Mr Kunzo I just sent you a pm. I'd like to send my CV to you if there's still any assistance you can help with. I'm resident in Lagos and trust me, I'm not doing this for fun. Thanks and God bless

You already know Nigeria is presently in a place where the sun doesn't shine, we're presently caught in dangerously troubled waters and if Jesus was on this boat, He might have to do more than just say peace be still. That's how bad things are right now. You know it, you have the facts, you have the statistics, you know the figures and the projections, so I won't waste fancy words and brain matter just to restate the obvious.

What I have for you is a question, it's left to you to decide if it's simple or not: what side of the divide will you be when we finally cross this bridge? See how I said "when" like I'm so confident we will scale this phase? That's because I'm more than confident we will. If you paid any attention in History class you'd know that the countries we call developed today were once worse than we are, and besides, this is Nigeria, we always eventually bounce out of things like this. So your worry shouldn't be whether or not we will make it out of this standing, you should worry about where you'd be when we finally do.

Let me aid your understanding with what I've termed my 'Sinking Raft' analogy. Nigeria is presently sailing on a wooden raft that is more than half-submerged, water is fast seeping onto the raft through the spaces between the joints, it's now tilted to one side and people are beginning to fall into the ocean. Put this picture in mind.

Now, a category of people will immediately take off to the nearest ferries and yachts. They will seem like the smartest people seeking the easiest way out. Of course raft-life is nothing compared to yacht-life, what with all the glamour and luxury and ergonomic design. They will give up everything to get on the yacht even if they'd only get to hang on the rails for the rest of the journey.

Another category of people will instinctively look for the next man to blame. They busy themselves with complaining and making noise about the condition of the raft as if it wasn't obvious enough. These ones will never miss an opportunity to feed every ear that cares to listen with words about how the raft is destined for the bottom of the ocean. They won't waste time in reminding you how the raft used to be one big fancy bulk of carefully attached logs that stayed well afloat. They will tweet it, re-tweet it, blog it and even share the horrid pictures on Facebook. Unfortunately, they're just dead-weight and would only make the raft sink even faster.

The category of people that will be on the better side of the divide when we eventually scale this phase are those who are wise enough to see that all the raft needs is a little pulling back to the surface and it will float again. These are the ones that will purchase locally made products to encourage local production, discourage importation and eventually grow the economy. These are the ones that will set aside their selfish lust for wealth and think of ways their fields and skills can better the whole populace and not just their pockets. These are the ones that won't exploit the situation for their selfish gains. They know it'll take a considerable amount of time for the raft to stay completely afloat again so they won't be discouraged when they don't start seeing results immediately. They would rather withstand the pain and hardship they'd face because they know it will only last so long, sooner than later they'd be the better for it.

So what should you do? Grab your side of the raft and pull with all you've got. If you have to dive into the ocean and push from beneath then get your life jacket on. Whatever you do, make sure you're contributing your best to making the raft float again. It will be tough, it will be rough, some will go down with pneumonia in the process, but at the end of it all we will sit on our floating raft and say we did it.

#GodblessNigeria

ForteNL:
Wishing you all success in advance. I'm part of GETs 2015 , still on the training though.

When will the 2015 batch finish their training?

You must be joking

Looks like the kind of place I'd like to work

svenson:

What did u use as title of the mail? I had the same issue too, used Electrical/Electronics engineering and didn't get a reply, after reading about the automatic response I sent another mail using Electrical Engineering as Title as specified in d advert. I got the automatic response seconds later. I think their email system has been configured to only give response to mails titled with the appropriate subject as specified in d advert. Any one who has done otherwise and gotten a response should feel free to counter this. Goodluck

I wrote Electronic and Electrical Engineering and I got the confirmation immediately.

abimbawealth:

Why not chat me up privately if you have any grievances

abimbawealth:

You this boy...you eff up

Abimbola!! It's been ages

ksstroud:


Wish you the best....
Explore your GMAT, GTE at length...
Use Indiabix.com and others..
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My reasoning, though

Sure will. Thanks

Now we wait

ebenholer:
So did I, no info from them till now. I hope did so well in test and d interview? Let me hear from u to track their response together ok

I called them a few days after I created this topic and was told they haven't made selections yet.

debbie:
From my observation,i discovered a lot of companies are now seeking for graduates who are registered NSE,COREN members.......in all your certifications,please and please go and register with these bodies.You may think there is no use.But a time will come in Nigeria when companies and government will only recognize you as an engineer if you are a member of these bodies.
Even if you have all the skills,one day you will find yourself looking for a contract job or willing to do business with the government.

Check the website of NSE to know the time for the next batch of registration in April.
Thanks
A fellow engineer ....dont ask me

Before you can apply to be a registered member of COREN you need to have at least 4 years experience in the engineering field, so how is a fresh graduate supposed to achieve that when the same jobs that should give you the experience are the ones requesting for COREN membership?
I don't really know the requirements for NSE though.

He who finds a busty F has found a good thing. Nuff said

They conducted the test/interview last year November and I've not heard anything since then. If you wrote that test too or you have any info about the recruitment please share.

Got the same message. I'd advice you ignore it except you actually did submit your CV to them.

SSpeter:
Why don't you put a call across perhaps they will elucidate more on the msg you received.

They're probably still trying to sort things out, I'll keep my fingers crossed for now. Thanks.

deejay6:


Some people are scheduled to write Monday and I think Tuesday also. I am very sure we would receive the details soonest considering the limited centres as well and don't forget some Lagos candidates were moved to Ibadan....it shows some stuffs are needed to be put in place in Lagos.The most important thing is the success mail,get prepared for any date you are scheduled to write.....The online test passed through the same process

If that's the case then there's no need to panic yet. Thanks. I just hope workforce will be able to properly handle the large number without flopping, coz from the look of things I'm not sure they anticipated this huge turnout.

I don't understand these workforce people again o. If exam is on saturday, shouldn't they have sent the details by now? Abi what's their definition of "due time"?

sheyman00:
a frnd who took his in the morning had a common issue. he said wen he tried submittn, na so system for cyber crash. i m pretty much optimistic his score has bn submitted. hu can say for sure if a 2.2 grad was allowed take d test?

I graduated with a 2.2 and I wrote the test.

After clicking start my questions refused to show up for about 2 minutes, so I had just about 18 minutes to answer the questions. Did my best sha. I'm surprised some of you guys still had time to count the number of maths questions you answered

Tell them it's ten minutes to your wedding, they will definitely consider. If they don't, then you shouldn't do business with them in the first place.

Let him dance abeg. If I was a politician of his calibre, I'd do that dance every morning

Good day gurus in the house. I use a BlackBerry Q5, some months back my camera stopped working, both front and back, the torch doesn't work and I can't screen-grab. Please what do you think is happening and how can I fix this? I've been searching for a solution since and I haven't found any so I'd really appreciate if you can help. Thanks

You're having issues with the letters "N" and "L"...you should stay off "NairaLand" for a while, that should help

Good job ma'am, we've seen your blackberry passport