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is he rearing fowl? or whats that iron ruffing sheet am seeing?

i will definitely slap her back, she is not tall, dwarf i think.

I'll be ok with OP as far as hustling is not there

so what can we do after meal? i dont even know which one to go for, you will hear do this after meal today, tomorrow another person will come up with another thing. please you people should stop confusing us.

rudyislife:
how did you apply?

He climbed mango tree and shouted "I'm looking for job oooooooo". mumu, who born you sef?

LASU breeding armed rubbers since 1900

DaBullIT:
6 solid years

they can't farm, help farmers , build rice processing plans or even sugar refinery


but they share seized but customized rice to Nigerians


Why won't they collect when Nigerians live on less than 200 usd per day

do you know what you are saying? 200USD? pls convert it to naira and see the answer yourself before somebody call you MUMU

ugly she goat

nice post

kobonaire:
Oh wow, this should feature on the Jerry Springer show

Jerry Jerry Jerry

dammywapes:
Bro biko abeg , in this generation of miley cyrus , the khardashians , maheeda , rihanna etc. I want you to know then there is nothing like sex tape. Can you compare the rate @ which nude pics and body xposure rises as @ of then till current generation ?

technology make ours seems bad, but i can bet it with you, their generation is worst.

our generation is far better than theirs in term of body exposure.

jaybee3:
Does that look like a PVC to you?


Why must Nairaland be used for propaganda?
The picture was taken during the 2011 election

SMH!

http://m.utsandiego.com/news/2011/apr/16/nigerian-vote-peaceful-though-kids-cast-ballots/

you are so daft in your thinking, even at 2011 they are still underage and i served in the north, l do reject any of them that is not up to 18 (judging from their appearance )

TO make heaven sef you must be a good mathematician.....its compulsory

419 squad.........JJC

Wealthyone:
Op, u stole dis from myjobmag.com and u didn't credit d website. Ok oh...stealing is not corruption sha

yeah, u r correct

Dear Men, we women are not like you and even though we are equal to you in every way, we think differently. What might sound completely harmless and honest to you can be life-shattering and ground-breaking for us. It’s better to be safe than being sorry later, right? So here is a list of some questions you should never ask a woman, no matter how eager you are to know the answer.


Have you gained weight?
If you don’t want to be punched and end up with a black eye, then it’s better that you never ask such a question. You can always ask questions like, have you lost weight? Or have you started working out? Such questions will earn you a smile and even a kiss.

You sure you want to wear that?

If don’t like a certain outfit she is wearing, tell her that she looks so much better in a different one, but don’t raise one eyebrow and ask her such a question.



Can you clean your clutter?

We women are not the most perfect beings so we might clutter and even though you are a neat freak, come on, give us a break.



Do you have a real job?

Just because the woman doesn’t have a degree in engineering or isn’t a doctor, doesn’t mean that she doesn’t have a real job. Don’t undermine women.



Don’t you know how to cook ?

Just because we have X chromosomes doesn’t mean that we have to spend half of our lives in the kitchen cooking food. If a woman doesn’t like cooking food, she doesn’t have to

How much money do you make?

Have we asked you about it or do we even care about it? We women make enough money to not bother about how much you earn. So why do you?


Are you a virgin?
Gentlemen, If you really don’t want to get beaten up, then don’t even think about this question, let alone say it out loud. How does it matter if we have had sex before or not. This really shouldn’t make a difference to your life, let alone anybody else’s.


Are you PMS-ing?
All you will get is sarcasm in return. The answer will be, no, I was born irritated, emotional and love being like this all the time. So instead if you see us in frenzy, then just hold us and in soothing tones inquire if we want anything.



Why can’t you do that just like my mother does?

Guys, comparing your wife with your mother is the worst thing ever you can do. Your mother might be the epitome of perfection but your wife is perfect in her own way. Don’t compare, only compliment. If you want to tell her to do something better, tell her point blank without any comparison.


My ex-girlfriend used to do this in bed. Can you do this too?

If you don’t want to die, then we suggest you better not say such things out loud.

