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Australia Awards Short Courses Australia Awards Short Courses are formal courses of study or training, delivered in Australia and Africa, of less than three months duration by an approved Australian higher education provider.  Training is available for experienced employees from African public, private and non-government organisations (civil society). The Short Courses will be aligned to Australian Government policy priorities and areas of high demand for African Governments. These include: Agricultural Productivity Extractives (including mining, oil and gas) Public Policy Applications for the 2016 Short Courses open on 1 September 2015  and closes on December 18th 2015. click here for more information. Australia Awards Fellowships Australia Awards Fellowships aim to develop leadership, address priority regional development issues, and build partnerships and linkages between Australian organisations and partner organisations in developing...

The Association of African Universities (AAU)  is pleased to announce the 2015 maiden edition of the  ECOWAS Fellowship Programme for Masters and PhD (EFP) under the sponsorship of the Economic Commission for West African States (ECOWAS). The Programme seeks to promote capacity building within the  ECOWAS 15-member countries   by providing full fellowships for training and education for nationals of ECOWAS member states in higher education institutions of ECOWAS. Application Deadline: 15th October 2015 Eligibility: The Programme is open to qualified nationals (including graduate students, researchers, lecturers, and staff) of ECOWAS member states who will be admitted for Masters or PhD degree programme at any one of the following three universities: (a). University of Lagos, Nigeria (b). University of Ibadan, Nigeria (c). Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Senegal A good first degree (at least second class upper division or its equivalent) is required for ...

I've sent out hundreds of resumes over my career, applying for just about every kind of job. I've personally reviewed more than 20,000 resumes. And at Google we sometimes get more than 50,000 resumes in a single week. I have seen A LOT of resumes. Some are brilliant, most are just ok, many are disasters. The toughest part is that for 15 years, I've continued to see the same mistakes made again and again by candidates, any one of which can eliminate them from consideration for a job. What's most depressing is that I can tell from the resumes that many of these are good, even great, people. But in a fiercely competitive labor market, hiring managers don't need to compromise on quality. All it takes is one small mistake and a manager will reject an otherwise interesting candidate. I promise you -- more than half of you have at least one of these mistakes on your resume. And I'd much rather see folks win jobs than get passed over. In the interest of hel...

Selfie is redefined by me as Self Intelligence Excerpts, it simply means a self taken picture of someone's self with a good pose and swags that is taken by handheld smart phones, Ipad and cameras which can be loaded to Social networking Sites like Facebook, Whatsapp, BBM, Twitter, GPlus..et al. Selfie features do not give a full posture picture but gives a clear update look of one's look. This is sometimes used to create gestures, funny look and pass a message to one's friend on the social media and networking sites. Picture: Treasury Hands, CEO: Olaitan Kolawole Selfie displaying her bead Works