Change Your Career Workshop
Do you want to start a new career? Switch to a more fulfilling career? Increase your earning potential? Start a new business? Change Your Career workshops are facilitator-led and designed for anyone who seriously wants to change their career quickly and...
finding the right person
Recruitment must be one of the biggest challenge employers and recruiters face. There is no organisation even in tough times, that does not have a vacancy they wish they could fill. The problem is in filling it with the right person. The scenario below is typical, the...
recruitment in Nigeria
Honestly, the problem I see with Recruitment in Nigeria is that we have not found an efficient way to recruit. For fresh graduates, there are just too many candidates. In fact, I know that's why recruiters and employers use all sorts of discriminatory criteria,...
age Discrimination and Youth Unemployment
While other countries experience ageism with older folks, Nigeria has a unique case, with age discrimination affecting its youth. With age limits for entry level jobs at an average of 26 years, some instances report age criteria as low as 23 years. The effects on...
Stop Age Discrimination
So yesterday, I was asked, 'will you hire a 40 year old for an entry level role?' Response: Yes, I have done it before. He wasn't just over 40, he dropped out of university, so no degree. Age discrimination is exclusion. It goes against our ethos as HR professionals...
Be Kind Anyway
People are illogical, unreasonable, and self-centered. Love them anyway. If you do good, people will accuse you of selfish ulterior motives. Do good anyway. If you are successful, you win false friends and true enemies. Succeed anyway. The good you do today will be...
Change Nothing, Nothing Changes
If you want something you have never had before, you have to do something you have never done before. Change nothing, and nothing changes.If you keep doing the same things you will keep getting the same results. Everything you want, is on the other side of fear.Fear...
Master’s Degree in HR or a Professional Certification in HR?
This is a question I have been asked 1001 times and my answer is the same yesterday, today and forever until I see a change in the curriculum of universities. Your choice will depend on what you are trying to achieve. My answer is based in what I believe most...
3 Top Reasons Why You Have Not Landed Your Dream Job and Possible Solutions
Here are my 3 top reasons why many have not landed their dream jobs. I have provided possible solutions to help. 1. Your Competence 3. Your CV3. Your Interview Skills 1. Your Competence: Your competence is your knowledge, skills and abilities. There is a saying...