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Congratulations to my fellow comrades that got their medical mail for audit. can't wait to see you guys at the tower next month. #Robinson #Audit |
chinkichun:how was the interview. will appreciate little briefing, thank you |
chinkichun:I sent them a reschedule mail which they consented to only for them to call.me that morning again reminding of the interview. she said she'll get back to me. Did they reimburse your flight or transport fare? |
chinkichun:hi my ph comrade, did you attend the interview in lag today? |
chinkichun:hi my ph comrade, did you attend the interview in lag today? |
chuksmarvin:last week Wednesday. Please do you know anyone for mc? |
@ Chuksmarvin, please are you for management consulting? |
ceechedah:45 minutes at most |
Good morning all. Please is there any one here for management consulting? someone need assistance. BTW, I'm Robinson, #team audit. did my medical last Friday |
chinkichun:I also got the interview invite mail |
kunlesufyan:Try photography. You can do part time apprenticeship. A friend of mine did it and he thanked God he did that. |
NYSC: WASTE OF ONE YEAR? NYSC is a mandatory national service for all Nigerian graduates that passed out of school below 31 years. It was borne out of the need for cohesion and national unity due to the mutual suspicion that trailed the aftermath of the infamous civil war. Many have argued that the commission has outlived its set goal and should be disbanded as it is now a waste of resources and one year of the fresh graduate. How then should this precious one year be spent judiciously? TAKE A RETROSPECT OF YOUR LIFE THUS FAR: Prior to our resumption of the service year, we have been through a whole lot, made lot of decisions and taken lot of actions that have shaped us to this time. The truth is that we were engrossed in the course of these events and rarely had time to brood over them. NYSC will give you an ample time to have a retrospect of your life. PLAN YOUR LIFE: having examined your life thus far, it is then time to plan the next course of action. It should be realistic and not quixotic. There are four routes every corp member must take after the service year; go for masters, go into business, look for job or marry. You have to plan based on these. Your decision should not be based on other people’s suggestion but on pure conviction as the outcome of this decision will affect the next five years of your life. NETWORK: No man is an island. The service year will bring people from all tribes of the federation. You will meet all forms of characters; the good, the bad and the ugly. You have to use this rare gathering to develop your network, build a lasting network that will serve you in the future. Those that want to go into business can discover like minds, etc. DRAFT YOUR CV: There is no better time to draft your curricula vitae than during your service year. There are samples online to help you know the right format. STUDY GMAT: The first hurdle you will scale during job interview is aptitude test. This psychometric test is not taught in school so you have to teach yourself (autodidactic). Be conversant with it and work on your speed. This will make you ‘Aptitude Test Black Belt Holder’. APPLY TO OPENINGS: It is not ideal to plan about crossing a bridge when you are already on it. Most job recruitment take up to three months. It is then ideal to start applying to different openings four months to the end of your service year, hence, if successful, you will be resuming a month after your service year. You also have to save from your allowance for possible journey to screening centers. EXPLORE: A friend of mine termed NYSC as a time government pays you for doing nothing (this applies mainly to people posted to rural area). You can use this period to see movies you never saw, read books you never read, write different exams (because its subsidized), volunteer to organizations, develop your leadership skill by playing an active role in your CDS group, etc. In conclusion, I can boldly say that NYSC is really not a waste of one year if judiciously used. cc: lalastica, ishilove |
heefee:please around what time did you get the mail? |
I just got success mail from access bank based on.the interview that was held after the dragnet test um port Harcourt |
nenergy:my pleasure. you can. just attach ezehRobinson at the tail end. Thank you |
nenergy:my pleasure. you can. just attach ezehRobinson at the tail end. Thank you |
nenergy:my pleasure. you can. just attach ezehRobinson at the tail end. Thank you |
WHAT I LEARNT FROM MY TWO MONTHS OF JOB HUNTING The ultimate goal of every student is to graduate and earn a decent living. This could be through entrepreneurial exercise or working for an employer. I chose to tread the path of the latter, which many graduates will also choose (white collar job). The first thing that will be sung to you once you start your service year is ‘there is no job in the country’. You will be amazed that people still get jobs on daily basis. The question you will be asking yourself will be ‘Are they not humans like myself?’ The most interesting part is that you maybe be better off academically when compared to them. Another interesting thing you will notice is that most of these people that got employment did not get it within the confine of their field of study. What then is the secret for getting this job? CLASS OF GRADUATION: Whatever it may take you, kindly make a second class upper in school. This will make your job hunting easier because most jobs in the country has second class upper and above as prerequisite. AGE: Most graduate entry jobs require the candidate to be below 26 years. So you have to hurry your outstanding papers and graduate before you clock 25years as NYSC will take another one year. INFORMATION: We are in the information age. Jobs are no longer advertised outside the gate of companies or on newspaper. The trend now is internet. You can visit the webpage of various organizations and look for openings or drop your curricula vitae so they will contact you when there are openings. Subscribing to various jobs and career sites like , ngcareers.com, 3wjobs.com and visiting sites like job section of nairaland.com will expose you to different openings all over the country. MOBILITY AND LOCATION: Whoever that wants to get a job most be ready to travel at short notices to different screening centers that are far away from his/her base. From experience, the major screening centers for jobs are Lagos, Rivers (majorly Engineering firms), and Abuja. So you have to either relocate to Lagos or within short distances like Ogun state because of lower cost of living and its proximity to Lagos or get ready to spend lot of time on the road to and fro Lagos if you stay far away. ANALYTICAL AND PROBLEM SOLVING SKILLS: ]Most companies have one belief in common, ‘schools do not teach students the skills needed in work place’, and so they are on the lookout for smart not intelligent candidates that they will train. The yardstick for selecting these smart candidates is by subjecting them to aptitude test. This test is psychometric test (not specific to any field). Hence, an engineering student will be competing with a candidate from life science and etc at the same level. One lovely thing about the scoring is that you are not competing to outscore the other candidate but to beat a prescribed baseline score. The downside is that this psychometric test is not taught in school. You have to study it yourself. It is advisable to buy GMAT during your service year and get conversant with it, work on your speed and accuracy and develop your abstract reasoning ability. This will make you ‘Aptitude Test Black Belt Holder’ and you will stand out in any aptitude test as all companies’ aptitude are virtually the same. LITTLE EXPERIENCES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS: Though companies advertise for graduate entry which does not require prior work experience, you will be asked about your little experiences and accomplishments. They love people that have shown innovations. You can volunteer to charity organization or Rotract club, etc so as to have the required little experience. SOFT AND PEOPLES SKILL: It is a common scene to notice most guys that clubbed and socialized during their days in school land jobs easier than nerds. This is because they have developed these soft and peoples skills over the years. Soft and people skill is the ability to relate well with people (team player). Technical skill can easily be learnt but peoples skill takes a long time to develop. So, employers like those that already have them and can easily teach them technical skills GOOD CURRICULA VITAE: Your curricula vitae gives the HR an overview of who you are. Ensure your curricula vitae has the right format. There are different samples on online that you can use as template to build yours. PRAYER: Prayer is just essential to whatever we do because our physical world is determined by the invisible world. Pray to whatever you believe to guide and show you favour. |
rabluk:please how did you change yours. I'm in port Harcourt and my centre I a abuja |
The public hol is over. The waiting continues. I smell mail this week or early next week |
drnwamba:good morning sir. I've been having severe headache for the past three years. I also have the sensation of having much fluid in my head that moves whenever I move my head. This has made me uncomfortable and loose concentration some times. my eyes are now sensitive to light. I was having low blood pressure before and I went to a laboratory. They confirmed that I have sepcemia and was placed on gentamicin. that has solved my low blood pressure problem. Please what do you advice I do about my head. Thank you |
@ drnwamba good evening doctor, I've been looking for someone I can talk to and I thank heaven I ran into this thread. please I'm in port Harcourt. can I see you tomorrow please? |
@chuks I dey cast and bind any spirit of second pi |
Team Audit. awaiting medical. good to be on this thread. I went through the older discussions and discovered that virtually all that were benchmarked got invite for medical. Does it mean benchmark is a sure bet for medical? |
chuksmarvin:I'm sorry, the guy said his unit is Deal Advisory and not MC. |
chuksmarvin:yes, I know of someone that applied for mc that is suppose to resume next week. He renegotiated his resumption date with them to 20th of this month. my mail did not mention medicals. but from what I've read from other threads, medical follows success mail at pi and other comes up late August |
Some dudes for management consulting will be starting next week. I applied for audit, I'm benchmarked now. awaiting medical. |
hayorbaami:congratulations. Please which unit you applied for? |
hayorbaami:Hi, please after the success mail of pi, have you been sent anyother mail? Thank you |
ElDeeVee:its bernoulli for us at benchmark level. either you're called for another interview or you called for medical. All's well. fingers crossed. Thanks for the info |
masagoody:thanks for the enlightenment. @All that have done pi pls, did anyone get instant offer mail? |
