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  If you’re a Nigerian entrepreneur, employee, or job seeker on Twitter, you’ve probably come across Tunde Omotayo’s tweets. He’s known on that platform for his discussions about skills and career development and constantly shares interesting information around these themes.
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Tunde is one of a few Nigerians on social media who has built his influence in this niche. That’s remarkable, given the number of Nigerians who are either looking for a job or eager to climb up their career ladder. Many people consider his contributions helpful, so his profile has grown. There’s evidence of this influence in the number of followers he’s garnered—more than 260,000 at the latest count. The content Tunde puts out ranges from tips about resume types and the proper fonts for formal documents, to insights about the most sought-after skills in the corporate world. He’s also shared learning resources for aspiring and upwardly mobile professionals who want to sharpen their skills or learn new ones. In doing these things, Tunde draws from his own professional experience. He has a certificate in Human Resources Management and has made considerable progress in his own career in just a few years.
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Tunde is a Senior Business Operations Analyst at one of Canada’s top financial institutions. He’s also co-co-founder at HumanSquad, a Toronto-based immigration technology startup. His other roles include ambassadorial roles with IELTS Nigeria and World Education Services (WES), a non-profit organization that evaluates the credentials of people planning to study and live in the United States and Canada. Tunde’s tweets are, in fact, an occasional break from these responsibilities. But he puts some effort into them, especially when they’re threads filled with useful resources. An example is his tweet about the top 10 sites for online education, resume review, interview preparation, and career development. Several people say they have reaped life-changing gains by following Tunde’s tips. He appears to take pride in these testimonies; he retweets and quotes them as evidence that his advice works. They are probably just as inspirational to him as they are to his audience. Featured Image Source: Joy Newkirk Business Consulting
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This article was first published on 19th March 2021

ikenna-nwachukwu

Ikenna Nwachukwu holds a bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. He loves to look at the world through multiple lenses- economic, political, religious and philosophical- and to write about what he observes in a witty, yet reflective style.


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