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strategist007:
Meant interview though

strategist007:
Based on my observation..i think they tell u 2weeks if they know u wont be called back.so that u can move on asap

akintwin1:
Some people were called for interviews last week and are awaiting mails for the final interview. What we can all pray and hope for that the recruitment process is conducted in batches. You can also login onto your application page to check the status of your application.
I hope I’ve been able to help out?

lify44:
who was the administrator of the skill test

Philadelphia:
IS Analysts how far? I've not heard any words after the exam on June 8th o

chloride6:
My 5th stage just dropped.

Glory be to God

dare0834:
Mine is on the 15th, 12.00am, i applied for the experienced category, thanks and i wish you best of luck, hope we both resume there pretty soon

ceeboy:
Yeah they have...successful candidates where contacted via phone calls...a friend was called on wednesday. Interviews start next week.

AXSOLID:
exxon mobil just sent a mail for skill test as per d i.t professional application and aptitude test we wrote few weeks ago.

all respective parties should check their mails

NOC1:
is a sort of program language, you key into your system and share with other system you are working with for a particular purpose.

UyaiIncomparabl:
No darling. I'm not like that.

UyaiIncomparabl:
You talk too much.

Samusu:
Gallivanting kam.

He needs this

davide470:
Leo3333,

If the M.Sc program is inline with your work experience so far, i would advise you to go for it. Besides, being a Chevening scholar has it's perks.

I have about 5-6 people that will break your head upon seeing the bolded. Lol.

jagadab:
OP take the chevening scholarship ooo you would be a scholar for a year but a chevener for life,with your network as a chevening alumnus, you would enjoy better opportunities and be the likes of deziani, Sanusi and John Momoh who had clinched the award years back

Silumi:
U better quit it,you don't put. Price to quality education and quality exposure ever.the scholarship can open more doors for you than that job with the job there is high chances of thinking you have arrived and becoming a mediocre.broaden your horizons and you will be better for it.if you are truly a chevening scholar phew I celebrate you. .it's not a small somfin.congrats

abnot:
Going through the comments I can see that a lot of people are talking based on the "fear of the unknown factor". I will advise the OP to make the decision based on his/her circumstance. Most people see studying in the west as an escape route probably as a result of some hardship in Nigeria which is why they are making the assumption that you are going to the UK for greener pasture and as a result predicting that you'll return to Nigeria to struggle.

On my part I will tell you that the UK has some of the finest institutions in the world and if your sole aim of of taking up the opportunity is to gain knowledge I will encourage you to go for it. The exposure and network you'll gain cannot be bought with money. In 2012 I proceeded to the UK to attend graduate school with the sole aim of returning to Nigeria afterwards for NYSC and begin a career. Consequently, I didn't submit a single job application while in the UK till the end of my program in December 2014. When I returned to Nigeria people found it insane that I studied in USA + UK and decided to come back to a 30k a month job as a corper but it was my choice. Two years after NYSC I'm currently working/making headway and even rejected a 348k per month net job last month. Even at my current place of work people keep asking my why I came back to Nigeria instead of staying back in USA. And I always wonder why people see Nigeria as a place not befitting to be in and on the other hand see first world countries as the promise land. I spent the first 13 days of February 2018 holidaying in Chicago and London and I still in anyway couldn't see anything special among my peers who stayed back to work in US/UK. One of them was even calling me 'big boy' lol.

A good number of educated Nigerians are more likely to do well in Nigeria than any of those first world countries.

12inches1:
To all those saying you should quit your 240k job for a masters, well all I can say is I've quit a job for masters before and that is something I'd never do again. It's a very risky venture. No one can tell you what to do but also always think of the bad sides to every "opportunity". There is a possibility that you may finish your masters and not get a job in the UK or even a job in Nigeria especially as jobs are difficult to get in Nigeria and in the UK you may have immigration issues etc. But all in all for me, it was a risk worth taking and I'd do it again given what I know now. If you're really passionate about getting an advanced degree, I'd say go. However, like I said already because someone knows someone who went to UK for masters and is now at a better job working in Shell on Chevron doesn't mean everyone is that favored and there are not people that finished masters in UK and are looking for 120k job or even have no job. So you just think about that as well. Life is a risk.

PS: My masters was in the U.S. Internationals do struggle to get jobs and fulfill immigration requirements even right here in the U.S. If Chevening requires you back in Nigeria after completing the masters, then I'd say that you should only go if you get a study leave. 240k in Nigeria isn't easy to come by bro.

dotun365:
If you don't have dependents like parents and siblings, I think you should go for the chevenning scholarship. the MSc + the fact that you'll become a chevening scholar means that you chances of getting a better job either here or outside the country would receive a boost. If someone could employ you and pay you 240k then I think you are competent enough to take a break from working and come back to the workforce with stronger negotiating power.

dingbang:




Oga go and study chevening scholarship and come back so that I will employ you.. I need bright minds like you in my team to work for me

crackhaus:
I don't think you really got a Chevening Scholarship for you to be asking this question. Or you did and you're not really earning N240k monthly.

First of all, earning N240k monthly implies you're already in middle management role at your company as this is not entry-level figure in most organizations.
Earning that figure also means you can actually notify your employer of your Scholarship and by virtue of your position, he/she should be able to grant you the required tenure study leave and have a plan to reabsorb you into the organization at the end of your programme by which time you will be of greater value to them at no financial cost to the organization since your employer isn't paying for the masters.

