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Sparkles003:
Please does anyone know about the company
INSPIRE LIFELINE NIGERIA

Sequel to our telephone conversation you have been scheduled for an interview with Inspire lifeline International on Thursday 14/7/2016 by 9.am for the position of Business development Executive at
No 12 Ishola Bello street, Akiode Bus top ojudu road. Lagos. Kindly attend with your resume and credentials.
Please confirm receipt of this message.
Will appreciate any positive info
Googled them but didn't get much info
Thanks

In the same shoe

Damminglola:
Eko o ni baje ju bayi lo. Amin.

eyin na le baaje bayi

Damminglola:
I'll prefer 20M plus the green card.







Then I'll later burn the green card.

wouldnt take time to identify a thief when u see one.........choose 1 but u want the two to ursef, typical nigerian lady

Saao:
OK thanks, I will hook up now

Beep me up on whatsapp bro....lets talk

anigold:
Have UNION BANK started using computer?


I dey fear their ATM
imagine ATM SWALLOWING your card IN BENIN CITY ON YOUR way to LAGOS...

jmichael:
Union bank pays 30k

stonemind:
Union bank entry level is 26k contract staff is 19.5k per month

Ahn ahn broses, i dont think its dat worse for them going by the post from the thread below

https://www.nairaland.com/1789703/union-bank-graduate-recruitment-2014-lets/13

cc150615:
I'm actually not waiting for them so no need for the patience,or lemme say not any longer cos I'm on this thread cos I was in the first place! I just think the time table isn't an Ok one yes I saw it, and about package, good package my foot, who no fit pay 3.1m per annum, make dem rest abeg we don see them
nd don't quote me again!

cc150615:
before tax, but take home is still over 200 per month after tax

musco4me:
Yea. Wat of u?

So na here u come hide guy. I pm u.......lets discuss

Permit me to close this discussion on a personal note. I have heard and read references to me as a former dictator in many respected British newspapers including the well regarded Economist. Let me say without sounding defensive that dictatorship goes with military rule, though some might be less dictatorial than others. I take responsibility for whatever happened under my watch.

I cannot change the past. But I can change the present and the future. So before you is a former military ruler and a converted democrat who is ready to operate under democratic norms and is subjecting himself to the rigours of democratic elections for the fourth time.

You may ask: why is he doing this? This is a question I ask myself all the time too. And here is my humble answer: because the work of making Nigeria great is not yet done, because I still believe that change is possible, this time through the ballot, and most importantly, because I still have the capacity and the passion to dream and work for a Nigeria that will be respected again in the comity of nations and that all Nigerians will be proud of.

I thank you for listening

http://www.apcpressreleases.com/buharis-speech-chatham-house-nigeria/

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Boko Haram has sadly put Nigeria on the terrorism map, killing more than 13,000 of our nationals, displacing millions internally and externally, and at a time holding on to portions of our territory the size of Belgium. What has been consistently lacking is the required leadership in our battle against insurgency. I, as a retired general and a former head of state, have always known about our soldiers: they are capable, well trained, patriotic, brave and always ready to do their duty in the service of our country.

You all can bear witness to the gallant role of our military in Burma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Darfur and in many other peacekeeping operations in several parts of the world. But in the matter of this insurgency, our soldiers have neither received the necessary support nor the required incentives to tackle this problem. The government has also failed in any effort towards a multi-dimensional response to this problem leading to a situation in which we have now become dependent on our neighbours to come to our rescue.

Let me assure you that if I am elected president, the world will have no cause to worry about Nigeria as it has had to recently; that Nigeria will return to its stabilising role in West Africa; and that no inch of Nigerian territory will ever be lost to the enemy because we will pay special attention to the welfare of our soldiers in and out of service, we will give them adequate and modern arms and ammunitions to work with, we will improve intelligence gathering and border controls to choke Boko Haram’s financial and equipment channels, we will be tough on terrorism and tough on its root causes by initiating a comprehensive economic development plan promoting infrastructural development, job creation, agriculture and industry in the affected areas. We will always act on time and not allow problems to irresponsibly fester, and I, Muhammadu Buhari, will always lead from the front and return Nigeria to its leadership role in regional and international efforts to combat terrorism.

