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Meet Dorian Asser, a WAVE alumnus of Batch 2.6. Dorian shares his WAVE experience and success story!     I.          Before WAVE ·           How many jobs have you previously done before joining WAVE? What kind of job? I have been on five different jobs before WAVE. Two times as sale representative at CEA Travel Agent and DHL Courier Express Agent respectively. I worked as a team leader sales at Coca Cola Company, and also a supervisor at Guinness. I worked as front desk officer at Adega Express & Forno Italiano Fast food. ·           What is your dream job? I always dream to be a Consultant. I keep the rest for myself. ·           Did you try to look for a job? If yes, what made the job search difficult? Yes, I tried seeking one. When I came newly in Nigeria and was sort of new in every area, I ...

Our alumni party has come and gone with a lot to remember!  Everyone seemed to have a good time catching up and meeting one another in a more relaxed environment, an opportunity to network across different batches for over 100 alumni in attendance. While there was music performance from  Emily (Austin of Batch 12) ,  Ayodeji ,  Daniel  and  Ibrahim  presented their spoken-word performances and  Happiness  delivered an acapella version of Simi’s  Joromi.   It was an amazing time seeing alumni express their gifted talents which made the event more lively and engaging. Also,  Alumni had the opportunity to buy clothes, shoes, bags and jewelries during the yard sales.  During the party, we launched the  WAVE Entrepreneurship Challenge (WEC)  -- a competition set aside to encourage alumni who have existing businesses but need little financial support to boost the business. We hope to encourage more entrepreneurs w...

Sequel to WAVE, Odafe Awedohoma secured an internship position for three months at African Sun, Ikeja.  Furthering his career, he works as a Banquet Sales Officer at Lagos Oriental Hotel.  Throwing back to his program at WAVE, Odafe found the training exercise interesting and appreciated all the trainers for their fantastic drilling. For Odafe, "the training was exciting because I learned a lot and they were trainers for different topics." When asked what his challenge was in his workplace, “the challenges are regular; meeting difficult guess and angry customers,” he said. Odafe has been able to tackle these by applying communication, and problem-solving skills learned at WAVE. His longtime goal is to manage a hotel or restaurant, and he is taking steps by learning all the skills involved in his current workplace.  He advises job seekers to focus on training that will equip them rather than seeking money in all ramifications.  Thank you so much reading as WAVE wishes...

This edition shares the success story of  Oluwole Awosanya  and how he has been productive at  McVities. After August 2013 Oluwole Awosanya finished WAVE training, he worked at Kaizen Venture Partners as a Retail Marketing Analyst where he earned N30, 000 monthly. His achievement at Kaizen helped him to improve more in his subsequent job. When working at Kaizen, he was able to attend to customers and interrogate them on the customer services relation. Also, he distributed questionnaires and examined customers about how to provide excellent services.  After working for nine months at Kaizen Venture Partners, he furthered his career as a Sales Officer at A & B Foods Nig Limited; an organization producing and marketing biscuit. At A & B Foods Nig, he took initiatives by supplying goods to distributors in the market. Oluwole also contributed to the company’s income by bringing in more distributors. The company's income increased geometrically from N45 million to...

Mary Ibe is a batch 1 alumna of WAVE Academy. Through WAVE, Mary was introduced to hospitality; having first-hand experience in the industry. After WAVE, she worked at Chesney Hotel, Victoria Island from October 2013 to June 2015.  Before leaving Chesney, Mary was running her M.Sc program in Organization Behaviour in the Department of Business Administration at the University of Lagos. Sequel to her work at Chesney, Mary furthered her passion for hospitality, working at Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel. When asked the challenges encountered during her work, she said "the major challenge so far is communication; I hardly get information from my colleagues and also my boss." She further stated that she has been able to overcome this challenge through the skills involved in over-communicating.  Also, having to work with different set of people was another challenge and she tried to understand the attitude of each of her co-workers.  Mary's long term goal is to be an event planne...