Chevening Scholarship website have also advised all prospective applicants on informing employers.

*If you are in current employment, it is not a requirement of Chevening that you resign from your position. You are advised to discuss your application with your employer and it is your responsibility to ensure that they will release you if you are selected for a Chevening Award. The British Embassy/High Commission or the Chevening Secretariat cannot intervene in this.

GogetterMD:
Dude, my job currently pays me upwards of 400k per month. I'm going to apply for Chevening this year, and if I get it, I'm quitting my job. Don't be fooled by your 240k per month salary. It'd be worth nothing in a short while. Nigerian degrees are almost worthless now. Saving up for a Masters in the UK (self funded) would cost you no less than 18 million, and that's not even UCL, Kings, Oxford or Cambridge.
Chevening pays a monthly upkeep of 1500 GBP per month, plus travel allowance.
Please don't waste this opportunity, trust me, it's not even up for debate

drdams:
1. if u are an entry level in your current job and will be less than 26 after the msc and the msc is related with your current job/career line. (especially academics) Leave! life is a risk

2. Do you company allow study leave? Its just a year

3. Chevening scholars are alomost not totally stranded. The scholarships gives relevance and connection.

4. if you are in your late 20s and been working there for more than 3 years and doesnt seem your income will increase in a year, please leave.

5. If you have consistently grown and you coy is a stable and well known one, baba, siddon and do UNILAG masters. This is not Aussy, Canada or USA.

UK govt. na winch!!

wolebest:
I hope you have already built a house and save enough to fall on with the 240k salary or else when you come back from UK, you will begin to hustle from square one. As much as its good to go for the Masters abroad, please insure yourself and family. God will give you the wisdom.

DIVFAVOR:
My friend I will say something different, it all depends on the school you are going to in UK, do your research very well. There are schools in UK that after Masters you can spend more than one year in other European countries and with your good IELTS a post doctorate awaits you. or You will be gifted an eighteen months Visa in Australia either to work or study and i bet you work will look for you, before you know it, your PR is looking at you. Wish you the best in your new design of Life. For me I will gladly grab the scholarship because I know what i want.
Gracia.

ksstroud:
Dear OP,

You are the only one that knows the conditions and environment surrounding your present job; without an insight into it, I will only speak on surface view.
Ceteris paribus, your scholarship stands you a chance for better future if you utilize the opportunity very well.
After your graduation, a new gig will come that will make this your current earning to become a tithe...
Then, what happened to the option of study leave?
Even if your organization gives no room for that, still try to walk up to your line manager or the Head of HR. No harm in trial.

In a nut shell, if you ask me a million times; it is the scholarship I will pick...

PepsiBoy:
I am a Chevening alumnus. Taking the Chevening slot is a lifetime opportunity. Apart from the exposure you will get, you will also have different job opportunities in Nigeria and outside. Moreover, you can also do your PhD when you finish your Masters. While doing PhD, you can lecture and even settle down in the UK academics. Chevening scholarship does open doors, if you know hot to pray, and be led by the Spirit of God. All the best bro.

Xcely:
From the advice of an alumnus, I’ll say you should go for the
Scholarship.
1.) Like someone hinted, there are several organisations recruiting African talents for jobs in Africa through the CareersAfrica platform. Bosch, African Import Export Bank, Unilever, Nestle, etc Every year in London these recruitments happen. Just be on the lookout for this particular career fair.

2) From January 11th, the UK passed a law allowing international students on a tier 4 to stay back after their masters for Atleast aleast a year during which if they find a job, they can remain. This might apply from the incoming 2018/2019 set. This changes everything from before. Definitely puts the UK at par with countries like Canada etc that have similar timelines after visa expiry. It’s even better cos the UK has numerous jobs and many more to come with Brexit taking its toll.

Thanks abunch bro.

DanXplore:
I was in a similar dilemma last year. I went for the scholarship anyway. Look though the thread i created, some of the responses were very useful.

SensaGreene:
Op I was about typing something like this. A lot of UK foreign M.So graduates are unable to secure skilled jobs within the 4months window and just yesterday, my family friend in Leeds was complaining that most jobs he applied for, they won't grant him sponsorship for tier 2visa and some others will be wondering how he obtained ACCA and M.Sc. sadly he has booked his flight to return at the end of this month. I completely understand that individual cases differ so I wouldn't use this situation and all others I know to deter you. However, if your job doesn't have a path for career progression or job security, then you should take up the scholarship and probably think ahead like also applying for Canadian express entry program and jobs whilst in the UK as some friends I know did this and moved on to Canada after their studies. All the best

wonder233:
OP, if you are just a normal individual with no real connections, then stick with your job, save, diversify your income and in a shortwhile, you won't only be financially comfortable, you will even be able to take time off to go do your masters without this dilemma.
But, if you're sufficiently confident of your connections that can help you get another job without much of a fuss, then go ahead and do the masters.
The operative word here is 'connection'. Foreign masters isn't the magic wand it used to be a decade ago, the Nigerian labour market has evolved far away from that... Now, it is strictly connection plus work experience.

zicoraads:
Are you kidding me? Take that scholarship and go. Better opportunities await you when you are done. Take it bro.