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This portal is for career explorers - every secondary school student, post secondary student, graduate, mid-career worker, job seeker, business owner etc who is thinking about what to do next or which direction to head for and for those parents, guardians, counselors, influencing others in making those decisions. The resources available will help you find career options; requirements; routes and potential job types
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Nigerian Navy Graduate Recruitment 2013: DSSC Course 22

Deadline: July 12, 2013

Applications are invited from qualified Nigerians for Direct Short Service Commission into the Nigerian Navy in the under listed departments:
• Accounts and Budget

International Telecommunication Union (ITU); Young...

Deadline: June 30, 2013

2013/2014 Nigeria LNG Limited Undergraduate Scholarship...

Deadline: 3rd July 2013 The management of Nigeria LNG Limited wishes to invite interested first year undergraduates in Nigerian Universities to apply for the 2013/2014 NLNG Scholarship Awards.

Anaesthetic Nursing Forms on Sale at Jos University...

Deadline: September 28, 2013

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the above named school for Anaesthetic Nursing Program

ADMISSION REQUIREMENT

The Geek Force Internship with Etisalat

Are you innovative, techy and looking to take up a customer-facing role? Think you have what it takes to work at the coolest, most innovative telecommunications company in Nigeria?

Intel Nigeria Engineering Internship 2013

Deadline: May 29, 2014

Location: Lagos, NG
Engineering Internship - 710659

Blackberry Scholarship Program For Women

Deadline: June 26, 2013

18 Months Post Basic Midwifery Forms at University of Benin...

Deadline: August 10, 2013

2013/2014 Admission into Post-Basic Orthopaedic Nursing...

Deadline: July 31, 2013

2013 WOL Foundation Essay Competition

Deadline: September 30, 2013

WOL Foundation runs an annual competition looking for the best non-technical, English language writing on themes related to socio-environmental issues.

Chevron Nigeria Ltd

Chevron is proud to have operated in Nigeria for five decades - contributing to the growth and prosperity of the country.

Subsector:

O & G Upstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Fully Integrated Oil and Gas

Category:

Multinational

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Oando PLC

Oando Plc is Africa’s leading indigenous energy group that symbolizes performance, integrity, service excellence and professionalism in the energy sector.

Subsector:

O & G Downstream

O & G Midstream

O & G Upstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Fully Integrated Oil and Gas

Category:

Large Corporate

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

ExxonMobil

ExxonMobil is the world’s largest publicly traded international oil and Gas Company, the world’s largest refiner and marketer of petroleum products and also a technology company, applyi

Subsector:

O & G Downstream

O & G Upstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

E&P, Refining and Marketing of O&G Products

Category:

Multinational

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC)

Shell companies have been finding and producing oil and gas around the world for over a century.

Subsector:

O & G Upstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Energy (Oil & Gas)

Category:

Multinational

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Lonadek Nigeria Ltd

Lonadek is a human capital development focused company with foreign strategic partnerships to develop professionals and vocationals.

Subsector:

O & G Downstream

O & G Midstream

O & G Upstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Consultancy (Oil & Gas)

Category:

SME

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Techno Oil Ltd

Techno Oil is a leading indigenous integrated energy group operating in the downstream.

Subsector:

O & G Downstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Oil & Gas Marketing Company

Category:

Large Corporate

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Acorn Petroleum Plc

Subsector:

O & G Downstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Marketing of Refined Petroleum Products & Lubricants.

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Forte Oil Plc

Subsector:

O & G Downstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Manufacturing & Marketing of Refined Petroleum Products & Lubricants.

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Vigeo Holdings Ltd

Incorporated in 1985, Vigeo Holdings Limited (‘VHL’) started off with an innovative angle to Corporate Promotions and set the pace in a number of initiatives in that service industry.

Subsector:

Capital Markets

Electric Power

O & G Downstream

O & G Midstream

O & G Upstream

Other Financial Services

Real Estate & Infrastructure Services

Shipping

Business Details

Type of Business:

Multi Business

Category:

Conglomerate

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Nigeria LNG Limited

Nigeria LNG is jointly owned by Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (49%),Shell (25.6%),Total LNG Nigeria Ltd (15%), Eni (10.4%).It was incorporated as a limited liability company on M

Subsector:

O & G Upstream

Business Details

Type of Business:

Oil & Gas

Category:

Multinational

Areas of Work

Opportunities :

Internships

Entry Level

Experienced Hire

Rotimi Alakija a.k.a “DJ Xclusive”

About Your Job

Job:

Disc Jockey

Entry Route:

I first started Djing in 2003, at the University of Reading. I used to Dj at the student union occasionally and house parties as well.

Employer:

CoolFM 96.9 Radio Station, E.M.E Records

Position:

Broadcaster/ Disc Jockey “DJ”

My Background

School:

University of Brunel, UK

Qualifications:

B.Sc Financial Computing

Years of Experience:

9Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Disc Jockeys in Nigeria are often looked down upon as ne’er-do-wells or school drop outs. Thus, many are not respected in our society.

Advice to Others:

Put God first! Keep your head up and stay positive. The sky is the limit.

Patrick Oluwatosin Oguntoye

About Your Job

Job:

Discipline Engineer

Entry Route:

A senior colleague submitted my CV to the company; I was invited to take part in the recruitment process (Did aptitude and skill test, then had two interviews) and that was just it.

