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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.

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.

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.

Chynwayy:
Please oo how do you pay for Naric please someone help thank you

olumanja:
That was fast, did you pay for priority?

hustla:
Las las, all way na way

mumsgirl27:
thank you so much

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

hustla:
DevOps is Gold, Solid Gold mine in the UK

£70,000 Salary plenty for there and Cloud Engineer roles

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

olumanja:
Hello Oscar, When did you apply and when did you get a reply from Vac? Thanks

mumsgirl27:
Good Afternoon,

Please which care certifications have u done, I won't mind if u list them

thanks

Lexusgs430:
E be like say, nah you lucky pass........ In all this gbas gbos........ I hope you are jotting tins down........

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.

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.

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.

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.

wonlasewonimi:
or electrician - the money wey dey there na die.

as dem keji giwa don cast project management and BAs lol

Lexusgs430:
Your saving grace at the moment is, your wife is currently employed and has an accommodation..........

That lifts a massive pressure of your manhood....... When you arrive, get your BRP etc etc

Look around Hull, Hall all options available to you.....

Since una don born 3 already, whilst you dey house job hunting, no contemplate Number 4........

NB : Depending on when you intend to arrive, if you can undertake a crash course in plumbing, barbing etc etc...... Would be to your advantage........ Abi banker no fit be plumber or barber etc etc ........

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

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.

Lexusgs430:
My only advice for you...... ....


Have an open mind........ Like an open book.......


The temptation would overwhelm you to send CV's to Barclays, HSBC, Nationwide, Halifax etc etc..... Resist that temptation........

MamaEEE:
Good you have choose to wait, its ur CHOICE... But saying u can't apply for category B bcs it has to b 12month pay slip, bros that na lie
My friendS husband hard similar situation as urs applied with 6month slip 2nd job 3months.wife in the uk as we speak
But I respect ur choice,
CHEERS

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

MamaEEE:
Not at all, u r good to go