IN3K8 Media Is Hiring: Business Development Executives (@in3k8media)

By: Mr and Mrs AG on 08:28:00 / comment : 0 employment, jobs, recruitment

Opportunities have arisen for driven individuals to join our team as Business Development Executives responsible for our operations in Lagos, Nigeria.

IN3K8 Media is an ambitious PR, media consulting and digital advertising company, with digital billboards at a number of high traffic indoor Lagos locations. Successful candidates will project a modern, positive image of themselves and the company and be able to eloquently introduce our innovative products and services to individuals and small businesses.

Candidates with proven experience and a passion for generating new business and a burning desire to change the Lagos media landscape are encouraged to apply.

Of particular interest are candidates who are minded to help the team meet our goal of securing a firm foothold on the Lagos PR/media landscape and then redefine it.


Required personal attributes include:
• A self-starter with a delivery-oriented mindset.
• Possess good listening, communication and inter-personal skills.
• Can think outside the box.
• Relentless networker.

Required Skills:
• A keen eye for cultivating sales opportunities and efficiently harnessing them.
• Research bent.
• Fanatical client relationship management.
• At ease with Google’s document suite.
• Proficient use of email and other personal communication tools like WhatsApp.

Remuneration: • Competitive remuneration and benefits aimed at attracting the top 5%.

How to apply: visit 3k8.in/engage-lagos

How to Survive financially after quitting your job to be an entrepreneur

By: Mr and Mrs AG on 08:05:00 / comment : 0 entrepreneur, how to, jobs, survival

How do people survive financially after quitting their job and pursuing the entrepreneur route of a startup?


I've done it twice. Both times I went into massive personal credit card debt (US $50,000 and US $70,000). Both times the company I founded eventually raised investment capital, and things worked out. Here are the few pieces I've learned about surviving as a bootstrapped entrepreneur after quitting my job:

1. If You Aren't 100% Sure, Don't Even Try to Survive Financially. Get Your Job Back.

Being an entrepreneur is painful... and not the romanticized pain that ends in two hours and gets packaged like a Disney Special. It's a dull, lingering, financially disastrous pain that is only worth it if there is absolutely nothing else you can see yourself doing. If it isn't that black and white for you, get your job back. Now.

2. Plan for At Least 2 Years of Financial Suicide. That's a Bare Minimum.

Most entrepreneurs begin their entrepreneurial journeys with rosy forecasts. If they can just do these four things, well heck, they'll be the next Facebook or at least Instagram. That's the fairy tale anyway. The reality is you'll be probably trudging through financial quicksand for years. So plan for it!

3. Find a Cofounder As Wildly Passionate As You Are. Ideally a Rich One.

When you're lost and alone in the desert with no directions for how to find water... it is easy to let the hallucinations and ramen-inducing vitamin deficiencies take hold. But when you have a cofounder, an advocate, a best friend who needs it as much as you do... that person can keep you sane. If the person is rich, he or she can also take you out to dinner every now and then!

4. It Doesn't Matter if You Once Lived Like a King. You Are Now a Pauper.

Before I took the social entrepreneurial plunge, I was making easy money, driving a nice Mercedes, staying at 4-star New York City hotels, and enjoying life. It took me a few months to realize I was a pauper when I started my first business. The result: I used what could have been 3 years of savings in 5 months. Don't be as stupid as me.

5. If You Hit Zero, Credit Cards Can Be Your Best Friend. But BEWARE.

The only thing scarier for an entrepreneur than losing money every month is losing money you don't have every month. But this is part of the financial suicide referenced earlier. When you've hit zero, 0% interest credit cards (readily available in the US for first 12 months if you have good credit) are your best friend.

** Use with caution: If you aren't idiotically sure things will work out, return to step 1. Ask for your job back.

6. (Final Financial Survival Step): Work On Your Mental Game. It's the Most Valuable Asset You Have. It's More Important Than Money.

