Position: Senior Finance Assistant
Position Number: 10016638
Location: UNHCR Branch Office, Abuja
Section: Administration and Finance
Date of Entry on Duty: 01 November 2011
Category and Level: General Services, G15
Closing Date: on 30th September 2011
Duties and Responsibilities:
Under the direct supervision of the Administration and Programme Associate, the incumbent of the post will perform the below listed tasks in accordance with the principles and human values of the United Nations and in adhesion with the Code of conduct of the UNHCR:
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Field Service Engineer (WPT) Job vacancies in GE Energy Port Harcourt
GE is a global infrastructure, finance and media company taking on the world’s toughest challenges and are taking the strengths that have made them an industry leader and putting them to work in service of a new era of global business, with a focus on the world and the people we share it with. Through initiatives like ecomagination and healthymagination, they are developing the next generation of products and services to improve the way resources are used, impact our communities and care for each other. Join GE and you’ll discover a career opportunity of incredible diversity – across disciplines and around the globe.
No other company invests in the development, training and advancement of its employees the way GE does, because they believe it is their innovative thinking that is their strength, and that strength is what enables GE to make a positive impact on tomorrow, today. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, and medical imaging to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services. GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worlwide.GE is imagination at work.
No other company invests in the development, training and advancement of its employees the way GE does, because they believe it is their innovative thinking that is their strength, and that strength is what enables GE to make a positive impact on tomorrow, today. From jet engines to power generation, financial services to water processing, and medical imaging to turning imaginative ideas into leading products and services. GE serves customers in more than 100 countries and employs more than 300,000 people worlwide.GE is imagination at work.
Monday, September 26, 2011
BRITISH COUNCIL NIGERIA – IELTS EXAMINER, MONDAY 26, SEPTEMBER 2011
The British Council in Nigeria is looking for suitably qualified and experienced individuals to join our team of IELTS Examiners.
OUTLINE:
Examiners conduct one to one interviews with IELTS candidates to assess their spoken English according to set requirements. Examiners also assess written scripts produced by candidates under exam conditions.
Examiners are recruited on a casual basis and are expected to examine at least ten sessions a year at regular intervals. Remuneration is paid per interview/script. Weekend working is usually required.
IELTS examinations regularly take place in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Therefore, we are looking for examiners who live in, or within relatively easy reach of these cities. We may occasionally run examinations in other cities in Nigeria.
OUTLINE:
Examiners conduct one to one interviews with IELTS candidates to assess their spoken English according to set requirements. Examiners also assess written scripts produced by candidates under exam conditions.
Examiners are recruited on a casual basis and are expected to examine at least ten sessions a year at regular intervals. Remuneration is paid per interview/script. Weekend working is usually required.
IELTS examinations regularly take place in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt. Therefore, we are looking for examiners who live in, or within relatively easy reach of these cities. We may occasionally run examinations in other cities in Nigeria.
SEVEN UP BOTTLING COMPANY, ACCOUNTS MANAGER JOB, MONDAY 26, SEPTEMBER 2011
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Seven Up Bottling Company, we are a leader in the beverage industry in Nigeria, acknowledged for providing challenging opportunities for hardworking and experienced individuals who have passion for result. Opportunities now exist for such individuals to join our organization as ACCOUNTS MANAGER.
THE JOB:
The job holder has full responsibility for coordinating all Regional Accounting activities in the areas of budgeting and budgetary controls, costing, financial I management reporting and banking of cash I sales and their reconciliation. Document all local purchases and plan the expected cash flow.
Seven Up Bottling Company, we are a leader in the beverage industry in Nigeria, acknowledged for providing challenging opportunities for hardworking and experienced individuals who have passion for result. Opportunities now exist for such individuals to join our organization as ACCOUNTS MANAGER.
THE JOB:
The job holder has full responsibility for coordinating all Regional Accounting activities in the areas of budgeting and budgetary controls, costing, financial I management reporting and banking of cash I sales and their reconciliation. Document all local purchases and plan the expected cash flow.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
WTS Energy Vacancy For Cost Controller in Port-Harcourt
WTS Energy is a leading globally operating, high level manpower & recruitment company, 100% focused on international oil & gas and (new) energy jobs. Established in 2000, WTS has served Oil and Gas and Energy companies and consultants based on trust, high ethical standards and consistent service quality.WTS Energy helps Companies to find the best people and helps our Professionals to find the right jobs in the global oil and gas and energy industry.
