This document outlines an academic and career development seminar for final year students. It discusses the difference between jobs and careers, the career development process including career discovery, and factors considered in recruitment. Interactive sections cover degree subjects, employability skills, and job application procedures. Development strategies suggested include internships, skill building, online presence, communication skills, and participating in student societies. Excuses for lack of career progress are addressed, and the importance of career is discussed in relation to God's purposes.

1. ACADEMIC & CAREER
DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR
Final Year Students Seminar
Glory of God students’ Fellowship (GLOGSFE)
Obafemi Awolowo University
ILE-IFE, Osun state, Nigeria
Adedoyin A. ADELEKE
+23470-392-98938, +23470-526-99939
adedoyin.ade@gmail.com
22nd August 2015

2. Difference
between a Job
and a Career?

3. Scenario 1- simple, & empty

4. Scenario II – Full and Loaded

5. How well do you know where
you are going?

6. Career Development Process

7. Career Discovery
 Self Discovery
 Good Career Planning
 Acquiring Necessary Knowledge,
Skills and Training

8. COURSEWORK
DEGREE /PROGRAM
YOUR FRUIT
DEGREE /PROGRAM
MARKETABLE SKILLS
VALUES

9. Recruitment Factors

10. Comments on Recruitment
Factors
 Why do you think Degree Subject
rates that low?
Interactive!
 Then, what is the benefit of my First
Class and Second Class?
Interactive!

11. Job Seekers Evaluation on Employability
Skills

12. Categories of Employment
Junior staff
Senior Staff
Management Staff
Peculiarities!

13. Job Application Procedure
DIFFERS
 Strategy: Subscribe to
◦ Online Job Advert Companies
 www.myjobmag.com
 www.Jobberman.com, etc.
◦ Recruiters (create an account)
 www. Dragnet-solutions.com, etc.
◦ Emails
◦ Referrals
◦ Newspapers, etc.

14. Job Application Procedure
 Opportunities
◦ www.opportunitiesforafricans.com
◦ www.opportunitiesdesk.org
◦ www.iventhub.com
 Other benefits of these websites

15. NOTE
 Failure is often not an end in it self but
a means to an end, and the End is
Success
◦ Experience P&G - Experience on VSL
◦ Once you are sure of what you are doing,
try and pursue till you get it.

16. What Interviews Assess
Personal Interpersonal Self-
Management
Initiative &
Delivery
Confidence Social Interpersonal
skills
Self-control Planning
Self -
esteem
Communication skills Reliability Problem-solving
Motivation Teamwork Positive Attitude Prioritising
Self -
efficacy
Assertiveness Presentation

18. Development Strategies
 What is 1st step in C.V. Writing?
Interactive!
◦ Volunteering and Internships (NYSC and After)
◦ Good Class of Degree
◦ Limit to Applications
 ‘minimum Second Class Upper’
 Strictly for First Class Graduates’ – PRESSID, Univ. of
Glasgow opportunities, etc
 Exposure, being informed and up-to-date
(Tunji, P& G)

19. Development Strategies
 Take Developmental opportunities
◦ Present engagements in Church,
Fellowship, Societies- P & G Experience
 ICT Skills – Learn ASAP
◦ Software related to your field
◦ General and Professional prgs – MS Office
package, Web Design, Programming
Languages, etc
◦ Professional and Social Media – LinkedIn,
Facebook, Twitter, etc.
 Visibility – Internet Presence

20. Development Strategies
 Username: E-mail, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc
 Not acceptable:
◦ nikkyswag@yahoo.com
◦ sammyup@gmail.com
◦ adejilat4christ@yahoo.co.uk
 Acceptable:
◦ Seun_adeola@yahoo.com
◦ adedoyin.ade@gmail.com
◦ af.sola@yahooo.co.uk
 What do you do on your FB page?
◦ What it stands for

21. Personal Attributes
 Dress sense – everywhere and
anywhere
 Dedication and Commitment
 Positive attitude to Works and
employers (Experience with VSL co-
applicants)
 Keep Learning and don’t stop
learning

22. Some Student Societies
 SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise)
 AIESEC (Association internationale
des étudiants en sciences
économiques et commerciales)
 etc
NOTE: Be careful of unbeneficial
student groups

23. Development Strategies
 Communication Skills
◦ Writing – why?
 Resume and Cover Letter writing
General Principle
Always check standard formats
online – It changes
 HOW ?

24. Development Strategies
 Speaking – why?
◦ Interview Preparation
◦ Know every thing on your Resume
in expanded form
◦ Can we meet you?
Interactive
◦ Learn how to speak well in
EVERYDAY LIFE. It builds!
 HOW ?

25. Don’t submit to Excuses
 Financial Excuses
◦ Success begins with what is at hand –
Brilliance, Hard work, Skills
◦ Check out for Successful men – Bill Gates,
Barr. Jimoh Ibrahim, Adeola Adenikinju, E.
A. Adeboye
 Imperial College - PRESSID
◦ Scholarships (Use what you have -
Excellence)

26. Don’t submit to Excuses
 I am not brilliant – I don’t have a
‘magnetic brain’
◦ Bill Gate, Wole Soyinka, Gani Fawehinmi,
Tony Elumelu, Jimoh Ibrahim – 3rd Class
(ANONYMOUS, PLS!)
◦ Use what you have! Try and Keep Trying!
Till Mastery.
Success awaits you!

27. Don’t submit to Excuses

28. Don’t submit to Excuses

29. Importance of Career
 Why would God invest in your Career ?
 What is God’s Pay off?
◦ Just tithe and offering?
◦ Our Lord’s Prayer (Kingdom)
◦ Platform for Missions
 Denial of Missionary Visa (Saudi-Bible Experience)
 Pa S.G. Elton’s Prophecy – Apply in your Career
◦ Establishing righteousness (Obama)
◦ Being a leader makes you a “ Gatekeeper and
a Watchman”

30. The Cause of your Course
• An exposition
• Hymn
• Prayer Session

31. Remarks
 Interactive Session
◦ Questions & Answers

32. Thank you