Business Language and Communication

By Goke Ilesanmi We are now in the super-active period of electioneering in Nigeria, that is, the volatile period of political or electoral campaigns, beginning with the primary elections of political parties. It is worrisome that the political language, communication or messages of most of the political aspirants and their teeming campaign handlers and supporters […]

By Goke Ilesanmi Las week, we said beyond packaging a great curriculum vitae (CV) as an applicant, you also need the reinforcement of a persuasive cover or application letter to boost your chances of being invited for a job interview. We educated that as opposed to what obtained in those days in Nigeria when jobs

By Goke Ilesanmi Apart from packaging a great curriculum vitae (CV), you also need the reinforcement of a persuasive cover or application letter to boost your chances of being invited for a job interview. A cover letter, variedly called “letter of application”, “letter of introduction”, “transmittal letter” and “broadcast letter” is a letter that no

By Goke Ilesanmi Failure to send the right messages will often result in loss of business, low morale in the workplace or soured friendships. If you are in customer service section, for instance, you need to think about the message you are giving customers. Do you really try to do everything possible or is your

By Goke Ilesanmi One thing that makes intellectual activities interesting is creativity. That is, ability to think outside of the intellectual box and transplant ideas from their original areas for meaningful application elsewhere. To be able to determine potential for success in the face of competition in business, existing and prospective entrepreneurs basically try to

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said the Personal interests/Hobbies segment has advantages and disadvantages. We explained that it can indicate a skill or area of knowledge which is related to the goal, such as “playing football”, for somebody looking for a job as a Physical Education teacher, etc. We added however that the segment

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said the evidence section is the second part of an effective CV. We explained that by evidence, we refer to all the mandatory and optional information you must include on your CV, e.g. chronological work history with dates, education, affiliations, list of software mastered, etc. We stressed that it

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said you need to write down everything you have ever done that demonstrates that you fit perfectly with what is wanted and needed by the prospective employer. We stressed that the whole idea is to organise your thinking such that you will be able to see some new connections

By Goke Ilesanmi Last week, we said to stay ahead of competition as an organisation, entrepreneur, job-seeker or student in this digital age that the scope of competition has become wide, you need to identify and persuasively communicate your outstanding organisational or personal competence, using your corporate or personal profiles and curriculum vitae.  We added

By Goke Ilesanmi To stay ahead of competition as an organisation, entrepreneur, job-seeker or student in this digital age that the scope of competition has become wide, you need to identify and persuasively communicate your outstanding organisational or personal competence, also called “Unique Selling Point”. Company profiles, personal profiles and curriculum vitae (CV) are some