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The days when employers got an idea of who you are from your CV and interviews are gone. Nowadays, they can quickly find the information they need by simply looking at your Facebook page and decide whether you are the right candidate for their company. Technology changed the whole recruiting process. Now recruiters and job seekers can find each other easier. But do you use the tech benefits when searching for a job? Here are some ideas you should consider. Technology and recruitment: what has changed 1. Online research: Avoiding unpleasant experience Job seekers prefer to find some information about the company...

Accounting is one of the most popular college majors for students with good reason. Accounting graduates typically earn about 3% more than the average college grad, with early career salaries of $44,500 and mid-career salaries of $75,100. In addition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that the job outlook for accountants and auditors is growing faster than average with roughly 140,300 new jobs opening up in the next 10 years. The following list ranks the best colleges and universities in the U.S. for an Accounting degree in order of quality. College Factual’s ranking methodology includes factors such as education quality, average...

For the past one year or so I have been searching for a coworking space in Enugu without success. However, my luck changed last month when my Google search turned up a promising result. Two weeks on I am now working close to five hours per day from the Coworking space. Foresteps may not be the first coworking space in Enugu, but it is the first that I was able to uncover in over one year of consistent search. Foresteps offers all the usual services of a Coworking space. You get a desk with comfortable seats, Wi-Fi, and an air conditioned environment. The CoWorking space...

Jobberman has released its annual best companies to work in Nigeria report and like we did last year we are focusing on the top 25. According to a press release from Jobberman, the 100 best places to work in Nigeria 2015 report was done in collaboration with Venture Africa. According to the report, the research had respondents between the ages of 20 to 35 from entry level to executive level. However, unlike last year the number of respondents dropped from 10,000 to 6,000. Also the number of companies considered dropped drastically from about 5,000 in 2014 to 335 companies this...

Continuous professional training is key for a successful career. DealDey, Nigeria's leading daily deals website has a lot of deals and discounts on training that will make you more relevant in your workplace. Whether you are looking for professional training for your career development or vocational training to acquire relevant skills for self employment, DealDey has a number of good deals. You can find great deals on training in online marketing, handling a camera, editting videos, applying Makeup, or other useful skills. You can also find great deals on training key professional skills like Project Managament and Manipulating Excel Spreadsheets and...

Jobberman, one of Nigeria's leading careers and jobs website have released what it calls 100 Best Companies to work for in Nigeria in 2013. According to a press release by Jobberman, the list is based on a survey conducted in December 2013 with over 10,000 individuals across all professional levels participating. Since the survey was conducted in December 2013, we believe these companies are still the best places to work in 2014. So, here we are listing the top 25 companies on Jobberman's 2013 100 Best Companies to work for in Nigeria as the best 25 best places to work...

An ITIL certification will enable you show your proficiency in Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). The latest ITIL framework is ITIL version 3 (V3), which consists of five volumes, namely: ITIL Service Strategy ITIL Service Design ITIL Service Transition ITIL Service Operation ITIL Continual Service Improvement ITIL Certification Stages & Levels There are four levels of ITIL certification within the V3 scheme: ITIL Foundation Practitioner Level ITIL Intermediate Level ITIL Expert Level ITIL Master Qualification Foundation level: At this level you get general information related to ITIL service life cycles like terminologies, elements and concepts. Practitioner level: This level follows the...

There's no way around it—the working world today is harsh. Recent college grads are going into one of the toughest job economies in recent history. With mounting college debt, too few open positions, and a general inability to sell their most marketable skills, many new graduates are feeling the pressures of the "real world" like never before. That being said, there are many things that today's college grads have to offer the working world.In a job market that is more and more focused on technology, computers, and the internet, there are few others more equipped for work than the...

Do you want to hire freelancers or pay freelancers? Freelancing websites offer great platforms for hiring, managing, and paying Freelancers. Online work marketplace provides a global pool of skilled freelancers for various sizes of businesses. They offer a cost effective and flexible staffing solution for businesses. Online work marketplace offers a scalable solution for crowd sourcing talent for teams, easily scaling up or down depending on the staffing requirement of your projects. If you are looking for a cost effective solution for building teams for your project, you should checkout any of the top online work sites. Some of the top marketplace...

