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JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 17, 2017

“Foresight is very key in career. You may not even be the one that will spot the future opportunity.”

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)



You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 16, 2017

“Always share your knowledge, bail out that your struggling colleague. When you are known for always willing to assist, you command respect among your colleague.”

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)



You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

Cash or money is important to the proper, effective and smooth running of any business or enterprise. It is, therefore, safe to say that without money, your business will collapse. As a result, Jumia Travel, the leading online booking agency discuss some cash flow problems that are likely to affect the smooth running of your business. This will ensure that you are fully prepared for any uncertainties. It must be mentioned that 90% of small businesses or startups fail due to poor cash flow.

Delayed payment

After providing a service, you expect to be paid immediately, this is not the case most times. You offer your service and get paid later. However, this is not good for your business. In fact, if your clients pay very late, your debt profile will steadily rise. To reduce the effect of late payment, set a timeline for your clients or customers to make payment and use your relationship with the manager to encourage him or her to pay you as early as possible. You can also reduce the credit you offer your customers.

Decline in sales

The reduction in sales can have a huge impact on profit. As soon as you notice a decline in sales, you may need to check your marketing strategy again. You can also take advantage of social media. You don’t need to break the bank to boost sales again.

Low profit

Profit is directly linked to sales. You should not be too surprised if your profit has been hit. The Nigerian economy is trying to recover from its first recession in 22 years. Besides, some businesses have declared losses. This is why the business should have savings to cushion the effect of the lack of profitability. Also, you may need to adjust your growth forecast.

Seasonal demands

There are some businesses that are seasonal. Seasonal in the sense that there are certain months there is a monumental spike in turnover and in other months, it will reduce. For example, there is always an increase in hotel bookings during public holidays and the festive period. This is same for transport. You have to plan your cash for this period so that there is no lacuna.

Overtrading

This usually affects small businesses that are just opening a shop. Most times, these businesses invite customers and friends and offer them a good discount to promote patronage. The turnout may be massive and it may affect your cash flow because so many people are taking advantage of the discount. The rule here is to try as much as possible to make your launching very simple and don’t offer any crazy discount.


source: http://www.jarushub.com/cash-flow-problems-your-small-business-is-likely-to-experience/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 15, 2017

“Always share your knowledge, bail out that your struggling colleague. When you are known for always willing to assist, you command respect among your colleague.”

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)



You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 14, 2017

“Sometimes you may need to take a step backward in order to take multiple.”

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)



You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 09, 2017


“Be hardworking. Be humble. Develop unique skills to make you relevant in your environment. Be prayerful. Serve others. Be patient. Plan to achieve Something first before aiming to Have money.”


-Niyi Yusuf CEO Multinational consulting firm, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)

You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

1, Bad mouthing your current or past company or manager. Stay away from this at every cost!

2, Eating, drinking, chewing gum. Oh, and an interview is not the time to grab the free snacks in the office.

3, Swearing — even if it’s a lax company culture, and even if your interviewer is swearing. Save the F-bomb until you’re safely in the position.

4, Saying “like” and “um” a lot. 100 percent of hiring managers will notice if your interview is filled with filler words. It is always better to take a pause and not say anything at all than to say “um.”

5, Acting flustered. If you blank, just take a moment and breathe. That is completely acceptable. Trying to fill blank space is more detrimental.

6, Don’t blame any flaws or hiccups on technical difficulties. If something goes wrong, see it as an excellent opportunity to demonstrate your flexibility and problem-solving abilities. Do not blame external factors for a poor interview performance.

7, Dress inappropriately. Always ask what the dress code is before the interview so you can make sure to dress interview appropriate and company culture appropriate. The adage to “dress for the job you want” never fails.

8, Not asking the interviewer any questions. You should ask a question every time someone asks you whether you have any questions. Even if you feel like you’ve exhausted every question on the planet. Here are two good standby questions you can ask any interviewer: “Why did you choose this company?” “What are you most excited about for the company in the future?”

9, Not bringing your resume. Bring several copies—at least one for every person you’re interviewing.

10, Not giving detailed answers. Always be prepared to offer stories, examples, and concrete example of your work product.

11, Showing more interest in salary than anything else. Of course, salary is an important part of a job, but it shows poor taste if it’s the only thing of interest.

12, Really stiff body language and lack of eye contact. If you are coming across as uptight and unrelatable, who would want to work with you?

13, Not showing enthusiasm for the company or position. An enthusiastic attitude is always noticed.


source: http://www.jarushub.com/interview-13-ways-to-guarantee-youll-not-get-the-job/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 08, 2017

“Knowing how to approach a question in an examination is an art itself .How do you organize your answers? It goes beyond just picking the answer script and writing down what you think is the answer. “

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)


You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

The advent of social media has helped to introduce the concept of ‘social media for professional networking’. Slowly, ‘in-person’ networking is being overpowered by simply connecting to social networking sites. It’s all part of the phenomenon of social media that engages tens of millions of internet users per day.

