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JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 16, 2016


When people say Big 4 is easier, it doesn’t mean their recruitment process is a walk in the park. What it means is: Your course of study doesn’t matter once you have a 2.1

Well done to the model employee.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 15, 2016

'Do you have any question for us?' Everybody likes to be praised, explore this psychology in carving your question.

Congratulations Uchenna!

This is a front page worthy thread to encourage other students.

cc: Seun, mukina2, Mynd44, Lalasticlala, Jarus

In September 2015, one of the readers of this website sent us the Facebook message below:

11/09/2015 23:32

Uchenna Onwuegbula

I’m facing a situation with my academics, I got into school (University of Jos) thtough Direct Entry and made a 4.51 GP at the end of my 200 level, and in 300l I made 4.47. I just resumed for my 2nd semester 400L on September 7 (2015), I’m really scared I could graduate with a result that is nearly a first class because I’ve always wanted this for myself and in honour of my late mum who died when I was in 200l. Please I need your advice


We replied:

17/09/2015 08:04

Write down all the courses you will do in 400L, and their respective units. Calculate what you need to score in each course to make a first class. Target it. Be friendly with your project supervisor and take your project seriously.

Then 11 months later (10 August 2016 to be precise), feedback from the young man:

Today

18:07

Uchenna Onwuegbula

Good evening sir. I want to inform you that my results came out today and I landed on 4.60 CGPA (First class ) on a scale of 5. Want to thank you for the tip I got from you. God bless you richly

It’s the first in my dept after 40 years of existence

To God be the glory.

Source: http://www.jarushub.com/the-jarushub-academic-tip-that-broke-40-years-record-in-unijos/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 12, 2016

Interviewing with a bank, you can ask them how they manage to emerge even stronger in the face of the crisis that hit the sector few years back.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 11, 2016

Interviewing with upstream oil companies, you can ask question around how they have been able to cope in the face of security challenges.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 9, 2016

'Do you have any question for us?' Have your question in mind, although can change if during the interview more interesting thing comes to your mind.

Ghost01:
HIT, but could be better. The conversing guys sound too casual, I think.

Thank you for the feedback, next time we will try and see how they can infuse more passion into their presentation.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 8, 2016

'Do you have any question for us?' Opportunity to dazzle. Don't ask the general question everyone is expected to ask. Research well

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 5, 2016


'What pay do you expect?' Usually inconsequential at entry level, but may be your undoing, e.g asking for N10m as entry level in a bank.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 4, 2016

'What pay do you expect?' Do your research beforehand, ask around or through internet forums like Nairaland. Add for example, N1m to the annual pay you heard.

Gerrard59:
To an extent I thought I was Frank. .. It was a hit back to back.

Hehe. Thanks for the feedback.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 3, 2016

'What pay do you expect?' If pressed further, name price, which you must have researched and be reasonable.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 2, 2016

'What pay do you expect?' ABC Plc is a well-structured organization and I believe you will fairly place me where I fit within the pay scale.

https://soundcloud.com/user-686799369/jarushub-jingle

Hit or flop? grin grin grin

https://soundcloud.com/user-686799369/jarushub-jingle

Hit or flop?

So that we know what to do with the producer.

cc: mukina2, mynd44, Lalasticlala.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR AUGUST 1, 2016

'What pay do you expect?' Almost 100% of companies have their pay structure and know how much they will pay you already.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 29, 2016

'What pay do you expect?' Truth is, if you’re interviewing for entry level position, you have practically no say in the pay.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 28, 2016

'Why do you want to join us?' I have observed this company from afar and impressed, I will like to be part of its success story.

cc: mukina2, Lalasticlala, mynd44

By Ansa John

You shake interviewer’s hand and head back home quite happily thinking that you have nailed the interview and you think you should be offered a job in the organization. One week later…. And still you haven’t received the call.

What did you do wrong during your job search? The interview was quite smooth, wasn’t it?

Statistics shows that about 50% of the hiring managers said that they knew enough about the candidate within the first 5 minutes of the interview to make the hiring decision. And within 15 minutes of the interview about 90% of the interviewers make their decision. So the smooth interview you had could mean that hiring manager from the very beginning had decided that you were not a good fit.

