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To Jarus, from the bottom of my heart
The first time I read Suraj Oyewale’s write up was sometime in 2008 (I may be wrong). It was about Lekki Toll gate. Then Fashola’s Mega City Project was just taking off. I was marveled at his writing brilliance. When I got to know that he was a fresh graduate as it ...5 Tips to Career Success: An Exciting Personal Account
MIND OF AJANLEKOKO Ajanlekoko, an electrical engineer, is a Senior Manager in one of the telecommunication companies operating in Nigeria. He earlier made same post on Nairaland.com This is an original collection of musings. Original in the sense that they are all from my practical experiences and observations. Seeing as ...Language Imperialism: The Journey of Indigenous Languages into Extinction (ii)
Ibrahim Adeigbe, B.A (Hons), PGDE (Ilorin) M.A (LASU) (Continued from part 1) The best way a child logical reasoning could be enhanced is to have an indigenous language as his mother-tongue; he will aquire this from childhood. Researchers have shown that a child assimilates and comprehends better if he is ...David-Borha, Kolawole, Ogunlesi, Yusuf are Nominees for Jarushub Role Model 2013
There have been questions in recent time on whether there are actually people young Nigerians can look forward to in Nigeria. With the collapse of executives Nigerians had trusted as personalities worthy of emulation, Nigerians now look at everybody with scepticism. The JARUSHUB NIGERIAN ROLE MODEL (JNRM) is an initiative ...Language Imperialism: The Journey of Indigenous Languages into Extinction (i)
Ibrahim Adeigbe, B.A (Hons), PGDE (Ilorin) M.A (LASU) “Whenever a language dies, a bit of world’s culture, history and diversity dies with It”. – The Economist Dec 22nd, 2001 – Jan 4th, 2002: 67 “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. ...“Foreign trained graduates are not necessarily better” – Nimi Akinkugbe
For those that read top newspapers in Nigeria, especially Punch and BusinessDay, Nimi Akinkugbe should not be an unfamiliar name. She is an authority and perhaps the country’s most respected columnist on personal finance matters. After a successful career in IBTC spanning 21 years, rising to the position of GM ...10 Take-Aways from Nigeria-Italy Match
Yeah, this is a career and mentorship portal, but I have always said knowing one or two things about other things can make a difference in a career. After all, I was in an interview in 2008 and our discussion drifted from the core interview to football! Needless to say, ...14 Benefits of Shareholding
INVESTMENT TALK WITH EMMA Emmanuel Ewumi (Over 20 years investing experience in Nigeria’s financial markets) A share is a unit of ownership in a company. In other words, when you buy shares of a company you become part owner of the company and have the rights to share from the ...JARUS ON SUNDAY: How I combine blogging with other activities
A couple of persons have asked me this question, and I know much more keep wondering in silence. Well, if I were a Jarus follower, and not Jarus himself, I would have asked Jarus the same question. So, how do I run this blog being an 8-5 worker? Well, the ...10 Silly Mistakes Job Seekers Make (i)
HR DESK with Moruf Kolawole Nasir (Experienced HR professional) nmkolawole@gmail.com; jarushub@gmail.com Many writers, HR and non-HR practitioners, have written on the subject of hindrances to getting invited for job interviews. Unfortunately not all jobseekers have access to these information and some of the articles are distanced from the average Nigerian ...The Search for Jarushub Nigerian Role Model of the Year
Jarushub is organizing the first edition of the JARUSHUB NIGERIAN ROLE MODEL OF THE YEAR. Why did we come up with this initiative? There have been questions in recent time on whether there are actually people young Nigerians can look forward to in Nigeria. With the collapse of executives Nigerians had trusted ...JARUS ON SUNDAY: Reflections on Graduate Unemployment in Nigeria
I wrote this article in November 2012 and was published in BusinessDay newspaper. I have presented it here again for your reading pleasure. When few months ago Nigeria’s cut of the social media space was awash with debate on the propriety of Forbes Billionaire, Aliko Dangote, seeking to employ graduates ...Segun Adeniyi, others for 2nd Jarushub Career Conference
Former Special Adviser on Media and Communications to late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua, Mr. Olusegun Adeniyi, will be one of the speakers at the second Jarushub Career Conference, slated for Lekki, Lagos, in January 2014. Speakers will also be drawn from Accenture, StanbicIBTC, Chevron and a couple other organizations. Adeniyi ...FLASHBACK: The Dangote Graduate Driver Debate
I did this piece in August last year and was published in several newspapers including Guardian, SUN etc, to lend my voice to the raging Dangote Graduate Driver debate at the time. I also published it on my political blog because I hadn’t floated this career blog then. I am re-publishing ...I earn 120k per month from writing for people, but I don’t enjoy it
Dear Jarus I am one of your avid followers on Nairaland and I have to start by saying thanks for all I have read and learnt from you. Please I am in a dilemma. I am a 25 year old with a second class lower degree in Animal and Environmental ...DCT06112013: “What got you here, will not take you there”
DAILY CAREER TIP 06.11.2013: “What got you here, will not take you there” I had a resit in Mathematics (in the University). I did not take the resit exams and so carried it over into my 200 level. I was consistently the best student in my secondary school, and so ...Moving from Oil & Gas to Investment Banking, please help review my strategy
Good day Jarus, Let me start by commending you on the good work you are doing mentoring people to greater heights. Kudos. I would like to seek an advice on some issues. I am a graduate of Accounting from OOU with a 2.1 (CGPA of 4.42) and also has OND ...Disregard of less than 2 years experience in O&G companies: Jarus, I beg to disagree
Hey Jarus, reading several of your posts suggests that oil companies disregard where you work for the first three years( mostly in your opinion). Well, the little I know, it depends on the companies policies and the quality of your work experience. The oando guy with four years experience that ...PHCN or private engineering firm as route to Oil & Gas Career?
