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CreativeWeb:
I pay taxes at FIRS and Annual Return at CAC.

Really? Please how do you compute that? Is it all registered business that must pay (even business name) and isn't it taken automatically or electronically? Thanks in advance.

Have you been asked to pay?

I went to GT recently and was made to know that TIN is now necessary. I think tax payment is now necessary.

xendra:
Bad payment method- not paying on time or breaking my pay.

hmmm! If it is payment ehhh, no go there o.

WHAT do you fear most at the workplace? Query, suspension, demotion… a sack?

Or is it WHO do you fear most? Your Boss?

A few employees have sailed the shores of several companies in their career and therefore are in apt positions to describe a typical, fearful workplace or what ignites fear in them, daily. A research in 2012 revealed a few fears of employees but things have really changed and the economy is on a down turn. Few (unofficial) responses collected from millennials recently have revealed more fears that employees have in the workplace today.

Making a Big Mistake
In this advent of Twitter, Instagram and other social media giants, any word or info mistake is escalated to a point of ridicule. And when it comes to the monies? It could cost a company millions! A single figure omission or addition brings such employee to ruins! Most employees fear this and it reduces/disturbs their confidence level

Not Having a Career
Though the mentality in this part of the world may have shifted to “once it brings in good bucks, stick to it all the way!” many a few entry level employees (who probably have been ‘profound’ job applicants) are likely to be afraid of not having a career with each passing moment they spend on that job they are not in love with.

A Difficult Client
Have you ever been in a situation where this particular client will always complain again and again and again and the next mail he/she sends has your boss in copy and within few minutes, Twitter/Facebook is agog with how shitty your Customer Service is or your Sales Response Time is crap? Yeah. That’s a difficult customer/client and they can really tuck fear into employees.

A Yelling Boss
Most times, the boss is always right. But some other times, you are the right one, still the boss yells, right? Employees try as much as possible not to get in conflict with their boss especially if it’s related to the viability of their work/idea; they try as much as possible to avoid such. But in most workplaces, such conflicts bring about a new level of innovation that evolves to good problems needed to be solved.

A Sack… A Sudden Sack
Stories abound of how employees are ‘brutally’ let go (or forced to go) without ‘the warning signs’ or without even being given the opportunity to get their stuffs (on PC or in lockers) before they’re motioned to the gates. This gets employees scared (most times) especially when ‘Making a Mistake’ or dealing with ‘A Difficult Client’ is not properly handled or escalated to the right persons who should provide solutions.

Oya. Talk true! Wetin dey fear you pass for office...

http://www.acegoals.com/5-things-employees-are-most-fearful-about-in-the-workplace/

Your first name is your personal name while your Last Name is your Surname. When you're filling forms or on your CV and your surname comes first, it must be separated by a comma.

maskamdo:
This na oyinbo CV I bet! Who in naija talks about being a prom queen or apple pie eating competition champion, maybe d jesuit schools.....

You are right! This was a copy/paste thing

I think the OP got it from here... http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/seven-things-never-to-include-on-your-resume.html

Original Writer: Laura Larimer, Abshier House

TaymmyT:
Bur wait oo.

What's the implications of extending the years of experience on your CV. Like 6months to 1yr. And also changing your past position to another but still on the same field e.g from inventory officer to Accounts Officer. And being able to prove it during interviews.

Does this have any implications and does employers usually verify from past employers?

One thing you should know is that employers just have connections and staff in the HR Team that do verify every info on your documents when they are sure you are fit for the position. That's one of the reasons why it is advised not to burn bridges when leaving a company.

Mostly this is done for more experienced and sensitive roles and not just everybody.

But by no means should you lie to your potential employer, they may always find out. Only use the Job Title officially given to you by your previous company.

But if you still need to gun for positions which is not your job title but similar in nature, this is where your career summary can come in or your competencies/skills. Always do well to mention 'Account', 'Accounting', 'Accounts' etc if that is the line you want to venture, stylishly but naturally include them.

I also do advice: when writing a CV, have three things in mind... 1) Your present job, 2) Your aspiring job 3) Your achievements so far in your career.

