Career Exponential Blog by Oladapo Omitogun

It could be helpful to you too. (Please be aware that I'm still working on a few of them. The first step is to acknowledge that you are guilty of any of the listed behaviours, and then to continuously improve your handling of it.) Plan your finances; Please don't spend the last kobo in your account or at hand. Know the difference between things you need and things you buy for your enjoyment or to impress people who don't even know you exist. Save for the reigning day, because you might have to fight the battle alone when nothing is left. Build network and quality relationships; Get out there and interact with people who can truly add value to your life. Don't do this out of friendship; instead, be open to learning and seizing opportunities that you might not have otherwise discovered if you hadn't moved out in the first place. Remember that getting in touch with people of value is not something that could happen in each of your outings, sometimes you could...

It was around April in the year 2018, I was already seeing myself getting an opportunity to work for a notable Marketing and Advertising Agency in Lagos, Nigeria. I was convinced and believed I was well positioned and prepared for the job interview in Lagos which I left Abeokuta in Ogun State to attend. During that time I hardly had enough money on me as I just left a toxic job. This toxic job it's something I would love to talk about but this is a story for another day. The first stage of the job interview involved meeting with the employee who wanted to leave the position that I wanted to fill. I passed and was moved to the second stage where I had to convince the department managers for the position after which they got back to me to come for a brief presentation and online brand auditing of one of their clients - this happened for the third stage. I tell you that even after that I was invited for a 4th and 5th stage interview, the previous was to check my ability to use wor...