₦airaland Forum

Ndonu101:
Nigeria should start planning for future without fossil fuels

solar technology and electric cars simply means this commodity will soon be worthless

ariesbull:
So is having a child out of wedlock and having an illegitimate child an equivalent of marriage in Yoruba land ? If it is , then it's not the same in Igbo land....

In Igbo land where Teckno comes from, kids born out of wedlock are illegitimate children and a woman has no say until her bride price is paid and she has a marriage certificate..... You see the cultural differences between Igbo and Yoruba and that is why they shouldn't mix

You have demonstrated that

Patrioticooduan:
I have met four Urhobos and believe me, all of them hate Yorubas. If four out of four Urhobos hate my people, then the probability they do is 1. If someone who live in Yorubaland and loathes her indigenes, then I wonder how much bile the ones who have never been to Yorubaland holds. Urhobos are not close to Yorubas at all.

mercyville:
Yesterday I was discussing with my Igbo friend about how Azikiwe and Awovput the South in this quagmire when they failed to come together.
He told me a story of how Awolowo sent a delegation to Azikiwe and Amadu Bello at the same time which made Azikiwe call the Awolowo delegation,traitors( he learnt from a phone call from Amadu Bello that Awolowo had sent a delegation to him too requesting for a collaboration...at the same time. )
Igbos and fictional stories are like twins.This story get as he be.

BiafraIShere:
Apparently truth hurts, and that's why yorubas are crying us a river here Now, this girl is equally a yoruba girl who stated what is already known by most people yet yorubas are crying and nagging all over the thread. I'm Igbo by tribe and no woman that dated me in the past ever wanted to leave me both Igbo girls and others, its just in our nature to treat our women well. By the way, I'm currently available for serious dating ; interested ladies should PM me ASAP, applications will be treated on a first come, first serve basis. Thank you.

DonroxyII:
Just one Yoruba dude and one Igbo dude .. she conclude

hmmmm, sense oooo !!

Bigdeeee:
If a Nigerian girl happily demands that you keep your relationship with her coded/ secret, and she’s very comfortable about it, then there’s a 99.9% chance you’re not the only guy she’s dating and not the only guy she’s f*cking. In other words, this girl is saying she can easily play igbo men but it’s not easy to play Yoruba men. I perfectly understand her
frustration. If you can read between the lines, you will understand that she didn’t insult Yoruba men, she’s just venting her frustrations in not being able to control, play or deceive them for long. Yoruba men always expose hoes like her. Yoruba men are bad market for street sluts and olosho girls.This is just another personal ‘Diary of frustrated runs girl playa.’

Toks2008:
When a yoruba guy is proud to have you..he will flaunt you..i dont know about igbo guys...probably just using you codedly.

MurphyG1:
Ofcourse the killers are not fulani herdsmen. Anyone who thinks those killers are fulani herdsmen is foolish. Fulani cattle rearers that I know do not carry guns and do not go about killing people. The term herdsmen is a media term used to describe killers which are not, I repeat, are not fulani cattle rearers.

skentelelady:
What are u saying? So as a PA she can't have access to casual leave? If she didn't come for 2 days, would waje not live? She's a human being too so she needs to be considered.

I worked with top organisations in Nigeria as an executive assistant and I was entitled to medical care and casual leaves (exams) apart from annual leave

Waje can't be that busy not to give casual leave. I think she has interrelationship issue and she's not they type that pays well so she finds excuses to lay off her staff

She should deal with it

goldbim:
four assistants in few months??something is not right somewhere!! ..some bosses are slave drivers while some staff can be lazy..it goes both ways.
How can someone work for a month without pay and you say she's on probation?? Not fair!!

Lifestone:
Why would a PA of one month ask for study leave. Our work culture is poor in Nigeria and when you see an employer trying to hold their ground, these are the type of noise you hear.
Why would I pay for your medicals, all within one month. Haba

eyinjuege:
Does work make people fall sick?

She worked for only 1 month, yet already taking study leave, sick leave, already expecting her employer to pay her hospital bill when she hasn't even worked for a month
Lazy girl

computerizeniaja:
I remember in 2006 ,a friends dad wanted to buy some properties and he contacted me....fast forward the same year he bought a property of 200mill..i got my 10%...i remember buying a 2004 eod and i started hearing jist that i did blood money.
Thant was when i had a rethink of peoples perspective towards your success..people are only comfortable when you remain how they met you,
when you move forwards then you see the hate..My point is when you get bigger very few will say nice thing about you.

oshiokpu:
My oga no 100 Millie house for lekki oo..that money is barely enough for 2plots of land talk more of house..No mind all these showbiz people, they can lie for Africa eeh..More than 80% of these guys are paying rent and can't own a house in lekki.

