The Covid-19 pandemic is still soaring across the world, and many businesses are starting to realize the impact it is having on their employees. Not only is it affecting people financially, but it can also cause damage to one’s mental health. In this article, we’ll discuss some ways that you ...

OGEE OIL & GAS PRODUCT TRADING COMPANY ABU DHABI, UAE <ogee.oilandgas@gmail.com> Prospective Expatriates, OGEE OIL AND GAS PRODUCT TRADING COMPANY-United Arab Emirates plans to set unprecedented standards in cooperation with its world-renowned multi-cultural team of experts and dedicated Staffs. We have reviewed your profile/CV as posted on the job seekers site ...

Chiamaka Okoye Chiamaka, a chartered accountant, ex-PwC, ex-KPMG, is an incoming MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School In order to build wealth, it’s important to be intentional about planning, monitoring and growing your finances. Here are the top five tips that have worked for me over the years: 1.     Track ...

Chiamaka Okoye Chiamaka, a chartered accountant, ex-PwC, ex-KPMG, is an incoming MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School Once you have confirmed that Business School is relevant for you, the next thing you need to consider is whether this is the right time to go to Business School. This is ...

Chiamaka Okoye Chiamaka, a chartered accountant, ex-PwC, ex-KPMG, is an incoming MBA candidate at the Harvard Business School People go to Business School for a variety of reasons – from making a career change, advancing to management positions, meeting potential co-founders and investors, to just expanding their network and outlook. ...

By Jarus Editor JarusHub As an oil and gas industry enthusiast (and professional, actually) and self-appointed executive profiler, there was no way the name Babs Omotowa was going to be new to me in 2020. Well, I didn’t know him before 2015, I must admit. I came across his name ...

Sea Wave Oil and Gas Co <career.seawave@gmail.com> Dear Candidate, We have reviewed your CV as posted on Monstergulf/monsterindia and we have shortlisted you for an interview. Sea Wave Oil & Gas Company, hence we request you to email your CV to us directly on: 1. Full Name—————–2. Date of Birth—————-3. Nationality————————4. ...

Adunola Adeshola When you finally see that job interview request pop up in your inbox, it can be tempting to start thinking about all the ways you can please and impress the interviewer, especially right now in a competitive job market. But, now is not the time to forget that ...

Recently, JarusHub, Nigeria’s leading career resources platform and leading provider of career and education services like CV and personal statement writing, recently organized a personal statement challenge for young Nigerians. We thought to publish the top 2 essays. The contest requirement was: You are seeking admission to your favourite course ...

We are pleased to announce the winners of JarusHub Personal Statement Challenge that held last week. The contest tested the essay writing skills and creativity of young Nigerians and we are impressed with the quality of entries. The contest also seeks to prepare them for one of the most important ...

Randi Sherman Building an online personal brand for yourself is something more imperative than you may think. When you hear the word branding, you may think about it only in terms of a business and not as something you need personally. However, establishing a personal brand is very important and will help you ...

I used to advise that Nigerian graduates delay their masters as much as possible. This view was informed by knowledge of three things: Most decent equal-opportunity employers of graduates (banks, audit firms, consulting firms, FMCGs etc) in Nigeria put age limit as part of their employment requirements. This is usually ...

Dear Jarus How have you been. Trust you are keeping safe. I will like to know your position on some HR & Recruitment related issues. I won’t mind you share same on your timeline for other erudite inputs. 1) Is it appropriate to send a thank you message to a ...

You are seeking admission to your favourite course in JarusHub University and have been asked to write a SOP detailing why you should be offered admission to study any course of your choice. Length: 1,000 – 1,200 words 1st Prize: N5,000 and opportunity to earn by freelancing with JarusHub 2nd ...

Good evening Jarus, I’m terribly sorry to barge uninvited into your DM, but all other efforts at contacting you, including trying to send you mails from your JarusHub mail link, have failed. I got your contact from a WhatsApp webinar you were invited to by Unilorin. I’ll be brief. I’m ...

Dear JarusHub I am still struggling with discovering a career path sir. My first job is with a Telecom company and there’s no career growth. Presently I have an offer from Globacom and another one from IHS Towers I am in a state of confusion regarding which one to go ...

If you have scaled the test stage of the PwC Nigeria Graduate Recruitment Programme and got to the assessment center or interview stage, you can engage the services of JarusHub interview preparation experts to coach you. We offer the best preparation for job interviews and assessment centers in any industry, including the audit/consulting industry. We have coached more than 500 candidates ...

By Jumia Nigeria With over 1 billion people and 500 million internet users in Africa, e-commerce has in the last 8 years improved the quality of lives on the continent by helping consumers to shop and pay for millions of products online at the best prices wherever they live. Thanks ...

[June 11, 2020, New York, USA]   Forbes announced Nigeria’s First Digital Startup Accelerator program powered by the Global Startup Ecosystem early this year and within 2 weeks received over 5000+ applications. 200 companies were selected for the 2020 program which offered 4 weeks of free virtual training from 50 global ...

Dideolu Daniel Are you lost or uncertain of how to take charge of your career and launch yourself into better heights after COVID-19? Then you’ve come to the right place! This article will give you specific pointers on where you should focus your efforts now, so you can come out ...

By StanbicIBTC Bank Regardless of your professional endeavors, your goal at this crucial time should be to acquire employable as well as future-ready skills to meet the needs of current and future employment trends. Here are some other tips to help you stand out in today’s crowded job market and ...

