SOME CAREER SKILLS YOU NEED NOWADAYS SOME CAREER SKILLS YOU NEED NOWADAYS

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With the increase in graduates and corresponding decrease in job availability, the need for extra skills cannot be overlooked. These skills are necessary in order to put you in a much better and advantaged position in life. 

LEADERSHIP 

This is probably one of the most valued skills in any aspect of life including your career. Leadership involves being capable of directing and unlocking the potentials of those being led. It is important to develop this skill whenever the opportunity presents itself. 

COMMUNICATION 

Communication is necessary for progress and development in the society. Nowadays, most career development depends mostly on who you know and not what you know. Proper communication enables you develop this relationship with the people in your environment. 

TEAMWORK 

From my research and knowledge, this is the most emphasized skill by employees. This is no surprise as no project can be successful in the face of conflict. This skill is centered on tolerance, honesty and communication hence the need to pay attention to development of these attributes. 

CRITICAL THINKING 

This skill is highly valued by a lot of organizations as it is a source of constant ideas and innovation which helps to keep their competition at bay. It involves being able to identify problems and thinking outside the box in providing solutions to them. 

FINANCE 

This is one of the many necessary skills which are not taught in schools. This does not require a degree in financing in order to be achieved. It simply involves having basic knowledge in Mathematics and developing an attitude of strategic planning and organization of your spending. 

NEGOTIATION 

In order to get to top positions in your career, it is important to develop skills of negotiation and persuasion. This skill involves being able to put forward your conditions on a contract and also reach a mutual understanding with the other party/ies. 

PROGRAMMING 

With the continuous development in technology, the need for more programmers continues to remain on the rise. Therefore, it is necessary to gain skills in at least one programming language in order to expand career opportunities. This article is not an exhaustive one hence the need to develop other skills which could be highly beneficial to your career and life in general.


SOURCE : EDUREGARD

HOW TO AVOID HARASSMENT AS A FEMALE STUDENT IN KSU

The issue of sexual harassment of female undergraduates is not a new one, and it is appalling that it is gradually becoming the order of the day. Often times the victims have a portion of the blame to their names; they bring it upon themselves unknowingly and are left to live with the stigma for life. These days it is seen that girls have turned their schooling to a fashion contest where they display their wardrobe, all in a bid to be seen as ‘’Big girls’’, thereby drawing unnecessary attention to themselves and this makes them deviate from the original reason behind their coming to school. 

 In recent times, decent dressing has become a thing of the past, most girls want to look ‘’sexy’’ to get attention from guys ,they attend lectures in skimpy outfits ,heavy makeup and dresses that leave them almost naked and expect not to distract the class and male lecturers, this lecturers keep such students in mind, the rash ones insult them publicly, the calm ones call them aside while the shameless ones enjoy the view and cease any opportunity that comes their way to get them into their beds. No one is saying girls shouldn’t dress nicely; of course they should but it should be done in moderation. 

Another issue is that of girls that crave for attention and get into unnecessary conversations with their lecturers and flock around them frequently. Although, they might not do this with any evil intent but one thing leads to another and some perverted lecturers take advantage of them, this can only occur when there is too much familiarity between the two parties without set boundaries and if the boundary set is trespassed, such student should deem it fit to report such lecturer to the appropriate authorities instead of waiting until the damage is done. 

Another way to avoid sexual harassment is to study hard , that way you have no reason to go and beg a lecturer to give you unmerited additional marks to make you pass because most of these perverted lecturers see this as an opportunity to extort students, In most cases they ask the guys for cash settlement to make them pass and ask the girls for sex and often times they give in out of desperation, students who study hard can’t fall victim of such and if in any case they feel their scores are being tampered with, they are to report to the appropriate authorities and such cases will be looked into and justice will be served. 

Some girls are well known for sleeping around with lectures ,this kind of girls shouldn’t be people you hang out with because “birds of like feathers flock together’’ when you are seen with such people, the lectures assume you are like them and may begin to make advances and like they say “prevention is better than cure’’, so why not stay safe instead of having to think of possible solutions when you get into such problems . To avoid sexual harassment dress decently and moderately, study hard, avoid unnecessary attachments to lecturers and hang out with the right people.

REASONS WHY KSU/PAAU (CHRISTIAN) STUDENTS DON'T GO TO CHURCH

Fear driven presentations and demonstrations often force youths to go to church while under the shields of some dominating forces, mostly parental. But not every young person will set going to church as a priority once he or she starts riding solo and under no real supervision. 

We’ve heard some pretty strange statistics about church goers, most of which are female adults and least of which are the young and vibrant youths who are expected to keep close to God when they are still young and active.  

1. They Believe Church Is Boring – Since it’s nothing like a party where ‘Lil Kesh’ would keep screaming a sinful phrase into their hearings, they don’t like it. They don’t fancy those left and right shifting dance steps vis-à-vis clapping in two’s at intervals. But let it be known that churches were never meant for entertainments. Maybe now that churches are singing ‘Godwin’, they might consider that. 

2. They Believe The Church Is A Waste Of Time – The thing is, every one knows the message, “Jesus brings salvation”, “Jesus Is coming soon” etc. So why bother going to church to hear some repetitions of old sayings? This is also one of the reason why youths stay back from church, to them, they know the message the church is relaying. 

3. They Don’t Have Clothes – The church was never meant to be fashion runway. They just do not understand this. They are always hell-bent on looking fly to church, to impress who? Maybe that Lady smiling at the microphone as she leads the choir sing. So, as long as there is no new designer dress, no church. 

4. They Believe The Church Wants Their Money – A couple of Naira that will go a long way in sorting Bread and Beans at that local restaurant is too big for them to drop for God. They believe they will save some cash by staying back home instead of going to church. Even though there are truly some churches that talk more about offering and tithe than the kingdom of God, it is well. 

5. They Believe Life Is Better Without Religion – This is an assertion but with that perspective, they tend to neglect church since its the “pillar” of religion. Going by the norms and commandments of the church by being a Christian are hectic for others. Some of them don’t care much about religion but a better relationship with God. 

6. They Believe They Don’t Have Time – They believe some hours they will spend in church is better spent on cramming some aspects of that 201 course. Or probably spent tweeting and gathering twitter followers, or better still, to wash clothes, which is what they mostly do. 

7. They Believe Worldly Engagements Are Sweeter – As long as there is power supply in the hood, larger percentage of the youths will shun church, you will hear sayings like “Devil already won today’s battle, but the war isn’t over yet”. Especially if the Super Eagles have a Match on that day, the church will be unconsciously scanty.