OfficialAPCNig:
4 Things To Do When Your Receive Your Invite
1. Acknowledge receipt and confirm if you would be available or not.

If you won't ask for reschedule but don't keep you hope high.

When acknowledging, personalise the email by using the name of the HR personal.

Good day Mr OfficialAPC.Nig,

Dear Mr OfficialAPC.Nig

2. Follow the person on all social media you can find him/her.

3. Connect and engage. Don't DM or tag him or her. It is spammy. Just like, share, retweet and favorite.

Shikina.

4. Call the number that came with the invite. Call him/her under the guise of asking for more info but use it tactfully to connect and bond.

Please only call during the office time.

This will water your ground. I am talking from experience.

OfficialAPCNig:
Boss, believe me it would be too risky for any of us to give out any info that would be tied back to us.

We will be filling some position for some oil servicing companies in SS in the first quarter, if I am assigned that task, I would create a thread and mention you.

I will tell you how to make your CV get personally to me. I will only do this for you and the first guy I told.

Once you guys pass the preliminary test, then we might work out something. I would do all these without you knowing me personally.

LaudableXX can you help explain more why we are protecting our identity?

Kunleforreal:
We still offer the service

frbona:
Congrats to her
Let's wait for those detractors who would call her names and slut-shame her from their negative minds. Because they don't believe hard work pays

frbona:
she's an actress doesn't mean she can't have other legitimate sources of income. Quit the stereotyping

Donjazzy12:
Again, the question comes, what does she do for a living? How many movies has she acted? Where are the nollywood actors? Something fishy is going on in nollywood!

Boss13:
Hard work of how much- the average amount star actors get is N250k per movie. That’s not a monthly payment, it is per role. Factor in regular bill payments and feeding that’s not sufficient to buy a house and a car at the same time.

Naijiant:
More and pictures from an eyewitness: https://www.naijiant.com/articles/violent-protests-in-ore-ogun-state-over-non-existent-power-supply/

elwhizzy:
Dude, you have never been a recruiter, there are other things people look for when they seek for the best people to occupy certain roles, its not just qualifications but also attention to details and such silly things like daft email addresses. You think its easy to read through 17,892 CV's? Whoever wants the the job needs to be better and sensible.

aribs:
I agree with the points made above to a large extent and yes I do know that the US has an overbearing influence on these organizations. Here is my point. I for instance , can go sue an organization which discriminates against me or before the Employment Commission and get a judgment (yes I have represented people here in court for that so I know ) because that is the law of the land In the US. Even my firm got sued for this . I know the prevailing practice to bring in young ones as opposed to being older but no one will ever advertise blatantly as these firms do in Nigeria and say you must be a certain age before even applying. It is always an advantage in doing something young BUT if I go by your logic , people like me who changed track (lawyer to economist ) can stand no chance in a place like Nigeria with the current labor practices. I do not think that is ideal at all. As you have mentioned , there are special programs for entry level interns etc which focus primarily on university seniors (no mention of age here) to have internship experience in banks, big 4 firms etc. As I interned here at EY US , no one asked me my age and I was a masters student with four years work experience from naija so I was not one of 'em youngins. The fact that there is subtle discrimination in the Wets on account of age does not preclude firms in Nigeria from respecting Nigerian labor laws as they would not dare to do same openly in the other jurisdictions they work out of

aribs:
Point noted but for the organizations you pointed out , are these not specific programs dedicated to recruiting young professionals and not general employment criteria ? Just so you know the World Bank and IMF is not owned by the US so they are deemed as independent organizations with ability to fashion their own laws. The organizations you mention have immunity and do not have to follow any law of any country. The US specifically for instance does not allow for discrimination based on any ground such as race , religion etc. Why for instance would KPMG US hire a 30 year old intern and KPMG Nigeria will refuse same ? Is this based on Nigerian law or ILO conventions? Its discrimination and my issue is the lack of will to enforce what is in the books in Nigeria. They have been getting away with this for too long

OfficialAPCNig:
I wish I know you personally, seriously you won't say that.