AB MICROFINANCE BANK MULTIPLE VACANCIES
AB Microfinance Bank Nigeria Limited is an established Microfinance Bank with its Head office situated at Ikeja, Lagos. It is a member of an International network of microfinance banks providing world class banking services to micro, small and medium enterprises and private individuals in Africa and Asia and rapidly spreading out to other continents across the globe.
DIAMOND BANK BET RECRUITMENT
Diamond Bank as part of its corporate social responsibility strategy is recruiting candidates for Building Entrepreneurs Today (BET) Programme 2011. The Building Entrepreneurs Today (BET) Programme is a Diamond Bank initiative in partnership with Enterprise Development Centre, Pan-African University.This is your chance to unlock The Entrepreneur in you!
Building Entrepreneurs Today 2 (BET) Programme 2011
Diamond bank is moving another 50 Entrepreneurs to the next level. As part of its corporate social responsibility strategy Diamond bank gives you the chance to be one of 50 Entrepreneurs to benefit from an all expense in you paid programme to unlock the entrepreneur in you.
Building Entrepreneurs Today 2 (BET) Programme 2011
Diamond bank is moving another 50 Entrepreneurs to the next level. As part of its corporate social responsibility strategy Diamond bank gives you the chance to be one of 50 Entrepreneurs to benefit from an all expense in you paid programme to unlock the entrepreneur in you.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Golden Pasta Reqruitment fo Maintenance supervisor in Ogun State
Golden Pasta Company, a full Subsidiary of Flour Mills of Nig. Plc on a journey to World Class Manufacturing. They offer immediate reqruitment for the underlisted post in their AGBARA FACTORY
Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor (Electrical)
Job Title: Maintenance Supervisor (Electrical)
Transcorp Nig. Vacancies: Finance and Administrative Manager in Benue
Teragro Limited, the agri-business subsidiary of Transnational Corporation of Nigeria Plc (Transcorp) is seeking for highly motivated professionals to work in its new fruit juice concentrate processing plant at Makurdi, Benue State.
GLAXOSMITHKLINE RECRUITMENT
GSK Consumer Heath-care is split into 4 categories. Nutrition, Oral Heath, Wellness and Skin Health. Their mission is to continually be the world leading Fast Moving Consumer Health-care (FMCH) company.
Their product portfolio includes a range of leading brands, many of which are household names around the world: Lucozade, Sensodyne, Aquafresh, Ribena, Horlicks, Panadol, Tums.
GSK is to recruit experienced Design Managers to work on their global brand portfolio. The roles will involve managing both ‘front end’ and ‘go to market’ projects for brands such as Lucozade, Ribena, Maxi-Nutrition and Horlicks.
Job Title: Design Managers
Role
This role will be based in Lagos, Nigeria.
The role will involve a close partnership with the commercial team, leading and managing all BTL design touch points in projects across the nutrition portfolio for the entire Africa business, reporting to the Global Design Director for design in nutrition.
Desired Skills & Experience
The successful candidate will have an outstanding portfolio showing proven experience in FMCG, ideally with some experience in the drinks business.
6 years of experience managing global projects. Experience in both ‘in-house’ and agency side are welcomed.
Please send CV and not more than 3 pages of work samples when applying.
APPLY HERE
Their product portfolio includes a range of leading brands, many of which are household names around the world: Lucozade, Sensodyne, Aquafresh, Ribena, Horlicks, Panadol, Tums.
GSK is to recruit experienced Design Managers to work on their global brand portfolio. The roles will involve managing both ‘front end’ and ‘go to market’ projects for brands such as Lucozade, Ribena, Maxi-Nutrition and Horlicks.
Job Title: Design Managers
Role
This role will be based in Lagos, Nigeria.
The role will involve a close partnership with the commercial team, leading and managing all BTL design touch points in projects across the nutrition portfolio for the entire Africa business, reporting to the Global Design Director for design in nutrition.
Desired Skills & Experience
The successful candidate will have an outstanding portfolio showing proven experience in FMCG, ideally with some experience in the drinks business.
6 years of experience managing global projects. Experience in both ‘in-house’ and agency side are welcomed.
Please send CV and not more than 3 pages of work samples when applying.
