Career Development

Young Entrepreneurs: How to Succeed in Business while in School

2020-12-02T10:29:36+00:00

It feels exciting when you catch that business idea. The thought of how you can transform lives and make all the money usually takes the lead. You start thinking, “now I can make some money while in school and save up for bigger moves after I graduate” Not bad. I guess we all want to feel that way. However, in reality, combining business and school is anything but easy. It takes a lot of hard work (and smart work) to put in significant time attending classes and reading for your exams, plus, ensuring your business is delivering the best product and/or [...]

Young Entrepreneurs: How to Succeed in Business while in School2020-12-02T10:29:36+00:00

Importance of Volunteering for Career Development

2020-11-26T11:51:26+00:00

As a fresh graduate, undergraduate, or entry-level candidate, grabbing the opportunity to give back to society through volunteering always feels fulfilling. However, beyond the satisfaction gained from impacting lives through unpaid work, volunteering also helps boost your career development. Volunteering simply means giving your time to an organisation (NGO, Public, and Private) for unpaid work. Sharing your time with an organisation is important in getting all the experience and skills needed in a competitive job market and can help you land that dream job and achieve your career goals. IMPORTANCE OF VOLUNTEERING FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Build New Skills And Refine Existing Skills Many [...]

Importance of Volunteering for Career Development2020-11-26T11:51:26+00:00

Setting Goals For Success And How To Deal With Not Reaching Your Goals

2020-11-26T13:53:10+00:00

Goal setting is very important especially in your career and personal life. It’s important for your goals to be clear, concise and well defined. Instead of just living life on the edge and expecting things to happen for you, goal setting involves patterning your life, creating momentum for how your life should go and gives you intense purpose. It is important to understand what you want to achieve and how you aim to achieve these goals. Goals can range from micro and mini-goals to major goals. They might be things as small as ensuring you read 2 pages of a business [...]

Setting Goals For Success And How To Deal With Not Reaching Your Goals2020-11-26T13:53:10+00:00

Is a College Degree Necessary for Success?

2020-12-03T12:53:52+00:00

The Business.com community asked about the importance of degrees in the business world today. We reached out to experts for their input. Education can come in many forms, from years of schooling to months of hands-on training. But today, it seems the highest and most credible accomplishment in education is a college degree – something not only encouraged but often expected by employers. "At some point in the last 20 years, the idea developed that you needed a college degree to ensure professional success," said Robin Schwartz, PHR, managing partner at MFG Jobs. "That has evolved to many pursuing four-year degree programs [...]

Is a College Degree Necessary for Success?2020-12-03T12:53:52+00:00

Uncomfortable Situations At Work And Handling Them Like A Pro

2020-12-03T13:06:38+00:00

Awkward situations are bound to happen, and there is almost no way you can avoid them. Sometimes situations happen and they make you feel super embarrassed and weird inside. There are scenarios where you want to quit your job, run away and relocate to Thailand, merge with the townsmen and start a new life. Other times you feel shivers run down your spine and you swear to yourself that you can actually never come back from this situation, here are a few things you could do because you know, GROW always has your back;        Receiving praise for work you did not [...]

Uncomfortable Situations At Work And Handling Them Like A Pro2020-12-03T13:06:38+00:00

Tweetchat With Tunde Omotoye- Leveraging Social Media Usage For Job Positioning

2020-11-27T09:37:56+00:00

We had a tweet chat back in August with Tunde Omotoye and he shared so many gems and I genuinely could not keep it just on Twitter as I know a lot of you don’t use Twitter often and this is knowledge I believe is valuable for everyone. INTRODUCTION Hey everyone, for our tweet chat this evening we have @TundeTASH on board, he’s a Certified HR Professional, a Senior Business Operations Analyst and avid Storyteller(pretty sure you’ve read his threads). The topic he would be educating us on this evening is ‘Leveraging Social Media Usage For Job Positioning’ and to participate or read [...]

Tweetchat With Tunde Omotoye- Leveraging Social Media Usage For Job Positioning2020-11-27T09:37:56+00:00

Personal Hygiene- Interviews/Workplace

2020-11-27T10:32:00+00:00

Often, we underestimate how personal hygiene can affect the quality of our lives and interactions with other people. You can’t get away with just being smart or brilliant, you have to be able to portray yourself in an amazing light, you have to put yourself together and actually be someone people genuinely want to be around. Let me give this example, back in university, I had this classmate I would call him Ugwu, this boy was extremely brilliant, he had the highest grades but the body odour he emitted was a killer, like it could choke you to death (okay I’m [...]

Personal Hygiene- Interviews/Workplace2020-11-27T10:32:00+00:00

How To Turn Your Social Media Obsession Into A Job

2020-11-27T13:55:05+00:00

Most times people just spend hours upon hours mindlessly scrolling through images of other people, comparing their lives to others, stalking their favourite celebrities, checking out who their ex is now dating and before you know it 5 hours have passed and its bedtime already. The use of social media has become very rampant globally especially among today's youth. According to a Pew survey in 2015, 94% of millennials actively used social media from their mobile devices daily.  Almost every millennial has at least 2 functional social media accounts which may be Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Facebook or YouTube and You [...]

How To Turn Your Social Media Obsession Into A Job2020-11-27T13:55:05+00:00

Getting Defrauded and Unemployment in Nigeria

2020-11-27T14:16:26+00:00

In Nigeria, there is evidently an unemployment epidemic. What does unemployment denote? Economic issues; the lack of sustainable income leads to poverty, a decline in living standards, spending power and falling into debt. There are also health issues which include tension, low self-esteem, anxiety, stress and strain on the body and depression. Unemployment is extremely agonizing and exhausting. Now, what is the solution to unemployment? Employment right? Pretty easy. You don’t have a job, then go out and get a job. Unfortunately, in Nigeria, it is not so easy especially if you do not know the top-shots or your daddy doesn’t [...]

Getting Defrauded and Unemployment in Nigeria2020-11-27T14:16:26+00:00

How To Make The Best Of Your University Experience

2020-11-27T14:42:37+00:00

University is a new ballgame and a new experience altogether; you would be spending a lot of time in university and you might as well make the best of the experience. You have the opportunity of meeting people from different backgrounds, with different cultures and traditions. It's very good and advisable to curate an experience and journey for yourself that would be beneficial to you in the long term. Personally, I’m genuinely grateful for my university experience in its totality and how I’ve been able to grow and develop myself from my university experiences, here are a few tips in making [...]

How To Make The Best Of Your University Experience2020-11-27T14:42:37+00:00
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