Hello, Please I am a graduate of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. I graduated with a 2.1. I finished my NYSC February this year. Presently I am working with a private Engineering solutions company but I got an offer for job with the PHCN Transmission Company of Nigeria but their pay ...FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Lessons from Sun Tzu’s Art of War
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, Ph.D [Note: There are three different deeply enlightening books with the same title of “Art of War”. The first was written by Sun Tzu about 2, 500 years ago; then Niccolo Machiavelli wrote his in 1520 and the last was written by Baron de Jemini in 1836. ...Who is an Employee?
HR DESK with Welcome to another week of HR Desk weekly nugget. I promised in one of our earlier posts to ‘introduce’our stakeholders (Prospective Employees, Employees and Employers) in this ‘department’to you. Gentlemen and ladies, it is my honour to introduce to you… But first, is anything common amongst ...Non-Football Facts About Pele (ii)
MAYOWA’S MUSINGS Mayowa Akinsola His first nickname was Dico coined by his uncle. Dico is still how his mother refers to him. At some point, he was called Gasolina but the whole world knows him as Pele. The name, Pele bugged really bugged him at first. He was really proud ...Non-Football Facts About Pele (i)
MAYOWA’S MUSINGS Mayowa Akinsola To football aficionados, the above title is patently contradictory. How do you separate Pele from football or football from Pele? For a man that played top-flight for over twenty years and won everything winnable in his era, the idea of writing a paragraph about him ...Is my dry CV the cause of my non-invitation for jobs?
Hi Jarus. I really love what you and the eggheads are doing here. I think my main issues have already been trashed out as I also have a 2-2 in Economics from UNILAG and I’m looking to break into the Investment Banking sector. This interest was sparked by a recruitment ...FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: My take on Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, Ph.D [Please note: For the remainder of this year, 2013, I will be mostly reviewing books that are both original and seminal. They are books that have shaped the course of world history in ways that may not always be readily apparent. Starting in 2014, God willing, ...9 Things To Learn From Atedo Peterside’s Management Philosophy
I mentioned in the first part of this article that the course Organizational Behaviour in my MBA programme has actually activated some keenness in me about management styles of people and organizations. I also mentioned how some chaps I admire happened to be cultivated by Atedo Peterside, founder of the Investment ...What I learned from the Atedo Boys
I am currently running my MBA programme, and one subject I find very interesting – and perhaps my favourite – is Organizational Behaviour (OB). Although most of the things I read in OB are things I have known as an employee in three different organizations in the last 7 years, ...Functions of The Stock Exchange
INVESTMENT TALK WITH EMMA Emmanuel Ewumi (Over 20 years investing experience in Nigeria’s financial markets) The stock exchange is expected to perform the following roles: Provide a forum for members to buy and sell securities or grant quotation to new ones. Provide an opportunities or facilities for raising new capital. ...Got a job with Skye Bank, but I want to practise Chemical Engineering that I ...
