Victoria McLean Victoria McLean is the founder and CEO of City CV, a London-based CV writing service. She was previously a recruiter at Goldman Sachs and the equities division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch   You’re a second year or third year student who wants to work in finance, ...

If you have scaled the test stage of the Seplat Graduate Scheme recruitment and got to the interview or assessment center stage, you can engage the services of JarusHub interview and assessment center preparation experts to coach you. We offer the best preparation for job interviews in any industry, and oil and gas is especially our biggest strength. ...

Funminiyi Olubanjo Funminiyi works in the Nigerian office of one of the Big 4 professional services firms Ok, so you have gotten the invite to attend the aptitude tests, ohh my what a feeling , but don’t call your friends or start buying new suits yet and definitely don’t tell ...

WHO’S WHO IN CORPORATE NIGERIA LUIS GRAVITO CURRENT POSITION  Chairman BCG Nigeria and Senior Partner at The Boston Consulting Group PAST POSITIONS  Head of BCG Iberian Financial Institutions and Strategy Practices, Lisbon Area, Spain; Research Assistant for Professor Antonio Borges at INSEAD, France; Financial Controller, IATH International (an Italian Holding ...

Funminiyi Olubanjo Funminiyi works in the Nigerian office of one of the Big 4 professional services firms By now, I assume you are done with your service year, you have probably gained first-hand experience being a teacher, and have realised it’s not that easy. Or if you are among the ...

Uchechi Moses Uchechi is a Business Development Associate at JarusHub Roland just finished school in the north-central region of Nigeria, quickly got called up for his compulsory NYSC scheme and was posted to the Peoples’ Paradise – Calabar, Cross River State, where he will serve for 12 months. Roland like ...

Uchechi Moses Uchechi is a Business Development Associate with JarusHub   Almost all companies organise aptitude tests when recruiting for job positions, especially at the entry-level. These tests are designed to assess candidates for various skills and capacities, such as behavioural skills, language skills, problem solving skills, critical reasoning capacity, and many ...

WHO’S WHO IN CORPORATE NIGERIA BISMARCK JIMIDE REWANE CURRENT POSITION  Managing Director/CEO, Financial Derivatives Company Limited. PAST POSITIONS  General Manager, Head of Development Finance Manager, Divisional and Credit Manager, International Merchant Bank Nigeria Limited; Deputy Manager (Credit), First National Bank of Chicago Experience in Barclays Bank (Nigeria and UK) BOARD ...

JARUSHUB “WORKING IN” SERIES (J-WIS) (J-WIS is a platform by JarusHub to enlighten prospective job seekers about companies in Nigeria with a view to aiding them in making informed career decisions. The information is drawn from basic research. While we did our best to ensure the information is accurate, we ...

JarusHub is a Nigerian consulting firm with focus on careers and employability issues. Our team consists of experts who have worked in top companies in Nigeria spanning oil and gas, investment banking, professional services firms etc. We deploy our vast experience and industry network to prepare candidates for assessment centers ...

WHO’S WHO IN CORPORATE NIGERIA PASCAL GABRIEL DOZIE, OON DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1939 CURRENT POSITION Chairman of the Board of MTN Nigeria and Non-Executive Partner at Africa Capital Alliance. PAST POSITIONS  Founder, Former CEO, Former Chairman of Diamond Bank Plc. Former President of the Nigerian Stock Exchange. A ...

WHO’S WHO IN CORPORATE NIGERIA OLUWOLE ABEGUNDE CURRENT POSITION Group Managing Director/CEO, Meristem Securities Limited. PAST FIRMS  General Manager, Investment Centre Limited, a subsidiary of NAL Bank. EXPERTISE  Investment banking and equities trading. EDUCATION  B.Sc. Agricultural Economics, University of Ibadan; MBA, University of Ilorin. Fellow Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (FCS). ...

A job interview is a conversation between an employer and a prospective employee with a view to assessing the suitability of the candidate for job offer. While a job chat is also a form of conversation with a prospective applicant with similar goal, there are a number of differences between ...

Many business students want to work in investment banking, but they freeze during the interview when asked some of the more common technical questions. Getting the first interview is often a difficult task all on its own, so you need to be ready to answer whatever questions the interviewer throws at ...