How can you be sure?

Following are 4 significant signs that your interviewer is not interested along with methods of turning around your performance.

1. Interviewer does not ask you about your availability to begin.
The company to which you are giving interview has an empty spot which they have to fill. They will try their best to fill it quickly. In order to do this, there will be many things which they have to prepare: employee orientation, paperwork of new hire, pay schedule and more.

These things require planning, so if the interviewer is interested he will like to know how soon you will be able to start. In case the interviewer does not ask you about the availability, it might be a sign of your CV not being up to the mark.

What you should do about it: You should turn tables on interviewer. You should not wait for the interviewer to ask you about the availability. Mention your interest in the job position and company and tell how excited you are to begin right away. Your interest and confidence can change the opinion of the interviewer about you.

2. You are only being asked the easy questions.

It might seem like an ideal scenario but when interviewer pitches only easy questions to you, odds are that you are not being considered seriously for the vacancy. The harder questions which challenge the candidates make them think hard and require them to solve problems are interviewers way of gauging how well prepared the candidates are and by this they determine if the candidate will be good fit in the organization.

In case you are continuously finding yourself answering the simple questions which do not give you the opportunity of connecting your experience with required skills for job, it can mean that interviewer does not think that you are strong candidate whom he should explore in more depth.

What you should do about it: You should be assertive. You can tell the interviewer that you want to ask a question and then say something such as: “In the last position I was working on, it was often required from me to do ABC. I have noticed that this position has similar requirements. How does ABC play into day to day responsibilities of this role?”

3. The interview is shorter than was scheduled.

The interview was scheduled for half hour, but between good questions of interviewer and yourself, you are out of the room within 15 minutes. Is that good then? Well not really. Shorter interviews sometimes are faults of the poor scheduling. However, mostly it is the results of the interviewer’s early decision regarding you not being a good fit in the company and it is the attempt of the interviewer to quickly move to the next applicant.

Often these interviews get characterized by one-to-one ratio of questions to answers. A question is asked by the interviewer and you give the answer. The interview will continue and there is not much back and forth.

What you should do about it: You should make your own back and forth. Ensure that you do have list of the questions before interview which you may refer to in case you think that you are not getting consideration which you deserve. After that find the ways for asking different questions as the follow ups in order to engage interviewer and to help yourself standout.

4. Interviewer does not discuss rest of hiring process.
Most of the organizations today have a prolonged process of hiring which can include many interviews, writing samples, portfolio submissions, assessments, and more. In case you are a great fit for the position, it is likely that interviewer is going to talk about the hiring process with you in order to give you an idea of what you could expect in coming days.

In case you hear “Thank you for the time and good luck with job search” you are probably not shortlisted.

What you should do about it: You should be proactive and confident. Take few minutes as interviewer wraps up in order to summarize why you would be a good fit for position. After that ask interviewer about next steps of hiring process and when could you expect hearing form them.

Source: http://www.jarushub.com/4-warning-signs-that-you-wont-get-the-job-and-how-you-can-fix-it/

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 27, 2016

Why do you want to leave your current company? Moving from Bank A to B, look for the advantage of one over the other, package it as reason.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 26, 2016

'Why do you want to leave your current company?' From Multinational to local, say you want to use your acquired skills to contribute to the local company with potential.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 25, 2016

'Why do you want to leave your current company?' Leaving indigenous for multinational, say you want to hone your skills at world class level.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 22, 2016

'Why do you want to leave your current company?' Just look for the positive attributes of the prospective company over your current company.

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JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 20, 2016

'Why do you want to leave your current company?' If you are moving from one organization to another, expect and prepare for this question.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 19, 2016

'What are your weaknesses?' Example: A couple of people have told me that I can be impatient with slow pace people. They may not be wrong.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 18, 2016

'What are your weaknesses?' Ensure it’s a tolerable weakness. You are on your own if you say your weakness is sleeping on duty.

JARUSHUB CAREER TIP FOR JULY 15, 2016

'What are your weaknesses?' Don’t say you don’t have weakness, tell your weakness and say you are working on it.

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