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You’re in the hot seat. You’ve just answered a dozen questions about yourself and successfully explained why you’d make a great addition to the team. You crushed it and you’re feeling good. But then the interviewer turns the tables and asks one final question: “So do you have any questions for me?” You say, “no, not that I can think of,” or ask something that could have easily been answered with a quick Google search — and just like that, everything falls apart. Source:   Author9211

There’s a reason why people are advised to secure a job before quitting even in the best job market. Job searching can involve a lengthy process, especially when the best job search tactics aren’t in use. If you want results, you’ll have to lean towards the proactive, go-getter style of job searching. Use these job search tactics to help you! 1. Tips around job boards. As popular as job boards are for job seekers, they’re not the best place to secure job opportunities. The problem is, if you don’t fit the position like a glove, your resume has a hard chance of being seen. In most cases, the submitted resume is run through an Applicant Tracking System, which ranks the resume according to keywords and internal algorithms. In a recent chat with a Fortune 500 HR manager, I was told that out of 400 resumes that come in, they only look at the top 20 ranked resumes, meaning 380 resumes are not even seen. So the odds are against you here – even if you’re well-qualified. An altern...

Deadline: November 1, 2015 Are you a young leader/student who has identified social challenges that you would like to  address in your communities? Do you have a strong passion and talents to become a change maker? This opportunity is yours! Ashoka’s Youth Venture is pleased to partner with the University of Connecticut and its “Study of the U.S Institute” (SUSI Program 2015)  to support the Student Leaders from North and Sub-Saharan Africa to be Social Entrepreneurs. After 5 weeks of intense learning in the U.S. the African students are ready to launch their own social ventures to support the development of their communities. Youth Venture will assist SUSI participants in this process. Eligibility The challenge is open to all individuals, organizations, and partnerships, including non-profit, for-profit, and public organizations. Entries may should be specific and well-planned, whether they are new ideas or established strate...

If you know young Africans who could benefit from the feasibility study grants, angel investment, scholarships and internships of our Alliance to start or scale their social and business ventures, please nominate them to join the ninth class of the Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance. Admitted candidates will attend our ninth annual symposium at Yale and Harvard University and Bretton Woods, April 8-11, 2016. The Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance is a network of highly educated young African entrepreneurs from leading universities in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America, spearheading social and business ventures across Africa Eligibility Open to Africans at any university in the world. Benefits Network with other young Africans around the world Scholarships to pursue a masters degree programme or hone entrepreneurship instincts. How to Apply Complete and submit the  nomination form.  For more information visit  Harambe Entrepreneur Alliance .  Sourc...

Deadline: February 15, 2016 Do you want to apply your programming skills to make a difference in the world? TechChange is excited to announce a summer fellowship program for recent graduates and rising college juniors and seniors. The fellowship will provide practical training in web development as well as a unique exposure to a range of applications and organizations using technology to tackle a variety of global challenges — from creating prosthetic limbs with a 3D printer to combating malaria with mobile devices. As a fellow you will spend three months designing and implementing a web development project related to education, technology, and social good. TechChange staff will provide training, mentorship, and a series of events to support you in this process. Fellowship The fellowship includes: Training in Javascript, Node.js, PHP, React, Flux, Backbone.js, database management, and more; One-on-one mentorship with TechChange staff; Field trips to organizations working ...

Deadline: October 31, 2015 Applications for the African Leadership Academy’s Class of 2016 are now open. African Leadership Academy (ALA) seeks to enroll the most outstanding young leaders from across Africa and around the world – ALA is not only looking for young people who are smart and and excel in the academic environment, we are looking for young people with the potential to lead and impact the world around them through their courage, initiative and innovation. The Academy admits between 100 and 125 young leaders from across Africa each year for the two-year pre-university program, anchored on Entrepreneurial Leadership, African Studies, and Writing & Rhetoric. Students also take Cambridge A’level subjects as electives, alongside specialized research classes in the Sciences, Humanities and Creative Arts. The Academy is a boarding school; all students are accommodated and catered for at the Academy’s campus in Honeydew, Johannesburg, South Africa for the dur...

