UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE

Uncertainty of Life Condition Recently I met a student in a bus who looked very wistful. On enquiry, she said, she had spent three years learning particular software, which by the end of her course had become outdated. She now needed to look in an entirely different direction if she wanted a good job. If we looked around us we find uncertainty everywhere. If fifty years ago one was sure of at least seventy percent success if one...

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DOES YOUR RESUME OPEN DOORS OR CLOSE THEM

Does Your Resume Open Doors or Close Them? Is your resume continually glossed over by recruiters, HR and hiring managers? If you are not receiving offers for interviews, you must evaluate your resume and its effectiveness. Consider that with the competitive edge required in today's job market, it is critical for you to have a resume that highlights your accomplishments, and it must be quantifiable. In reviewing resumes...

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HOW TO EXCEED YOUR GOALS IN 2016

  How To Exceed Your Goals In 2016 For many of us, 2016 begins with a promise—a promise that this year we will accomplish that which has eluded us. Often it’s the everyday things that prove most difficult—managing your schedule, treating people the way you ought to, and keeping things in perspective when chaos is at hand. The sad truth is that nearly 80% of us will fall off the resolution bandwagon by Super Bowl Sunday; and by this...

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HOW TO TAKE CHARGE OF YOUR CAREER IN 2016

How To Take Charge of Your Career in 2016 Nearly everyone has had the experience of a small nudge or a major shock that fundamentally changed our thinking. We carry around a lot of unexamined beliefs. We just have them -- we don't know why. We don't question them. We don't know we have those beliefs, but if someone asks "What do you think about this topic?" the unexamined belief will spill out of our lips. Many of our most...

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CBN ATTEMPTS TO MAKE START-UP FUND MORE ACCESSIBLE

CBN attempts to make startup fund more accessible  0 BY TECHDIGEST.NG ON DECEMBER 26, 2015NEWS, STARTUP, FUNDING The Nigerian government through the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has decided to make its NGN220 billion fund initiative for startups to be accessible. According to the Governor of the apex bank, only 30% of the N220 billion Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Fund had so far released because...

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TIPS FOR WRITING YOUR RESEARCH PROPOSAL

[Tips for Writing Your Research Proposal] 1. Know yourself: Know your area of expertise, what are your strengths and what are your weaknesses. Play to your strengths, not to your weaknesses. If you want to get into a new area of research, learn something about the area before you write a proposal. Research previous work. Be a scholar. . 2. Know the program from which you seek support: You are responsible for finding the appropriate program...

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