On the economy, the fall in prices of oil has brought our economic and social stress into full relief. After the rebasing exercise in April 2014, Nigeria overtook South Africa as Africa’s largest economy. Our GDP is now valued at $510 billion and our economy rated 26th in the world. Also on the bright side, inflation has been kept at single digit for a while and our economy has grown at an average of 7% for about a decade.

But it is more of paper growth, a growth that, on account of mismanagement, profligacy and corruption, has not translated to human development or shared prosperity. A development economist once said three questions should be asked about a country’s development: one, what is happening to poverty? Two, what is happening to unemployment? And three, what is happening to inequality?

The answers to these questions in Nigeria show that the current administration has created two economies in one country, a sorry tale of two nations: one economy for a few who have so much in their tiny island of prosperity; and the other economy for the many who have so little in their vast ocean of misery.

Even by official figures, 33.1% of Nigerians live in extreme poverty. That’s at almost 60 million, almost the population of the United Kingdom. There is also the unemployment crisis simmering beneath the surface, ready to explode at the slightest stress, with officially 23.9% of our adult population and almost 60% of our youth unemployed. We also have one of the highest rates of inequalities in the world.

With all these, it is not surprising that our performance on most governance and development indicators (like Mo Ibrahim Index on African Governance and UNDP’s Human Development Index.) are unflattering. With fall in the prices of oil, which accounts for more than 70% of government revenues, and lack of savings from more than a decade of oil boom, the poor will be disproportionately impacted.

In the face of dwindling revenues, a good place to start the repositioning of Nigeria’s economy is to swiftly tackle two ills that have ballooned under the present administration: waste and corruption. And in doing this, I will, if elected, lead the way, with the force of personal example.

On corruption, there will be no confusion as to where I stand. Corruption will have no place and the corrupt will not be appointed into my administration. First and foremost, we will plug the holes in the budgetary process. Revenue producing entities such as NNPC and Customs and Excise will have one set of books only. Their revenues will be publicly disclosed and regularly audited. The institutions of state dedicated to fighting corruption will be given independence and prosecutorial authority without political interference.

But I must emphasise that any war waged on corruption should not be misconstrued as settling old scores or a witch-hunt. I’m running for President to lead Nigeria to prosperity and not adversity.

In reforming the economy, we will use savings that arise from blocking these leakages and the proceeds recovered from corruption to fund our party’s social investments programmes in education, health, and safety nets such as free school meals for children, emergency public works for unemployed youth and pensions for the elderly.

As a progressive party, we must reform our political economy to unleash the pent-up ingenuity and productivity of the Nigerian people thus freeing them from the curse of poverty. We will run a private sector-led economy but maintain an active role for government through strong regulatory oversight and deliberate interventions and incentives to diversify the base of our economy, strengthen productive sectors, improve the productive capacities of our people and create jobs for our teeming youths.

In short, we will run a functional economy driven by a worldview that sees growth not as an end by itself, but as a tool to create a society that works for all, rich and poor alike. On March 28, Nigeria has a decision to make. To vote for the continuity of failure or to elect progressive change. I believe the people will choose wisely.

In sum, I think that given its strategic importance, Nigeria can trigger a wave of democratic consolidation in Africa. But as a starting point we need to get this critical election right by ensuring that they go ahead, and depriving those who want to scuttle it the benefit of derailing our fledgling democracy. That way, we will all see democracy and democratic consolidation as tools for solving pressing problems in a sustainable way, not as ends in themselves.

