Femi Owolabi: How Pastors Use Tithes And Offerings

Tithing which has caused a stir by Nigerians after popular OAP "Daddy Freeze" spoke against, but recently popular investigative journalist and writer, Femi Owolabi, has come to advocate for pastors and what they do with the tithes and offerings they get from the church.

Today Is World's AIDS Day, Are You Aware?

World AIDS Day takes place on the 1st of December every year.

Clarity On Academics Doesn't Guarantee Success

I've come to realize that a whole lot of people have misunderstood Education for Academics which is a no-no!, where as there is quite a variance between education and academics. 

"Education is the process or art of imparting knowledge, skill and judgment while academics is the act of belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; also a scholarly society or organization."

    A spoken word poet Suli Breaks once said "Education is the key, academics(school) is the  lock". As of fact you can be educated in any field of life, Malcolm X was a self educated human right activists, Mohammed Ali was educated in boxing, Nelson Mandela was educated in the act of politics, Bill Gates was educated in being a business magnate same as Aliko Dangote.

   No one is criticizing academics but we live in a world where academics is highly appraised to the detriment of education. You can have the B.sc, M.sc, PhD, have all the academic certificates of the world, without education the mind of a man is weak and devoid of knowledge. Education knows no limits nor bounds whereas academics exists just within the four walls of a classroom, sometimes when i see students of higher academics institutions, I ponder how many of them are really educated as they are been told by their tutors and the society they live in.

  Dreams, talents and potentials that could have been greatly invaluable to the world has been destroyed and forfeited all for academics, many minds have been misled into believing that  "Academics (what they call education) guarantee success". You can be educated in so many fields or facets of life without even setting foot into the four walls of a classroom so why focus all your life into academics when you can be a great mind as an educated man unlike those academics fanatics.

  Your life is yours and only in you, so why should you give in to the opinions of the society when you can be a leader of your life. You either choose to be an educated man for only education guarantees success  or be swayed away by the academics of a society of weak minds.

7 Major Reasons Why Some Nigerian Fresh Graduate Find It Hard To Get A Job

Anyone who has searched for a job fresh after completing the BSC degree programme knows how difficult it is to get a job. Sending out hundreds of résumé,only to get a few interviews in the end and perhaps a job, if you’re very lucky.

Worse, the job may not require the skills accumulated in the varsities or might not be related to the individuals area of expertise. Some of the reasons that has led to this setback are;

1. Little or no work experience.

Many fresh graduates make the grave mistake of assuming that their degree alone will qualify them for a job, whereas sometimes the case is a reverse. They spend their university years just getting by, partying, and essentially, wasting their time doing nothing to enhance their knowledge on the labour market.

 The result is they get stuck seeking for a job oppourtunity due to a lack of work experience, yet all the jobs out there require it if they want to apply.

2. Lack of skills or ineptitude

You have to be good at some skills or skill in order to contribute something invaluable to a company or an organisation. People with skills i.e; computer skills are always in demand due to the importance of ICT to some,if not most companies or organisations. Learning these types of technological skills will always be in your best interest because companies leverage technology in their offices in order to be more efficient, and if you can integrate well with that, you’ve got something good going for you.

3. Lack of networking

Many people get jobs through referrals or simply put person to person connection.

Statistics show the majority of people get their jobs this way. If somebody has been working for a company for some time, then that employee knows what it takes to
succeed in that particular company, and if that employee knows somebody who can do it, it’s an easy fit. 

The employer will trust the employee referring the new candidate and the new
candidate will most likely get the job. There’s just one catch though. You have to be “worthy”
of being referred. Remember that the reputation of the person referring you in line. If you do a bad job, you make them look worse. So have a fine reputation of being a hard worker, someone who learns easily, etc. so people will be happy to refer you.

4. No preparation on the résumé and cover letter.

Your résumé and cover letter act as your first impression. You can’t enchant them with your presence or your smile. Your writing does it all for you, so spend some time to make it look and sound good with no form of errors or grammatical blunders. When describing yourself or your work history, use action words. It makes a big difference. Go to google and type

in “résumé action words” and you should get a ton of sites which you can use as a reference when crafting your resume.

Get a proofreader to look over your résumé and cover letter. Make your cover letter and resume stand out. Be detailed and descriptive.

5. No interview skills

So you’ve got past the résumé stage and now you’re at the interview. Think it’s a breeze? Think again, they will ask the hard hitting questions. Why should we hire you? What do you bring to the table? Tell me about yourself (that throws off a lot of people), What’s

your greatest weakness (obviously reframe this question when you answer), etc. There are a ton of resourcesonline you can tap into in order to prepare. Use our trusted friend Google.
You must prepare. Have all your answers ready to go when the question is asked. Be prepared to give examples of things you’ve listed on your resume.

6. No follow up

So you sent the resume and cover letter, but didn’t hear anything back? Follow up. It can’t hurt. It can only help. Send an email or a phone call and ask what’sgoing on. Chances are, they may have not received it or forgotten about it. It also shows your tenacity and separates you from the rest of the people who don’t follow up. Don’t just assume that they don’t want you and wallow in your self pity. Take action and make it happen.


7. A lack of social skills

One of the greatest myths regarding getting a job is that you just have to have the skills and knowledge. That may be true for some jobs, but the other major thing that employers are looking for is social skills. Will you integrate well with the staff? Will you mesh with co-
workers? Are you a positive person? Are you easy to get along with?, etc.