In following up with the Part 1 of this series, we looked up a few other questions you're likely to face during an interview and we have done justice to them accordingly. Take your time to read through this article as this is definitely poised to arm you with the appropriate answers to these questions.

Question 1: Give me an example of your creativity (analytical skill…managing ability, etc.)

Answer: By now you have your achievements ready on your finger tips so, present your achievements quoting appropriate examples of your creativity…this is the best way to deal with this question.


Question 2: What are your goals?

Answer: If you’re not sure about your career and personal goals, it could be a big turnoff to many people you will encounter in your job search. One should be ready to discuss goals with career, personal development that you aim to achieve in due course and how you are planning to achieve it.


Question 3: How much salary do you want?

Answer: For maximum salary negotiating power, remember these five guidelines:

Never bring up salary. Let the interviewer do it first. Good salespeople sell their products thoroughly before talking price. So should you. Make the interviewer want you first, and your bargaining position will be much stronger.
If your interviewer raises the salary question too early, before you’ve had a chance to create desire for your qualifications, postpone the question, saying something like, “Money is important to me, but is not my main concern. Opportunity and growth are far more important. What I’d rather do, if you don’t mind, is explore if I’m right for the position, and then talk about money. Would that be okay?”
The #1 rule of any negotiation is: the side with more information wins. After you’ve done a thorough job of selling the interviewer and it’s time to talk salary, the secret is to get the employer talking about what he’s willing to pay before you reveal what you’re willing to accept. So, when asked about salary, respond by asking, “I’m sure the company has already established a salary range for this position. Could you tell me what that is?” Or, “I want an income commensurate with my ability and qualifications. I trust you’ll be fair with me. What does the position pay?” Or, more simply, “What does this position pay?”
Know beforehand what you’d accept. To know what’s reasonable, research the job market and this position for any relevant salary information. Remember that most executives look for a 20-25% pay boost when they switch jobs. If you’re grossly underpaid, you may want more.
Never lie about what you currently make, but feel free to include the estimated cost of all your fringes, which could well tack on 25-50% more to your present “cash-only” salary.


Question 4: Why should I hire you from the outside when I could promote someone from within?

Answer: Explain to the interviewer why you are the best incumbent for the role and then say – I think it’s a good policy to hire from within – to look outside probably means you’re not completely comfortable choosing someone from inside.. Also, you would want that this department should be strong enough & therefore strongest candidate can help the cause.

Question 5: On a scale of one to ten, rate me as an interviewer?

Answer: Don’t ever be Negative. However, don’t give a numerical rating. Irrespective if the interviewer has been tough or methodical, compliment him & tell him that you can believe because it’s anchored in the behaviour you’ve just seen.

i saw this on hotnijajobs and think it will be of benefit for job seekers. Enjoy as you read

Apart from the fact that your CV is your first point of contact, it doesn't guarantee you a job if you suck at answering interview questions. We have compiled 5 most asked questions that interviewers will for sure not forget to ask even though most job-seekers pray they skip them.

Read on and learn how to give appropriate answers to these questions lest you come across them in a job interview.

Question 1: Where do you see yourself five years from now?

Answer: Every employer looks out for a long term commitment & hence this question. Please reassure your interviewer that you’re looking for a long-term commitment because the role is something you have been looking out for.

Example: I am very much interested in making a long-term commitment with your esteemed Organization. Considering what you’ve told me about this position, it’s something that I have been looking out for & are aligned to my skill set & I am sure of making visible contribution to company’s overall growth objectives. I am confident if I do my work with par excellence, opportunities will open up for me. It’s always been the same in my career, and I’m confident I’ll have similar opportunities here as well.


Question 2: Tell me about a situation when your work was criticized.

Answer: Start by emphasizing the positive feedback you’ve been getting all through your career and then try answering this tricky question.

No one is perfect and you always welcome suggestions on how to improve your performance. After this, give an example of a learning experience from early days in your career and relate it to the ways it has helped you. This would demonstrate that you have learned from your experience.

Another way to answer this question would be to describe your intention to broaden your master of an area of growing importance in your field.

