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koboko69:
AS IN PDP AS OPPOSITION IS EVEN MADNESS ONLINE. I AM ASKING THE DUNCE WHICH OF THE SOURCES WAS SPECIFIC ABOUT WHY HE WAS SUSPENDED COS ALL I SEE IS REFERRALS TO PAST EVENTS, HE TURNED SHE WITH A FAKE PIC WAS BLABBING NONSENSE!!!

The bigger suprise, to me, was seeing a WW declare a SR story as "truth". Thought SR is an APC medium according to them.

OP, you chose the SR report and declared the PT one as "APC-sponsored".

I thought you guys say SR is the APC outfit? So you believe SR on this one, but you wont if the news doesn't favour your political camp.

Thought some Jonathanian people said SR are pro-Buhari, pro-Tinubu?

I keep saying SR are just one anti-bad governance, anti-bad politicians platform. They don't care about who the President is.

ladyF:
Oga Jarus u too? Lol

It's LadyF

Teaching, especially in a public school.

Running shop (selling groceries etc) not far from home.

STEVENcrack:
" So called BSC"Apologies on that. Where are my manners!
I had to use it to refute a mention. The way the system ostracise and stigmatise HND is so poignant. And even d BSC are so dogged to envisage it.

I agree with you. HND holders should be allowed to prove their mettle too.

STEVENcrack:
Don't mind them.

During my IT days I worked with 2 Bse microbiologists in view and they could not even defend the course just speaking high voltage english. My boss was always telling me to put them through.

During my NYSC I was awarded the best corper amidst the so called BSC.

I Enrolled for CCNA couRse something outside my field, After d 6months training(HiiT)ibadan I was d only one that finished with a distinction amidst the so called BSC.

Even my lecturer a BSC holder used my project work that I carried out without her supervision just her financial assistant to bag her masters

BSC is so overrated. D only difference is d professors and the latest modern facilities at your disposal bcoos of government interventions.

The best HND holder can challenge the best BSC.

I agree the best HND holders can hold their own against the best Bsc holders. But not sure about that if we look at average.

And your copious use of "so-called Bsc" in the comment makes one wonder if this is not about bitterness than proving a point.

OP, you work in a firm or business centre?

Obviously a business center, from the letter.

As a business center owner, I may consider him. This is not a white collar job.

I don't expect a flawless letter of employment application from an O'level holder (most likely from public school - someone that went to private school is not likely to apply fopr job after O'level).

If he has some other skills, and if the job doesn't involve writing to external people, I will consider him.

I particularly like his boldness.

Looks better than what I saw when I last used the airport 5 years ago, but anybody who has seen airports in other climes will not use beautiful for any Nigerian airport.

I also buried my Dad 24 hours ago. May Allah grant him aljannah.

I hope these are not Patience Jonathan's loyalists finding a platform to fight Dickson.

tk4rd:
Oga Jarus, I want to ask..
Were you aware that fact-finding was part of the a.c exercise when you were doing the mock exercise.?
Or the integrity/secrecy oath kept the "hint" away from you too.??
#Justasking#..

If I had exact details, I would be glad to share.

I ran the mock based on general knowledge of how AC works, not on specific NLNG. In other words, we used general template.

The AC ran for like 2 months and even the 'secrecy' thing affected me too. None of my candidates disclosed anything to me until after the whole batches had completed. A couple gave general feedback. No one was specific. And of course, I respected their decision. They are adults and this was a business relationship, I can't force them.

So we ran the general template throughout and good to hear now that the "secrecy" period is over that it was helpful, especially for group discussion and confidence/familiarity building.

Let me a real life example.

My company, an oil and gas company, recetly engaged KPMG and PwC to advise us on an issue.

Same facts, same situations, etc.

KPMG advised, after analysing the case, that we should do X. PwC advised we should do Y, the opposite.

These are world class consultants, with consultants that have probably more than 20 years experience, spanning many countries.