But the growth of democracy on the continent has been uneven. According to Freedom House, the number of electoral democracies in Africa slipped from 24 in 2007/2008 to 19 in 2011/2012; while the percentage of countries categorised as ‘not free’ assuming for the sake of argument that we accept their definition of “free” increased from 35% in 2003 to 41% in 2013. Also, there have been some reversals at different times in Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Cote D’Ivoire, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lesotho, Mali, Madagascar, Mauritania and Togo. We can choose to look at the glass of democracy in Africa as either half full or half empty.

While you can’t have representative democracy without elections, it is equally important to look at the quality of the elections and to remember that mere elections do not democracy make. It is globally agreed that democracy is not an event, but a journey. And that the destination of that journey is democratic consolidation – that state where democracy has become so rooted and so routine and widely accepted by all actors.

With this important destination in mind, it is clear that though many African countries now hold regular elections, very few of them have consolidated the practice of democracy. It is important to also state at this point that just as with elections, a consolidated democracy cannot be an end by itself. I will argue that it is not enough to hold a series of elections or even to peacefully alternate power among parties.

It is much more important that the promise of democracy goes beyond just allowing people to freely choose their leaders. It is much more important that democracy should deliver on the promise of choice, of freedoms, of security of lives and property, of transparency and accountability, of rule of law, of good governance and of shared prosperity. It is very important that the promise embedded in the concept of democracy, the promise of a better life for the generality of the people, is not delivered in the breach.

Now, let me quickly turn to Nigeria. As you all know, Nigeria’s fourth republic is in its 16th year and this general election will be the fifth in a row. This is a major sign of progress for us, given that our first republic lasted five years and three months, the second republic ended after four years and two months and the third republic was a still-birth. However, longevity is not the only reason why everyone is so interested in this election.

The major difference this time around is that for the very first time since transition to civil rule in 1999, the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing its stiffest opposition so far from our party the All Progressives Congress (APC). We once had about 50 political parties, but with no real competition. Now Nigeria is transitioning from a dominant party system to a competitive electoral polity, which is a major marker on the road to democratic consolidation. As you know, peaceful alternation of power through competitive elections have happened in Ghana, Senegal, Malawi and Mauritius in recent times. The prospects of democratic consolidation in Africa will be further brightened when that eventually happens in Nigeria.

But there are other reasons why Nigerians and the whole world are intensely focussed on this year’s elections, chief of which is that the elections are holding in the shadow of huge security, economic and social uncertainties in Africa’s most populous country and largest economy. On insecurity, there is a genuine cause for worry, both within and outside Nigeria. Apart from the civil war era, at no other time in our history has Nigeria been this insecure.

Permit me to start by thanking Chatham House for the invitation to talk about this important topic at this crucial time. When speaking about Nigeria overseas, I normally prefer to be my country’s public relations and marketing officer, extolling her virtues and hoping to attract investments and tourists. But as we all know, Nigeria is now battling with many challenges, and if I refer to them, I do so only to impress on our friends in the United Kingdom that we are quite aware of our shortcomings and are doing our best to address them.

The 2015 general election in Nigeria is generating a lot of interests within and outside the country. This is understandable. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and largest economy, is at a defining moment, a moment that has great implications beyond the democratic project and beyond the borders of my dear country.

So let me say upfront that the global interest in Nigeria’s landmark election is not misplaced at all and indeed should be commended; for this is an election that has serious import for the world. I urge the international community to continue to focus on Nigeria at this very critical moment. Given increasing global linkages, it is in our collective interests that the postponed elections should hold on the rescheduled dates; that they should be free and fair; that their outcomes should be respected by all parties; and that any form of extension, under whichever guise, is unconstitutional and will not be tolerated.

With the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the dissolution of the USSR in 1991, the collapse of communism and the end of the Cold War, democracy became the dominant and most preferred system of government across the globe. That global transition has been aptly captured as the triumph of democracy and the ‘most pre-eminent political idea of our time.’ On a personal note, the phased end of the USSR was a turning point for me. It convinced me that change can be brought about without firing a single shot.

