Employabity & Volunteering Skills Training

Great things come in small packages. Don't miss this opportunity to better position yourself, not just to survive, but to thrive in the labor market...
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Leadership Corner

By way of taking a break from our discuss on Employability Skills, let us peer into something very important. It is common know ledge that we have an acute leadership crisis, the world over. It is not out of order to say that most of the world's turmoil originates from the absence of functional leadership. From the terrorism that is threatening the sovereignty and security of...

Emplyability Matters - 4. Communication Skills

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Employers look for people who communicate well both verbally and in writing. George Bernard Shaw said, “The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place” and C. JoyBell C. said “connections are made with the heart, not the tongue.” If you are either applying for a job or looking for a promotion with your current employer, you will need to...

Employability Matters - Interpersonal Skills

We don't live in a vacuum or work in isolation. Even in this high-paced technical world, we are always communicating in some way. Since so many of our waking hours are spent working, a great deal of our lives are spent interacting with co-workers, clients and customers.  The ability to use effective interpersonal skills helps you build not just better relationships with others, but makes working with them more enjoyable.

Interpersonal skills are vital when...

Employability Matters 2

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Still on the subject matter of soft skills and by way of introduction, Soft skills revolve around personal relationships, character, and attitude. By developing these skills, you can increase your work performance, build stronger relationships, and work toward...

Employability Matters

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For many people today, a career for life is no longer an option. Most people will hold jobs with a variety of employers and move across different employment sectors through their working life.

We all need to be flexible in our working patterns and be prepared to change jobs and/or sectors if we believe there are better opportunities elsewhere. 

In order to be flexible we need...

Hearty Birthday Wishes

"If by any means, we have seen further, it is because we have been privileged to stand on shoulders of fathers – Isaac Newton."

This is usually the first way, I like to describe my experience with a great man who is the subject matter of this piece. I was once upon a time, like a sheep without a shepherd wondering in the wilderness. Battered, broken, rejected and dejected.

I had served in a place before. I made mistakes and had issues with my superiors and got kicked out. Again, I served another man was called weak and unproductive. Once again, I was kicked away like a piece of rubbish into an old dark store.

Whilst I was in the land of nowhere licking up my sores and nursing my wounds, I had a voice on ‘Wisdom for Winning’. He said to me “The darkest...