Hello all
Greetings. Please I want to verify from you guys tht have already spent years working in the uk,does school ranking matter?I mean the school certificate? I am coming for an msc soon by his grace,that's why am asking

Happy Sunday y'all, I am currently on a student visa that will expire in January. I came in September 2021 and I am done with class work and assessments, just working on my dissertation. I got a sponsorship job and the are ready to issue me COS to switch immediately. Please will there be an implications if I switch now? And secondly the care home is asking for administrative fee of £250 to issue COS. Please kindly help me clarify on the two issues.

omopapa:
Do people still buy books in this era? I mean ebooks have become very trendy. However, Amazon is the house of used and new books

There’s something about the smell of new books that is irreplaceable.

Hello fam, please can someone recommend a quick and affordable way for me to ship 6kg item from Nigeria to the UK?

Pls help, I'm not understanding this DHL pricing.

Mamatukwas:


There’s something about the smell of new books that is irreplaceable.

They can be fashionable on shelves too.

enesty:
Hello all
Greetings. Please I want to verify from you guys tht have already spent years working in the uk,does school ranking matter?I mean the school certificate? I am coming for an msc soon by his grace,that's why am asking

it does matter, if you can afford to go to a good school please do

Zimzee:
Happy Sunday y'all, I am currently on a student visa that will expire in January. I came in September 2021 and I am done with class work and assessments, just working on my dissertation. I got a sponsorship job and the are ready to issue me COS to switch immediately. Please will there be an implications if I switch now? And secondly the care home is asking for administrative fee of £250 to issue COS. Please kindly help me clarify on the two issues.

Discus this between your school and the company, its possible to switch since you are almost done, both should be able to sort this out.

I'm not sure about paying for COS

Exactly this is what I was going to say. Some people buy it to decorate shelf, then use it as background for photos

steadyMoving22:



They can be fashionable on shelves too.

Na rich people and efiko dey like smell of books. The smell of Ugo C. Ugo and Ababio nauseates me

Mamatukwas:


There’s something about the smell of new books that is irreplaceable.

Hello, I'm interested. How do I get in touch? Don't know much on how to message here.

duchess90:
Hello,

Is anyone moving to Rushden area anytime soon?

I know someone that wants to give off everything from 3setter sofa,double fridge, bed etc. He is relocating and giving it for free.

Cheers

Hello,

Are you at this area?, you'll need to collect the items.

You can send me an email

Cheers

TheOnly123:
Hello, I'm interested. How do I get in touch? Don't know much on how to message here.

leef2022:


To where...?? Are you not tired of the race yet lol.. Not a bad place but to enjoy the area you may have to be mobile. Taunton maybe a bit better in regards to public transportation compared to other parts of SW though.

Do you know that area well?

Who lives in Taunton here? Abeg I need to ask you certain questions.

Mamatukwas:


I read what you shared. Congratulations I’m fascinated by where your job will be located. Sounds like a different magical world. Please keep us posted as to how your experience is generally. All the best.

I particularly came back to give feedback as you requested.

We have spent a month here and it has been wonderful. People here are nice and it warms my heart. One thing I found beautiful is their level of trust.

I bought something online and this person offered to drop them off and then texted me his account deets afterwards. I was like, you trust me?

All the free items we got online too were delivered for free.

They are always quick to help out and everyone seems to know each other here.

One more thing, their English here is super clear. Like no funny accent or any slang like Glasgowians.

Also, they pronounce our names right without biting their tongues.

E be like make I dash them money

The teachers pronounce my kids' names well and I just wanna spray them money

As for work, it's been great so far. We are all enjoying it here.

CheesyTee:


I particularly came back to give feedback as you requested.

We have spent a month here and it has been wonderful. People here are nice and it warms my heart. One thing I found beautiful is their level of trust.

I bought something online and this person offered to drop them off and then texted me his account deets afterwards. I was like, you trust me?

All the free items we got online too were delivered for free.

They are always quick to help out and everyone seems to know each other here.

One more thing, their English here is super clear. Like no funny accent or any slang like Glasgowians.

Also, they pronounce our names right without biting their tongues.

E be like make I dash them money

The teachers pronounce my kids' names well and I just wanna spray them money

As for work, it's been great so far. We are all enjoying it here.