In today’s ‘networking space’, it is thus important to know how to use social media for your professional networking. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 ways to help you do this.

START WITH CONNECTION SITES

Use connection sites like LinkedIn or Xing to look for quality contacts or high-level networkers (HLN) to network with. A quality contact or HLN, according to Entrepreneur.com, are people who are active online, have at least 500 connections and powerful profiles. You should make sure the HLNs you choose to network with are decision makers, executives, media, influencers etc. who are relevant to your field.

Don’t let the fact that you don’t know these people hold you back, simply be transparent when sending them a request or invite and let them know why you would like to connect with them. Try to make the request or invite more about how you can help them and not how they can help you. The more of these people you successfully connect with, the more your visibility increases and the better for you. Increased visibility puts you and your work or brand out there, and this can be especially useful when seeking job opportunities because when headhunters browse through LinkedIn profiles looking for suitable candidates to fill business positions, you’ll be more visible to them.

TARGET MARKET CONNECTIONS (TMC)

There are two types of people who market online – posters and seekers. You are a poster when you actively post valuable information, resources, tips and offers. Posters are mostly businesses, firms or companies. Seekers are mostly consumers, actively seeking for products and services. TMCs are mostly used by posters. Posters aim their products and services at these TMCs (groups of seekers actively sourcing for information about products and services).

A keyword search on social sites will take you to the groups and discussion areas of these TMCs. You can then join in the groups and discussions where your target market is active and engage with them. Joining these groups and discussions can also give you information on places your target market goes when looking for something in your industry.

GROUPS, COMMUNITIES AND DISCUSSION AREAS

There are community areas on most social networking sites for people who have the same interests to gather and connect. You can join and monitor these groups, communities or discussion areas, be active there and engage in their conversations with thoughtful and relevant questions and contributions. This helps you establish a relationship with members in the group and thus expand your professional network by exposing you to and giving you a chance to connect with the right people. When members of your group are familiar with you, they will be more willing to connect with you.

Groups, communities and discussions areas can also give you information on relevant events happening in your field that can present an opportunity for in-person networking, or present a platform to showcase your talents or whatever it is you have to offer.

BLOGS AND FAN PAGES

Blogs and fan pages are two of the best ways to engage with your target market, especially if you are a poster (business, firm or company). You can connect or partner with relevant blogs in your field, create your own blog, create and launch a Facebook fan page or Twitter Profile or do all of these together to reach out to fans and enthusiasts in your field. Once you are able to connect with them through your information, resources, tips and offers, and they like they what they see, you can through this, build a loyal following. Consequently, these loyal followers will be happy to tell their families, friends and peers about you, and your word-of-mouth will grow.

SHARE YOUR CONTENT

Whether you are a poster or seeker, it is important to share your professional content or achievements on your social media profiles so your connections, followers or friends can see your professional achievements. If you have a blog or one you contribute to, share your post and links to your post on your social media profile. If you are an artiste and have written or sang songs, made dance videos etc., share them on your profile. By doing this, you increase your visibility in your field especially when your connections or friends or followers re-share your content. Increasing your visibility helps you to make new social network connections, and thus expands your professional network.


source: http://www.jarushub.com/5-ways-to-use-social-media-for-professional-networking/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 07, 2017

“There is a dangerous mindset among our graduate that jobs come automatically with being a graduate, and you do not need to justify why the employer should hire you. I have read many unemployed graduates lament their situation in written English that easily tells you why they are where they are. “

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)


You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 01, 2017


“The things you did that made you to succeed in your prior role, will not be sufficient to make you succeed in this new role.”


-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)

You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 01, 2017


“There are no two ways about it, you just have to be very good to have a fast career progression. Packaging can be initially helpful, and in fact may deceive, but at a point in career ladder, ordinary packaging will reach its limit, and your real stuff is what can help you further."

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)

You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

Walexz02:
Hi jarus
Can I please send you my cv for review?

Yes you can send but we charge N3,000 for this service. You can contact us via jarushub@gmail.com

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR MARCH 01, 2017


”There is a thin line between being bold and being arrogant, but recognizing the demarcation is very important.”

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)

You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

[b]1, More will be expected of you at interviews.

2, If you did not do well in a job test, it will be the headline when an HR Manager is interviewed: “First Class Graduates Fail NNPC Test” blabla.

3, People expect you to know everything in your field,forgetting you had a first class only in your first degree, it doesn’t make you a professor yet!

4, You will be expected to know everything , even outside your field, beyond basics. In fact, they will tell you they’ve seen a First Class Accounting graduate that cannot build a car!

5, The number of first class applicants for jobs will always be a headline (like the FIRS job news, which inspired this post, anyway).

