800,000 APPLIED FOR 1,500 INEC JOBS – Jega

800,000 applied for 1,500 INEC jobs – Jega

The level of unemployment in this country keeps on soaring everyday as more and more graduates receive (I deliberately avoided using 'earn' ) their degrees and diplomas only to join the unemployment queue. This is why i remember at a seminar i attended some time ago, the speaker said that graduates are so eager to write job tests that they will ask two women discussing about pregnancy test the venue of the test! The report by Professor Jega about the number of applicants for the INEC jobs advertised is a testimony to this fact.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Thursday said 800,000 people applied for the 1,500 vacancies in the commission.

Jega, who made this known during an African Independent Television programme, denied an allegation that the commission had secretly recruited people to fill the posts which he said were well advertised in national newspapers.

The INEC chairman also flayed de-registered political parties which accused the commission of acting a script written by the Peoples Democratic Party.

He said the allegation was not only uncharitable, but also insulting to him and other commissioners in INEC.

Explaining the commission’s ongoing recruitment exercise, he said the commission was fair and acted according to the law.

According to him, apart from advertising in several newspapers, the advertisements were posted in state and local government electoral offices.

The INEC chairman also faulted the political parties that said the deregistration of political parties was to pave the way for a one-party system, with the PDP being the only party in the country.

Jega insisted that the de-registration of the political parties complied with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.

He stated, “It (the allegation) is laughable. It is uncharitable to us. It is an insult to many of us that people can think that those of that have been entrusted with this national responsibility can pander to anybody’s wish.” 

SOURCE: The Punch

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THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!!!

THANK GOD IT'S FRIDAY!!! This is a very common expression we hear from people on fridays. But what should you be thankful for? I got this poem from a friend so i decided to share it. Enjoy!!!

Thank you this day for my heart that still beats

Thank you too for every little thing I eat

Thank you for the sun, the rain the sky   

Thank you for beautiful butterflies

Thank you for my feet, to take me along

Thank you for my tongue, and this little song

Thank you for my eyes to see the world in full colour

  -a pretty lady, the smile of a child and sometimes a little horror

Thank you this day for my mind, ideas and inspiration

Thank you for wisdom, knowledge;

                           And some confusion

Thanks for romance, for suspense, for mystery

For comedy, for tragedy, for poetry

Thank you for music, movies… freedom of expression

For dance, drama… recreation

Thanks for love and heartbreaks alike

Thank you for lonely nights crying in bed

And for friends that fit like a mosaic

And even when they turn enemies instead

Thank you for evil so we know what is good

Thank you for lies so we know the worth of truth

Thank you for the void within heartbeats

And for her; that will fill it.

Thank God it’s Friday…

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LISTENING DOs AND DONTs FOR EFFECTIVE WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION

Job Aid

Listening Do's and Don'ts FOR EFFECTIVE WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION

Purpose: Use this job aid to improve your listening skills in the workplace.

Do:

• be prepared to listen
• paraphrase what's just been said to ensure you understand
• pay close attention
• show genuine interest
• keep an open mind
• focus on the information, not on the appearance or presentation of the speaker
• ask relevant questions
• clarify objections
• cite similar situations you have experienced to clarify the information's applicability
• take notes of key words or ideas if possible
• consider how what you've heard can benefit you or others
• be aware of your talking to listening ratio – talk less and listen more

Don't:

• interrupt the communicator
• change the subject
• zone out or start daydreaming
• complete the communicator's sentences
• make judgments before you hear all the information
• try to write down everything that's being said
• formulate your response while the communicator is still speaking
• perform other tasks while listening

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Course: Communication Skills and Project Management
Topic: Basic Elements of Communication