career development seminar

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

adedoyin.ade@gmail.com

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:◦ nikkyswag@yahoo.com

◦ sammyup@gmail.com

◦ adejilat4christ@yahoo.co.uk

Acceptable:◦ Seun_adeola@yahoo.com

◦ adedoyin.ade@gmail.com

◦ af.sola@yahooo.co.uk

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