These three make up for a good CV and what employers would love to see and also what most recruiters program ATS Softwares to note/track.

Anthos:
I dont agree with some lines you wrote up there, i mean i know a professor that have worked with Chevron that has OBJECTIVE in his CV.. You people should stop decieving your selves here! Do this you will say remove, remove that,you will say put this, smh

Here is the grand rule/advice I give to people: If it is not going to get you the JOB, do not include it!

ALWAYS include what will get you the job! If your date of birth, state of origin, religion, hobbies, interests, awards etc will get you the job, please include it.

YOU KNOW WHY?

The job advert may say applicants may be between a certain age range so why not include your age (ONLY IF YOU FIT THE RANGE) and win the Applicant Tracking System (which may be the first filtering call) and then tell the employer you are fit.

Same applies to being a Christian or a Muslim (if the job advert specifies) being active in school with evidence (awards) being from the South South (tribe/state) etc...

Most cases, the employer filters the massive CVs with the ATS before actually taking a look at the surviving ones and so does big firms like Total, Exxon, PwC, Accenture etc

www.acegoals.com

An innovative firm is currently searching for a Banner AD Specialist. If you know you fit the description below, kindly send your CV to jobs@acegoals.com immediately with the subject as BAS Job[/b]to anyone you know might be interested. Location is LAGOS

Reports To:
National Sales Manager

[b]Top 10 Accountabilities
Formulate, direct and coordinate digital marketing activities and policies to promote services, working with advertising and promotion agency where applicable
Identify, develop, or evaluate digital marketing strategy, based on knowledge of establishment objectives, market characteristics, and cost with the aim of improving key traffic indices.
Lead all aspects of banner advertising and partnership sales to ensure that monthly and annual sales goals are exceeded
Work independently to generate new prospects and effectively manage existing relationships to generate revenue.
Balancing firm objectives and customer satisfaction.
Collaborates with marketing teams to plan and execute initiatives to drive traffic to the web
Ability to expand relationships and increase revenue by identifying new revenue growth opportunities.
Analyze & optimize client campaigns to ensure goals are achieved
Initiate market research studies and analyse findings.
Ability to work well in a team environment and work effectively with the Marketing team to ensure success of campaigns, partnerships and sponsorships

To View Full Job Details==> http://www.acegoals.com/banner-ad-specialist-needed-at-an-innovative-firm-apply-now/

ayourbamie:
well well well, I have a girlfriend whom I want to marry... in case she dumps me and marry someone else. I have a side chick who's willing and ready to take her place.. my babe is in my plan for the future... but it won't cost anything to make side chick the real deal
did I make any sense?

In this case are u trying to justify that cheating can qualify for a backup plan?

ayourbamie:
No. ..always have a back up plan

Interviewer: In other words are you saying "always make sure you have weak plans and other weaker plans to make a strong plan in a whole?" Kindly give me an instance when your backup plan came through to save a situation...

gabbidonb:
FTC.I agree ,plan B means you are not sure of plan A

Interviewer: So you're trying to imply that you can fly a plan with just one engine? And risk the journey, your destination and hundreds of lives on-board should in case the engine fails?

Assume this is part of the questions of a test and you're asked to explain your answer during the interview...

Do you agree with this statement.?

Vote o!

.

Hmmmmm

ojochidem:
This is getting interesting. This thread is meant to show guys the way. But if anyone chooses to do otherwise, its up to him or her. We have restated here times without number that bulk SMS biz is hinged on the Quality of service you offer and not the price. Have you stopped to think why sites like SMSLIVE have not reduced their rates since like 2011 and they are still leading the industry??

How many of the big guns come here to render advice? Everyone is guarding his or her secret jealously but @Creativeweb deemed it fit to spill it and we are backing him. Because the Sky is wide enough to contain all of us.

My thoughts exactly sir. All the 'secrets' spilled here are what another person (in fact persons) would collect nothing less than 5k to teach each person or sell tutorials for.

