Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 12:23pm On Apr 01, 2021 |
TheGuyFromHR:
Transitioning to HR is the easiest thing in the world, but I wouldn't necessarily advise it. If you really wanted to do that, and since you're already coming to the UK, look more to taking a CIPD qualification than a masters. By the way, please do you have any recommendation for a CV revamp? You mentioned that earlier. Please advice. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 8:00am On Apr 01, 2021 |
TheGuyFromHR:
Transitioning to HR is the easiest thing in the world, but I wouldn't necessarily advise it. If you really wanted to do that, and since you're already coming to the UK, look more to taking a CIPD qualification than a masters. Ok great but what are your reservations? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 8:00am On Mar 31, 2021 |
TheGuyFromHR:
1. Orienting yourself towards healthcare. You can grab some cheap and quick certifications (NVQs) and start in at the lower levels, healthcare assistant, phlebotomist, etc. Or depending on what you read in school and if you have the money to go back to school, there's nursing, physician associate, etc.
2. Or if you can skill yourself in IT-related pathways, all that coding and stuff.
In your shoes I would tweak my CV heavily and flesh out customer service experience (no matter how tenuous) and make those one of my targeted positions. The only upside of covid is the increase in positions that have now turned WFH. Then look for a couple of certifications to anchor yourself. As you are in banking, think compliance and governance (all that KYC, AML stuff), tax law (don't do a masters o). These City people have so many dodgy clients, so they have to preach compliance loudly while they happily help them dishwash their money.
Then get some handwork if you can. Anything to get yourself outside on a daily. Even if you will be the designated babysitter/childcare specialist for a while, push them off to school and go and carry load in Tesco or something for a shift. Or babysit by day then go mail sorting or warehousing by night. Our Nigerian women dey try well well, tolerating our weird cultural practices and all that, but when you are the winner of bread you go show am.
@TheGuyFromHR How easy is it to transition to HR? Will you advise it? And what courses or steps can one take towards that? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 12:37pm On Mar 27, 2021 |
Chynwayy: Please oo how do you pay for Naric please someone help thank you Just go to their website.... |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 1:10am On Mar 26, 2021 |
olumanja: That was fast, did you pay for priority? No I didn’t.... I bombarded them with information, so they didn’t have to reach out to me for anything. There’s always a delay whenever they ask you for anything. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 1:19pm On Mar 25, 2021 |
hustla:
Las las, all way na way All way na way.. na the bar sure pass 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 1:15pm On Mar 25, 2021 |
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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 1:15pm On Mar 25, 2021 |
wonlasewonimi:
Bros, You sent me DM? Apologies I can't access the email, I am still trying to remember the password. I used one of my babymamas name ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) No p.... I just been wan follow up on the Digital Banana gist.... my guy for london bin recommend am give me. Say the hands-on experience will come in handy.... but wifey say make I land first..... |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 10:56am On Mar 25, 2021 |
hustla:
DevOps is Gold, Solid Gold mine in the UK
£70,000 Salary plenty for there and Cloud Engineer roles Well, was thinking more of UI/UX .... DevOps be like long thing for me |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 10:30am On Mar 25, 2021 |
Santa2:
@oscarwilde another IT related area you can look at going into is data analytics...your branch manager job role give you a lot of leeway to show how you worked with data, google has a new data analytics certification out which is meant to be their alternative to a four year degree. You can look it up Will do... thank you. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 10:29am On Mar 25, 2021 |
olumanja: Hello Oscar, When did you apply and when did you get a reply from Vac? Thanks |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 10:05am On Mar 25, 2021 |
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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 8:16am On Mar 23, 2021 |
Lexusgs430:
E be like say, nah you lucky pass........ In all this gbas gbos........ I hope you are jotting tins down........ ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) I am oooh... I de jot wella... I no wan hear story that touch |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 8:13am On Mar 23, 2021 |
TheGuyFromHR:
1. Orienting yourself towards healthcare. You can grab some cheap and quick certifications (NVQs) and start in at the lower levels, healthcare assistant, phlebotomist, etc. Or depending on what you read in school and if you have the money to go back to school, there's nursing, physician associate, etc.
2. Or if you can skill yourself in IT-related pathways, all that coding and stuff.
In your shoes I would tweak my CV heavily and flesh out customer service experience (no matter how tenuous) and make those one of my targeted positions. The only upside of covid is the increase in positions that have now turned WFH. Then look for a couple of certifications to anchor yourself. As you are in banking, think compliance and governance (all that KYC, AML stuff), tax law (don't do a masters o). These City people have so many dodgy clients, so they have to preach compliance loudly while they happily help them dishwash their money.
Then get some handwork if you can. Anything to get yourself outside on a daily. Even if you will be the designated babysitter/childcare specialist for a while, push them off to school and go and carry load in Tesco or something for a shift. Or babysit by day then go mail sorting or warehousing by night. Our Nigerian women dey try well well, tolerating our weird cultural practices and all that, but when you are the winner of bread you go show am.
Thanks a lot bruv. Already I’ve done some care certifications my wife recommended. I have ICA(AML) certificate. But I also just finished PRINCE2, was looking at CBAP and some other courses that’ll see me into PM/BA pathway. What do think about that? 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 1:00am On Mar 23, 2021 |
wonlasewonimi:
You said everything my lazy self couldnt type. I was thinking along the lines of the shitty pay involved.
