Your first job. Your next job. What you need to know

1. Your first job. Your next job. What you need to know Akeem Oyewale

2. Outline Life is a tabula rasa Let’s design our future Don’t be deterred by the vagaries of life • Your First Job • And Your Next Job • Attitude • Health • Social Etiquette • Contacts building & keeping • Drive • Qualifications • Always Leave the Door Open Your First Job. Your Next Job

3. Your First Job • Congratulations! • Know your territory • Plan for your exit…different types of exit • Savings • HAVE A PLAN FOR YOUR FUTURE, A MEASURABLE PLAN • Promotion • Identify your passion • Read Steve Jobs speech • Do a SWOT Analysis • Live a life Your First Job. Your Next Job

4. Attitude Readers are Leaders. Power is nothing without control. Attitude is everything. • Timeliness • Cleanliness • Your dress sense • Willingness to help (without seeking glory) • SMILE • Be yourself • Open yourself up for feedback Your First Job. Your Next Job

5. Health Health is wealth Your health can determine your future • Know your health status • Exercise • Regular check up • Do what is right… Your First Job. Your Next Job

6. Social Etiquette Belong Be yourself Contribute Sacrifice • How social are you? • Religious • Do you network? • Your social media tools, do you use them? • LinkedIn, BBM, Facebook…others that will come • Sacrifice required, and it is necessary Your First Job. Your Next Job

7. Contacts Who you are tomorrow is a function of those you know Your network is important. Perhaps most important in your next job quest. • How many people do you know today? • How many new people have you met this year? • How do you keep contacts… • How do you determine who you want to be close to? • Psychology of engagements Your First Job. Your Next Job

8. Contacts Your First Job. Your Next Job

9. Your Drive. Your Passion. Passion makes impossible possible With the right mentorship, your passion would lead you to success Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. • Your passion is what will take you to the next level • Life is full of challenges…but you will always excel if you want to • Measure your self periodically • Don’t necessarily compare yourself with others, blaze your trail … passion will guide you Your First Job. Your Next Job

10. Qualifications Academic qualifications good Life experiences better Luck is opportunity meeting preparedness • BSc, MBA, FCA, FCS, ACIB, ACS • BSc, PMP, MSc, Msc, MSc, CFA, PhD • Bill Gates? • Tony Elumelu? • Obasanjo? • Atedo Peterside? • Aliko Dangote? • Let’s read Steve Jobs’ presentation Your First Job. Your Next Job

11. Steve Jobs. Founder of Apple Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. You’ve got to find what you love. Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become • “Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” Steve Jobs. June 12, 2005 Your First Job. Your Next Job

12. Always Leave The Door Open Always leave the door open Be good Remember you can stoop to conquer Leave your marks on the sands of time • As you move from job to job • Always leave the door open • You might need to go back • Might be at higher or lower level… - Sola David-Borha (2000) Your First Job. Your Next Job

13. The future is what we make of it Your First Job. Your Next Job