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NonFarmPayrol:
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Study chemistry in naija

Na teacher u go be las las

Worse if you no study it with education

Don't say what you don't know. I studied Industrial Chemistry in Nigeria and have never regretted it.

Choose Applied Chemistry or Maths and thank me later, with a degree in Applied Chemistry or Maths you can 'do no wrong'. Graduated with a degree in Industrial Chemistry some years back and with God's help it has taken me to many places, Nigeria, UK, Italy Kuwait. I used to think I will end up a school teacher (in those days) . No way! ended up with the likes of ConocoPhillips, Total E&P and now KOC.

Greatest Akokites !! this thread is bringing back memories. I finished from Unilag in 2000 (Industrial Chemistry), stayed in Baluba Kingdom, Makama, Shodeinde and El-Kanemi. I still remember all those Chemistry /Chem Eng Lecturers - Gimba (Transport Phenomena), Prof Odeyemi (Paper & Pulp Tech), Late Dr Fatai Jenmi (Petroleum Chemistry), Dr Okei (Brewing Science & Tech) etc......

Any ULSSAITE in the house ! greatest scientists!!

Unilag is the only University in Naija that makes you an 'all-rounder' and you will always know an Akokite when you met one!!

uj_sizzle: read 'the Kids' series in sec school, loved every biit of it.
Also read Miles Munroe's 'Discovering your potential' and 'maximsing your potential'

Kenneth Hagin's an all time favourite of mine..
'the art of prayer'
'how to be led by the spirit of God'
'the believers' authority'
tongues in the upper room'
and a whole lot more.

Have also got Rick Warren's 'purpose driven life'

read a couple of Oyedepo's books n Adeboye's during service. They helped me a lot in building my faith .
Oyakhilome gets across to me better when he's teaching than when i read his works.

Nice list you have up here. One book that I must confess has really impacted me is "Understanding your vision" by David Oyedepo. Very powerful book, I must say

And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we can be saved.

raphok:
debest1 , safetyman1 and every other people that had been leading this thread. I am new but need some help. I am a Chemical Engr graduate from Nigerian Uni
What is your advice for me about Uni Surrey Msc Process and Environmental Systems Engineering choice course. I made my choice by course and findings from the internet. I had Imperial(Advance Chemical Engr with Process Option), and Sheffield as option but the scholarship fee that was available to me ($30000)was below the one that could carry imperial and the course also shifted and Sheffield the closest course they had was safety loss and prevention control engineering which I felt was a little bit away from the the one in surrey and now I just had some folks saying something is wrong with my choice of Uni Surreyand another good friend suggested I should have considered Canada because of job things . I have not been there and dont know how this course is inside the uni and the certificate outside after the Study. Any suggestion and advice will be most appreciate.

Apologies for replying a bit late, University of Surrey is a good school and is also well recognised, but I must confess to you that if I was in your shoes, I will go for the Process Safety & Loss Prevention. This is because that programme delivered in Sheffield is more recognised (in the UK & abroad). You can do no wrong, if you graduate with an MSc in Process Safety & Loss Prevention. Companies all over the world are finding it difficult to recruit Process Safety Engineers. I was in a discussion with a Chevron Process Safety Engineer recently and she was complaining about how it has been very difficult to recruit safety engineers for the Chevron LNG project in Barrow Islands (Australia). It’s the same story all over, even in the UK. A friend of mine with a degree in Safety & Loss Prevention just got a job with Saudi Aramco as a loss prevention engineer and this guy has less than 4 years work experience. Like my Project Manager will always say “with experience in Safety & Loss Prevention you will always have a job”. I hope this helps

Oga, my advice to you at this stage is to put in as much effort as possible and make sure you get a good grade(2:1 or above). You cannot bug yourself down with courses when you are still in uni as these courses are more or less tailor-made for specific industries. So unless you've decided on \ specific area you want to go into i.e. (o&g, petrochem etc) such a move would be nothing but a waste of your money.
As for job prospects, the stock of chemical engineers in naija or indeed abroad is still high so I'd expect you to get a job provided you have a sound knowledge of process eng principles.
[quote][/quote]good advice !!

About the not putting pictures on your resume, I do that a lot but it has always worked for me. I even get interview requests from overseas (i.e Saudi Aramco). I think provided it is a small size coloured passport photo, it should do no harm. Any thoughts??

After watching this video, I was seriously annoyed with Sowore (SR). He has not really changed since his days in UNILAG, He still has this 'area-boy' student unionism approach to issues. I expect that by now we all should have grown-up from this attitude !. Sowore was very rude, biased and unproffessional in the interview and I think with time, he is going to bring his Sahara Reporter website to serious image problem. Generally, one thing I have noticed with we Nigerians, is this 'pull him down' sydrome. We like to pull our selves down ! which I don't think is a good thing. Even Sowore that is talking, when he was UNILAG student union president, there where lots of corruption allegation levelled against him. He who is not guilty, let him caste the first stone !

I think as one contributor said, you may be better off with a degree in Chem Engr than with Industrial Chemistry. But I think for International jobs, it really might not matter as an Industrial Chemist can work as a process /Chem Engr provided he has the required work exp. I take my myself as a case study, I graduated with a degree in Industrial Chemistry from UNILAG and in the last five years, I have worked as a process Engr (for ConocoPhillips UK) and as a process safety Engr (traditional terrain for Chem Engr) and I'm a member of IChemE. In my career life, I have always found my Chemistry background to be very useful and it sometimes gives one an edge over Chem Engrs. So it really depends on where you want your career to go. You must always remember that courses like Chemistry, Physics e.t.c are central science courses and with them you are really very flexible (i.e you can move into any area you want). I guess with your Industrial Chemistry degree, you might want to (in future) think of specializing because even as a Chem Engr these days specialization is very important. I hope this helps.

This is what I call the 'Tell us about yourself question', its the number one buying question that I always look out for during interviews. I always make sure I'm prepared for it! . Sometimes, I have a power point presentation ready (not too long, say 5 mins) to talk about myself. Things to include in your 'Tell us question'.

1. Education Qualification

2. Work Experience (particularly relevant to the position you applied for)

3. Your 'Values' (the things you hold in high esteem e.g teamwork, intergrity, innovation e.t.c), cite examples of how you have used these in the past, for example INNOVATION - 'Innovation to me, is about change. While at comapny XYZ, I developed a Statistical Process Control System called Quality Index to assess the quality, '

4. Relate your 'Values' to the vision and mission of the company (if its a well-structured organization, you should get that infor on the on the internet).

5. Tell them why you are interested in the role and organization.

6. Tell them what your 'total package' means to their company and why it is you they should employ and not Mr Joe Bloggs.

7. Apply 'AIDA principle' all the way !!! (Attention, Interest, Desire and Action)

8. Lastly, (before the end of interview) close the sale !! (ask about the first projects/ assignments you will be working on when you resume !! ).

9. Don't forget to send the panelist a 'Thank you note' the next day.

Why does he what to work in a bank for God's sake , a biochemist. Has he thought about research opportunities abroad. He stands a good chance of getting a position in canada for a PHD slot,

I'm a Process Safety Engineer based in Surrey, UK. What's the job prospect like in Naija for a process safety/loss prevention expert?