APPLY HERE
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Job Search Fundamentals (I)
I am sure you have wondered: why are you still unemployed in spite of your serious effort and strong desire to get the job of your choice? Many expect a simple, short and precise answer. Unfortunately there is nothing like that. The reason for this is that the employment process is complex, and usually in stages. And progress often depends on success at the previous stages.
The other reason is that the recruitment process is imprecise, varying from company to company, and from one individual responsible for recruitment to another. The least you can do is to position yourself for better chance by acquiring the relevant job search skills. For you, it may just be that you are not getting one particular stage or skill right; for others, it may be two or three or more!
• Know and understand yourself. I hope this does not surprise you-most of us do not know ourselves enough to make informed decision about our job/career direction. I was talking to an applicant sometimes ago. He majored in one of the Modern European languages, worked in one of the nation’s security services for four years, and has been ‘helping’ his uncle for the past three years. Now what does he want from me?
He wants me to advise him on what work he should be looking for. I asked him what skills he thinks he has for a possible clue on career direction. He could not say precisely. This is often the case when an applicant says he/she is ready to do ‘any job that is available’.
Really your job and career goal depends on the skills you have, personal preferences/aptitude, and life and career, goals. Skills are the foundation of job search. Employers want to know what it is you can do for them. What are skills you may want to ask?
A simple but appropriate definition is that a skill is anything you can do now. There are three categories of skills – job skills, self-management skills and transferable skills. Everyone has skills, hundreds of skills, many of which employers are looking for. Yet most people can only identify a few, and are not able to describe them to the employer. Experts agree that skill identification is essential to a successful job hunt.
Now do you have personal goals in life? Where do you want to be in five, 10, 20, 30, 40 years time with a vision, most young people today are just drifting in the sea of life.
An individual without a vision is like a sea-going vessel without a compass. For a job search to be purposeful and focused, an applicant needs to have a job objective please not the meaningless verbosity you see in most Résumé/CVs. What do you enjoy doing? What are your personal qualities and traits? Does your identified attitude, style and temperament fit you career direction?
• Understand the employers hiring process and attitude. In most situations, employment/hiring have been turned to a two-lane expressway – where there is little or no contact between on coming and on going vehicles. For example, declaring a vacancy via newspaper advert is the last option for most employers. Unfortunately a significant number of applicants depend on want-add alone for their job lead. However over 80 per cent of positions are not advertised before they are filled. When was the last time you saw job advertisement from Guaranty Trust Bank, NNPC, CBN, Shell, Dangote Group, etc. Employers expect that you actively look for them, and declare your interest and intention to work for them. But when you desire to work for any organisation what do you do? You approach the personnel department for information and possible assistance. Right? Wrong. The major role of personnel department in the recruitment process is to screen you out!
From the foregoing, it is obvious that job hunting is complex, and requires some specific skills, knowledge and attitude. We won’t be able to complete looking at the topic today.
by - Olu Oyeniran
The other reason is that the recruitment process is imprecise, varying from company to company, and from one individual responsible for recruitment to another. The least you can do is to position yourself for better chance by acquiring the relevant job search skills. For you, it may just be that you are not getting one particular stage or skill right; for others, it may be two or three or more!
• Know and understand yourself. I hope this does not surprise you-most of us do not know ourselves enough to make informed decision about our job/career direction. I was talking to an applicant sometimes ago. He majored in one of the Modern European languages, worked in one of the nation’s security services for four years, and has been ‘helping’ his uncle for the past three years. Now what does he want from me?
He wants me to advise him on what work he should be looking for. I asked him what skills he thinks he has for a possible clue on career direction. He could not say precisely. This is often the case when an applicant says he/she is ready to do ‘any job that is available’.
Really your job and career goal depends on the skills you have, personal preferences/aptitude, and life and career, goals. Skills are the foundation of job search. Employers want to know what it is you can do for them. What are skills you may want to ask?
A simple but appropriate definition is that a skill is anything you can do now. There are three categories of skills – job skills, self-management skills and transferable skills. Everyone has skills, hundreds of skills, many of which employers are looking for. Yet most people can only identify a few, and are not able to describe them to the employer. Experts agree that skill identification is essential to a successful job hunt.
Now do you have personal goals in life? Where do you want to be in five, 10, 20, 30, 40 years time with a vision, most young people today are just drifting in the sea of life.