Okay. I really wanted to learn this stuff and one of my very good friends showed me one he was building. I was thrilled by the design and professionalism it was oozing. I 'begged' to come over to his place wherever he was staying in Lagos to spend the weekend and learn. He told me he had not the time and asked me to go search Creativeweb on nairaland. I did and landed on this thread.

ANYONE who encounters this thread, has nothing to worry about if only the instructions here are followed.

It was later on I realised that the firm I work with is a customer to kudisms and also got to know ojochidem runs it. Now that's what I call a firm. Very professional. Big business will approach you. Price is not a problem. Get your quality right and the rest will be bright.

Imagine coming to your website, sending 15,000 SMS messages and I included my number and let's say 2 of my colleagues number. After sending the SMS, I did not get any message immediately. The next day, I get it, 20 hours later one of my colleagues gets the message and the next day, my next colleague gets it. What sort of quality is that? If I don't get good conversion, mehn, I'll try the next vendor even if he charges N2 so long my leads convert quickly due to fast delivery.

So, don't compromise on quality and professionalism. They make you a firm and not just a website. There are tons of bulk SMS websites out there but just 2% to 3% are real businesses making good profit, building a name and becoming strong firms.

haykay2005:
Infobip price is too high, Have contacted them. Routesms has a base in Nigeria as well and their price is better. Not all client will want to listen to why you are selling above 1.5kobo story. This is Nigeria.
All i want is a premium route that won't cost more than 1.2 or 1.3k at most. You can imagine Infobip giving me target per month. That iI mustn't t do below a certain unit per month. Not all foreign providers are bad. I doubt if any local provider can provide good price to give room for profit . Stand to be corrected
Am also very sure local providers have foreign source as well. That's where you guys need to provide support. Show us the way!!

@ the bolded. Bros, sincerely speaking, this thread is the best way you can be shown because that particular way you desire may never be shown to you.

It's like you're simply saying "show us your secret weapon". Even me wia dey talk, I don't operate any yet; I just design. I remember approaching the owner of a reliable bulk sms website that I've been using since 2012 begging him to "show me the way". The response I received portrayed my foolishness. Then I asked myself, "would I show anyone the way if I knew a very reliable source?" Would you?

Till now I still cannot answer that question.

Anyway, I'll advice that anyone going into the business should try to build something professional, reliable and lasting... In Nigeria, we have less than 10 bulk sms firms the rest are simply websites

Respect to ojochidem and creativeweb. They're doing well.

PhoneGist:
This is very inspiring
. All these ladies didnt have it easy.. It should be a lesson to all. Cc lalasticlala

Then must you quote the whole article. What is wrong with people these days sef? What u even typed ain't directly related to any word up there! Nawa to u o!

Nice

I'm sorry. The former email address is faulty. It has been corrected. Thank you.

Arian11:
my last hope to pay my f***king fees....why are these people like this .....would start making people travel to ghana just to change currency...mtcheww

What is this one saying...

Wow!

Some people just make this SMS business so unprofessional and chidish.

A clothing company in Lagos is looking for focused and determined individuals with work experience (an advantage) for this position

PLEASE NOTE: Candidates must be residents on the Island (Lekki area)

Kindly apply immediately by sending your CV to jobs@acegoals.com with Retail Store Manager as subject of the mail if you meet the qualifications below.

JOB OBJECTIVE(S)
Development of highly efficient and practical sales strategies that will enable you exceed your sales target.
Exceeding sales targets.
Revenue Generation and sales closing.
Exceed product turnover and sales milestones.
Adopt a team approach; work with others in pursuing common goals.
Understand the skills and qualities needed for the business.
Ensuring right and beneficial associations for the brand.
Personal and professional development in your career path.


