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Where are you guys?? Please come back, you are honourably welcome to this place joor. . Just that this is a sacred place, don't desecrate it o.

esere826: -I am yet to see a Harvard trained graudate earning less than the equivalent of N300,000 per month

300k per month? That's a ridiculous amount for someone that graduated from Harvard. In nigeria, havard trained guys are top shots, check out the two guys that owns Jumia, the MDs and big boys of and in multinational firms(harvard trained) and others. Most cannot even settle for anything less than a quarter of eight million per month.
It is those 'penkelemesi' school(useless UK universities) products that are looking out for crumbs from their masters' table.

NB: There are good schools in UK o, but they aren't much.

[quote author=Sammy107_d]Indeed. Recently attended that Bank of America Merill Lynch event here in Lagos. The panel was composed of about 6 people. One from MIT, another from Warwick, one LSE, one Yale (I think this one studied some course in the Arts) etc... It was obvious that these guys were targeted, and the HR lady there somewhat mistakenly admitted that certain schools are targeted while she tried to prove that they have the best talent across the world.

Question time, and rather than ask some pertinent questions to probe the motive of their trip to Lagos and realistically assess their chances of securing graduate roles and internships, students asked irrelevant questions about entrepreneurship and government's support for SMEs.. Can't blame the students though; most of them are very young L2/L3 students and naive, with a very exaggerated sense of the quality of their universities. Questions were led with statements like "I am Jane Smith, representing XYZ university, the number 1, premier, state-of-the-art institution in Africa..." (Ok that was retouched a little ). They then went on to ask googleable questions in order to sound bright.

If they had enough time and I'd been selected to ask a question, I'd have asked them to give us a realistic idea of how a top student from UI will fare against a 2:1 UCL grad if they both make the interview stage in London and performed well. I'd ask about the ratio of Ivy-league to non-ivy league students in their Wall Street office. I'd want to know if they have really communicated their mission of developing African talent in their European offices to the actual recruiters and interviewers on ground in Europe--since this panel seems very high-level and disengaged from the inherent recruitment bias.[/quote]Hehehehe! Seriously, I pity us in this country, I was at an event too (biggest FMCG coy) around April or so, as a participant, we were told to ask questions, might it interest you that most were asking silly questions, like 'how do I become a major distributor of your products, why is it that you have limited number of distributors?' and other shitty questions, mind you this was a recruitment drive event. I was shocked, and the sad fact is that most graduated from our so called top universities and 'baddest' private unis around. It is a pity, I think we do not even have half-baked graduates in Nigeria. Most are quarter-baked.

Dis Guy: but those people could be sent to other tiny branches

if you enter the average Halifax or barclays, there are probably about 5-8 staffs in there- simple and straight forward
not all these bulky buildings with tiny car parks

and they should get reid of the car parks too! they are small and unsightly

Chai! You dey vex for these banks big time o

Dis Guy: no amount of cashless, ebanking jargon can replace physical branch- there are cities with smaller population...

perhaps if these banks stop building huge castles in the name of banks they can cut down cost of running high street banks, they can fit everything into the size of a take away shop if they are efficient themselves, all these multi-storey buildings they are using doesnt make sense especially as they are not even accessible to everyone

You don't want people to be employed any longer and you do want those there to be laid off? One person can manage a shop, but many people must manage a castle

Don't forget that it is the banking sector that is the biggest employer of labour in this part of the world. Jooorrr oooohhh.

^^^ oga mi sir, long time, you are now a CFA master? , nice one, btw, I will shoot you a mail soon. Thanks.

AjanleKoko: He did?

Yes! In my case study anyway.

Does school matter? First of all, matter is anything that has weight and can occupy space, and since school is heavy and .........bla bla bla

Don't mind me,seriously, Yes! It does, just make sure you go to one of the best around, you are sure to manage the portfolios of one of the best PE firms, manage the human resources of one the best IT and fmcg companies, be at the helm of affairs of the high-tech companies and upstream oyel companies in the world. But one thing is this, discover yourself, acquire more knowledge (theoretically and practically) along the path where your passion lies, and be the smart and the hardworking type. Believe me, the sky will definitely be your starting point (please ensure that you continue to acquire more knowledge-relevant even if you are at the peak of your career).

Case study 1: Mr Seun loves tech things, he decides to build a forum website, and within five years, it becomes a success, meanwhile within the five years, he goes to a good school(like Harvard or MIIT) where technology is the mainstay, he comes out and with his pet project and brainchild being the best around(his locality), he is being sought by big hi-tech companies, he agrees to join one of the best around and he becomes a semi-god there, his project is still being managed and later acquired (like 51% stake) by the high-tech he is working with and believe me, his pet project (then) becomes an international one, don't forget he is still one of the major shareholders of his.....and bla bla bla

Seun combined passion and education together, and the two did shoot him into the skies

sixteen08: Abeg no disturb ma pple ooooo

Make dem no come spoil this place nii jare. Bros how you dey?

Hehehehe! Nice news, but make dem clear the mess wey dey ground first o, abi na the students fuucck up for real nii, cos I heard most of them scored 100-199.

I know you guys/gals are from the jobs section. Believe, a kinda misunderstanding made you guys switch over to this place.

Hey! Pack 'unasef' commot for here o, and go back to your thread, don't spoil this place for us. This can't be done here.

Bastard learner!

Chai! 'them' ghana guys go come swear for you very soon.

Nice one, gradually, we are getting there.

Why Front Page??

hehehehe, this is very funny! Joke of the century.

esere826: Naaaa
not bad at all
we all need a home
even flies too

. You bahd!

Bros, are you okay, why talking to yourself?