A Career Development Plan: Why you need it

An architect first draws up a plan before ever starting to build a house. The engineer designs the car before the actual construction. Right?

So virtually any worthwhile achievement must have a plan even if sketchy at first. The purpose of the guide is to show you the way so you don’t blindly thrash around making mistakes and making no progress generally.

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Job Search Mistakes of Young Graduates

Job Search Mistakes Of Young Graduates

How quickly the a graduate edges out the rest to land his or her dream job depends on various factors, but it is important to realize that beyond college grades, a graduate can influence how quickly he or she is employed. We've compiled nine errors graduates make when trying to land that first job so that you can skip the recruitment "teething" phase and get a good bite on your first real job.

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National Employment Training Scheme (NETS) Nigeria Examination Date Update

The NETS entrance examination is online and can be written from any computer connected to the Internet. All registered candidates should log on to the examination page of the NETS website on the 5th of December 2009 between 08:00:00 and 17:00:00 with their unique examination codes.

Examination will cover questions on logic, arithmetic, verbal aptitude, comprehension and general knowledge. Candidates will be able to view their results immediately after the examination.

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Are Over Qualified For that Job? See How You Can Still Get it

You lost your job due to economic recession. Afterwards you have sent out 500 resumes, done 1 interview and received zero offers. You are now eyeing an opening below your previous position, but you are obviously overqualified for the job. What do you do to actually get the job?

Try withholding your resume.
As much as possible, do not forward your resume.HR departments will quickly eliminate nearly all of the hundreds of resume submitted for a single opening and it is likely that yours will be dumped because you are over qualified.

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Do You Need a Cover Letter?

Everyone who sends out a resume does! Even if the cover letter never “came up” in the conversation or was not mentioned in an advertisement, it is expected that you will write one.
It is regarded as a sign of laziness (sorry if the word is harsh) to send out a cover letter that is not tailored to the specific company and “double laziness” not to send a cover letter at all.

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Do you have hire appeal?

Do you have hire appeal?

An opening, thousand of applicants what is the probability of being hired? This is one pertinent question job seekers ask. Do not look far for the answer, rather look inwards. Ask yourself these questions:

* What do I have that makes me stand out?

* Do I have the traits of the “successful candidate” and characteristics that depict success and excellence?
This question can be summed up to: Do you have hire appeal?

* Hire appeal comprises of human factors that enable people to work well with their co-workers and others within or outside the organization. These traits are listed below:

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National Employment Training Scheme (NETS) Nigeria

The National Employment training scheme (NETS) is a special programme specifically designed to tackle unemployment in Nigeria. The programme is in partnership with the Federal Government and leading firms in the telecommunications, banking and oil and gas sectors. Organizations in the public and private sectors have also partnered with NETS.

The objective of the programme is to train a select number of participants free of charge and place them in jobs upon completion of the programme.

This programme is in partnership with the National Directorate of Employment INDE) – the federal government agency in charge of job creation in Nigeria.

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