For example, this might be a computer program you’ve been meaning to sit down and learn… a new management technique you’ve read about…or perhaps attending a seminar on some cutting-edge branch of your profession.

The key here is to focus on something not essential to your brilliant performance but has added another dimension to your knowledge.


Question 3: Can you work under pressure?

Answer: Absolutely. Prove it with an example from your earlier organization where the project/task was completed within stipulated TAT under severe pressure.


Question 4: What makes you angry?

Answer: If you are a reserved person: “I’m an even-tempered and positive person by nature, and I believe this helps me a great deal in keeping my department running smoothly. I believe in communicating clearly what’s expected, getting people’s commitment aligned towards those goals, and then following up continuously to check progress.”
“If anything is going off track, I want to know about it in early days. If, after that kind of open communication and follow up, someone isn’t getting the job done, I’ll want to know why. If there’s no good reason, then I’ll get impatient and angry…and take appropriate steps from there.

If you are feisty by nature:
“You know what makes me angry? People who (the fill in the blanks with the most objectionable traits for this type of position)…people who don’t pull their own weight, who are negative, people who are…etc.”


Question 5: What was the toughest decision you ever had to make?

Answer: Be prepared with a good example, explaining why the decision was difficult…the process you followed in reaching it…the courageous or effective way you carried it out…and the great results.

Conclusion
Hope you have been able to learn a thing or two from this write-up. When next you go for an interview, please arm yourself with these answers so you won't be caught off-guard.

elantraceey:
Why are people always this wicked? kill a just man just because he's fighting a good cause?


May God help us all



May his soul rest in peace .

come again pls

Olushola

I want to start this second part of the spiritual side of job search by saying a big “thank you” to all that read the first part and said a word of prayer for me. I believe so much in your prayers because I know it came from your heart and I know God heard you when you typed that prayer in your mail or in the blog. It is a load of blessings for me and I put all the prayers together and I say God will honour them in the lives of everyone that reads this too, Amen.

Talking about prayer, the lessons I want to pass across in this piece will not be complete without saying that prayer is the foundation of my story. If you will ever doubt anything I tell you, make sure you do not doubt this – GOD ANSWERS A SINCERE PRAYER.

This is the beginning of my story. When I was in my final year, it dawn on me that I will soon graduate and start looking for job and there was this fear that always come to me anytime I think about what happens after graduation. Looking back now, I think it was just right that I was having that fear because my expectation of help was in man and not God.

I had an uncle then who used to work in a Federal Ministry directly with the Minister. I used to think that he was there for me and I could expect that with his connection I would be able to get a job. My perception was to change later when one of my elder sisters who had graduated was still not gainfully employed after waiting for help from the Uncle. This sister of mine was smart and had a second class upper. She was the ‘effico’* type, those people that used to represent their secondary school in quiz and JETS competitions (Junior Engineers, Technicians & Scientists).

I became more fearful of what my post-graduation days held for me and I began to get worried. I was telling myself that if my uncle didn’t get my sister a job, it means that I would come and join the queue of those he needed to help. Meanwhile, I had another sister ahead of me who was in National service. Automatically, my tally number would be 3.

In the midst of these worry and confusion, I decided to pray and fast. I prayed to God that;

I never wanted any man to take His glory in my life concerning how I would get a job
I didn’t want to be without a job when I finished service
And that I surrender my career to Him

I prayed until I had a feeling of peace within me and I continued those prayers till I started experiencing the answers. God answered all the prayer points as things would later turn out in my life. If for this alone, I know God answers prayers and He can answer yours too.

As mentioned in the first part of this piece, let me tell you about my first post NYSC employment as you see how God does things in His own way.

During my service days, I identified with the Nigerian Christian Corper Fellowship (NCCF) and they organised a personal development programme in which an external speaker who was a Management Consultant was invited. The external speaker spoke so intelligently and eloquently that everyone in the meeting was charged up. It was such an inspiring delivery. While all the talk was going on, I told myself that I must discuss with this man one on one about my career before I left Warri, my place of primary assignment.