An individual without a vision is like a sea-going vessel without a compass. For a job search to be purposeful and focused, an applicant needs to have a job objective please not the meaningless verbosity you see in most Résumé/CVs. What do you enjoy doing? What are your personal qualities and traits? Does your identified attitude, style and temperament fit you career direction?
• Understand the employers hiring process and attitude. In most situations, employment/hiring have been turned to a two-lane expressway – where there is little or no contact between on coming and on going vehicles. For example, declaring a vacancy via newspaper advert is the last option for most employers. Unfortunately a significant number of applicants depend on want-add alone for their job lead. However over 80 per cent of positions are not advertised before they are filled. When was the last time you saw job advertisement from Guaranty Trust Bank, NNPC, CBN, Shell, Dangote Group, etc. Employers expect that you actively look for them, and declare your interest and intention to work for them. But when you desire to work for any organisation what do you do? You approach the personnel department for information and possible assistance. Right? Wrong. The major role of personnel department in the recruitment process is to screen you out!
From the foregoing, it is obvious that job hunting is complex, and requires some specific skills, knowledge and attitude. We won’t be able to complete looking at the topic today.
by - Olu Oyeniran
Job Search Fundamentals (I)
I am sure you have wondered: why are you still unemployed in spite of your serious effort and strong desire to get the job of your choice? Many expect a simple, short and precise answer. Unfortunately there is nothing like that. The reason for this is that the employment process is complex, and usually in stages. And progress often depends on success at the previous stages.
The other reason is that the recruitment process is imprecise, varying from company to company, and from one individual responsible for recruitment to another. The least you can do is to position yourself for better chance by acquiring the relevant job search skills. For you, it may just be that you are not getting one particular stage or skill right; for others, it may be two or three or more!
• Know and understand yourself. I hope this does not surprise you-most of us do not know ourselves enough to make informed decision about our job/career direction. I was talking to an applicant sometimes ago. He majored in one of the Modern European languages, worked in one of the nation’s security services for four years, and has been ‘helping’ his uncle for the past three years. Now what does he want from me?
He wants me to advise him on what work he should be looking for. I asked him what skills he thinks he has for a possible clue on career direction. He could not say precisely. This is often the case when an applicant says he/she is ready to do ‘any job that is available’.
Really your job and career goal depends on the skills you have, personal preferences/aptitude, and life and career, goals. Skills are the foundation of job search. Employers want to know what it is you can do for them. What are skills you may want to ask?
A simple but appropriate definition is that a skill is anything you can do now. There are three categories of skills – job skills, self-management skills and transferable skills. Everyone has skills, hundreds of skills, many of which employers are looking for. Yet most people can only identify a few, and are not able to describe them to the employer. Experts agree that skill identification is essential to a successful job hunt.
Now do you have personal goals in life? Where do you want to be in five, 10, 20, 30, 40 years time with a vision, most young people today are just drifting in the sea of life.
An individual without a vision is like a sea-going vessel without a compass. For a job search to be purposeful and focused, an applicant needs to have a job objective please not the meaningless verbosity you see in most Résumé/CVs. What do you enjoy doing? What are your personal qualities and traits? Does your identified attitude, style and temperament fit you career direction?
• Understand the employers hiring process and attitude. In most situations, employment/hiring have been turned to a two-lane expressway – where there is little or no contact between on coming and on going vehicles. For example, declaring a vacancy via newspaper advert is the last option for most employers. Unfortunately a significant number of applicants depend on want-add alone for their job lead. However over 80 per cent of positions are not advertised before they are filled. When was the last time you saw job advertisement from Guaranty Trust Bank, NNPC, CBN, Shell, Dangote Group, etc. Employers expect that you actively look for them, and declare your interest and intention to work for them. But when you desire to work for any organisation what do you do? You approach the personnel department for information and possible assistance. Right? Wrong. The major role of personnel department in the recruitment process is to screen you out!
From the foregoing, it is obvious that job hunting is complex, and requires some specific skills, knowledge and attitude. We won’t be able to complete looking at the topic today.
by - Olu Oyeniran
The other reason is that the recruitment process is imprecise, varying from company to company, and from one individual responsible for recruitment to another. The least you can do is to position yourself for better chance by acquiring the relevant job search skills. For you, it may just be that you are not getting one particular stage or skill right; for others, it may be two or three or more!
