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How to research a company before your interview

By  Toni Bowers Takeaway:   Before a job interview, find out more about your prospective company. You’ll ask better questions and be able to decide if you actually want to work there. It’s imperative that you do your research on a company before you interview with them. Not only does being well-versed in a company’s mission and history help you tremendously when it’s time to ask the interviewer some questions, but it will also help you decide whether it’s a place you even want to work. Many times your IT skills will transfer to a completely different industry than what you’ve been working in. Research is also a good way to get acquainted with an industry you’re not familiar with so you’ll be prepared to talk about how your skills could transfer. There are several ways to do this research. You can google the company name or, if the company is big enough, it probably has its own Web site. Here are some other resources you can use to research a company: · ...

Human Resources / Admin Manager

Job Title: Human Resources / Admin Manager Job Reference: ASP12 Location: Lagos, Nigeria Company: Aspen Energy Nigeria Ltd. Education: • First Degree in Social Sciences or equivalent. • A Post Graduate degree or an MBA would be an added advantage Experience: Minimum of 10 years’ Experience in similar position within the upstream sector of an Oil and Gas and must be CIPM or CIPD certified. Purpose: • This position is responsible for developing HR strategies in alignment with the Organization’s Business strategies to produce superior performance and growth by developing standard, repeatable systems, processes, and capabilities that make it fast and easy for the company to enter upstream business and to enhance its growth strategy with staffing models that fit a modern workforce. • The Candidate for this position is to team up with other Senior business leaders to ensure alignment of the responsibilities as indicated below to achieve the strategic corporate vision of the organizati...

Business Development Officers & Front Desk Officer

Business Development Officers and Front Desk officer Wanted!! Job Openings : Business Development Officers and Front Desk Officer A Security Systems Technology company located at Lagos Mainland is seeking to hire: 1. Passionate Business Development Officers with 2-3 years Business Development experience. Qualification is OND / HND /B.Sc 2. Front Desk Officer with OND/ HND / B.Sc. Interested candidates to send CV to marketingvacancies . Opening closes Feb 28, 2013

Senior Consulting Expert - BSS/OSS, VAS, SDP, RCS, IPTV, Managed Services

Senior Consulting Expert – BSS/OSS, VAS, SDP, RCS, IPTV, Managed Services – China / 24 months + Job Location: China Job Type: Permanent A multinational telecommunication organization is urgently seeking a Senior Consulting Expert to join their existing team. Job Description: Lead a cross-functional team by analyzing and understanding telecom operators’ challenges and business strategies. Provide consulting service to clients, assist the telecom operators in Service Portfolio Planning based on Huawei’s technology suite. Set up strategic dialogue with clients’ CXOs; create Trusted Advisor image in nominated target accounts in the responsible fields (BSS/OSS, VAS, SDP, RCS, IPTV, Managed Services, etc); represent Huawei business solutions to appropriate industry forums. Nurture and manage customer requirements; drive the improvement of product and solution competitiveness. Develop business consulting tools and capabilities, help to cultivate and improve the competence of ...

Travel Coordinator Job at MTN

Job Title: Travel Coordinator Division: Finance Location: Rivers Job Description: Work closely with the finance department to ensure timely and speedy reimbursement of travel expenditures to department personnel and prompt payment to all related service providers. Research issues bordering on international travel including service providers, routes and statutory regulations, to determine the most effective and cost efficient means of transportation per time. Arrange and book local or international flights for MTNN staff, visitors and consultants and their families (if need be), ensuring good value for money, timely delivery of tickets and seamless protocol service. Plan itinerary and book hotel accommodation for MTNN staff, visitors and consultants and their families (if need be) traveling on international or local routes. Prepare reports and maintain related documentation for audit purposes and ease of retrieval. Liaise with travel agents and airlines to make arrangements for excess...

