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Bright Onyeonicha, an SSCE holder, had been unemployed before WAVE. He heard about WAVE from an acquaintance Cynthia, and decided to join the training programme with the expectation of getting a job. He trained at Yaba branch where he learned effective communication, and problem solving skills. When asked what his challenge was during the training, “meeting up with the time and lack of money for transportation were the challenges I encountered; I had to trek from Iyana Ajegunle to Yaba sometimes when I did not have transport fare. In fact, I trek on the graduation day,” he said. At the end of the training exercise, he jobshadowed at Party-Perfect, Lekki where he learned how to attend to customers. He works as a baker at Bread Lounge. Bright Onyeonicha advises job seekers to join WAVE. Apply via  our website at  waveacademies.org Like  us on  Facebook Follow us on  Instagram Follow us on  Twitter For more information, call 09090074238

What have you been up to since finishing from WAVE? After graduating from wave I have worked as a field analyst for UNO CREDIT then later moved to ONE CREDIT were I served as firstly a debt recovery officer then a customer service representative for about a year. After that, I got a job as a civil servant at the FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORPS where I currently am. What do you still remember of time at WAVE? Highlights? Lowlights? For me, the highlights at wave would include the teamwork exercises and the dining etiquette class I really enjoyed. I really can't think of any low lights specifically, but I would say for me, it was when I lost some points for coming late which happened once. What challenges have you faced and how do you overcome them? The greatest challenge I have faced in all the places I've worked would be individual and ideological differences between my employers, and I am currently working on how to try to reach a midpoint so that both parties are happy . What is yo...

Meet Hamidat Akano,  Hamidat currently works at Zest Concierge Service.  Before now, Hamidat had just finished her secondary school education then taught little children between 2-4 years. She applied to the program to acquire employability skills and more knowledge about working in an organisation. One of the most important sessions Hamidat experienced during the training was critical thinking and communication skills;Non-verbal, how people read your actions . Hamidat persevered through the 3 weeks rigorous training, facing difficulties like time management and  having to deal with numerous assignments . Towards the end of the program, Hamidat Job shadowed with Zest Concierge Service where she learned how to clean professionally. Due to her impeccable diligence to her job, Hamidat was retained and hired at Zest Concierge Service. Hamidat's long term goal is to be a polymath, to have her own Zest Franchise with about 8-10 people who share the same vision with her in ...

An HND and Postgraduate Diploma holder at the Fidei Polytechnic Benue and the Mkara, Mkara Nigeria respectively, Clement Atoor Teruka studied Business Administration/Management and Management in the institutions as mentioned earlier. Before WAVE, he worked at Fidei Polytechnic Benue where he earned N10, 000 per month but his salary wasn’t enough to cater for the family; his wife and his two kids. Due to the surviving hardship and unable to get a better job, Clement left Benue in January 2017 to seek a career in Lagos. Arriving Lagos, he worked as a car-washer and then got a security job that led to his injury on his tomb. According to him, he decided to quit the job because they refused to pay him the one month salary he worked for. Through Shadrack-- the security man at WAVE’s headquarters, Clement Attor Terkura heard about WAVE and decided to train (at Yaba training centre) in order to get a get a sustainable job. After his training exercise, he jobshadowed as a sales representat...