• Know and understand yourself. I hope this does not surprise you-most of us do not know ourselves enough to make informed decision about our job/career direction. I was talking to an applicant sometimes ago. He majored in one of the Modern European languages, worked in one of the nation’s security services for four years, and has been ‘helping’ his uncle for the past three years. Now what does he want from me?
He wants me to advise him on what work he should be looking for. I asked him what skills he thinks he has for a possible clue on career direction. He could not say precisely. This is often the case when an applicant says he/she is ready to do ‘any job that is available’.
Really your job and career goal depends on the skills you have, personal preferences/aptitude, and life and career, goals. Skills are the foundation of job search. Employers want to know what it is you can do for them. What are skills you may want to ask?
A simple but appropriate definition is that a skill is anything you can do now. There are three categories of skills – job skills, self-management skills and transferable skills. Everyone has skills, hundreds of skills, many of which employers are looking for. Yet most people can only identify a few, and are not able to describe them to the employer. Experts agree that skill identification is essential to a successful job hunt.
Now do you have personal goals in life? Where do you want to be in five, 10, 20, 30, 40 years time with a vision, most young people today are just drifting in the sea of life.
An individual without a vision is like a sea-going vessel without a compass. For a job search to be purposeful and focused, an applicant needs to have a job objective please not the meaningless verbosity you see in most Résumé/CVs. What do you enjoy doing? What are your personal qualities and traits? Does your identified attitude, style and temperament fit you career direction?
• Understand the employers hiring process and attitude. In most situations, employment/hiring have been turned to a two-lane expressway – where there is little or no contact between on coming and on going vehicles. For example, declaring a vacancy via newspaper advert is the last option for most employers. Unfortunately a significant number of applicants depend on want-add alone for their job lead. However over 80 per cent of positions are not advertised before they are filled. When was the last time you saw job advertisement from Guaranty Trust Bank, NNPC, CBN, Shell, Dangote Group, etc. Employers expect that you actively look for them, and declare your interest and intention to work for them. But when you desire to work for any organisation what do you do? You approach the personnel department for information and possible assistance. Right? Wrong. The major role of personnel department in the recruitment process is to screen you out!
From the foregoing, it is obvious that job hunting is complex, and requires some specific skills, knowledge and attitude. We won’t be able to complete looking at the topic today.
by - Olu Oyeniran
Job Search Fundamentals (IV)
This is the last of this series on master skills essential for a successful job search. The objective is for us to focus on potential sources of errors, mistakes and inadequacies of our job hunting. We shall cover the last two of 10 reasons that may explain why we are unable to get the job of our dream or any job for that matter.
Develop/acquire excellent interview skills
As often said in this column, there are basically five questions you get at job interviews:
• Why are you here?
• What can you do for us?
• What kind of a person are you?
• What distinguishes you from the other people who have the same ability as you have? And finally
• Can we afford you?
So, if a job seeker does not have answers to these questions before any interview, then he/she hasn't started to look for work. (This has been thoroughly treated in one of the past presentations).
When an interviewer looks at your resume and says: "You've been out of work for quite some time, haven't you?" Or when your resume reveals a record of perhaps six jobs in eight years or when you are considered too young, too old, too short for heavy etc. What is your defence for these questions and other uncomfortable questions that may come up?
At the end of most interviews, you are given the opportunity to ask the interviewer(s) questions. Most candidates waste this beautiful opportunity by not asking strategic questions that will position them as the right candidate for the job. Most candidates also fail to directly and pointedly ask for the job. It is not enough to do well at the interview.
Perhaps the greatest sin committed by an uncomfortable large number of job interview candidates is the failure to follow-up the interview. The interviewer(s) gave you the opportunity to "sell" yourself, gave you their valuable time and perhaps encouragement before and/or during the exercise. The least you can do is to let them know that you appreciate all they gave you. It can be a clincher in very competitive job selection process.
Plot a winning job–hunt strategy
If you are not going anywhere in particular, any road will lead you there. For us, the fundamental of job hunt strategy is to determine your job target/objectives which job would you want to do. Where, i.e., which sector or industry or company or geographic locale. In short, you need to construct a thoughtful, practical and achievable job target/objective statement.