As you all know, I had been a military head of state in Nigeria for twenty months. We intervened because we were unhappy with the state of affairs in our country. We wanted to arrest the drift. Driven by patriotism, influenced by the prevalence and popularity of such drastic measures all over Africa and elsewhere, we fought our way to power. But the global triumph of democracy has shown that another and a preferable path to change is possible. It is an important lesson I have carried with me since, and a lesson that is not lost on the African continent.

In the last two decades, democracy has grown strong roots in Africa. Elections, once so rare, are now so commonplace. As at the time I was a military head of state between 1983 and 1985, only four African countries held regular multi-party elections. But the number of electoral democracies in Africa, according to Freedom House, jumped to 10 in 1992/1993 then to 18 in 1994/1995 and to 24 in 2005/2006. According to the New York Times, 42 of the 48 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa conducted multi-party elections between 1990 and 2002.

The newspaper also reported that between 2000 and 2002, ruling parties in four African countries (Senegal, Mauritius, Ghana and Mali) peacefully handed over power to victorious opposition parties. In addition, the proportion of African countries categorized as not free by Freedom House declined from 59% in 1983 to 35% in 2003. Without doubt, Africa has been part of the current global wave of democratisation.

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arewafederation:
Can that friend of yours tell us the part of the north that dont accept the currency? Enough of these lies against the north.

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Its not about hating my brother...this happened to me last week in Abuja and I was seriously surprise myself. I bought something of 8k from a young hausa guy, I had N1,000 note 6k and added 2k of N100 new note to complete it...the guy rejected it out rightly, I didn't have any other money on me and there was no ATM around....told him I don't have any other money on me and he said I should drop the goods which I was not even ready to do. He asked his other northern colleagues and they said they cant collect it, until we met an Igbo guy in the market who later collected the money from us and changed it to another note.

I asked him why he rejected the money, he said they wont collect it from him if he go to market with it too...............I believe its all about perception and level of awareness

Wealthyone:
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Nairaland

Hope am not late

luvola:
I need someone to encourage me after realizing the various interviews I have lost ranging from consolidation brewery tax department , farm mart interview , first bank , Jumia , Airtel and some audit firms including the numerous test I have failed and passed. It seems village people are firing me balistic under sea nuclear warheads.

bros..........

Sincerely, no village pple is after u......those dat are employed 2day, have u ever ask some of dem wat they went tru b4 getting the job? Not everyone of us has the smooth road getting job, it was easy for some while the other way round for others.
The most important thing during this process will be your inner state of mind, believe in ursef,learn from your failures and work on them, seem them as opportunity to better yourself....you not getting the job now doesnt mean u are not good for the job. Sometimes its jst luck (opportunity meet preparedness)
All u mention above are not even up to rejection mail some pple like me received while searching for jobs....from GE,CADBURY,FLOURMILLS,UNILEVER,NESTLE,STANDARD CHARTTERED,STANBIC,SHELL.........even some that i cant even remember, lost all in different interview stages and not to talk of all the test i didnt pass but when God said all my efforts will yield result, it was like a miracle.

just be prayerful,believe in yourself and let your mental state of mind be positive. Success will definitely be urs.

mzlecturer:
Jeez, what if u have absolutely no idea of the topic u picked? What den?

once you have no idea then thats it...though you are not expected to have adequate knowledge of the topic but you should be able to say something about it.
Only one opportunity cos u cant pick any other one again once u picked.

nobleone:
Yeah I went with a copy of my CV but they didn't ask for it. You can go with yours too. For some people they started with "so u applied to work in project management?" for others they were asked wot they applied for 1st. So it just depends.

Wrt to the questions in d basket let me give 2 examples only " justify the recent uproar by the people of Burkina Faso", evaluate the performance of Sure-P.

Like I said earlier it's not wot u read now dat matters but how vast you are in knowledge.