The management of  Ondo State University of Science and Technology (OSUSTECH)  wishes to inform the general public that the University has been reopened for academic activities. In view of this, all stale students are to resume for academic activities on Monday, 12th October, 2015.

The management of  Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) , Ijagun wishes to inform all students that has been given  provisional admission  but are yet to pay the acceptance fee, that they have up to Saturday 3rd of October 2015, as the deadline for payment. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE ABOVE IMPLIES FORFEITURE OF ADMISSION PLEASE BE GUIDED

The National Universities Commission will begin the accreditation of programmes at the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, in October, 2015, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Bolaji Aluko, has said. Aluko made this known in Otuoke on Friday when the Governing Council of the university visited the institution. FUO is one of the nine federal universities established in 2011 by former President Goodluck Jonathan. Speaking to newsmen after conducting members of the Governing Council on a facility tour of the university, Aluko said the institution “now has faculties of Science, Humanities and Social Sciences with a total of 12 programmes.” The VC said, “This institution has been working very hard for the past three years to ensure full accreditation of the existing 12 programmes and now, we are good to go. Accreditation comes up in October.” He said the university had zero tolerance for corruption, cultism and examination malpractice. He added, “In the univ...

Failure of the Federal Government to pay the allowances of Nigerian students on the Bilateral Education Agreement scholarship in Russia exposes the beneficiaries to frustration,  TOLUWANI ENIOLA  writes SAMUEL Adewale’s dream to study in a good university came true in 2013 when he received a letter of admission from the Don State Technical University, Rostov on Don, Russia. After writing a series of tests and interviews, Adewale’s joy knew no bounds when the Federal Scholarship Board announced his name along with other students granted the Bilateral Education Agreement Scholarship Awards. He said, “When I learnt that I won the scholarship, I felt really excited. I never thought that I would be awarded a scholarship, since I knew studying outside the shores of Nigeria cost a lot of money. Against this backdrop, I must appreciate the Federal Government’s gesture.” But the twist to this development is government’s failure to pay his allowances. It has caused him sufferi...

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund says it will spend over N10bn on the Research and Technology Park project at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Imo State. The FUTO Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Chigozie Asiabaka, who stated this in an interview with journalists, said TETFund had released the initial N1bn for the park project. He said, “We are working on a research and technology park; and TETFund has committed the initial N1bn into the project which will cost more than N10bn. A research and technology park basically is where we partner industry, the private sector and then do research for development. “In a fully developed technology park, you see industry, theory and practice. We do the triple part of it-get research; get it patented; get it commercialised and when we complete the project, it will be an industrial hub because no country can develop without technology and technology park is the key.’’ Asiabaka noted that when completed, the park would have a research a...

Students in Osun State-owned tertiary institutions on Monday in Osogbo protested against the prolonged strike by their lecturers. The students, who stormed the state secretariat at about 11am, prevented the Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori, and her convoy, from gaining access to the premises. The deputy governor, who arrived at the secretariat about 12.50pm, could not go in or exit the place as some of the protesters laid in the front and back of her car. The encounter lasted for almost an hour before the students allowed her into the secretariat. Before then, the deputy governor had promised the students that they would return to classes by next Monday. Layoye-Tomori said, “The governor sympathises with you and we feel the same way you feel. We have been negotiating with your lecturers. The governor is not in town now. “I know the strike will affect your National Youth Service Corps scheme. We have told the union chairmen to meet with the lecturers to rectify the i...

The Director General of the  National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) , Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi has said that there would no longer be concessional posting for all corps members. Speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday, the DG said that Nigeria belonged to everybody and therefore every corps member would henceforth carry out his/her one year mandatory service in any state they are posted. According to him, the move will help the federal government to maintain the main objective of creating the scheme. He said concessional posting had always been provided for prospective corps members who had any issue with their health and needed to remain where they are receiving treatment or any nursing and pregnant corps member who needed to remain around her home to take care of her baby “but it will no longer be for all corps members.” Olawumi said that during the online mobilisation registration of corps members, “there is a section where they can upload documents backing their ...