TBH, to be a banker in naija is soul destroying and life wasting; I remember working in a department called funds transfer...all you do everyday is helping customers to transfer money from one account to the other. I know the feeling. E be like say na bankers Japa pass |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 12:58am On Mar 23, 2021 |
TheGuyFromHR:
Lol, comedians full here. (HRM101 - Always do your best to get one of your subordinates to sign the bad news letters. You never know when Nigerians go begin do mass shootings American-style).
On a serious note, not to discourage you oscarwilde, but to give you a realistic view of the situation. The retraining idea is a good one; I have a friend who is now a HCA. Which areas do you suggest for me to retrain in? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 12:57am On Mar 23, 2021 |
MichaelUde:
Lol. No mind OgaHR, na him way. Na hire and fire them sabi, the same person wey congratulate you on your appointment in one letter go later regret to inform you say the appointment don waka. But what he said na true o. You're more likely to be working on your physical fitness with Amazon than otherwise when you first land here.
There is also a Step 5: Retrain for the NHS. I'm a Tier 2 dependant as well, my madam na nurse, I worked in a bank too. Pikins dey to feed, I dey work shift for supermarket. Just get something, anything doing so that you no go exhaust the money wey you use come from Naija and your madam go begin notice say gas bill dey high and wonder why that is so.
You loud gan... I hear you |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 12:54am On Mar 23, 2021 |
wonlasewonimi:
or electrician - the money wey dey there na die.
as dem keji giwa don cast project management and BAs lol
I been wan take BA course with Digital Bananas self. Is it still worth it? |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 12:52am On Mar 23, 2021 |
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Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 12:50am On Mar 23, 2021 |
davide470: Partially true, but there are exceptions.
When i wanted to open a bank account some years back, it was one Indian mama who was the Asst. Branch Head that helped me (maybe she was bored that day). The branch was a tiny Barclays branch with about 5/6 staff. She took her time and we had a long discussion on how she managed one of India's biggest bank branches back at home and when she moved to the UK, she got this which was way below her but she isn't complaining.
There is a way he will package his CV, convert every lead, funds he managed, daily forex transactions, profit he made from his branch to £ (with the Naira equivalent in bracket), and some banks would actually give him a shot, at a lower grade though.
Covid might be a limiting factor as per face-to-face but you never can tell!
As he is sending, he can also be using side eye to check out Amazon and the ever-recruiting care homes too..very important
Cc: oscarwilde Thanks a lot bro... 2 Likes |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 10:40pm On Mar 22, 2021 |
TheGuyFromHR:
Oh that's simple. Step1: You come in, draft a resume to suit the oyibo man's taste, then start throwing it around electronically at all the job positions you would like to hold, for about 2 hours each day, followed up with a healthy dose of prayer if you're religious.
Step 2: While following that routine, you do some quick courses on- or offline and sign up with one of those agencies that recruit for care homes. Step 3: In your spare time, you check Royal Mail and the major retailers for the jobs that will help you improve your physical fitness.
Step 4: Repeat all of the above in any order, increasing the servings and helpings of prayer as required.
Una too play self.... make una serious na.... I’m coming in with three children and me know say no be beans. I need real help, make I no slack.... 1 Like |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 9:49pm On Mar 22, 2021 |
Lexusgs430:
My only advice for you...... ....
Have an open mind........ Like an open book....... ![cheesy](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/cheesy.png)
The temptation would overwhelm you to send CV's to Barclays, HSBC, Nationwide, Halifax etc etc..... Resist that temptation........ ![grin](https://www.nairaland.com/faces/grin.png) Mind is as open as a pot. I just wanna where and how to start. |
Travel / Re: Living In The Uk/life As A UK Immigrant by oscarwilde: 7:16pm On Mar 22, 2021 |
Hey guys, I’m just joining in .... 1 Like |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 3:03pm On Feb 11, 2021 |
I asked this before and got no response. Please what the correct address to address the support letters for spouse visa... |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 6:24pm On Feb 04, 2021 |
Please guys, who am I addressing the letters to? It is; The Entry Clearance Officer, British Deputy High Commission, 11, Walter Carrington Cresent, Victoria Island, Lagos
Correct me if I am wrong abeg. |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 2:14pm On Feb 03, 2021 |
[quote author=MamaEEE post=98629665][/quote] THANKS ALOT |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 8:02pm On Jan 26, 2021 |
Hi Visa geniuses, Please I need some assistance. I am filling my application for spouse visa currently. And I’m stocked at the Financial requirements. There’s is place as shown in the attached picture that says that I should provide 12months payslips... but my wife has only worked at her place of work for 7months in the UK. What do I do? Do I scan the 6months payslips as stated in the appendix FM?
Also, we want to use her both jobs as she is work two jobs. Is that even possible? And how do we go about explaining it in the application?
@mamaEEE @mimilyrics @lexusgs430 @justwise Please you guys should help advice |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 10:00am On Jan 09, 2021 |
Hey guys, please what is the correct address to address the application letters? |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 12:55am On Oct 04, 2020 |
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Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 1:36pm On Oct 03, 2020 |
MamaEEE:
You can combine by applying for Category B, and December is fine and yes it's acceptable.no you don't have too. But please make sure the employment letter for the 2nd job is showing this informations as follow 1 employment and gross annual salary 2 length of employment 3 the period over which she has been or where paid the level of salary relied upon in the application 4 the type of employment i.e permanent, agency or contract |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 11:42am On Oct 01, 2020 |
Hello |
Travel / Re: UK Spouse Visa/Appeal Process-part2 by oscarwilde: 9:25pm On Sep 30, 2020 |
MamaEEE:
Not at all, u r good to go
Thanks MamaEEE |