Employer:

Global Oceon Engineers

Position:

Discipline A Hook Up Engineer

My Background

School:

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife

Qualifications:

B.Sc (Mechanical Engineering) 1st Class Honours

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

Graduate Member, NSE

Graduate Member, NiMechE

Years of Experience:

1Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

The demand for precision and accuracy under a time constraint seems to be the greatest challenge I have seen.

Advice to Others:

God of course being the first in all things, diligence, be self motivated because it could be frustrating at times and knowing for sure just as Abraham Lincoln said and I quote ?Your own resolution to

Iyadunni Adenike Onanuga

About Your Job

Job:

Electrical/Electronic Engineer

Entry Route:

Assistant Project Engineer

Employer:

KOA Consultants Limited

Position:

Senior Project Manager

My Background

School:

University of Lagos

Qualifications:

B. Sc. (Electrical Engineering)

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

COREN (In view)

Years of Experience:

9Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Keeping my designs sustainable with respect to technology advancement.
Making all the designed electrical engineering services function as simple as possible.

Advice to Others:

Engineering is an interesting career. Engineers get to achieve great things. Have a good work/life balance and have job security because, they are always in demand.

Olumayowa Ani

About Your Job

Job:

Facilities Manager

Entry Route:

I studied architecture at the University of Lagos with my dissertation being a design proposal of a training school for fire fighting.

Employer:

Vale FMC Facility Managers

Position:

Managing Director

My Background

School:

University of Lagos, Heriot Watt University, UK

Qualifications:

B.ES, B.Arch (Architecture)

MSc (Facilities Management)

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

Member, British Inst of Facilities Mngmt

Member, Int. Facilities Mngmt Assoc.

Certified Facility Manager (CFM) in view

Years of Experience:

10Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Budgets can easily spiral out of control if not firmly monitored
Getting quality personnel with the right work ethic can be a challenge

Advice to Others:

You should only go into facilities management if you have a passion for it as it can be a thankless role.

Tomiloba Ajayi

About Your Job

Job:

Field Engineer

Entry Route:

I joined as a trainee

Employer:

Schlumberger Limited

Position:

Drilling & Measurement - Field Engineer

My Background

School:

University of Lagos

Qualifications:

B.Sc. Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Years of Experience:

3Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Problems come up left and right that have to be resolved as quickly as can be, with no room for mistakes. It can be very physical.

Advice to Others:

Practice thinking outside the box, learn to be adventurous.

Oluseye Ekun

About Your Job

Job:

Geoscientist

Employer:

Chevron Nigeria Limited

Position:

Senior Earth Scientist

My Background

School:

University of Ibadan, Lagos State University

Qualifications:

B.Sc. Geology

MBA

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

COMEG

NAPE

NMGS

AAPG

Years of Experience:

15Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

The difficulty associated with prospecting in a matured basin where production always takes priority over drilling exploratory wells.

Advice to Others:

Be good at what you do, be patient and enjoy what you do.

Oyedeji Adeoye

About Your Job

Job:

GIS Analyst

Entry Route:

GIS Analyst

Employer:

Support Systems Ltd

Position:

Senior GIS Analyst

My Background

School:

University of Ilorin, University of Ibadan

Qualifications:

B.Sc. (Geography)

M.Sc. (GIS)

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

Geoinformatics Society of Nigeria

Years of Experience:

8Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Low level of response from people when it comes to primary data collection with questionnaire administration.

Advice to Others:

Have a high degree of commitment and dedication towards the work that is committed into our hands.

Monisola Ilori

About Your Job

Job:

HR Officer

Entry Route:

There was a vacancy for a 3mth contract in the role, I applied albeit reluctantly because I wasn?t happy with the terms, nevertheless got the job and was retained after the 3mth tenure.

Employer:

Main One Cable Company

Position:

HR Assistant

My Background

School:

Middlesex University, University of Leicester

Qualifications:

MA Human Resource Management

BA French/Spanish

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

Graduate Member, CIPD

Years of Experience:

3Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Not enough time to carry out all tasks.

Advice to Others:

Be focused, ready to work hard and willing to learn.

Akinrinmade Adedamola

About Your Job

Job:

Industrial Engineer

Entry Route:

Project Coordinator, TOTAL FSO UNITY OWT (Oily Water Treatment) Upgrade Project on the OML100 Block

Employer:

ASCOT Offshore

Position:

Project Coordinator/Business Development

My Background

School:

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

Qualifications:

BSc. Industrial and Production Engineering

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

Council of Supply Chain Management Prof

Chartered Institute of Purchasing and S.

Years of Experience:

3Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Irregular training schedules, instability of the Niger Delta, industry bureaucracy, risk and health hazards associated with some of the operations especially offshore

Advice to Others:

Stop placing too much emphasis on a Post graduate degree especially as an Engineer who wants to excel in the Industry.

Sukanmi Adekeye

About Your Job

Job:

Insurance Underwriter

Entry Route:

Started my insurance career as a clerk in the underwriting department.

Employer:

Cornerstone Insurance Plc

Position:

Manager

My Background

School:

Lagos State University

Qualifications:

B.Sc (Economics)

PGD (Mgt)

Professional Body Certifications/Memberships:

ACII

ACIP

Years of Experience:

18Year(s)

The Job

Challenges/Realities:

Macroeconomic challenge affecting insurance negatively;
Conservation;
Low insurance penetration.

Advice to Others:

Seek the face of God for guidance and direction in all affairs of life.

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