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 Looking for a man who never had issues with anybody? Find a man who holds no opinion on anything.

 My experience at job hunting before I went for post graduate studies taught me that as a minority, to secure a job, I must be good, so do not see these Contents on HR Practice and Nepotism as pride driven. Today permit me to share my experience with Private Limited Companies. Firstly, there was this manufacturing company I attended an interview and as usual I came first but the WA Executive Director said it cannot happen. Here again a foreigner from Western Europe overruled him and I was engaged. Secondly, in another manufacturing concern, I came first at the interview and two powerful WA, an AGM and the Management Consultant had their own candidates, again a foreigner from Western Europe overruled them and I was employed. Thirdly, a trillion naira holding company conducted an interview through a Consulting firm and my coming first notwithstanding, some BIA individuals said I cannot be taken but a foreigner from Western Europe convinced the chairman of the board and I was hired. Final

 Guard your heart with all diligence for a goat that moves with a dog will eat shit.

 Looking for a "Ginigbacious" harvest of enemies? Stand for and insist on the truth.

 One of the hallmarks of failure of Managements in my clime is Nepotism which has led to the closure of big organizations and others on life support. Today, I share with you how Nepotism almost cost me employment in four quoted companies but for foreigners who overruled  the WA and BIA people. Firstly, twelves of us attended an interview and I came first, but a WA man who thought he had power said he would employ his two candidates who came 3rd and 7th. When the matter got to the foreigner from Western Europe, he ruled that the 1st candidate and any other candidate should be employed. Secondly, In another place where a holding company ran several quoted companies, a WA said I could not be employed, my coming first at the interview notwithstanding. This time, a foreigner from Asia had the final say. Thirdly, I came first again in a quoted Conglomerate, but as usual WA and BIA combined to say I should not be employed. Once more another foreigner from Western Europe overruled them and I w

 Looking for a man who is loved by everybody? Find a man who is bereft of integrity and going nowhere.

 Looking for a direct, effective and efficient diagnosis of mental illness in Nigeria? Find any one who believes anything said by government and her officials.

 In my clime, there are three major ethnic groups generally referred to as WAZOBIA based on how they say COME. While the WA and BIA are present in the OPS, the ZO is predominantly in the top of the Public Sector. The WA in the WAZOBIA is the most Liberal and Accommodating amongst the three. If a job requires serious work with low pay, it can be given to anybody, but if the job is relatively simple and with good pay, it does not go outside their cycle. The ZO enters the federal public service from the top, their qualifications and experience notwithstanding. The BIA does not see any qualified person to take up any jobs wherever they are dominant. The above describes what has been tagged NEPOTISM here. Anyone outside the WAZOBIA in any position of responsibility must be extremely good to get there and remain. A political way of correcting this national malady, took the form of Quota System supervised by the Federal Character Commission (FCC). Has it worked? The answer is found in the las

 Only people who lack integrity and trust, support Covenant  breakers.

 Those who reject the truth, live a life of lies and eternal damnation. 

 One area HR Managers have not provided enough leadership is Staff Annual Vacation. Most HR Managers in my clime do not know that accumulating more than two years annual vacation is illegal by our laws. There are places where staff are not allowed to proceed on annual vacation due to the exigencies of the job. I worked in a place where the average accumulated annual vacation by a majority of the staff was five years vacation. My reaction was very simple, send any staff who applied for vacation to go for two years annual vacations. After the first year of my stay in this place, made owing of annual vacation became intolerable. I ensured that annual vacation rosters were prepared and submitted to the HR Department latest the third week of December and was implemented from the HR Department. Equally, it became a company policy that any annual vacation not taken within the year is forfeited. I can report here that no company I worked owed me any annual vacation because I operated as an exp

 Looking for children that will live incident free lives tomorrow? Find a man who lives a life of integrity.

 Your ability to bear pains is inversely proportional to your capacity for telling lies.