Graduate Trainees at GlaxoSmithKline Plc

GlaxoSmithKline – Are you looking for a deep commitment to your training and development? Do you want trust and respect in a stimulating, healthy environment? The opportunity to grow in a high-performance culture? The chance to answer the big questions about future healthcare needs – and your own future? The sense of purpose that comes from leading change in an industry that touches millions of lives every day? As a science-led, global healthcare company, we are ideally equipped to meet your aspirations. We discover, make and market well-known consumer products, as well as innovative medicines and vaccines. Everything we do is focused on improving the quality of human life. We believe this makes us a very special company to work for. There are a range of opportunities available in our Future Leaders (Graduate Trainee) programme. We are looking for high achievers with a good academic background to fill the following positions: 1.) Engineering and Manufacturing Click here to view det...

Senior Procurement Manager In Reading

Connect44 are currently looking for a Senior Procurement Manager to work for a prestigious telecoms company in Reading, England. The candidate must be a UK/EU passport holder and have extensive experience in procurement. The correct candidate will have an excellent track record in the telecoms industry and have extensive knowledge of project deployment and marketing knowledge. Please apply within or contact James on james.searle@connect44.com or 0208432 8910 for more information. Job Spec: Qualify suitable supplier for wireless project bidding and implementation Strategy setup for wireless projects and select current implementation partner for wireless project to achieve cost saving budget and project goal Negotiation with customers & subcontractors to maximize company’s benefit, organizing the bidding activities from inquiry preparation, offers evaluation, negotiation and contract signing. Build and develop relationsh...

Senior Procurement Manager, Outsourcing, Implementation,

Senior Procurement Manager, Outsourcing, Implementation, Connect 44 are currently looking for a Senior Procurement Manager to work for a prestigious telecoms company in Reading, England. The candidate must be a UK/EU passport holder and have extensive experience in procurement. The correct candidate will have an excellent track record in the telecoms industry and have extensive knowledge of project deployment and marketing knowledge. Please apply within or contact Laurence.Kowalewski@connect44.com for more information. Job Spec: Qualify suitable supplier for wireless project bidding and implementation Strategy setup for wireless projects and select current implementation partner for wireless project to achieve cost saving budget and project goal Negotiation with customers & subcontractors to maximize company’s benefit, organizing the bidding activities from inquiry preparation, offers evaluation, negotiation and contract signi...

Human Resources Manager (Manufacturing Sector)

Company: A major player within the manufacturing sector in Nigeria. A leading specialized packaging company rendering quality products and services to diverse clients in Nigeria and the West African sub region. It’s a unique opportunity to work with a world-class organisation in Nigeria. Summary of job description : ■ Ability to articulate and Align HR with business requirements; putting in place suitable human capital development plans ■ Develop suitable programmes to ensure full employee engagement ■ Develop guidelines and policies related to personnel actions and maintain compliance with all HR transactional processes. ■ Propose and implement appropriate performance management systems ■ Develop and implement suitable programmes that link performance with rewards and recognition ■ Career and talent management initiatives ■ Champion employee relations and Industrial relation processes. ■ Coordinate and manage day-to-day tactical/strategic HR activities within the com...

Flight Data Manager

Recruiter : Zenon Aviation Posted: 11 January 2013 Location Lagos View Larger Map Sector Aviation and Airlines, Flight Crew, Flight Operations, Business Services, Managerial and Executive, Aerospace Engineering, Program Management, Quality Contract Type Permanent Hours  Full Time Salary Excellent tax free salary package with expat benefits Zenon Aviation Recruitment has a new requirement for a Flight Data Manager to be based in Lagos with an established operator. The operator requires the candidate to be responsible for the overall management of the FDM System / Programme and will report to the Operations Manager with the Safety Training and Maintenance departments retained as customers of de-identified data. The position also requires the applicant to act as an Operations Auditor as and when required. Key responsibilities include:  •The classification of FDM events •Completion of follow up activity and for producing periodic FDM reports regarding tre...