6, The entrepreneurship noise makers expect every first class to be self-employed or be an entrepreneur, otherwise, they’re corporate slaves.

7, You must be rich. They will use you as example of their friend that made first class and is not rich. They will ask you which grade Dangote made. It doesn’t matter to them that not everyone is motivated by money.[/b]
source: http://www.jarushub.com/7-downsides-of-being-a-first-class-graduate-in-nigeria/

If you recently began your career as an HR professional, then knowing these useful workplace trends will help you stay ahead in the competition. This year is going to set new rules of workplace that you need to know in order to

The job market seems to grow in this year and provide equal opportunities for both employees and job seekers. Being an HR professional, you will also witness the huge demand for the flexible working environment.

Followings are some worth-noticing workplace trends of 2017, read out all of them thoroughly.


1. The Popularity Of Part-Time Jobs Will Increase

When it comes to the workplace trends of 2017 then it is the first trend which you will have to kick off with. You will find lots of employees opting for part-time jobs. This trend will also allow companies for controlling the increasing labor costs through hiring more part-time workers. Being an HR professional you will be involved in hiring part-time workers.

2. Millennials Will Get High-Level Positions

It is another worth-knowing trend, which you should go through. As many baby boomers are about to get retirement so that is making a way for millennials to get higher positions in the companies. It is important to know that employees of every age group have to adapt to the flexible working style of this millennial generation.

3. Transformation Of Office Environment For Employees

It has also succeeded to become one of the prominent workplace trends of 2017. The traditional workplace environment will replace with highly advanced workplace environment. It will properly eliminate the distractions which also affects the performance of employees at the workplace. Working in this kind of high-class environment will also increase the productivity of employees.

4. The Rise Of Automation In All Industries

Yes, the automation will replace the traditional ways of accomplishing tasks at the workplaces. Companies will start depending on machines to get things done more precisely. Almost every industry will opt for automation in this year and it also has some bad outcomes such as a decline in the skilled laborers all across the world.

5. Companies Will Focus To Develop The Skills Of Employees

It is another workplace trend, which will get popularity in this year. In this competitive and highly advanced corporate world, companies have to make their employees adapt to latest technologies. In this regard, you will witness companies encouraging and helping employees to do tech related short courses. It means that you should also get ready for it as your company will also help you in this regard.

6. The Arrival Of Generation Z At The Workplaces

In this year, you will definitely witness the arrival of generation Z at the workplaces. Because of this specific development, the values of the workforce will start evolving gradually in this year. Companies will have to ensure working environment that is an ideal one for generation Z. If any company fails to accommodate this specific generation then it may go against of it.

These above-mentioned trends are some prominent workplace trends of 2017, which businesses will follow in order to get constant success and stand apart from the competitors. Being a new HR professional, getting to know about these specific trends will benefit you in various ways.

Source: http://www.jarushub.com/6-dominant-workplace-trends-you-are-likely-to-witness-in-2017/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR FEBRUARY 28, 2017

“There Is no harm in trying, being courageous is a way of building a strong network and clout.”

-Suraj Oyewale, The Road to Victoria Island (A Compendium of Essay's and Case Studies on Careers in Nigeria)

You can get details of the book here http://www.jarushub.com/the-road-to-victoria-island/

The accused pleaded not guilty to the alleged crime in the open court and magistrate Mr. O. Owumi admitted them to bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties each in like sum.

You mean these guys will go home after paying N500k?

Would you like to spend an evening discussing your entrepreneurial ideas with vibrant and young people who might be willing to partner with or provide support services for your idea?

Who is it for?

-Graduates looking to get great career tips.

-People with business ideas looking for genuine feedback on their ideas and potential business partners, barter arrangements and investors.

-Investors looking for bright ideas and people to support at their infancy with potential for huge returns in the future.

-Professionals like lawyers, accountants, web designers, programmers, publicists that are looking for clients.

It promises to be an interesting evening that is likely to widen your scope of reasoning on what is possible and which opportunities you can benefit from.‎

http://www.jarushub.com/jarushub-business-networking-day/

otunbacarter:
Who exposure pep. See the amount of things to be done and the salary. What kinda of slavery is this

Chill, what you call "amount of things" are things he easily does on whatsapp, sometimes without even stepping into the office. What's the big deal in sharing post on Facebook, Twitter and Nairaland? One post per day. This is not a high volume customer company that has high traffic of customer enquiries. Sometimes, no single enquiry in a week. 90% of times, the Admin Assistant is actually idle.

Look, our core activity is training graduates on interviews etc and watching us do this is enough exposure when he needs to move on. As a matter of fact, we're asking for ND holders, how much do even established companies pay ND holders?

otunbacarter:
Who exposure pep. See the amount of things to be done and the salary. What kinda of slavery is this

Exposure "epped" the last 2 holders of this positions to easily ace the interview process of Access Bank and PwC. They got better jobs easily due to what we do - career coaching.

