Tag: jobs
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The Rush for Foreign Education
It has become fashionable in Nigeria and other developing countries for parents to send their Children to the west for University or College education. This has become the new normal. It is expected of you, if you are to consider yourself part of the emerging middle class in Africa. The underlying assumption is that a…
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The Myth About Lack of Startup Capital – 3
Now let’s come to the employee. It sounds funny that while the job seeker is complaining of lack of start up capital, the employee joins the chorus. Where will the capital come from when you consume your capital every month? Many employees do not know that their salary is their capital. When you use money…
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The Myth about Lack of Start-up Capital – 2
Now let’s assume someone could not get his or her act together while in the University and all opportunities to accumulate seed capital no matter how minute has been frittered away. What about the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC)? All youth Corpers have two sources of income during the service year – from their employers…
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Financial Freedom for Employees
The decision to write the EBook “Financial Freedom for Employees” was inspired by the topic of a presentation I was invited to make by a company to an audience of about 30 employees on Financial Freedom sometime last year. My original plan was to give the EBook free to all attendees of the seminar. However,…
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Why Not Hire Yourself?
Our school system is configured to produce employees. The majority of graduates from Universities and Colleges are out looking for vanishing jobs. As the economies of the ‘developed’ nations contract leading to a global economic recession, unemployment numbers are going sky-high, triggering alarm bells across the globe. A growing army of unemployed youth is an…
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Why Look For a Job When You Can Hire Yourself?
For most job seekers, hiring oneself is not an option. We are pretty certain we don’t have what it takes to start a business and hire ourselves, rather than “I beg to apply”. I used to feel that way too. Living life on your terms can be a very scary proposition, despite the fact that…