Yet, they both presented like 5-page analysis of why we should do X and Y.

They were paid thousands of dollars to advice us on that decision.

Yet, different perspectives.

That happened in my company like 2 years ago. That's a real life business.

I tend to believe fact-finding doesnt have one single right answer. There may be 'more right' but you can actually defend a 'less right' and still perform better.

My advice is, go for the one you will be able to justify more. Be prepared to defend loopholes in it. Every choice will always have cons.

In 1970, he was 9. This pic doesn't look like that of a 9 year old. This doesn't look like a 1970 pic.

NanaF:
AC went well.
Group stage was first for me and I loved my group members. I believe we did well. Playing back the conversations in my head, I'm impressed with the memebers of the group. I was the group leader. The mock group session I did at Jarus Hub was useful for this.
My best was the Fact - finding , my facilitators were so nice and it was a very interesting exercise. I liked the fact that there is no right answer, whatever you choose as a recommendation, they have challenges to throw at you. Very engaging.
The presentation was good. Long read. I was able to bring out all my points in due time. I was quite nervous at this point though cus it was my last exercise .
The interview....... Hmmmm. What I didn't like? I wished they weren't all anonymous because questions about their experience working at NLNG wasn't allowed. I found other questions to ask though and learnt a thing or two.

Good to hear that our mock assessment center was helpful to you.

Don't forget to pay tithe to JarusHub ministry when NLNG begins to spoil you with gas money

This is rubbish. What's offensive in that passage?

uanda:
Rip to the dead.

Those oil workers must have undergone survival at sea and also helicopter under water excape training (SAS and HUET). The oil company should be held responsible for not giving their workers the minimum required training before sending the offshore.

Also the helicopter company RT brisco will also pay for not checking for the HUET passes of all passengers and also not providing them with life jackets.

So you mean "under water excape training" was guarantee that they would survive?

EsanEmmanuel:
Please sir, can I have your email addy? need your precious advice on something eating me up concerning job stuff. Thanks

Jarushub@gmail.com

I lived in that hall for 5 years.

CHESSBOARD:
Buhari cannot do GEJ jackshit..... SS and SE are just waiting for the day Buhari will arrest GEJ put him in jail.... we dont have problem with him fighting corruption but let him accord GEJ the respect he accord OBJ , IBB and Danjuma, investigate everybody including Tinubu and Amaechi then we will be ok with his process.

The same way you threatened to set Nigeria on fire if he lost.

funmilade4real:
I graduated in 2014 with a first class degree in business studies. I am 22 and working as a sales assistant in a clothing store. It was meant to be a part-time job for extra income while studying, however, it feels like I am going to be stuck here forever.

I am looking for office roles, in particular admin roles or those to do with HR. I’ve been applying to jobs since I graduated – I either get no response or, once in a blue moon, I get an interview, but it doesn’t end well. Most places I have applied to say I am an introvert and they prefer someone who is more confident in communicating. Or they say I lack work experience.

What I don’t get is how am I able to get work experience when no one gives me a chance? Every job requires some sort of work experience, even internships and entry level jobs. I’ve been to local recruitment agencies, handed them my CV, but it’s been three months and still no reply. I am getting more demotivated and desperate, please can you give me some advice.

Therein lies the problem, which looks like you.

First Class doesn't land anyone automatic job. Part of defending one's degree is acing interview, which, by your account, they don't end well.

KPMG, PwC, EY, Deloitte, Accenture, banks etc recruit every now and then, they don't require any experience.

jamanuka:
I saw no mention of the likes of KPMG, EY etc..seems the consulting talked about here isn't the kind they are into

The top 3 consulting firms in the world are:

1, Bain & Company
2, McKinsey & co
3, Boston Consulting Group

They are usually called the Top 3.