Dear JarusHub Team, Please I need an advice on this. I graduated with a 2.2 degree class in mechanical engineering in 2012, I tried getting a job in my related discipline but I wasn’t lucky. I got a job with an electricity distribution company in Lagos as a meter reader/marketer ...

Luke Gordon It is not uncommon to see people taking a cover and resume as generally the same thing, after all you are applying for a job directing through the same objective. Agreeably, both share the same purpose defining your core competencies and skills in order to convince the employer ...

Uchechi Moses Uchechi is a Business Development Associate at JarusHub   TIDJANE THIAM: CEO CREDIT SUISSE  Degree: B.Sc. Physics, Ecole Polytechnique, France; Advanced Mathematics and Physics, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris (MINES ParisTech) (Graduated top of his class); MBA, INSEAD (made the Dean’s List), Fontainebleau Campus, France. The ...

Uchechi Moses Uchechi is a Business Development Associate at JarusHub   Within the past years, there has been a throng of Nigerians travelling outside to obtain tertiary education. Either first degrees or post-graduate qualifications, with the latter taking the highest number. So why do most Nigerians desire to study abroad? ...

Uchechi Moses Uchechi is a Business Development Associate at JarusHub We know that in Nigeria, most students and parents alike choose certain courses and career paths based on how lucrative it is. At JarusHub, we understand this. Based on this, we chronicle career paths we believe you get into and ...

By Uchechi Moses Uchechi works at JarusHub 1, EVANS AKANNO (27): FOUNDER CREGITAL  Degree: B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry, Imo State University (2010). Finished in 2005 from Innocent Comprehensive High School, Surulere, as the overall best graduating student, graduated with a second-class lower degree from IMSU. Founded digital and design and development ...

What courses can you study or do without mathematics? Are you finding answer to this question? You are in the right place. Mathematics is highly dreaded among Nigerian students and many students wish to say bye bye to it after secondary school. If you don’t like math, or just don’t ...

Dear Jarus, I am planning to go study in Benin Republic due to my inability to gain admission into the university in Nigeria. This year, I had 273 in JAMB and 54% for post-UME. Likewise, I had 9 points in IJMB and 68% in the post-UME. I used both results to ...

JarusHub, Nigeria’s most influential career startup presents another amazing resource for students and young professionals, FROM SCHOOL TO JOB: A COMPLETE GUIDE.  WHAT WILL YOU FIND IN THIS AMAZING EBOOK? CV & Job Hunting CV Construction Lesson Conventional & Unconventional Job Application Methods Test Formats of Top Companies in Nigeria Networking ...

Compiled by Uchechi Moses for JarusHub   Please note that this is not a compilation of the biggest firms by market capitalisation or richest CEOs. We aimed at compiling different CEOs of accomplished firms in different sectors. In summary, these are firms you must have come across their products, patronised ...

Based on LinkedIn insight, here are the top 10 universities Nigerian professionals that have management consultant as their job descriptions or job title attended University of Lagos – 445 University of Ibadan – 236 Obafemi Awolowo University – 227 University of Benin – 146 Lagos State University – 115 University ...

  1, With an turnover sometimes north of $100b, Enron was once one of America’s leading corporations playing in energy (power & gas) and telcoms sectors.   2, Awarded “America’s Most Innovative Company” for 6 consecutive times by Fortune magazine   3, CEO Jeffrey Skilling had a way of hiding ...

The  CEO of Sterling Bank, Mr. Razaq Yemi Adeola, will, effective 1 April 2018, step down as CEO of the bank. In his place, Mr. Abubakar Suleiman, the Executive Director, Finance and Strategy, has been appointed CEO. Mr. Abubakar has a bachelors in Economics from the University of Abuja, a Masters degree ...

Dear Jarus, I trust all is well with you. I want to start by saying thank you for exposing me to the corporate world. It was through your blog I found out about KPMG Undergraduate Internship where I  had an experience that made me more than just an undergraduate, giving ...

As LinkedIn, the global career and professional networking website, continues to innovate on ways to make the contents of its website useful for decision making, it recently introduced a data crunch that gives insight into different fields using the current titles of LinkedIn members. For LinkedIn members in Nigeria that have ‘Investment ...

