4000 subscribers, the first question of Ask A Career Consultant, a 200K job in fashion, and an award for agroprenuers!
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Hey sis,
This week, I am in your mailbox twice! It may not happen again but I am thrilled to be writing to you today. Our newsletter community aka newsletter girlies just hit 4K subscribers! How exciting is this, sis?! We love that we get to serve you and we are so glad our community is growing.
Today’s newsletter bears a treasure box of amazing goodies! We’ve added 70+ opportunities to the website this week, and in this letter, Yvonne Alozie Obi, our career expert answers Grace’s question.
A snapshot of this week’s letter
The first question of Ask A Career Consultant.
A 200K monthly salary role in fashion, and an award for agricultural entrepreneurs from the Embassy of the Netherlands in Nigeria.
We found two opportunities for our sis.
A free program to help students gain admission into universities abroad.
Ask A Career Consultant
Hello Yvonne,
Thanks for doing this for the sisters. I am Grace, I am in a situation where I fell in love with something I did not study but stumbled upon. Started my career as a media personnel and marketing communication officer, and learned everything about it on my own in the company where I work now although it's not a structured company. I want to leave because I know there is more for me to explore but most companies I am applying for want me to start as an intern because I never worked for an agency. After spending over 3 years in the field. What would you advise, please?
Yvonne says,
Hi Grace, thank you for writing to me. Your predicament is an ideal one. The act of falling in love with a skill at work is what we should strive for. You have discovered something you love and I’d recommend you use that energy to pursue a career in media and marketing. However, how much social capital have you built to get employed at the level you want in another organisation? Most times, we haven’t gathered the required experience, knowledge or transferrable skills, or even positioned ourselves in a way that gives us access to the type of job we’re looking for.
So start here, ask yourself, if you were the hiring manager at the agency, would you hire YOU? What would excite the hiring manager about your profile? Then begin to position yourself as someone you’d be excited to hire. Get the relevant knowledge, or even sometimes a ‘stamp of approval’ through a course or internship required to be seen as exciting. Don’t be afraid to start from scratch and work your way up, you’ve got time. I hope this helps.
FindHer
Our sis is a 400-level student looking for opportunities in tech and advertising: Internship at Ronvisory Strategy or 2024 Optimus Bank Graduate Trainee Sales and Marketing Programme
Opportunities
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Sales and Social Media Manager - Kendor Consulting (Lagos): The Sales and Social Media Manager will be responsible for driving the fashion brand awareness and increasing sales through strategic in-person customer engagement and social media management. 200K per month.
Stephen Young Global Leaders’ Scholarship Programme - University of Strathclyde: Successful candidates will achieve a full-fee scholarship to the Strathclyde MBA as well as a generous stipend to cover living costs during studies.
2024 BUILD Nigeria: A program through which pre-college students from low-income backgrounds gain access to resources that would enable them to secure admissions and full financial aid to world-class colleges and universities, including US colleges. BUILD Nigeria funds the entire college application process from test fees to visa costs.
Project Officer - Plan International (Akwa Ibom): University degree or equivalent in Social Science, Social Work, Psychology, etc. The candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of relevant working experience in livelihoods, mainstreaming GBV, addressing social norms, and promoting financial inclusion among vulnerable groups.
Africa Climate Fellowship - Halcyon: A $5,000 equity-free stipend for travel expenses to attend residencies in Washington, DC, and Nairobi with a culminating event featuring pitches from each venture and connections to investors, advisors, and media.
Nigeria Higher Education Fund Scholars Program: Eligible applicants are penultimate students at Partner universities. Each scholar undergoes intensive training by a thoroughly selected group of international facilitators.
International Tribunal on the Law Of the Sea - Nippon Foundation Capacity Building and Training Programme: The program for nine months in Hamburg, Germany. Participants’ costs, including travel, accommodation, medical insurance, and a monthly subsistence allowance, are covered by the Nippon Foundation.
2024 Embassy of the Netherlands in Nigeria Agropreneur of the Year Award: Whether you know someone who made a significant contribution to the field or you believe in your accomplishments, you can nominate yourself or others with a short video.
Like these? There’s more where they came from. Recently, we’ve added over 74 new opportunities to our website!
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Feb 25 (tomorrow!): 2024 Internship Program at Ashinaga (Remote), Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Incubation Program, Global Internship Program - International Finance Corporation, Stanford African Scholars in Global Health Program, Global Citizen Scholarship 2024 - Ban Ki Moon Centre, Next Generation Resource Governance Leaders Program, ECOSOC Youth Forum - Speaking/ Funding Opportunities
Feb 26: Polaris Bank Graduate Intensive Training Program, Logistics and Administrative Coordinator - AWID (Remote), Equator Prize
Feb 27: The NEBOSH L’Oréal International Bursary
Feb 28: World Cinema Fund Africa (Post-production Funding), International Eco-Hero Awards for Young Environmentalists, Robert S. McNamara Fellowships Program, Gender Equity/GBV Evidence Accelerator Fellowship, Oxford Africa Conference Innovation Seed Fund, Program Manager, West and Central Africa - Miracle Feet (Remote)
Feb 29: Women for Zero Hunger, ICTP Physics Without Frontiers, FAO–Hungarian Government Scholarship Programme, SAIS Female Founder Award 2024, Ocean Pitch Challenge, O’Shaughnessy Fellowships, Head Teacher - Talent Mine Academy (Ota), Manaaki New Zealand Scholarship, Marlène and Paolo Fresco Fellowship, PhD Scholarship in the School of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Intern Catalyst Local Chapters - Catalyst 2030 (Remote), Actuary Associate - PwC (Lagos), UNCCD Land Heroes Campaign
Mar 1: UNWTO Youth in Tourism Innovation Challenge, Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 13, Lead 2030 Challenge for SDG 4, Tony Elumelu Foundation Entrepreneurship Programme 2024, A.S.Hornby Educational Trust Scholarships, Graduate Study Programme (GSP) at UN Geneva, 2024 Chapel Hill Denham Management Development Programme (Lagos), She Leads Africa's Business Accelerator Program, World Bank Youth Summit 2024, Future Africa Fellowship, Demetrios G. Papademetriou Young Scholars Program, Assistant Manager, Finance - Clean Tech Hub, State Project Manager - Malaria Consortium (Plateau)
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