Professor of Sociology and former Dean, Faculty of Social Science, University of Lagos, Lai Olurode, in this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, said several economic and social factors have gradually replaced the age-long marriageable age with age of affordability. He also added that the search for sustainable livelihood and the good life has led to reduced…

Many employees drive their careers whilst disengaged. Walking into work to do the bare minimum, keep their head down, collect their salary and exhale in gratitude when the weekend arrives, sigh in despair when it ends and Monday rears her ugly head. Then they repeat the cycle all over again. These symptoms are a clear…

“Vumi help, I hate my job,” I have heard this phrase more times then I care to count from my clients and have also wanted to scream it from a roof-top. The reality is many of us spend more of our time at work than anywhere else. On average a working individual will spend 50…

As part of efforts geared towards equipping students with information and experiences that will guide them in making positive academic, career and life choices, Pyramid Educational Advancement (PEA) Foundation, a non-governmental organization recently organised a career mentoring and life skills seminar for schools in Lagos and Ogun states. Over 600 senior secondary school students from…

“If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there,” according to Lewis Carrol. There is great wisdom in that saying and as I look at many of us getting bogged down with the humdrum of daily life, we often are on a road with no known destination. We are going…

The Managing Director, Promasidor Nigeria Limited, Mr. Anders Einarsson has urged secondary school students to seek professional counsel before making career decisions to enable them contribute meaningfully to the future development of the society.   Einarsson made the call while reviewing the success of Promasidor Harness Your Dream (PHYD), a career guidance workshop organised by…

Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology in Ogun State, Mrs. Modupe Mujota has blamed the increasing cases of unemployment in the country on wrong choice of career by our teeming youths. Mujota who disclosed this at the second edition of Promasidor Harness Your Dream programme held at African Church Grammar School, Abeokuta lamented that most…

Before I explain what I meant by “You could be committing suicide!” permit me to remind you about the divine gift called Time. Time is the greatest natural resource.

It is never too late to set your goals for the year and endeavor not to look at this as a resolution but as a step to becoming the person you want to become in the future. The origin of new year resolutions began during the same period as the New Year celebrations in pre- Christian…