Damilola Faustino With the coronavirus pandemic, you would think venture capitalists and angel investors would stop scouting for African startups to invest. This is wrong. In the past few months, African startups in different sectors have raised significant dollars and more are still coming as the coronavirus lockdown is gradually ...

Dear Jarus Please is there any prospect for a first class graduate in animal and environmental biology from your experience in the labour market? – Joe Dear Joe Do you want to practice in your field or any field? Jarus Dear Jarus, I intend to practice in any field that ...

Forbes Digital Startup Accelerator (Nigeria Edition) is pleased to announce the first wave of partners and supporters who announced Forbes’ first digital startup accelerator (Nigeria Edition). These ecosystem leaders represent the media, accelerators, incubators, events, and entrepreneur communities of Nigeria.  The Forbes Digital Startup Accelerator (Nigeria Edition) program is a ...

Standard Chartered (www.SC.com) has announced that Abbas Husain has been appointed Regional Head of Corporate Finance, Africa and the Middle East (AME). Bringing over nearly 24 years of banking experience, 17 years of which have been with Standard Chartered, Abbas has been leading one of the largest and most successful ...

Resolutions To Adopt For Career Development

I enjoy reading executive profiles (right from secondary school). I chanced into the profile of a former CEO of NLNG this morning and some things struck me: – Almost all Nigerian career oil and gas executives (not those that came to invest later like Wale Tinubu of Oando or ABC ...

It is no longer news that video interview and assessment centers have come to stay. Only that some of us have been there for long. As can be seen in the picture above, far back half a decade ago we were teaching people how to do well in video interviews. ...

Forbes8 announces Nigeria’s First Resilience Digital Startup Accelerator program. The free virtual accelerator will welcome 100 top companies from Nigeria. Founders selected for the program will undergo 4 intensive weeks of digital training to help build and scale their companies for the future. Applications are now open and close on ...

But if you are the type your posts always portray impatience, grammatical errors, verbal abuse, and other unacceptable contributions, chances are your potential employers won't be impressed.

Dear JarusHub team, Great to see your article on fake job sites and vacancies. Please can you kindly help me to verify cashnigeria – claiming to be a company recruiting for AIRHOST/HOSTESSES. See the copy of the text they sent me after I have Applied online so I wouldn’t fall ...

Tips for passing online or video interview

Guarantee is a strong word. Helpful the better word. No certificate guarantees job. You still need to convince the recruiter, you need to defend it. No one will just hand you job just because you have masters. But it can be an edge. It can be helpful. It can get ...

Abubakar Suleiman, CEO of Sterling Bank, in this Facebook post, informally advises on tips for getting the best of this crisis period. ‘For thou shall work remotely & still be fulfilled’ I will skip all the analysis and tell you what you could do about what is coming, and what ...

At a webinar organised by JarusHub, Nigeria’s most resourceful career platform and JarusHub Career Club, Taiwo Oyedele, President at Impact Africa Foundation and Partner at PwC Nigeria, shares tips on positioning for opportunities during and after Covid-19 lockdown. The tips: 1. Stay safe: You have to obey and comply all the ...

JarusHub Nigeria’s Most Authoritative Career Resources Platform & JarusHub Career Club Nigeria Biggest Career Information Hub present JOB SEARCH AND RETENTION IN A POST-COVID WORLD A free webinar to cover key issues that will be advantageous to finding or retaining job after the corona pandemic Key issues to be treated ...

We are in the middle of the global COVID-19 pandemic which has many of us under lockdown. However, while we stay at home, observe social distancing and take precautions as announced by the authorities, it is important to embark on self-improvement and at JarusHub, we are here to help you ...

Carl Evenson In a contemporary world where technology plays an increasingly central role in the daily lives of people around the world, it’s important to understand the implications that technological developments will play in the job market. If you’re a recent college grad who is wondering how technology is molding ...

Dear sir, I must say a very big thank you for all your good works.  I just finished reading your book and  it opened my eyes about some things. Firstly, I am a corp member serving in Lagos state, I studied geology and mineral science from University of Ilorin  and ...

Hello Sir,I am writing to know if you can refer to an engineering personnel who can guide me into certificate courses that I can sit for either in the oil and gas industry or the power industry.Your guidance would be highly appreciated.Thanks in advance. Regards, AA Dear AA To be honest, I ...

Dear Jarus I’d like to seek your advice on a critical issue which has been giving me sleepless nights. I graduated in 2017 with second class upper degree from the Faculty of Social Sciences, OAU. Since then, I have taken up jobs as a Sales executive, and Training officer and ...

Sometime last year, when NNPC invited candidates for its interview, we coached several candidates on how to prepare for the interview. We offered mock interview as well as career guidance. To God be the glory, majority of the candidates coached by us performed well at the actual interview by NNPC ...

After a long process that spanned almost a year, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has finally announced the completion of the recruitment of Graduate Trainees for its 2020 recruitment process. As tweeted by the corporation today, 1050 graduate trainees were successful. The corporation announced that the experienced hires process ...

Good day sir, My name is Wale Ladeji. I am a graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University. I graduated with a second class lower in 2017 and I currently study online in a UK university. I will like to ask if I have a chance of being selected for interview if ...

Greetings to you ma/sir  Please help me out with this: I am an Arts student back then in school, I made credit in all the subjects I offered excluding English where I had a pass, “E8” precisely.    Is there any course I can study with the result? Can I Study ...