JarusHub is a fast-growing startup with focus on human capacity development.

We’re looking for an administrative assistant.

DUTIES

The duties of JarusHub Administrative Assistant are outlined below:

1. Attending to inquiries by clients and customers both online and offline

2. Exploring online and offline mediums to drive traffic to our websites, JarusHub.com and Opinions.ng

3. Managing our Facebook, twitter, Instagram and Nairaland pages/handles

4. Offline and online promotion of JarusHub’s products and services

5. Creating awareness for and sourcing clients for JarusHub Premium Services

6. Coordinating the logistics for events organized by the platform

7. Setting up office for trainings and other events

8. Replying comments and engaging readers on the websites

9. Updating the websites for any relevant information

10. Managing diaries/appointments of management

11. Day to day running of the office

12. Any other duty assigned by the management

QUALIFICATIONS
1. National Diploma (ND) holder is preferred. However, those with higher qualifications may also apply.

2. Proximity to Yaba will be an added advantage.

LOCATION
The Administrative Assistant works from our office at Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos.

WORKING HOURS
Working hours shall be 9am – 4pm Mondays-Fridays. However, we are largely flexible and during off periods, you may not need to come to office at the discretion of the management. There may also be times when you will be required to come to work on Saturdays and/or Sundays, especially when we have training sessions which normally take place on weekends. However, under no circumstances shall we require you to come to work on Sundays before 11am. Where you work on a weekend, you will be given one or two days off in the following week.

PAY
Our pay is N15,000 per month. However, the candidate will benefit a lot from the exposure and learning associated with the job. It should be noted that the last two Assistants we had got permanent job in Access Bank and internship job in PwC reespectively due to exposure they got working with us.

How to Apply
Interested applicants should forward their CV to jarushub@gmail.com or info@jarushub.com

Application closes Monday, January 9, 2017. Shortlisted applicants will be invited for a chat on Wednesday January 11.

http://www.jarushub.com/administrative-assistant-needed-at-jarushub/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 28, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Manage Your Offline Reputation: Ensure you have a system in place that allows dissatisfied customers to express their concerns and also allows you to answer questions and make decisions that address and resolve issues before they become online complaints.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 23, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Manage Your Offline Reputation: Do all you can to ensure your customers have a positive experience with your services, products or facilities.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 22, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Manage Your Offline Reputation: Do not be deceived, your offline reputation is as important as your online reputation. Your online reputation is essentially built upon the offline experiences of your customers with your business and as such, they heavily influence how your small business is perceived online.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 21, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Encourage Reviews: Take the time to respond both publicly on the review and privately with the customer through email to make it right. Do not be lured by the temptation of paying for good reviews either, as this breaks the terms of service of many directories and can result in long term harm to your visibility on their site.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 20, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Encourage Reviews: If you don’t know what people are saying about your business, you do not know what your reputation is, much less what must be done to manage it. In the case you get a negative review, see it as an opportunity to correct an issue or satisfy a dissatisfied customer.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 19, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Encourage Reviews:
Most businesses tend to shy away from reviews as they are afraid they may eventually get damaged by a negative review. It is important however that business owners keep in mind that feedback is valuable as it gives essential insights into the reputation of the business.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 16, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Get In Directory Listings And Business Profile Sites: Listing and online directories are essential as they help customers with searches and they eventually drive traffic to your site where you can adopt reputation management tools to keep your visitors interested and active on your pages.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR DECEMBER 15, 2016

HOW SMALL BUSINESSES CAN BUILD A POSITIVE ONLINE REPUTATION - Get In Directory Listings And Business Profile Sites: Anyone who wants to check the authenticity of a business, would usually check to see its inclusion on official listings and directories. Just the act of registering on these sites sets a positive reputation.

1, More will be expected of you at interviews.

2, If you did not do well in a job test, it will be the headline when an HR Manager is interviewed: “First Class Graduates Fail NNPC Test” blabla.

3, People expect you to know everything in your field, forgetting you had a first class only in your first degree, it doesn’t make you a professor yet!



4, You will be expected to know everything , even outside your field, beyond basics. In fact, they will tell you they’ve seen a First Class Accounting graduate that cannot build a car!

5, The number of first class applicants for jobs will always be a headline (like the FIRS job news, which inspired this post, anyway).

6, The entrepreneurship noise makers expect every first class to be self-employed or be an entrepreneur, otherwise, they’re corporate slaves.

7, You must be rich. They will use you as example of their friend that made first class and is not rich. They will ask you which grade Dangote made. It doesn’t matter to them that not everyone is motivated by money.

SOURCE: http://www.jarushub.com/7-downsides-of-being-a-first-class-graduate-in-nigeria/