KPMG, EY, Deloitte and Ernst & Young, together called the Big 4, are great too, but they rank below these 3 giants in consulting. However, unlike these 3, they're into other things (taxation, accounting, auditing etc), they are called professional services firms. So, in professional services, they're the Big 4. But in consulting, they come below these Top 3.

Here is the list of Top 10 Consulting firms in the world in 2015, according to Vault.com, a highly regarded US website

1, Bain & Company

2, McKinsey & Company

3, The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.

4, Strategy&, part of the PwC network (formerly Booz & Company)

5, Deloitte Consulting LLP

6, PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers) LLP (Consulting Practice)

7, The Brattle Group

8, Oliver Wyman

9, The Cambridge Group

10, Accenture

There you have it. The most conspicuous absence, at least as far as a Nigerian is concerned, is KPMG. Well, they rated KPMG Consulting practice 18th.

http://www.jarushub.com/top-10-consulting-firms-in-the-us-2015/

It's a stunner. The guy behind the twitter handle should be commended. He's done a good job. It generated the publicity he sought.

GrammarNazi:
Wow!
Thanks Boss!
You're right...in more ways than one.
I've been putting in efforts to network and improve myself all round. This post is actually one such effort...and I believe it's already paying off. Look what I've learnt from you guys. I'll continue to follow your advice, and hopefully, my dream job will come sooner, rather than later

Thanks once again.

Send me a PM. If you're less than 26, let me see if I can pass your CV around.

GrammarNazi:
Sometimes, I wish I hadn't graduated with 'First Class honours'

Sometimes, I wish I'd made a comfortable 2nd class upper or even lower.

And NO, I'm not kidding!

If I'd made a 2:1 or 2:2 like most other people did, nobody would expect me to have the answer to every question, simply because "but you're a first class graduate na".

Nobody would be surprised that you still don't have a job, one year after youth service. When you tell people you're looking for a job, nobody would ask you dumb questions like "how can you be looking for a job, when you made first class? Companies should be chasing you with job offers na"

If I'd made a 2:1 or 2:2, nobody would put me under unnecessary pressure. Nobody would expect me to perform better than everyone else on the team, and when I miss something just like everyone else did, nobody would ask "how did you make first class sef?"

It's a pity that something that should be a thing of pride has become something I'm too ashamed to mention in public. These days, when I want to apply for a job, I debate whether to use 'First Class or second class upper' on my C.V. How do I explain that haven't gotten a job almost two years after NYSC? (and YES, I attended a Federal University).

I haven't even mentioned the embarrassment in the hands of these marketing companies. You see 'First Class' on my C.V, and you have the guts to invite me for an interview, to come market some stupid 'weight loss' product at monthly salary of #25k+variable commission

Chai!

I have suffered.....

First, I concede things are tighter now compared to our era (pre-economic meltdown of 2009) when banks, investment institutions and many other companies recruited on weekly basis. I graduated October 2006 with First Class honours and by December, even before my convocation, before NYSC, I had two offers, StanbicIBTC and Vetiva, and at various stages of KPMG and UAC, and turned down test invites from Accenture. And I didn't even bother to apply to banks, only StanbicIBTC - where my CV was submitted by someone else.

Many of my classmates were being aborbed by banks in probbaly worst clase scenario. My classmates littered investment firms like BGL, Merristem, Vetiva, UBA Capital, PHB Capital etc.

By the time we finished NYSC in 2008, it still hadn't got so bad. I got Oando two weeks after NYSC and didn't show up at the final stage of Shell.

Surplus as jobs appeared to be in the period I talked about, it doesn't mean that we sat at home and expected the jobs to come and meet us. We used all things within our disposal Information and networking were especially critical.

Less than half of these jobs were advertised. Of all the companies which recruitment I underwent from the foregoing paragraphs, only UAC and Shell were advertised. Others were by passing CVs around to someone that worked there or friends of someone that worked there.

This is where information is key. You don't sit down and expect job to come and meet you, even if you have first class from Harvard.