The management of  University of Uyo (UNIUYO)  has released the primary admission list of candidates admitted for undergraduate programmes for the 2015/2016 Academic Session. The published admission list is currently only accessible on the JAMB admission status checking portal. How To Check UNIUYO First Admission Status on JAMB Website: Follow the steps outlined on the link below to access your admission status; >>  CHECK UNIUYO JAMB ADMISSION STATUS << NOTE: The lists are uploaded in batches. If you get a response like  “NO Admission Offered Yet” , simply check back later to know when your status is updated. Congratulations to the Successful Candidates…

A total of 454 students will receive their first degree certificates during the  seventh convocation ceremony of Redeemer’s University (RUN), Ede  in Osun State scheduled to hold on Tuesday, 29 September, 2015. Speaking at the convocation briefing, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Debo Adeyewa, said that 15 students obtained first class from the institution. In a further breakdown of the results, the VC stated that 135 graduating students had second class upper division while 200 are graduating with second class lower division. 97 others fall into the third class and seven in pass categories. He said the set of graduands was admitted to various academic disciplines in the 2011/2012 academic session.

PREAMBLE In consonance with the relevant provisions of the Lagos State University Law 24 of 2004, the Governing Council wishes to appoint a successor to the out-going Vice-Chancellor, whose first term as Vice-Chancellor expires on Saturday, 31st October, 2015. THE INSTITUTION Lagos State University (LASU) was established in 1983 by the Enabling Law of Lagos State of Nigeria, for the advancement of learning AND establishment of academic excellence. The University caters for a student population of over Ten Thousand [10,000] enrolled in Full-Time AND Part-Time programmes at the Diploma, Undergraduate AND Postgraduate Levels. A summation of LASU objectives is given as: to create opportunities for deserving candidates to further their education by providing programmes of studies that will give them NOT ONLY marketable skills but which will enable them develop their full potentials, AND make them well-rounded scholars AND useful members of the S...

Imo Poly HND dmission list is out. The  Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo  Higher National Diploma (HND) merit admission list for 2015/2016 academic session is now available. Following your success in the just concluded POST-UTME examination of the Polytechnic, and having met your department’s cut-off mark, the candidates listed below are invited to appear before the Screening Committee BOARD on Wednesday 23rd September 2015 with all your ORIGINAL CREDENTIALS – ONLINE printout of O’level, JAMB and ND results by 8:00 am. How To Check Imo Poly HND Admission List: HND candidates are to visit the link below to check the list of admitted candidates; http://imopoly.edu.ng/News-and-Events/Admission-News/HND-PROVISIONAL-ADMISSION-LIST/

The management of  Lagos State University (LASU)  has released the primary admission list of candidates admitted for undergraduate programmes for the 2015/2016 Academic Session. The published admission list is currently only accessible on the JAMB admission status checking portal. How To Check LASU Admission Status on JAMB Website: Follow the steps outlined on the link below to access your admission status; >> CHECK LASU JAMB ADMISSION STATUS<< NOTE:  The lists are uploaded in batches. If you get a response like “NO Admission Offered Yet”, simply check back later to know when your status is updated. Congratulations to the Successful Candidates…

Jamb admission status 2015 update. The  Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB ) has created an online admission status checking link on her e-Facilities portal. This will enable all UTME and DE candidates, irrespective of their school of choice, to keep in touch and know when they are offered admission by their individual choice institutions. Usually, Higher Institutions in the country submits to JAMB their comprehensive admission list for verification. JAMB will then verify and upload the list of approved/successful candidates to the JAMB website before returning the approved list to schools who will in turn upload to their respective websites or paste same within the school campuses. In other words, candidates can check their admission status on JAMB website even before it’s uploaded on their choice institution’s website. How To Check JAMB Admission Status 2015 on JAMB website: Follow the steps below to check your jamb admission st...