Entrepreneurship is oftentimes a war of attrition. Those who can take the most pain and stay in the game the longest are oftentimes the victors (if they are smart and adjusting all the time). The key to staying in the game isn't money. It is knowing the truth about yourself and your team: you are immensely capable and resourceful, and you will find a way. After all, there is no other option!

Important Contents Of Your Contract, Employment Letter Before You Sign

By: Mr and Mrs AG on 08:00:00 / comment : 0 employment, jobs

Most newly graduates are happy to get their first job but what they do not know is that your signature on any contract you sign is binding. After signing, your employer to some extent is not obligated to do beyond what is stated there and you are also bound by the rules, regulations and expectations of its content.

Most times, you will be asked to go home with the letter so that you can digest the content to see if it is something you are interested in and if you are satisfied with the remuneration, benefits, plans and other things. The first red flag for any suspicious contract or appointment letter is when you are asked to sign immediately without the benefit to read it contents properly.

So when next you are signing an appointment letter, the following are the contents you should look out for:

1. Offer of employment
There must be a formal letter written in your name from the CEO, MD or as required by the organization and signed accordingly.

2. Duties and Responsibilities
Your duties and responsibilities must be duly spelt out. Have you seen where people are employed as an accountant and you end up washing cars? That is what happens when your duties are not specified.

3. Hours of work
Resumption time and closing time must be specified.

4. Probation period
There must be an express explanation of how it works. How many months, days, weeks or years you are expected to be on probation before you are confirmed. If the company is hiring you without putting you on probation then it is possible this may not be found on your letter. At this point, you may have to ask your team leader.

5. Contract termination
The organization reserves the right to terminate your appointment and you also reserve the right to do same. Standard practice requires you to give a 30 days notice and it requires your employer to give a 30 days notice in the event they want to lay you off.

This must be explained in the letter.
a. The procedure.
b. The benefits.
c. The claims amongst others.

6. Remuneration
Your salary must be clearly stated without ambiguity and complexity. It must be clear and written in figures and words.

7. Leave

This comprises of;
a. Annual leave.
b. Casual leave.
c. Sick leave and they must all be clarified and specified.
d. Sometimes paternity and maternity leave.

8. Entitlements
You can read here Employee Rights, Entitlement Under Labor Laws:

9. Employee obligations
Some letters may not have this and some may have them.

This section will talk about secrecy, your responsibility to keep information safe and the need for you to be aware that whatever you do, use, write, create etc while on duty is companies property.

8. References affirmation
This will lay a claim on the fact that all the information given were right and not false.

This list is not universal and what is used in company A might be different in company B as well as in different nations but generally, the above will guide you before you sign that new appointment letter.

If nothing is clear, kindly ask your manager, your HR person or your team leader.

#JobAlert: Social Media Managers wanted for internship

By: Mr and Mrs AG on 01:44:00 / comment : 0 internship, jobs

CETVNG JOBS: Press Release

By: Unknown on 08:15:00 / comment : 0 jobs, student jobs, volunteer jobs

Casual Entertainment Tv is looking to expand across Nigeria. Though relatively new, we are looking to register over 80 representatives of the media house across Nigeria.

Cetvng is opening up vacancies for student volunteers to act as our representatives in different states and Higher institutions. This Volunteer scheme has a paid package attached to it for successful applicants.

Over the following weeks, we will be accepting application from individuals who are interested in pursuing a career in the media and Entertainment industry in Nigeria and beyond.

Interested Individuals must be Students and must not be above the age of 25 years. They must be active on social media and should have good people relation skills, goal oriented and determined people.

Speaking on the reason why students are the only ones allowed to apply, our Director of operations Mr. Eniola Oreoluwa stated that "in developed countries, students have the opportunity to study and work, hence we are trying to create the same platform in Nigeria". He also said that there is a need to actively engage students in creative activities that would lead to national development.

"If we employ 80 students as representatives, as at the time they will be graduating from school there will be no need for them to look for jobs because they will be fully taken in by the system. Those who no longer wish to continue with us will already have the needed experience being asked by the Labour market, thus making it easier to get jobs. He added.

We wish all intending applicants the best.