A job thats "interesting", "challenging" that offers the "opportunity" for "personal growth" or "personal expression" look good and adorable as job objectives. But they are inadequate unless tied to some fairly concrete goals. And it is such beautiful prose of no value, or sometimes bombastic phrases that recruitment personnel see most of the time.
If we assume that you have your job objectives/target, the question then, how to do you reach this objective? How do you get a shot at your dream job without which you stand no chance of getting it at all? Usually to reach a goal, there are a number of ways and means – some effective, some ineffective. It is very important to determine and use the most effective and efficient means for you.
For most job hunters, the opportunity rarely knocks, not even once. Job seekers who want to succeed will have to do the knocking, the digging, and the searching. It must be done actively or better still, pro-actively. You have to develop your own leads, and figure out the best way to follow them up.
Most job hunters rely on the conventional route. Unfortunately, the conventional route in job hunting is crowded. The odds are long, and the going is slow.
One of the worst mistakes you can make in a job search is to stop moving forward: to sit back and wait for jobs or job leads to locate them, for employers, for recruitment agencies to call, for job advertisements that appeal to you to appear in the newspapers. That way, job seekers spend 90 per cent of their time working hard to fail by doing just that- waiting!
Jobs can originate almost anywhere – from dozen of sources but they differ in terms of both the number of leads they generate and the quality of those leads. It is up to you to set up your strategy accordingly. One last thing about job – hunt strategy: you must ever be willing to change your strategy if the ones you are using appear not to be yielding result.
Babies are born everyday. But that is not to say that the process of conception to delivery is a sure, certain and riskless endeavour. Many things can, and often go wrong, ending the story in an entirely different, sometimes tragic direction.
Think for a moment what athletes go through to achieve glory – great odds, various obstacles, challenges and set backs. Many things could have gone wrong, and the story will be different.
Many things can be wrong with your job search, which may be responsible for your prolonged stay in the unemployment queue. The article is not meant to weigh you down; but to give you a framework to execute your current job search campaign. It is also going to be useful in evaluating your efforts and strategies employed so far in the quest for that your dream job. And then seek to change things that need be done differently.
People get jobs everyday. Yours is at hand.
Good luck.
by - Olu Oyeniran
Develop/acquire excellent interview skills
As often said in this column, there are basically five questions you get at job interviews:
• Why are you here?
• What can you do for us?
• What kind of a person are you?
• What distinguishes you from the other people who have the same ability as you have? And finally
• Can we afford you?
So, if a job seeker does not have answers to these questions before any interview, then he/she hasn't started to look for work. (This has been thoroughly treated in one of the past presentations).
When an interviewer looks at your resume and says: "You've been out of work for quite some time, haven't you?" Or when your resume reveals a record of perhaps six jobs in eight years or when you are considered too young, too old, too short for heavy etc. What is your defence for these questions and other uncomfortable questions that may come up?
At the end of most interviews, you are given the opportunity to ask the interviewer(s) questions. Most candidates waste this beautiful opportunity by not asking strategic questions that will position them as the right candidate for the job. Most candidates also fail to directly and pointedly ask for the job. It is not enough to do well at the interview.
Perhaps the greatest sin committed by an uncomfortable large number of job interview candidates is the failure to follow-up the interview. The interviewer(s) gave you the opportunity to "sell" yourself, gave you their valuable time and perhaps encouragement before and/or during the exercise. The least you can do is to let them know that you appreciate all they gave you. It can be a clincher in very competitive job selection process.
Plot a winning job–hunt strategy
If you are not going anywhere in particular, any road will lead you there. For us, the fundamental of job hunt strategy is to determine your job target/objectives which job would you want to do. Where, i.e., which sector or industry or company or geographic locale. In short, you need to construct a thoughtful, practical and achievable job target/objective statement.
A job thats "interesting", "challenging" that offers the "opportunity" for "personal growth" or "personal expression" look good and adorable as job objectives. But they are inadequate unless tied to some fairly concrete goals. And it is such beautiful prose of no value, or sometimes bombastic phrases that recruitment personnel see most of the time.
If we assume that you have your job objectives/target, the question then, how to do you reach this objective? How do you get a shot at your dream job without which you stand no chance of getting it at all? Usually to reach a goal, there are a number of ways and means – some effective, some ineffective. It is very important to determine and use the most effective and efficient means for you.
