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What Small Businesses Should Look Out for When Hiring

In business, quality comes before quantity. In other words, quality is a key factor for growth. As with the biblical David and Goliath, size does not always connote superiority. SMEs can thrive to greater heights in a competitive business world;

Microsoft Launches Mentorship Programme, Aiki Nigeria

Microsoft has partnered with The Future Project to launch Aiki Nigeria, an online mentorship programme that seeks to guide young Nigerians in improving their employability status through web-based training. Microsoft announced that Aiki Nigeria will be activated in Nigeria and

Owen Launches New Education Software Tool in Nigeria

Owen Software Corporation has introduced its flagship software solution, the Pathevo, to the Nigerian market. Pathevo is a fast-growing education and career planning software used by individuals pursuing careers in science, technology, engineering or mathematics, otherwise known as STEM. Stakeholders

Do You Have a Pension Plan That Works?

By Adaora Ude Thanks to the Pension Reform Act of 2004, Nigerian workers have something to look forward to at the end of their ‘working life’ and for the rest of their ‘living life’. It is a way to encourage

Career & Business Edge Courses at Ciuci Consultancy; Connect Nigeria Gives 12.5% Discount

As part of its corporate objectives in creating growth and development opportunities for small and medium enterprises, Connect Nigeria is offering N2, 500 off courses signed up for at Ciuci Consulting through its website. The courses are aimed at improving

5 Steps to Improving Your Life

I cannot count how much times I have heard my friends tell me “Life is a journey” when it appears I am acting leisurely. I always interpret their words to mean, “Girl, you cannot afford to stand still. You gotta

5 Minutes with Iwo Akinyoyenu, CEO Erumu Creations

  Erumu Creations is a Beauty and Wellness Consultancy Company that constantly seeks to improve the quality of human life by providing practical solutions for visible results in Beauty, Health & Lifestyle. Founder/CEO, Iwo Akinyoyenu, talks to Connect Nigeria about

15 Dandy Tips to Networking …Or How to Get A Job Easily

If you ask 20 working class individuals how they got their jobs, 80% should tell you a story of how a friend, a family member, a colleague or an online connection got them the jobs they have. This is how

How to Negotiate Your Salary at a Job Interview

While sitting at the interview of the job you wish to get, you are thinking of one primary thing: money. You are weighing your chances of impressing your employer, getting the job, and negotiating a salary good enough to sustain

Events This Weekend, September 20th – 22nd

90 Minutes Speaker Series Ken Igbokwe, Country Senior Partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Nigeria will speak at this edition of 90 Minutes Speaker Series. In 2013, when the $1 billion PwC Africa business was restructured, Ken was selected as Regional Senior

Top 7 Secrets of Great Entrepreneurs

Success doesn’t accrue overnight and it doesn’t come on a platter of gold either. Behind every successful man/woman is an innovative mind, hard work, and a trailer load of secrets. We all have 24hours at our disposal, but success depends

Avoid These Common Job Interview Mistakes

Congratulations! Your résumé was picked out of thousands of others applying for the same job and you were invited for an aptitude test. The test was difficult, but you passed it. Now, the only thing standing between you and the

New App Prepares Graduates for Successful Job Interviews, Scholarship Screenings

Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. – Alexander Graham Bell How prepared are you for your next job interview, or scholarship test? With the high competition at job interviews, and scholarships, it pays to walk in prepared

5 Questions Good Job Candidates Should Ask

It is often hard to know what to expect at the end of interviews, but at the end of most interviews, interviewers often ask potential candidates if they have any question they would like to ask. A candidate who asks

How To Be An Effective Manager

Being an effective manager is by no means an easy task. Managers in the workplace have a distinctive role to play with numerous and endlessly changing responsibilities. They must inculcate a high-performance mind set in the employees while fashioning a

How to Make a Great First Impression

  There is never a second chance for a first impression; it comes once and lasts for a very long time. Most people will judge you within the first few seconds of meeting you and their opinion will most likely

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