MAKING RIGHT CHOICES IN LIFE AND CAREER
Presenter: Prof. Lere Baale
The choice of who you marry will have a great influence in your life, you must therefore choose wisely.
“You can start a career and later progress in it or divert to another as new opportunities open up. No experience is useless. All your experience can be great advantage for you in whatever career you may find yourself.
This acronym will help you in making your career choice:
SHAPED to make a difference.
S – SPECIAL GIFT
H – HEART (PASSION)
A – ABILITY
P – PERSONALITY
E – EXPERIENCE
D – DECISION
Hon. Idowu Adejumoke Senbanjo
(Chairman Apapa Local Govt.)
PERSONAL BRANDING, POISE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE
Presenter: Mr. Joseph Yemi Adeniran
Deliberate decision about the choices you make in life is very important.
*First impression accounts for 75% of people’s perception about you.
PERSONAL BRANDING: A deliberate, conscious, and concerted effort to differentiate and position yourself for greater share of the market.
POISE: Your grooming, composure, comportment and public presentation. Always appear neat.
SELF – CONFIDENCE: Trusting in your abilities, skills, and positive views about yourself.
* Make yourself known about who you are and what you can offer.
Other Presentations
You need to know what is called 'Design Thinking For Innovation.' Search for it online.
* What are you going to be is no longer a main issue nowadays. What you should be asking nowadays is, 'What problem can I solve.'
EMPLOYABILITY can be refered to as having what the employer needs.
* To be employable you be tech savvy. To become relevant and be employable, it is advisable you have soft (digital) skills.
THE 5:30:30:35 RULE
Academic degree - 5%
Soft skills - 30%
Hard skills - 30%
Relevant experience - 35%
* 85% of your job success is tied to soft skills.
Join Nigeria Army with O' Level certificate and after 3 years you can further your education at no cost by you. Nigeria Army/ Navy/ Sir Force
will pay for your education. You can also enlist in the Direct Short Services with your Degree or HND certificate, then you will go to Nigeria Defence Academy for training.
Military Police
Intelligence
Education corps
Chaplain corps
Finance corps
Band Corps
Public relations
Legal Services Army
Physical Training
Engineering
Medical corps
Supply and Transport
Islamic Affairs, etc
Harvesting and use of water hyacinth (water weed) has a lot of economic value. When dried, it can be used for:
Basketry
Rope making
Flower verse
Pen case-cover
Decoration materials, etc.
Renewable energy sector:
Engineers (Innovators)
Technicians
Project Manager
* Waste Management Sector (Recycling)
Waste Management Coordinators
Environmental Engineers
Recycling Managers
*Smart Agriculture
Agronomists
Sustainable food production managers
Environmental Consultants
Attributes for success in any career are:
Tenacity
Steadfastness
Honesty
Reading widely
Respect to oneself and others.
4 principles that will help you in your career:
Discipline
Integrity
Time management
Relationship Management.
Be hardworking
* Volunteer to render service
* No experience is a waste as it may be useful later in life.
Vocational skills certification through:
Modular examination for non- regular vocational training.
Regular certification examination for Senior secondary schools students which can be used to get admission into higher institutions.
Training Centres can apply for accrenon-regular.
There is great prospect in carpentry globally.
One can be:
A Furniture Designer
Technician (carpenter)
Furniture Marketer
* Fishing
* Supply
* Packaging
* Bunkering
* Seafarer
Nigeria is yet to have Marine Electronic Expert, so someone may choose that as career.
5 Important Dimensions of career assessment:
Personality
Interest
Learning Styles
Motivation
Skills and abilities.
To be qualified for credit facility as a new entrepreneur, you will show an evident of certificate of training in the area of your vocation but if you have been running your business for sometimes, evidence of certification may not be required.
Requirement for accessing credit facility:
CAC registration certificate
LASRA
Government issued ID. Card.
BVN
Business Plan
TIN is required for larger amount.
The successful execution of the STEM Bootcamp was made possible through the generous support of various sponsors, including:
- Apapa Local Government
- FCMB
- Leventis Motors
- NNS Beecroft
- ENL Consortium Ltd
Planning Committee
Hon. Supervisor for Youth and Sports, Apapa Local Government (Team Lead)
Head, Welfare.
Head, Protocol & Contact.
Head, Youths Mobilization.
Head, Students Mobilization.
Head, Secretariat.
Representative of Excellerate Business School.
RECOMMENDATION
* This program should be done twice a year (one for Senior Secondary Schools and the other for Junior Secondary Schools) but if not practice able, at least once a year.
* Time management should be strictly adhered to in subsequent edition because it is a virtue that is been taught to the children.
* APAPA Local Government should kindly hasten up the completion of the skills centre under construction. The centre should also get NABTEB Accreditation for recognized certification for trainees after training.
* Youth participation should be increased in subsequence edition.
COMMENDATION
All the facilitators and the attendees highly give thanks to the Executive Chairman of APAPA Local Government for this wonderful program.
* The timing of this program was wisely chosen as it fell in during the mid- term break. So, students did not miss classes.
