career development seminar
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ACADEMIC & CAREER
DEVELOPMENT SEMINARFinal Year Students Seminar
Glory of God students’ Fellowship (GLOGSFE)
Obafemi Awolowo University
ILE-IFE, Osun state, Nigeria
Adedoyin A. ADELEKE
+23470-392-98938, +23470-526-99939
22nd August 2015
Difference
between a Job
and a Career?
Scenario 1- simple, & empty
Scenario II – Full and Loaded
How well do you know where you are going?
Career Development Process
Career Discovery
Self Discovery
Good Career Planning
Acquiring Necessary Knowledge,
Skills and Training
COURSEWORK
DEGREE /PROGRAM
YOUR FRUIT
DEGREE /PROGRAM
MARKETABLE SKILLS
VALUES
Recruitment Factors
Comments on Recruitment
Factors Why do you think Degree Subject
rates that low?
Interactive!
Then, what is the benefit of my First
Class and Second Class?
Interactive!
Job Seekers Evaluation on Employability
Skills
Categories of Employment
Junior staff
Senior Staff
Management Staff
Peculiarities!
Job Application ProcedureDIFFERS
Strategy: Subscribe to
◦ Online Job Advert Companies
www.myjobmag.com
www.Jobberman.com, etc.
◦ Recruiters (create an account)
www. Dragnet-solutions.com, etc.
◦ Emails
◦ Referrals
◦ Newspapers, etc.
Job Application Procedure
Opportunities
◦ www.opportunitiesforafricans.com
◦ www.opportunitiesdesk.org
◦ www.iventhub.com
Other benefits of these websites
NOTE
Failure is often not an end in it self but
a means to an end, and the End is
Success
◦ Experience P&G - Experience on VSL
◦ Once you are sure of what you are doing,
try and pursue till you get it.
What Interviews Assess
Personal Interpersonal Self-
Management
Initiative &
Delivery
Confidence Social Interpersonal
skills
Self-control Planning
Self -
esteem
Communication skills Reliability Problem-solving
Motivation Teamwork Positive Attitude Prioritising
Self -
efficacy
Assertiveness Presentation
Development Strategies
What is 1st step in C.V. Writing?
Interactive!
◦ Volunteering and Internships (NYSC and After)
◦ Good Class of Degree
◦ Limit to Applications
‘minimum Second Class Upper’
Strictly for First Class Graduates’ – PRESSID, Univ. of
Glasgow opportunities, etc
Exposure, being informed and up-to-date
(Tunji, P& G)
Development Strategies Take Developmental opportunities◦ Present engagements in Church,
Fellowship, Societies- P & G Experience
ICT Skills – Learn ASAP◦ Software related to your field
◦ General and Professional prgs – MS Office package, Web Design, Programming Languages, etc
◦ Professional and Social Media – LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Visibility – Internet Presence
Development Strategies
Username: E-mail, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc
Not acceptable:◦ [email protected]
Acceptable:◦ [email protected]
What do you do on your FB page?◦ What it stands for
Personal Attributes Dress sense – everywhere and
anywhere
Dedication and Commitment
Positive attitude to Works and employers (Experience with VSL co-applicants)
Keep Learning and don’t stop learningoGbenga ‘Sesan’s Advantage
Some Student Societies
SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)
AIESEC (Association internationale
des étudiants en sciences
économiques et commerciales)
etc
NOTE: Be careful of unbeneficial
student groups
Development Strategies
Communication Skills
◦Writing – why?
Resume and Cover Letter writing
General Principle
Always check standard formats
online – It changes
HOW ?
Development Strategies
Speaking – why?
◦ Interview Preparation
◦Know every thing on your Resume
in expanded form
◦Can we meet you?
Interactive
◦ Learn how to speak well in
EVERYDAY LIFE. It builds!
HOW ?
Don’t submit to Excuses
Financial Excuses
◦ Success begins with what is at hand –
Brilliance, Hard work, Skills
◦ Check out for Successful men – Bill Gates,
Barr. Jimoh Ibrahim, Adeola Adenikinju, E.
A. Adeboye
Imperial College - PRESSID
◦ Scholarships (Use what you have -
Excellence)
Don’t submit to Excuses
I am not brilliant – I don’t have a ‘magnetic brain’
◦ Bill Gate, Wole Soyinka, Gani Fawehinmi, Tony Elumelu, Jimoh Ibrahim – 3rd Class (ANONYMOUS, PLS!)
◦ Use what you have! Try and Keep Trying! Till Mastery.
Success awaits you!
Don’t submit to Excuses
Don’t submit to Excuses
Importance of Career Why would God invest in your Career ?
What is God’s Pay off? ◦ Just tithe and offering?
◦ Our Lord’s Prayer (Kingdom)
◦ Platform for Missions Denial of Missionary Visa (Saudi-Bible Experience)
Pa S.G. Elton’s Prophecy – Apply in your Career
◦ Establishing righteousness (Obama)
◦ Being a leader makes you a “ Gatekeeper and a Watchman”
The Cause of your Course
• An exposition
• Hymn
• Prayer Session
Remarks
Interactive Session
◦ Questions & Answers
Thank you