Business Leader- Business Development

Company : MasterCard Location : Lagos, Nigeria The job holder will carry out responsibilities detailed below in the assigned location within West Africa markets • Develop sales pipeline leveraging all available resources in coordination with the product development and account management teams • Work with Customer Account Managers and Country Managers to identify opportunities to sell new products to existing customers • Participate in high-level, interactive conversations with key decision makers around new or emerging product opportunities • Analyze customers’ existing business through profitability modeling, financial forecasting and competitive analysis and recommend opportunities for additional revenue • Develop long-term growth strategies to optimize mutual profitability across debit and credit business lines • Work with virtual team of MC subject matter experts to strategically articulate value propositions to close new business opportunities • Develop financial modeling...

Business Leader Prepaid Product Management & Sales, SSA

Company: MasterCard– Lagos (Nigeria) Location: Lagos View Larger Map The Business Leader, Prepaid Product Management & Sales - SSA would be responsible for prepaid product segment development and management, of a defined portfolio of Prepaid products, specifically in Sub Saharan Africa. Sub Saharan Africa The Business Leader, Prepaid Product Management & Sales - Sub Saharan Africa, would be tasked with assignments that support local alignment of product development, product management, product sales and implementation activities with a customer-focused strategy. The individual will assist in supporting business development with our Customer Banks, Processing partners, Non Bank financial institutions, Travel Service providers and Corporates, in Africa. The Business Leader, Prepaid Product Management – Sub Saharan Africa, will work closely with local Product Sales, Customer Account Management and country management to assure that customer planning considers t...

Cisco Network Consultant

Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States Employment Type: Contractor Salary: $60.00 per hour Posted: 01.15.2013 Job Description *This is a 6 month contract, possible contract to hire* Prestigious Enterprise Company is currently seeking a Cisco Network Consultant. Candidate will have the following skills:  •LAN troubleshooting, remediation, best practice, security, QoS  •WAN troubleshooting, remediation, best practice, security, QoS, •Cisco 3750, 3900, 2900 deployment, troubleshooting, configuration. SNMP monitoring solutions.  •Wireless - Cisco 5500 controllers, 1142 WAP, troubleshooting, deployment  •VOiP QoS engineering, CUCM cluster, understanding of call routing logic, dial plans, dial peers, route patterns, partitions, calling search spaces, IVR and call handler uses in Unity  •Firewalls - Cisco ASA, IOS acl's, Firewall architecture/DMZ's  •SAN - understanding of disk arrays, Cisco UCS, IP attached storage, •10gig infrastructure, Nexus 5548...

Regional Sales Manager EMEA

Location : London, , United Kingdom View Larger Map Job Category: Sales & Marketing Employment Type: Full time Salary: per month Posted: 01.09.2013 Occupations Business-Strategic Management: Business Analysis-Research, Business Unit Management, Franchise-Business Ownership, General-Other: Business-Strategic Management, Hospital-Clinic Administration, Hotel-Lodging Management, Managerial Consulting, Mergers and Acquisitions, President-Top Executive, Public Health Administration, Restaurant Management, School-College Administration, Store-Branch Management, Strategic Planning-Intelligence, Town-City Planning Job Description  Nexmo is hiring a Regional Sales Manager EMEA – London based. You will be responsible for growing new accounts in the enterprise and mobile apps segments and leading a small team of Sales Executives. We are looking for tech savvy and analytical person with the ability to effectively build/close sales pipelines and develop other junior executi...

Senior Technical Services Engineer

Ref: : HG247 (Identify Networks) Location: Amsterdam - Europe - EU Countries Rate: € 45 to € 65 K (Permanent) + Bonus and benefits A great opportunity for a Senior Technical Services Engineer to join a global communications technology company, specialising in the design, engineering and supply of technology supporting triple and quad-play broadband services for residential and business customers. Reporting into the Technical Services Manager for Europe, the Senior Technical Services Engineer provides technical service to our customers, for our products or, our partner’s products in the European market. The Senior Technical Services Engineer will work as part of a team of 12 based out of the office in Amsterdam. Possible travel throughout Europe and on-call support may be required. Main Activities:  • Post-sales Technical Support, remote or at customer site • Professional Services and Consultancy – Fault reproduction and trouble shooting, performing root cause analysis...