I joined my organisation at the age of 23 as Support Analyst. At that age I was already an Associate of CIPM and within 6 years I became a Lead Recruiter. I just married last year.

My portfolio would throw you off balance. Learn to choose your words carefully.

OfficialAPCNig:
But have you ever asked yourself why in-house HRs are not allowed to conduct certain recruitments or training?

OfficialAPCNig:
I am by Nigerian Law chartered to practice HR and my organisation is not just a top of the counter agency.

If not because of the history of this moniker I would have mentioned the name of the organisation. We have recruited virtually for most of the MNCs including banks and currently we are running training programmes for many of them now.

Do you know we spend about $25K training certain positions and you think you would wake up and poach any of them?

I am not going to share our procedures, they are strictly classified.

Believe me, your organisation will never come near our clients.

gbadekunle:
Dropped out of UNILAG due to incessant strikes? I don't really want to believe that! She should have studied at OAU or LAUTECH and know what is called incessant strikes! Unless there is more to the drop out story.

aigjoey:
I totally disagree with you. Graduating with a 2.1 doesn't validate you as been smart or being called for interview. Life is what you can offer not what is written on your certificate. These companies you mentioned have third class and 22 in their pay role. And they are doing just as good and great as the first class and second class holder. I would rather advice to work smart, graduate with a good grade if you can and have something extra to show when called upon that you can defend. . Thanks

AZeD1:
This is not true.

As at 2016, Ernst and Young in the UK stopped requiring degrees. Lots of Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Apple engineers don't have degrees. The world is changing fast and very soon, the no degree required will get to Nigeria.

"One of the UK’s biggest graduate recruiters is to remove degree classification from the entry criteria for its hiring programmes, having found “no evidence” that success at university was correlated with achievement in professional qualifications."

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/01/07/ernst-and-young-removes-degree-classification-entry-criteria_n_7932590.html

EdoBoy90:
OfficialAPCNig And LaudableXX, please reply my email messages I sent to both of you.

Thanks

OfficialAPCNig:
In my company, we expect cover letters for top level management position to be signed.

Which position did the multi-national offered you?

If you practice HR in Nigeria, you would see always see how arrogant some Nigerians are.

I wasn't talking about the employee, but the recruiting agency.

There are procedures for filling C-level positions and you must adher to them.

Again it is very expensive to fill C-level positions through that head-hunting.

I am speaking from experience.

In my organisation, my level never reach to lead recruitment for C-level positions, the highest I have gotten was a panel member.

I lead for Mid-level positions, including training and appraisals.

I am ways above entry position, I supervise my team that does that, but sometimes I join the panel. But most of the times, I leave before the end of the entire interview.

My job is to do quality assurance and approve the process before forwarding to management.

badinfluence:
Nigeria and serenre.. So many people have been employed by top organizations without all these plenty 'rules'.. Op is talking as if he has monopoly of recruitment..

OfficialAPCNig:
In my organisation, we don't joke with staff turn over either in our organisation or that of our client.

If our organisation handles HR for your company, we would have investigated that and sue that FMCG if there are reasons to do so.

Again, top level positions give 1 months notice before resigning, once we receive that notice, we will start investigating.

We spend much on training so we won't allow any company to steal our investments.

Anyway, they won't even poach us. That is the truth.

BruncleZuma:
Referring to age OP I am disappointed in you...and others who don't know their right. No one should be discriminated against by age, sex, religious affiliation or even state of origin.

All the companies you mentioned will never post age limits in their respective countries of origin but because we have accepted to be used as Bunsen burner for every and any schmuck and their schticks we are left to imbibe these discriminatory failures into our academic and national lives.

If you smart you smart of you no smart cramming to pass aptitude test nah the least of your worries.(This I agree with you over.)

And that reminds me most oil and gas companies will take students from Uniben it's called having an Alumnus.

OfficialAPCNig:
So you are saying your organisation don't advertise for top level position?

Do you know poaching is unethical? If you poach any of our staff or client's staff we would sue you.

Again filling top level position without advertising is illegal in Nigeria if you are recruiting for government.

For a big company, the Board might terminate your contract.

Again, if you approach me for job and offer it to me, do you think the loyalty I would bring to that job would be the same if I had applied?

Anyway, in our organisation, we expect top level management to sign their applications, unless we are filling that position using Placements.