You need to hustle, you need to do unconventional things, you need to network, you need to do daring things. I once saw the email address of the CEO of a multinational consulting firm in newspaper and politely sent an email to her, praising her company and asking for opportunity to be invited for their test. She acknowlegded the email and said she had passed to her HR.

Job hunting is hustle. Talk to people. Dont be shy. I have countless stories to tell, of myself anf friends, but let me stop here.

And by the way, how old are you? Have yyou written the tests of KPMG, PwC, etc? How did you fare in the tests of companies you have written in the last 2 years? I dont want to believe you have not written any test.

First class is a great opportunity if well used. It was highly helpful to me.

This is a routine practice.

Kayydon007:
Ain't nothing to it. Don't leave your current job if you haven't got another I don't see any sense in what she did if it's true, she doesn't even have name, fame and any vibrant position to reckon with else she would have gotten a position in aso villa by now I'll say she's clueless her calculation fails her woefully if she the same man she campaign for can't recognize her role.think twice b4 reaching conclusion especially from work that pays your bills.

Not everyone is driven by personal returns. She may not have done it for those returns (position, fame etc) that you mentioned.

Some people make personal sacrifices for collective gains.

dem no resemble am sha

She tried, but many of us did similar things. I did, maybe the only difference is I didnt give up my own work.

WHAT I ALSO DID

2011
I coordinated a team on Nairaland to raise circa 700k to do radio jingle for Buhari.

During break time in office, I rushed to radio stations (ok, cool fm that was close to my office then) to seal adverts for Buhari. For others, I spoke with their agents on phone.

Our adverts ran in 5 radio stations across 4 states: Lagos, Oyo, Osun and Rivers.

I did a pamphlet at my cost and was distributing in buses in Lagos.

Someone I met on Nairaland came to my office to drop 20 Buhari shirts. I distributed among boys in my neighbourhood.

Anywhere I went I was talking about Buhari.

I sent sms to almost on contacts on my phone at my cost.

I wrote not less than 15 articles published in Punch, Guardian, Tribune, Thisday etc to sell Buhari candidacy.

Remember Buhari wasn't this popular in the South then.

2015
I spent circa 100k from my pocket to sponsor local radio jingle in Kwara radio stations focusing my senatorial district, Kwara South. Buhari had become popular in Lagos then, so I didnt pay attention to Lagos.

I took on FFK in a popular, strong-worded article, "Fani-Kayode's Flurry of Fictions", published in several newspapers. That article almost cost me my job as my employers saw it in BusinessDay and cautioned me.

I championed the exposure of Fani Kayode's alteration of the Cambridge response to my friend, Sodiq Alabi's inquiry on Buhari's certificate. That my expose was the headline story in The Nation the next day "Blogger accuses Fani-Kayode of forging email". That was a risk to my life.

I went out on election day to mobilize okada riders to go vote.

I visited newspaper stands almost every Saturday to go reduce the effect of the misinformation about Buhari being spread by thick-voiced people.

I alerted APC chieftains, including el-Rufai, when I got a distress call from a Buharist friend in Akwa Ibom on mass rigging going on there on election day.

I talked to Okada riders and taxi drivers almost everyday.

Daninya11:
Popularly referred to as the Golden voice of Africa.
His tomb is located in Bauchi, Bauchi State.
He hails from a local government named after him, Tafawa Balewa L.G.A.


Let's celebrate a Hero who has done so well in Nigeria's political landscape.



Cc-Lalasticlala.

The LG was not named after him, he was "named" after the town. Except you want to say Kano is named after Aminu Kano.

Poverty. Dangote that can buy all of them will not throw money into swimming pool.

saint047:
It's a shame to democracy that a guerrilla blog will stop at nothing to blackmail anyone in the interest of Tinubu.

Don't be ignorant. SR had been on Tinubu's case too in the past. The fact that they are on Saraki's case now does not mean they are defending Tinubu.