are targeting elderly people at all. They don't even know which numbers belong to elderly people and which ones are not, they pick and call numbers at random. Elderly ones are just happened to be falling for their tricks.

I disagree my dear friend, they don't call random numbers.

Those people have your full data. When they call, they'll ask you to confirm your full name which they'll call out to you, date of birth and even call out your account details. The trick they use is that sometimes they might call out a wrong surname or date of birth, once you point out the error, they'll send you a code and instruct you to send it back to them so as to enable them sort out the error on your BVN details. Once you do that, your account will be wiped out in minutes.

The dates of birth which they obviously have access to easily helps them target elderly people cos they're easier targets then the regular wise street youth.

shirley26:
You don't have to do this

Lol...the spiritual atmosphere present in the church compels people to be more emotional (and even weep in most cases) than the highly distracted atmosphere at home coupled with excessive tiredness after a hard day's work.

Spending123:
For me I will advice you to invest in Nigeria!!! If you have a good business idea, you will make it big.

Most of you keep shouting business idea without actually suggesting a reasonable business idea he can do with the said amount. If you want to advise him, bring up a business idea, that's why he created this topic.

Please travel abroad, most business owners in Nigeria are lamenting bitterly because of the harsh economic atmosphere that has engulfed this country, currently suffocating and crippling so many businesses. A country where you're subjected to multiple taxation by the government, epileptic power supply admist heavy billing, insecurity, insincerity...etc. how do you expect your 50m investment to gain grounds within 2 years, it's almost impossible.

If you must invest, try properties...it's the only guaranteed area where you can be assured of continuous profits on a yearly basis. Just get a land outside Lagos (but in a town) that 50m can get you a 3 storey twin building of 2-3 bedroom flats.

Hand it over to a barrister to manage, and sit back and wait for your yearly credit alert. Anything outside properties is a very big risk which I won't advise you to gamble into rather I'll strongly advise you to leave this shit hole.

SweetVibe:
Thanks, but I heard you can correct details on your BVN and NIN

BVN can be corrected in the bank, but for NIN, I doubt it.

In this era of NIN and BVN you want to reduce your age? It will take your employer less than 5 minutes to access your data via your BVN and once your details starts contradicting each other, you should kiss that job good bye cos integrity is one of the major traits every prospective employer looks out for when hiring an employee.

ikllbrokehoes:
Wait.. so people still fall for these scam tactics? damn!

He's an old man.

Usually, these fraudsters target elderly or naieve people who aren't very enlightened or educated, cos they're easier targets as compared to the enlightened and educated ones.

It's a pity that most Nigerian youths these days, are into fraud. All they think of his how to defraud others of their hard earned money and cause them pains...it's so sad

I pray they're caught.

ijechikky:
My kid sis wants to go for a cabin crew course training but we r having difficulties getting a suitable training institution.

I heard most aviation insititutes creates job opportunities immdtly after the training, How true is this and which institute is that?



Pls mods help me push this to FP!!!!

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