I recently trained a group of youths on Digital Skills and one aspect of the session I am always passionate about is getting yourself noticed by creating the right impressions. The Curriculum Vitae or CV or Resume has evolved and with the changing phase of technology, you need to keep your CV evolving too. 3[…]
April Edition of the popular Hire ME Bootcamp was held at the Nigerian Women Trust Fund Office. It was attended by interested participants and young women who are currently benefiting from the organisation’s mentoring programme. The main aim of the bootcamp was to educate the attendees on essential and required employability skills needed to gain[…]
Employers need employees with required, essential and demonstrable skills to contribute to the overall goal of their organisation. Whether you are an entrepreneur or career driven, these skills are necessary and transferable to any role, job or project. Learn 14 essential employability skills Improve your chances of getting hired Free CV review and Interview tips[…]
More than ever, women are coming to the realization that certain ideologies, myths and mindset have added to setting an agenda that limits productivity rather than promote it. More than ever, women are climbing out of the stereotypical pits and crawling out of dark holes to find themselves and achieve what has always been theirs.[…]
I have a keen interest in knowing people further than what their CV says about them and during my recruitment exercises, I take a proper look at the hobbies they have listed and discuss it during the interview. I have also discovered that many of the candidates do not actually take that section of their[…]
Goal setting is helpful in any of area of life that we want to see growth and success. Having a goal you want to achieve means that you recognize the gap that is between your current state and your future state and have ways or plans to fill or close those gaps. Career goals, like[…]
Conducting a workshop on career strategies with focus on getting hired, I noted that so many candidates who may have the right looking CV and Cover Letter may not have the right employability skills that the employers are looking for at the interview stage to secure the roles. Most who do show the ability to[…]
The event was well attended, with a cross section of young women with an average age of 25, in attendance. We had a healthy discussion on various career strategies but focussed mainly on how to get a top job, starting from the CV writing process, preparation for an interview, interview tips and post interview recommendations.[…]