Based on LinkedIn insight, here are the top 10 universities IT  professionals attended. University of Lagos – 276 Lagos State University – 174 University of Ibadan – 153 Ladoke Akintola University of Technology – 150 University of Benin – 142 Obafemi Awolowo University – 135 Federal University of Technology Owerri ...

LinkedIn, the world’s leading professional networking website, recently introduced a feature that gives insight into careers in different locations. The website uses the title of members to give insight into careers. So based on “skiils” and “job titles”  on LinkedIn, here are the Top 10 employers of investment bankers in ...

A career in Finance (Corporate Finance etc) or Investment Banking or, especially, Private Equity is one of the most lucrative careers all over the world. In fact, before the tech revolution that saw Google, Microsoft, Twitter, Oracle and other tech companies taking the center stage , Finance career competed with management consulting ...

Susan Taylor The resume is a business document, but it is also a mirror which reflects who you are. A personal touch will help the potential employers form a picture of you in the mind, so it is simpler to see how you may suit in with their dreams. By ...

Make Money as a JarusHub Affiliate JarusHub is Nigeria’s leading career guidance and counseling platform having coached thousands of young Nigerians over the years. We have 2 eBooks that share life-changing academic and career advancement information that is important for senior secondary students, undergraduates, fresh graduates and young professionals. Essentially, ...

Dear Jarus, Please I need your professional advice. I’m a 300L student studying Economics and statistics. An AAT graduate, I’m currently at the last level of ICAN(Professional) of which I intend writing by May 2018. I intend working with the big fours once am out of the university. I’m 22 ...

As JarusHub completes its 5th year and consolidates its position as Nigeria’s top online destination for valuable career resources, we present to you the 10 posts that our readers most in 2017.   10 MOST MARKETABLE COURSES IN NIGERIA SCAM COMPANIES NIGERIAN JOB SEEKERS SHOULD BEWARE OF  O’LEVEL RESULT REQUIRED ...

All good companies require prospective employees to take mandatory medical test before being offered employment. These are the reasons for this:   To determine whether the employee is medically fit for work, not an employee that will fall sick at the slightest work rigour. To be sure the employee will ...

Deji Ishmael is the Managing Director of Afrissance, an enterprise transformation consulting firm offering services such as Organisational and Leadership Development, Change Management, Digital Transformation and related capacity development. He is a versatile executive consultant with over 20 years of management and leadership experience and has held leadership positions in ...

Teresia Clark Resolutions are a hot topic near the end of every year. While many people don’t keep their resolutions for very long, they are still potential tools for bettering ourselves. This is especially true if you’re an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs usually have a lot on their plate. They have to ...

  Earning the respect of your colleagues in the workplace can be challenging, however, there are some helpful ways to do so effectively without breaking a sweat. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 4 ways to earn respect in the workplace. Communicate Well Many times, the disrespect we ...

Austin Archibong Certainly, there would be downsides to having such a huge population as Nigeria is fortunate or unfortunate to have. However, the plights of entry-level graduate jobseekers in Nigeria is not about to reduce. There are barriers after barriers, requirements after requirements, spec after spec, and many stages involved ...

Pratik Dalvi Employment Rate in Nigeria decreased to 85.80 percent in the fourth quarter of 2016 from 86.10 percent in the third quarter of 2016. Many Nigerians face serious unemployment issues.   The good news is that the presence of LinkedIn is an effective solution for the unemployment dilemma. According ...

1. Larry Page, Co-founder and CEO, Google   Degree: B.S. in Engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.S. in Computer Science from Stanford University. Page, who was born in East Lansing, Michigan, co-founded Google, the world’s most popular search engine, as a research project while in school at Stanford. ...

From Glassdoor, America’s top career website   Confidence and assertiveness don’t come naturally to everyone, but if you tend to be timid or reserved in work situations, those qualities could end up hurting you. Not only might an excess of mildness give others the opportunity to take advantage of you, ...

  Hello JarusHub I am an economics graduate with a desire to become a tax professional. Presently, I am thinking of writing the CITN exams. However, I don’t know if it will be necessary to write the ICAN exam before CITN. Please I need your advise. Josiah *** Dear Josiah, ...