DUTIES &RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop, manage and service all channels, sale outlets and reseller modules.
You will propose the viability of prospective, new and existing markets.
Ensuring that sales is made and products delivered to appropriate clients at all times.
You will also be responsible for creating new channels based on the stipulated target.
Ensuring that your subordinates are effectively managed and their performance targets are ALWAYS met and exceeded.
Diverting potential clients and customers to the stores, website and all sale outlets
Establishing new business ties, relationship and opportunities.
Pursuing and closing deals in the company’s secondary market space (corporate/ bulk orders).
You’re expected to build and manage a sales team that will meet and exceed sales target.
Take responsibility for the welfare of sales representatives, resellers, channels and all individuals that make up your sales team.
Take responsibility for ALL the stores and ALL sales channels.
You’re expected to derive full value from, and close ALL deals opened by the Company’s marketing effort.
Demonstrate experience of face-to-face sales and closing large profile orders.
Be able to demonstrate a significant level of achievement against ambitious financial targets and sustained growth.
Possess contagious energy, passion and enthusiasm to lead by example.
Possess knowledge of sales, the Nigerian terrain and be able to leverage and maintain key contacts in the industry.
Build an effective and reliable customer feedback and database system where remarks and views of customers are collected and archived, also contact details and personal information of our most faithful and loyal customers is captured to enable appreciation/ reward schemes.
Always log your tasks and weekly movement at the beginning of the week using the instructed tool – ASANA
Develop a sales pipeline at the beginning of each week to show your expected movement for the week and expected income from your moves. This sales pipeline will be the PRIMARY basis for performance measurement.


KEY COMPETENCY REQUIREMENTS
KNOWLEDGE
Market trends.
Global market.
Client needs.
Ongoing competition.

JOB REQUIREMENTS
Highly creative and calculative.
Leadership skills.
Strong sales and persuasion skills.
Team spirit.
Think-outside-the-box.
Passion for exceeding targets.
Relevant experience and capacity for growth to a management role.
Must have considerable sales experience, be an organized and strong negotiator, and be aware of and responsive to industry trends.
Should reside around the lekki axis.


SKILL/COMPETENCIES
Presentation.
Communication.
Computer literacy.
Research.
Brand building.
Planning and forecasting.

Kindly apply immediately by sending your CV to jobs@acegoals.com with Retail Store Manager as subject of the mail

@Lalasticlala

http://www.acegoals.com/vacancy-retail-store-manager-at-a-manufacturing-company/

CreativeWeb:
It's probably from your template. You can search out for a plugin that resolves javascript or jquery conflict and see if it will solve it.

That's true. Also, you can check the settings first from your Admin area. Admin Menu >> Settings >> SPC GATEWAY/API SETTINGS >> Length of 1 SMS page for multiple pages.

If it is blank, it may be a reason for it. Include what you want.

FunadoysKitchen:
Lol you could try making those yum....its quite easy
Thanks for that and I'll really appreciate the template.
Its my profile o and it really lacks activity....i'll work on that.
I'm on instagram and i do post pictures of my work there. My IG handle is FUNADOY
oh, how do i get the template

Yeah. That's another thing. You've got to have a means by which you can be contacted on your blog. I could not find one. Anyway, send a blank mail to flepzes@gmail.com

Contact17:
Can you have a look at my blog and tell me what you think of it
www.sherijourney..com

Nice blog... great content but you need to really work on your design. Too little for such awesome content.

FunadoysKitchen:
Thanks for that. I guess we all needed that....
Plas take a look at my blog and advise me on how to do better..... www.funadoysrecipes.com
Thanks

Wow! Your website is just wow! And I'm suddenly craving for some of those yum yum up there...

Okay. Nice website but the template ain't it for such good content. Like someone said... jump breaks are needed. But first of all you need more engagement. Are you on Instagram? Please go sign up for an account if you don't already have one. Share you pics there! I see that only your FB page has got the fun but not your personal FB profile. I do not see anything that shows that you have a blog (except I'm looking at a wrong profile)

I'll send you the template I promised @buruike and some others that will be peculiar to your blog.

buruike:
My handle email is non-existing
Pls tiwaloluwa1@gmail.com

Seems you are not using pictures on some of your posts. No matter what topic you're writing on, there should always be a picture to tell or say more. Besides, it increases engagement

I've got a template that I think you'll like. I'll send it to you with the preview later in the day. With good customization, you're good to go. And you may have to include some pages as well.

Or you could send me a PM