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Presented By:
BUILDING EMPLOYABILITY & CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Segun Akiode, ACIPM
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Enterprise Development Program
Organized by CYAA, Ajah.
October 1st, 2014

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Introductions
I’m a born Teacher…
A Chemical Engineer turned Human Resources Professional.
I’ve a passion for knowledge sharing and committed to personal development.
I desire to make impact in my generation and die empty with my footprint on the sand of history.
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Part 1 – Building Employability Session
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What is Employability?
Employability refers to a person's capability for gaining and maintaining employment.
Employability depends on the knowledge, skills and attitudes (KSAs) individual’s possess and the way they present those assets to employers.
Employability is affected by Demand & Supply – a supply-side (individuals, applicants) and demand-side (recruiters, employers, economy).
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What is Employability Skills?
Employability skills are the skills you have developed inside and outside of school that you can transfer to the workplace.
Knowledge, Skills and Attitudes (KSAs) relating to a particular job.
The ability to identify suitable job opportunities and self presentation for job applications and interviews.
Your academics alone is not enough to automatically open job doors for you after school, you need employability skills.
What are Recruiters & Employers looking for?
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What Do Employers REALLY Want?
Employers are hiring everyday but they complain that there is scarcity of quality talents in the labour market that’s what we call ‘the War for Talent’ in human resources.
Any job seeker (fresh graduates inclusive) that hopes to secure a job with any employer of labour must develop capacity to see from the employers’ perspective.
Every employer is always willing to hire an employee with the hope that such an employee would add ‘value’ to the organization.
Potential Value
Experiential Value
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What Do Employers REALLY Want? Contd.
Every employers want job seekers that would be a GOOD FIT in terms of Skills set for the workplace. Some of these skills set are:
Professionalism – do you possess the skill, good judgment, and polite behavior require in the workplace?
Positive Attitude – do you possess abundance of enthusiasm and a “can do” attitude?
Self-management – do you possess the ability to take responsibility per time?
Communication Skills – do you have the ability for business communication?
Technologically Savvy – do you have basic technology skills needed in the workplace?
Every employer want job seekers that would be able to CONNECT theoretical knowledge with business realities.
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Crafting A Winning Résumé
The right mindset for writing a résumé/CV is that of a marketing mindset.
You’re a product being sold to a potential employer and the goal of your résumé is to communicate what you can do.
You have to see your résumé as a marketing tool because that is what it is; employers’ first impression about you.
A résumé would not get you the job but it gives you an interview opportunity.
Résumés are ‘fluid documents’ that need to change for each new job application.
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The Right Interview Mindset
An interview is a conversation between two or more people where questions are asked by the interviewer to elicit facts or statements from the interviewee.
In the case of a job interview, the interviewer (usually the employer or recruiter) assesses the interviewee (potential employee) on the suitability to do a job or otherwise.
A job interview is a game of perception so make a great impression.
As a job seeker, the secret sauce to acing any job interview is to make a great impression as fast and deep as you can and leave in a blaze of glory.
A Job interview is more of a game of perception than competence.
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Part 2 – Career Development Session
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What is a Career?
Career describes an individual’s journey through learning, work and other aspects of life.
Career is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as a person’s “course or progress through life (or a distinct portion of life)”.
One critical factor here is the fact that there is no career without an individual.
The concept of a career is centered round an individual’s life. You would agree with me that your career is your life and not mine.
You are born to solve a problem, meaning your Career is coded into your DNA.
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What is Career Development?
Career Development is the lifelong process of managing learning, work and transitions in order to move toward a personally determined and evolving preferred future.
Career development is how individuals manage their careers within and between organizations or how organizations structure the career progress of their employees.
Career development is a personal responsibility every individual must take and not to be left to the organization
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Career Management Model
Self- Assessment
Exploring Options
Skill Development
Personal Marketing
Career Enrichment
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Self Discovery & Your Career
“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment’
– Lao Tzu
Many fail to realize that looking for a job without the realization of who they are is planning to fail in their career journey.
‘Can you tell me about yourself?’
This question is actually about self-discovery and your answer helps employers know if you have discovered your own ‘unique value proposition’ which is deeply embedded in your personality.
Self assessment is instrumental in the continuous journey (not an event) of self-discovery.
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Elements of A Successful Career
Strengths
People
Passion
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Elements of A Successful Career Contd.
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Playing to Your Strengths - People excel by maximizing strengths, not by fixing their weaknesses.
Strength = Talent + Knowledge + Skills
Setting Your Passion Free - Passion, drive, motivation, zeal, intense emotion, compelling enthusiasm or desire for anything.
Working with the right set of people (cultural fit) - “everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.”

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Concept of Career Triangle
Job Satisfaction
Lifestyle
You Values & Goals
The Pay
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Concept of Career Triangle Contd.
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Job Satisfaction – this is measured by the quality of the job you undertake, professional development opportunities and the culture of the organization.
Lifestyle – this is measured by the raw hours required of the job, how much control you have over your work schedule and work-life balance.
The Pay – this is measured by the total rewards (cash & non- cash benefits) and the social prestige the job offers per time.

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Connect With Segun Akiode
@segunakiode
segun@segunakiode.com
744990AE
http://segunkiode.com
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Thank You All
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