And pls remember I'm talking for GSS, I don't know wot it's gonna be like for MTs

I guess u are the burkina faso guy....lolzzz

faith2ogesco:
nawa o. after giving mgt trainee dat kind tough test, dey are still telling us prelim interview. After guys go dey vex wen person say mgt will ear higher see d stress we re going thru na

and who told u GS have not gone through that same stress before? Bros, dem no dey sell experience for market ooo

If dey said final interview for GS, that shows experience matters in their consideration

hmmmmmm

hmmmmm..................................thats the only thing i can say for now

yemigzy:
Forget Experience! Exp or no Exp, GS will still be trained 4 18 mnth dat is equal 2 a year and a half as compared 2 MT dat would be traind 4 24 mnths equal 2 2years. Experienced hires dont need trainning. If u lk @ d conditions set for the GS Scheme, if u hv jst a certificatn in any chosen field or masters, u stil get shortlistd. So, if u hv a solid 2 yrs competence and u applied 4 dis, O boy, u're on a lng thing o

4get experience ke? Y do u think they will b training GS 4 18months and MT for 2yrs....its definitely cos u already acquired some experience and what you will just need is to integrate u into their culture and how the business runs

gbemmy0209:
Thanks for d info Bro. It has livened up the thread. This is rily heartbreaking tho; leaving one to wonder whether the stress so far, suspense, delays, waits, anxiety and allwud all be worth it. Let's hope that during our time, the pay structure will be reviewed upwardly. So, in any case, we have nothing to lose by getting dere and having a first-hand information ourselves. We can den decide whether the job is worth takin or not. Cos sadly, if dis is d case, one wud be back to job search almost immediately. Its advisable to get in, and sum up all the net allowances and benefits, monetary and non-monetary, and c if its worth it.
Sadly tho, a friend of mine in an FMCG coy revealed that UAC is d lowest paid of dem all. Figures stating Unilever and Nestle ranking higher. God bless our hustle!

U couldn't say it better, d ooption is just for pple to continue with the recruitment, collect the offer letter and decide which 1 is the best

Denigma:
This is for those who wonder what the pay is like for UAC and in other to finally end the speculations. The total pay is about N65,000. That's outside some other allowances paid to staff which depends on which company of UAC you work with. A friend of mine who works with one of the UAC units showed me his payslip two days ago. His pay is as mentioned above but he eventually gets up to about N80,000 a month. He was recruited as a Graduate Specialist (GS) but now a supervisor. He explained that a Graduate Specialists are those with certain skills at the point of recruitment while the Management Trainees (MT) have no skill at the point of recruitment. But that the management trainees will be placed higher in rank than the Graduate Specialists. How awkward that is but it is the harsh reality. The GS will be posted directly to the Unit where their skill will be most useful. The MT will be made Assistant Managers after their in-house training period. And that in UAC, if you are at the Assistant Manager rank, you have arrived. So, for those folks like myself whose monthly pay with current employer is higher than N80,000 and applied for GS post, you may want to reconsider your options.

I wish you all well.

Thankz for the info bro.....In as much that i dont have adequate knowledge on the pay structure in UAC, i bet to differ on some of the things u put up..
How come a Graduate trainee will be earning higher than experience hire cos according to the job criteria, the graduate specialist is an experience hire and with my own experience, have never seen an environment where a graduate trainee will be earning higher than an experienced staff (Them no dey sell experience for market ooo)

You said, the MT will be made Assistant Managers after their in-house training period. And that in UAC, if you are at the Assistant Manager rank, you have arrived. The Job criteria when it was announced shows that the Graduate specialist will be employed on a Senior Staff level which means that irrespective of how it is, their position will be greater than MT. (suffix to say that most FMCG companies employ GT on the grade of Assisstant Manager).

I will so much apprecuate if you can explain further based on my assertion as i also attached the advert even though i might not scale through but it wont be a bad idea educating each other