I had developed interest in human resource management since I was in my final year when I was writing my dissertation and I had a desire to work in a consulting firm. The interest and desire came up when I was reading management textbooks for my literature review. Here was a Management Consultant who ran his own firm, so I thought it will be nice to take counsel from him about how to start off in my area of interest.

The personal development programme took place in April, which was four months into my service year. When it was November and getting to the end of my service year, I got his contact details from NCCF secretariat and I called his office line to talk to him about seeing him. He agreed to see me and I went there with my list of career questions. We had a good talk and I left.

My passing out parade was in December so I decided to travel home end of November with some of my things so I could travel light after the passing out parade, I was getting ready to leave Warri. I came back early December and I was told that the Management Consultant came looking for me and dropped a note. When I checked the note, he asked me to come and see him. He came looking for me at the residential camp where most of the guys in NCCF stayed.

I went to his office the following day to see him. I had no idea what the meeting was about until I got there. He told me he submitted a proposal for a consulting project, that it was going to be huge and he would need additional staff to join his team to execute the project. He said he was wondering if I would be interested in joining the team. That sounded great as what I really wanted was starting my career in a consulting environment. I had that opportunity offered to me without writing an application letter or submitting a CV nor attending a job interview. I managed to contain my excitement at his presence; behaved calmly, asked few questions and he said he would send me an e-mail on further communication.

When I got out of his sight, I screamed “thank you Jesus!” In the last month of my service year, I was offered a job in a consulting environment, the type of environment I wanted to start my career.

Is God not a prayer answering God? The job did not come through any man’s connection and it came before the end of my service year. These were my prayer points when I was in my final year being answered by God in a way I did not expect.

That job really started me up in my career. By January of the following year, I was on the project; I travelled from one location to the other conducting job analysis and writing reports on the finance department of a top government parastatal in the oil and gas sector. I had my first opportunities to facilitate training programmes to corporate organisations; I represented my boss in public speaking engagements to the youth just like the one where I first met him. All these came with learning fast and being tutored by my boss.
The first time he told me I was going to represent him to speak at an engagement; I wished the day never came. I was so scared because he was a known figure, featuring on TV programmes to speak on economic and political issues. I was thinking who would listen to me when they knew he was supposed to come and talk. He taught me what to do and the speech went well.

That was how God started me up in a consulting environment. Thank God I prayed, thank God I had a desire and thank God He granted my desire.

Here are the lessons for you from my story;

God answers prayer. He is a merciful and compassionate God. He is not greedy and He is always willing to give. If you cast your burdens upon Him, He is willing to help you. He answered my prayers about my job, He can answer yours today
God wants you to trust Him for your life, not a man that He created. Man can fail you but God can never fail you.
God does not want you jobless, so do not accept joblessness
God leads you every day, you only need to be sensitive and do what He asks you to day.

The lessons in this second part of the Spiritual Side of Job Search can be summarised in this passage from the bible, Pro 3: 5-7 (Message Version);

Trust God from the bottom of your heart; don’t try to figure out everything you do, everywhere you go; He’s the one who will keep you on track. Don’t assume that you know it all. Run to God! Run from evil!

In part three, I am going to tell you about my exit from my first post NYSC job for no job and prove to you that God does not want you jobless.

Do me two favours;

1. Do not just read this, be bold enough and take a step of faith to trust God for your career

2. If you know anyone this can be a blessing to, forward it to them. They can also read this part and the first one here

Cheers.

Akindele Afolabi

fiftynaira:
So wetin I wan carry am do now?

thank you ooooooo, wetin i won carry am do. na old age go tell her and her lover. smelling things

Best Advice: 10 Things Money Can´t Buy.

Money has been with us for more than ten thousand years. It has become a vital element in our lives, to the point where without money, you can literally die.

Money was originally invented as a unit of account, a measurement tool, used to estimate the value of goods and possessions.

Before the invention of money, people used to trade quantifiable goods they had an excess of, for other measurable things they could not harvest, make or grow. Trading was the only way people had to get access to vital resources, critical for their survival and protection, such as food, animals, tools, and fabrics, which they could not get otherwise.

