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Preparing for a job interview can be an overwhelming task for many job seekers. I mean, where do you even start? How can you anticipate what questions the interviewers will ask? How do you answer questions? The anxiety of thinking about the job interview causes many candidates to panic and make one of the biggest mistakes a job seeker can make – that is ramble on and on. One great way to prevent this during your interview is to follow a structure of answering questions. One popular strategy to use is the  STAR  Technique: S ituation OR  T ask: Describe a situation you were in or a task that you were required to undertake that prepared you (is relevant) to tackle this problem. For instance, “In my old company, I was challenged with the task of _______ that had similar problems” A ction: Describe the action you took to solve the situation. R esults: Describe the outcome. And how you can bring what you learned to the company and their challenges. So now that ...

Towards the end of most interviews, it is common practice for interviewers to wrap up the job interview by asking you if you have any question to ask. As a job applicant, you should not wave this aside by channeling all your energy into responding to questions alone. While you are expected to respond to questions with insightful answers, you are also expected to ask intelligent questions. Especially when asked. Never forget that all through the duration of a job interview, the interviewer never stops assessing you. Therefore, you should focus on asking questions that reflect your knowledge of the company, your interest in the position, your experience as well as your personal work ethics. Here are 5 questions you should never ask an employer during an interview. 1. Can I Work From Home? Unless this was mentioned in the initial job description, don’t bring it up. Asking to work from home might indicate that you do not work well under direct supervision. It could also be interpr...

Do you know that formal education began in Africa? Have you heard or read before now that first-ever educational institution in the world was founded in Morocco? It is saddening the Europeans are leading we Africans in academics and research in nowadays. Nonetheless, despite this shift in educational supremacy, Africa still boasts of some of the best educational institutions in the world. Courtesy of these institutions, African are able to receive quality education and foreign students migrate into the continent to learn. This year’s top 10 sees 5 universities from South Africa, 3 from Egypt and 2 from Nigeria make the list. In this article, you will learn more about the top 10 universities in Africa. Top 10 Universities in Africa 1. University of Cape Town Founded in 1829, making it is the oldest university in the country and the second oldest in Africa, behind the University of Sierra Leone, established two years earlier. It has a main campus that contains many teaching f...