Last time in this online work series we saw the top 20 online jobs at online work marketplace. Here we will narrow it down to online jobs for Nigerians. This does not mean that Nigerians cannot handle other online jobs opportunities, but we believe that Nigerian online workers will have competitive advantage in some of these opportunities. Some of these online jobs are also easy to learn. So if you do not even have the skill now, you can easily find a training centre within Nigeria to learn them. As always do not limit yourself to these online jobs, browse through...

Not all kind of work can be done online. Most online work platforms focus on jobs that can be easily monitored online and done via a computer. As part of online work series we will be showing the top 26 jobs at online work markets. There are many other online jobs available at the sites. So, you should visit an online work marketplace for an exhaustive list. A lot of online jobs require computer skills. Computer programming skills appears to be in hot demand as well as web and mobile development skills. Graphic design, customer service, language, and writing skills are...

Online Work Marketplace (a.k.a. Freelancing Websites) are sites that connect employers with skilled workers, ensuring that both get value for their money and time respectively. However, it is always a good idea to deal with leading online work marketplace. As part of our online work series this post will be revealing some of the best freelancing websites where you can find freelance jobs as well as employ skilled workers for your projects. You can find freelance work on Fiverr. Top Sites for Work at Home Freelance Jobs Freelancing Websites sits like a bridge between entrepreneurs and skilled workers (Freelancers). The platforms provide a win-win relationship...

Online work marketplace are services that enable skilled workers find jobs online while enabling companies, businesses, and individuals find a global pool of skilled manpower to help them with their micro, small, medium, and large scale projects. In this series on online work, we will be taking a closer look at the online work marketplace and the opportunity they provide for both contractors/freelancers and employers. Middlemen for Online work An online work marketplace serves as a middleman between job seekers and employers. Job seekers create profiles, promote their skills and expertise, and set how much they want to be paid per hour...

Blogging is a very popular topic these days, because it makes it easy for ordinary people to share their thoughts online. Here, I will guide you on how to start a blog and make money from it. Blogging is also a great way to build a business. In fact, a couple of businesses started as a blog first. Some experts even recommend that you start a blog first, use it to build your reputation and then launch your business. Now, let's learn all about how to start a blog. Why Start a Blog A blog is a great marketing tool for businesses, but...

Blogs enable anyone with internet access to share their thoughts and opinions online. A blog (short for weblog) is an online journal that enables people to share their views online and interact with visitors via comments. This article share how to make money blogging. Blogging is the act of writing, promoting and maintaining a weblog. While there are many blogs with no financial interest, the so-called pure blogs, a number of bloggers are motivated to start blogging because of the possibility of making money. Blogging for money is a trend that is on the increase worldwide. Here we share a brief...

NYSC Batch C 2014 orientation will commence on Tuesday, November 4, 2014 and run until November 25, 2014, according to information available on the NYSC Batch C 2014 timetable currently available at the NYSC website. Online registration for NYSC 2014 Batch C service will commence on the 20th August 2014 and end on 12th October 2014. You can print your NYSC callup letter or you can visit your institution to collect it in person. NYSC 2014 Batch C is the last batch for 2014. NYSC Camp opens on November 4, while the swearing in ceremony is expected to take place...

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The graduate standardisation examination (GSE) is a graduate assessment examination based on the United Kingdom First Graduate Assessment (UK FGA). It is similar to the study-abroad General Method Aptitude Test (GMAT) that is used for objectively assessing the capability of an individual. GSE is an aptitude test that will eventually replace all job aptitude test in Nigeria. GSE will help employers to objectively assess the reasoning ability of prospective job seekers. It will also help graduates of institutions of higher learning to assess their capability. Already some employers now ask job applicants for GSE score as a one of the requirement...

Below are the career pages of some organisations in Nigeria. Career pages are a good place to search for job vacancies in an organisation. In fact, some organisations publish job vacancies only on their career page. Jobs in Nigeria: Vacancy listing sites You can submit your CV in some of these career page applications. Others may simply list available job vacancies with instructions on how to apply. Some career pages have alert features that will automatically alert you via email or SMS whenever there is a job vacancy that matches your resume. For such systems, it is always advisable to put a...

Every year thousands of graduates live the various institutions of higher learning in Nigeria for the job market. However, there are few jobs are in the market. This means that thousands of applications from prospective job seekers usually follow any news of job vacancies in any organisation.This creates a dilemma for organisations. How do they trim down the number of applicants to a manageable size? In response to this, some organisations use the class of degree for trimming down the number of applicants. Usually University graduates with first class or second-class upper and polytechnic graduates with upper credit are...