As societies expanded, and trading transactions became less homogenous and more complex, the trading system colapsed. This situation forced the need for a standard unit of measure, which could help homogenize the value/cost of the heterogeneous goods being traded between individuals or communities.

Ironically, thousands of years ago, people struggled to assign standard trading values to quantifiable stuff. Today people seem to struggle to distinguish between the value of things, and invaluable things.

Our educational system, combined with our current socio-economical doctrines, has lead most people in this planet to see money as an object of cult, creating what some authors call the new “Money Culture”.

The beginning of a new year is a perfect time for reflection; an excellent occasion to rearrange our priorities, and to set up new goals. A unique opportunity to make an introspective analysis of our real values, principles and beliefs.

The list below is a compilation of wise quotes and statements on the top 10 things money can´t buy. I wish 2015 brings you and your loved ones a lot of:
# 1. Health

Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then dies having never really lived.” – Dalai Lama

# 2. Love

If you want to distinguish between those who love you unreservedly, and those who love your money, try losing all your money. – Jordi Alemany

# 3. Happiness

Money has never made man happy, nor will it, there is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more of it one has, the more one wants. – Benjamin Franklin

# 4. Integrity

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. – Douglas Adams

# 5. Respect

Money is your means of survival. The verdict you pronounce upon the source of your livelihood is the verdict you pronounce upon your life. If the source is corrupt, you have damned your own existence. Did you get your money by fraud? By pandering to men's vices or men's stupidity? By catering to fools, in the hope of getting more than your ability deserves? By lowering your standards? By doing work you despise for purchasers you scorn? If so, then your money will not give you a moment's or a penny's worth of joy. Then all the things you buy will become, not a tribute to you, but a reproach; not an achievement, but a reminder of shame. Then you'll scream that money is evil. Evil, because it would not pinch-hit for your self-respect? Evil, because it would not let you enjoy your depravity? Is this the root of your hatred of money?" - Ayn Rand

# 6. Peace of Mind

Money cannot buy peace of mind. It cannot heal ruptured relationships, or build meaning into a life that has none. - Richard M. DeVos

# 7. Ethics

It’s good to have money and the things that money can buy, but it’s good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure that you haven’t lost the things that money can’t buy. – George Lorimer

# 8. Education

Humans aren't as good as we should be in our capacity to empathize with feelings and thoughts of others, be they humans or other animals on Earth. So maybe part of our formal education should be training in empathy. Imagine how different the world would be if, in fact, that were 'reading, writing, arithmetic, empathy.' - Neil deGrasse Tyson

# 9. Intelligence

Bottom line is, I didn't return to Apple to make a fortune. I've been very lucky in my life and already have one. When I was 25, my net worth was $100 million or so. I decided then that I wasn't going to let it ruin my life. There's no way you could ever spend it all, and I don't view wealth as something that validates my intelligence. – Steve Jobs

# 10. Spiritual enlightenment

Money can buy a house, but not a home. It can buy a bed, but not sleep. It can buy a clock, but not time. It can buy a book, but not knowledge. It can buy blood, but not health, so you see; money is not everything in life. - Unknown

I hope you enjoyed the reading. If so, don´t forget to click on "Like" and share it with others who may find it useful.

I will love it if you take a minute to comment on this article. That´s the best encouragement to continue to write and share knowledge.

the guy is not from Ilorin but Kogi state. RIP

FLYGERIAN91:
I love people like this..... Its hard to see anyone on Nairaland that would see the comical relief in that statement if it was aimed at them..... Most will just tongue lash at you..... I commend your sence of humour.....

before you commend him, u should av ask if he know the meaning of "lmao". he might think its an abusive word

naijaboiy:
[size=25pt]HaHaHaHaHa!!![/size]
Please next time you want to go for a war of words with someone make sure you use correct english or you simply type in your local dialect

Garrit?

guy, u wicked o, GOD will not forgive his English teacher

boko haram dey watch you oooooo

what do you expect from somebody whose name is Dada, what sort of name is that?