Hello Jarus, I have piled up First Bank shares dividend, how will I claim them? I got Japaul shares likes 6 years ago, I have their shares certificate but I have not received their dividened for once, how do I go about it? How do I trade with the shares I have. ...Book Review: Things To Do…Before Your Career Disappears (ii)
Author: Tope Fasua, FCA Date: May 2013 Price: N3000, Hard back (N5000) Available on Amazon Offline purchase: Wale (0703 327 9034) Reviewed for Jarushub by: Omotola Hakeem Abimbola (Final Year Economics Student, OAU, Ile-Ife, Nigeria; abimbolatola@yahoo.com or abimstols@gmail.com) Continued from part 1 With increasing population, poor governance, rudimentary technology, excessive ...THINGS TO DO…..BEFORE YOUR CAREER DISAPPEARS (ii)
Continued from part 1 *********************** The random page I landed when I opened the book was the beginning of chapter six, where he wrote: I have often found myself thinking differently from the majority, especially from my public interventions in socio-economic issues. A friend who knew me over 20 years ...THINGS TO DO…..BEFORE YOUR CAREER DISAPPEARS (i)
I engage in a lot of activities. Some I am contracted to engage in, others self-appointed. My typical day is usually a busy one. I have a job in an oil and gas exploration and production company where I am saddled, alongside my boss, with the responsibility of organizing its ...Focus on Career: Chemical Engineering
By Austin Archibong (University of Ilorin) The term ‘engineering’ has been around for a very long time now; basically, it involves application of science and technical know-how to solve the inexhaustible problems of man. Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering (aside civil, mechanical, electrical, material science, aeronautical, petroleum etc) that ...Press Release: ‘I Know a Nigerian Star’ Online Writing Competition
We at Konnect Africa, the publishers of KonnectAfrica.net, an online, pan-African magazine that celebrates Africa and the great achievements of Africans in this era are delighted to announce our first (1st) Writing Competition-I Know a Nigerian Star- which opens on 1st October, 2013!!! Do you know a Nigerian ‘Star’? Then, ...Questions & Answers on Oil & Gas Career (i)
When I published my response to someone that sent in a question on how to break into oil and gas industry in Nigeria, I expected to receive a flurry of questions. The reason is simple: everybody wants to work in an oil and gas company in Nigeria. Not even my subsequent article ...How To Get Your Dream Job In Nigeria
The above is the title of a book written by Abass Toriola, a young Nigerian freelance writer. As a respected Nigerian career blogger, I receive emails from time to time from people on job and career matters. When I received an email from one Abass Toriola couple of months back, ...Video: Akeem Oyewale’s Presentation @ Jarushub Career Conference
YOUR FIRST JOB. YOUR NEXT JOB – WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW By Akeem Oyewale, FCA, FCS Head, Global Markets Sales, StanbicIBTC Jarushub Career Conference, Citilodge Hotel, Lekki, 21 September 2013 CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO>> Other videos from Jarushub Career Conference: Video: Obafemi Bamidele’s (CFA) Presentation @ Jarushub ...Nominate Jarushub.com for Nigerian Blog Awards 2013
Although, at Jarushub, we look beyond awards, we nonetheless find this exercise credible and are willing to participate. Nomination has started. Go here and nominate Jarushub in these categories: Best Career or Job Blog: On this blog, we have shared valuable information on career development. We have also interviewed successful ...JARUS ON SUNDAY: A Grateful Soul
Suraj Oyewale After more than one month of publicity, the first edition of Jarushub Career & Mentorship Conference took place yesterday. As early as 7.30 in the morning the participants had started thronging in and few minutes after 8.00am the speakers also began to arrive for what lived to pre-event ...ABC of Capital Market
INVESTMENT TALK WITH EMMA Emmanuel Ewumi (Over 20 years investing experience in Nigeria’s financial markets) A capital market embraces the entire financial system involved in the provision of long term funds. It is a market for the transfer of funds from the surplus spending units to the deficit spending units. ...FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Enhancing Serendipity (iv): Convert Bad Luck into Good Luck
Michael Oluwafemi Taiwo, Ph.D Part 1: FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Enhancing Serendipity: First Principle of Increasing Your Luck in Life Part 2: FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Enhancing Serendipity (ii) Part 3: FEMI TAIWO ON MONDAY: Enhancing Serendipity (iii): Expect Great Things We now come to the last of the four ...Jarus on Sunday: The Oil & Gas Industry Craze
Suraj Oyewale Yesterday, I bared my mind to a reader that wanted advice on breaking into oil and gas industry in Nigeria. Mid-way into responding to that dilemma, one point I have always harped on in similar discussions in the past came to my mind: the oil and gas craze. I decided to ...How Do I Break into the Oil & Gas Industry?
Hello Jarus, I stumbled on your post on a thread on oil and gas industry on Nairaland. I just need a career advice as I see you are an accountant. I’m a petroleum and gas graduate of a top Nigerian University. I finished my service in February this year and it’s been quite a struggle trying ...HR professionals and the challenge of selection
By Obodo Ejiro Late 2012, BusinessDay held its first Human Resources forum, bringing together HR professionals from Nigeria’s large and medium-sized organisations to discuss talent management challenges in Nigeria. The forum provided a good platform for BusinessDay’s Research and Intelligence Unit (BRIU) to conduct the first-ever survey of HR professionals ...INVESTMENT TALK WITH EMMA: Health is still wealth
INVESTMENT TALK WITH EMMA Emmanuel Ewumi (Over 20 years investing experience in Nigeria’s financial markets) Wealth is not health, but an informed healthy person can create and enjoy wealth. The main reason why we invest in our education, careers, businesses and real assets is to create wealth. But most times ...