Services Product Expert of Telecommunication

Ref: : 02 (ZTE Corporation) Location: HK, Singapore, Other location... - USA - Other , Europe - EU Countries, Germany Rate: $ 125 to $ 187.5 K (contract/temp.) Job Description: 1)Organize and be responsible for bidding or implementation of important MS project 2)Build the brand influence of service of ZTE, make the planning for high-end market, promote the progress of important projects 3)Provide the consultant and advice for ZTE in service product development planning or Roadmap, work with services engineers for seeking for services development around the world 4)Provide the training and technical transfer for relative people of service products, ensure the service personnel with sufficient technical knowledge 5)Handle the problem of major project and meet the requirement of customer, provide resolution for customer raised issue 6)Seek for new services and sales opportunity and provide the proposal for ZTE Qualifications: 1)15 years or above working experience in Te...

Presales / Technical Consultant - RF Optimization

Ref: : (#944-MH1036) Location : MEA - Dubai - Middle East Rate : N/A (Permanent) My Client, in the RF Optimization space is looking for a Technical Consultant (MEA) who will be responsible for educating prospective & current clients about all aspects of our RF network optimization solutions. Experience in the telecom or software sector (sales or engineering) is required. You will be a key player at a firm that intends to be a global leader in wireless network optimization within three years. You will be a strategic member of our sales and support team who will act as the liaison between our customers and the product management/engineering departments. You will be the face of my client; the tech expert that our clients actually meet. You will help present and sell our technical products to telecom firms & equipment vendors, using language that appeals to both engineers and CFOs. You will provide market feedback to our marketing and development teams, thus influencing...

Project Director

Project Director Ref: : 2002-002 ( ZTE Corporation ) Location : Qatar - Middle East Rate : N/A (Permanent) 1.Customer relationship management.To keep good relationship with Operator CXO project manager or any high level management; 2.Ensure the projects running smoothly ,monitoring of the process of implementation, to collect and feed back customer requirement and manage customer’s complaint; 3.Engineering service documents finishing and output; 4.Be able to do the delivery solution presentation to operator; 5.Implementation of the priorities assigned by the superiors Apply Now

FINANCE OFFICER

Post Date:  21/12/2012 GENERAL The main contact person of the Finance division in respect of internal control issues Effective monitoring of fixed cost to ensure that expenditures are kept within approved budgetary provisions. Timely rendition of monthly reports to Territorial Accounts Unit of Final Account Department. CASH Ensure timely replenishment of petty cash imprest to support the day to day petty cash expenses of the sales area Post petty cash vouchers regularly and agree amount with general ledger balance TREASURY Follow up un-cleared items from bank reconciliation statements sent from Head Office Follow up uncredited lodgements with the banks COMPANY CREDITORS Send contractors invoices to head office (Final Account Dept.) weekly for payment. Send staff claims monthly to head office (Employee Relations Dept.) for payment STOCK & ASSETS Reconcile (with liftings) and post NNPC invoices Observe stock taking exercises for products on monthly b...

Director(s) –Greenfield Integrated Petrochemical Complex

A $30+ billion Conglomerate in Africa - Johore, Malaysia View Larger Map Job Description   Our client is setting up one of the world’s largest Gas based Greenfield Integrated Petrochemical Complexes producing 700,000 tonnes of various products like methanol, polyethylene, polypropylene and butadiene. The complex is coming up just out of Lagos city in the southern part of Nigeria. Looking to fill important Director(s) levels at this stage of the project. Would like to hear from anyone who has been an important part of setting up a Greenfield project of this magnitude from Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering / Instrumentation Engg / Civil Engg / Prod/Process Engg with experience related to Projects and O&M. Desired Skills & Experience Should be in a similar position with at least 20+ years in the field of project management in various large petrochemical groups, preferably multi location and multi country. A university Bachelors degree in engi...