For most job hunters, the opportunity rarely knocks, not even once. Job seekers who want to succeed will have to do the knocking, the digging, and the searching. It must be done actively or better still, pro-actively. You have to develop your own leads, and figure out the best way to follow them up.
Most job hunters rely on the conventional route. Unfortunately, the conventional route in job hunting is crowded. The odds are long, and the going is slow.
One of the worst mistakes you can make in a job search is to stop moving forward: to sit back and wait for jobs or job leads to locate them, for employers, for recruitment agencies to call, for job advertisements that appeal to you to appear in the newspapers. That way, job seekers spend 90 per cent of their time working hard to fail by doing just that- waiting!
Jobs can originate almost anywhere – from dozen of sources but they differ in terms of both the number of leads they generate and the quality of those leads. It is up to you to set up your strategy accordingly. One last thing about job – hunt strategy: you must ever be willing to change your strategy if the ones you are using appear not to be yielding result.
Babies are born everyday. But that is not to say that the process of conception to delivery is a sure, certain and riskless endeavour. Many things can, and often go wrong, ending the story in an entirely different, sometimes tragic direction.
Think for a moment what athletes go through to achieve glory – great odds, various obstacles, challenges and set backs. Many things could have gone wrong, and the story will be different.
Many things can be wrong with your job search, which may be responsible for your prolonged stay in the unemployment queue. The article is not meant to weigh you down; but to give you a framework to execute your current job search campaign. It is also going to be useful in evaluating your efforts and strategies employed so far in the quest for that your dream job. And then seek to change things that need be done differently.
People get jobs everyday. Yours is at hand.
Good luck.
by - Olu Oyeniran
Standard Chartered Bank Nigeria: Recruitment for Human Resources Personnel
Nigeria International Graduate Programme Human Resources (Specialist Functions)
Human Resources partners with the business to provide valuable people-related services to drive sustained high performance. Our focus on attracting, engaging and retaining quality people who share our commitment enables us to collectively drive the business and achieve our goals.
Entry Requirements
An undergraduate degree, a degree in Human Resources is preferred though not essential.
The legal right to work in the country for which you are applying.
Fluency in English; a second language is considered beneficial.
FULL DETAILS: Standard Chartered Bank - Specialist Functions
Human Resources partners with the business to provide valuable people-related services to drive sustained high performance. Our focus on attracting, engaging and retaining quality people who share our commitment enables us to collectively drive the business and achieve our goals.
Entry Requirements
An undergraduate degree, a degree in Human Resources is preferred though not essential.
The legal right to work in the country for which you are applying.
Fluency in English; a second language is considered beneficial.
FULL DETAILS: Standard Chartered Bank - Specialist Functions
WORLD BANK VACANCY: RECRUITMENT FOR SOCIAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST
SOCIAL PROTECTION SPECIALIST
JOB NUMBER: 111681. (One year Extended Term (ET) Contract Social Protection (SP) Unit:
REQUIREMENTS:
A post graduate degree (Masters or equivalent) in Social Science with concentration in areas like Welfare Economic or Labour Economic, Public Policy or Management, Poverty Reduction, Rural Development and or sociology.
At least seven years of progressive professional experience in the relevant field.
Relevant experience in Development Agencies operations, including provision of technical or operational support for projects or country assistance strategies in the area of human capital development, will be an added advantage.
Superior organizational and logistics skills; research, oral presentation skills, and capacity to work simultaneously and effectively on variety of tasks; in a team and inter-cultural environment and with minimal supervision
Excellent writing ability
Excellent oral and presentation skills
Behavioral competencies than facilitate dialogue with country partners and country teams, including listening skills, effective teamwork, knowledge sharing, training and capacity development skills and ability to adapt advice to the local institutional realities
Willing to travel to remote areas in Nigeria and field experience in developing countries a plus.
TO APPLY: Applications should be forwarded to www.worldbank.org/career before close of business September 20, 2011. Once on the site look for the relevant job number and follow the steps to apply. Paper application will not be considered.
JOB NUMBER: 111681. (One year Extended Term (ET) Contract Social Protection (SP) Unit:
REQUIREMENTS:
A post graduate degree (Masters or equivalent) in Social Science with concentration in areas like Welfare Economic or Labour Economic, Public Policy or Management, Poverty Reduction, Rural Development and or sociology.
At least seven years of progressive professional experience in the relevant field.
