Smart Ways to Get Valuable Work Experience without a Job

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Submitted by guest writer: Muhammed Abdullahi Tosin If you need a job, get experience first. If you need experience, get a job first. Which way out? It is not uncommon to find announcements of job openings requiring applicants to have a number of years of work experience. This is a towering stumbling block for most … Read more

A Prescription for Becoming a Doctor โ€“ from a medical school graduate

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Written and submitted by Shan Ronald a medical school graduate When you decide that you are going to study medicine and become a doctor, youโ€™re not making a choice, youโ€™re making a commitment. Itโ€™s not something you should go into casually, and itโ€™s difficult to really have a feeling of what youโ€™re getting yourself into … Read more

4 Ways to Effectively Use Online Learning

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Distance learning is one of the more popularized means of learning online. It simply means attaining education even though you live miles away from your educator. Discussion takes place online, where you only have to communicate to your teachers through e-mails and web chat conversations. This may be far from the conventional mode of getting … Read more

Interview with Commonwealth Shared Scholarship winner at Cardiff University – Mesele Oluwaseun from Nigeria

Mesele Oluwaseun - Cardiff University

An excellent first class undergraduate degree and a passion for Chemistry brought Nigerian Oluwaseun Meseleโ€™s application for Cardiff Universityโ€™s Commonwealth Shared Scholarship to the attention of the deciding scholarship committee. Rising above nearly 60 other applicants, Mesele is enjoying this highly prestigious award, enabling him to study his chosen programme, MSc Physical Organic Chemistry. Mesele … Read more

When PhD & MBA Graduates Begin to Apply for Truck Driving Jobs

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When PHD and MBA holders compete in jobs reserved for lesser qualified candidates, it’s only human to ask questions. The Chairman and Chief Executive Director of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote recently disclosed that PhD and MBA holders were among over 13,000 applicants that applied for the recent Graduate Executive Truck Driver in his company. … Read more