Relevant experience in Development Agencies operations, including provision of technical or operational support for projects or country assistance strategies in the area of human capital development, will be an added advantage.
Superior organizational and logistics skills; research, oral presentation skills, and capacity to work simultaneously and effectively on variety of tasks; in a team and inter-cultural environment and with minimal supervision
Excellent writing ability
Excellent oral and presentation skills
Behavioral competencies than facilitate dialogue with country partners and country teams, including listening skills, effective teamwork, knowledge sharing, training and capacity development skills and ability to adapt advice to the local institutional realities
Willing to travel to remote areas in Nigeria and field experience in developing countries a plus.
TO APPLY: Applications should be forwarded to www.worldbank.org/career before close of business September 20, 2011. Once on the site look for the relevant job number and follow the steps to apply. Paper application will not be considered.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER VACANCY
VACANCIES
As a result of reorganization, our client, old and well-established shipping, logistics, clearing & forwarding company wishes to recruit the following:
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – Shipping
The candidates for this position must demonstrate good knowledge of Shipping and Stevedore business.The ideal candidate must possess strong entrepreneurial skills a well-developed network of industry contacts and ability to prepare good business proposals and bring Transactions to early closure
The candidate must also be able to deliver to meet set operational and business targets. Strong and demonstrable ability in start-up or restructured business situation is a key consideration for this position
Applicants should have a minimum of a Bachelors Degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of solid post graduation experience
TO APPLY
Applications should be forwarded within 2 weeks of this publication to: gentradeconsult@gmail.com
As a result of reorganization, our client, old and well-established shipping, logistics, clearing & forwarding company wishes to recruit the following:
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER – Shipping
The candidates for this position must demonstrate good knowledge of Shipping and Stevedore business.The ideal candidate must possess strong entrepreneurial skills a well-developed network of industry contacts and ability to prepare good business proposals and bring Transactions to early closure
The candidate must also be able to deliver to meet set operational and business targets. Strong and demonstrable ability in start-up or restructured business situation is a key consideration for this position
Applicants should have a minimum of a Bachelors Degree or equivalent with at least 5 years of solid post graduation experience
TO APPLY
Applications should be forwarded within 2 weeks of this publication to: gentradeconsult@gmail.com
Vacancy!Vacancy!!Vacancy!!!
Broimi Integrated Ventures Ltd and Mufes Somafield Investment advertise for the following positions:
CATEGORY A
l. PRODUCTION MANAGER
2. MARKETING OFFICERS
3. GRAPHIC DESIGNER
CATEGORY B
4. OPERATORS
5. COMPUTER OPERATORS
6. CASHIER
7. FRONT DESK OFFICERS
8. PUMP ATTENDANT
CATEGORY C
9. DRIVERS
10. SECURITIES
For category A, candidates must have at least B.SC in Micro biology, Chemistry or Bio chemistry, Computer Science, B.SC or H.N.D in Arts related courses with a year or two years experiences.
For category B, canditdates must at least have H.N.D or O.N.D with or without experience.
For category C, candidates must have first school leaving certificate.
Applicants should forward their resume to broimiinteg@gmail.com , somafeild@gmail.com or
The Group Director,
Broimi Integrated Ventures Ltd,
Okwuchuku Plaza,
Plot 37 Ahoda Road Omoku,
Suite 1-5 first floor.
Phone Number: 08066598444
CATEGORY A
l. PRODUCTION MANAGER
2. MARKETING OFFICERS
3. GRAPHIC DESIGNER
CATEGORY B
4. OPERATORS
5. COMPUTER OPERATORS
6. CASHIER
7. FRONT DESK OFFICERS
8. PUMP ATTENDANT
CATEGORY C
9. DRIVERS
10. SECURITIES
For category A, candidates must have at least B.SC in Micro biology, Chemistry or Bio chemistry, Computer Science, B.SC or H.N.D in Arts related courses with a year or two years experiences.
For category B, canditdates must at least have H.N.D or O.N.D with or without experience.
For category C, candidates must have first school leaving certificate.
Applicants should forward their resume to broimiinteg@gmail.com , somafeild@gmail.com or
The Group Director,
Broimi Integrated Ventures Ltd,
Okwuchuku Plaza,
Plot 37 Ahoda Road Omoku,
Suite 1-5 first floor.
Phone Number: 08066598444
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