That’s really lovely to hear! There’s nothing like as good as dancing to the beat of your own drum and following your path in life. See how you’re jollofing. All the best babe.

Anybody here living in Exeter that can help with renting a shared accommodation or if you know someone that wants to rent out a room or can connect me.

Moved down south from Manchester due to change of job.

Regex:
Biko nu, who is living in Taunton UK, I want to know how life is for Blacks there. Are they receptive to blacks or make I run?
Justwise, Lexusgs430 etc... Anybody

LOL.

Something tells me you moved there yesterday or would be doing so on May 9th.

We'll be doing so on the same date.

DeeOneBangin:
Anybody here living in Exeter that can help with renting a shared accommodation or if you know someone that wants to rent out a room or can connect me.

Moved down south from Manchester due to change of job.

Awon Care Home Warriors, going into battle with cleansing foam and pads.
Go forth in glory, men and brethren, the road to success in this country starts with such steps (and extended arms and forefingers).
Good luck to all.

Mellady:

Nawa oo, so must she discuss this with her husband in the middle of the night? ,. It's midnight discussion more effective than any other time in the day

Na Nollywood cause am! Chaii that mentality

MichaelUde:


Awon Care Home Warriors, going into battle with cleansing foam and pads.
Go forth in glory, men and brethren, the road to success in this country starts with such steps (and extended arms and forefingers).
Good luck to all.

Dear Former banker (in Naija).
Thank you for wishing us good luck. We are warriors indeed.
We do not have to depend on our spouses who are Nurses to migrate to the UK.

Yours sincerely,
CareHomeWarriors

Tinyemeka:


LOL.

Something tells me you moved there yesterday or would be doing so on May 9th.

We'll be doing so on the same date.

Are you going there too?

BouharryArtikou:



Dear Former banker (in Naija).
Thank you for wishing us good luck. We are warriors indeed.
We do not have to depend on our spouses who are Nurses to migrate to the UK.

Yours sincerely,
CareHomeWarriors

Lol.
I don't think you caught the guy's humour there.
From what he said, I would assume that he has also worked in care in some form (the reference to foam and pads), and is saying to the rest that he's been there and done that, you do what you have to do to get ahead, and is encouraging them.

Strangely enough, when I was a student in the UK, I dont remember the care industry being a big employer for students back in the early 00s - maybe because eastern European workers were flooding in in their hundreds of thousands then (I remember the noise when Blair opened up to eastern European workers in 2004). Obviously there was no internet platform for people to relate and get a sense of what was happening all over, but I think most students I knew were working either retail, security (like myself) or call centre jobs (which I eventually did). There was one agricultural worker thing that I think I signed up to, but eventually didn't get. All work na work.

Aphrodite007:
I promised to give pointers about tech occupations. Of course there are the core tech occupations like infrastructure manager, network architects, technical architects, developers (either front or backend), automation testing or even some data professions (these require sql, python, r and some familiarity with tableau, power bi, etc). As for manual testing, if you have experience with software and/or UX experience, you may easily become a manual tester (pays well).

I am not a pro in the above so I will leave it to the professionals to speak of. Out of all the above tech occupations, the easiest and most pragmatic to get into would be security manager (which requires little to no code, as your infrastructure staff would do the needed to help you) but security requires vast experience in the tech industry (that’s why I pity people with no experience reading cyber security).
Anyway the good news is, there are some professions that you can crack easily, these are:

Scrum master-- if you are a manager, cheerleader and teacher, you can do a scrum master course on scrum.org, watch looooads of scrum or agile videos on YT and go on some other agile courses to become a scrum master—m but prepare to start as a junior if you have never had the role before.

Product owner-- again read up about it, make sure you do your certification on scrum.org, then whatever industry you apply to, make sure it is an industry you have worked in very well because POs always need the experience to make good decisions.

Delivery manager—if you have worked as a Project manager before, just learn about agile (again scrum.org and many agile videos, change your mindset (no more controlled environment, you philosophy must be to fail fast) and then you can convert your title to DM- they pay well.
Business analyst, these are pretty popular, just make sure you have some certs and you have experience in the industry you want to work in. You can learn about BA in BCS or IIBA- pays well.

Product manager-- my favourite, well just be experienced in the product and have good enough experience in being a BA, DM or PO. You must be familiar with agile and product development life cycle.

Take these jobs, go on indeed, look up the jobs, then try and acquired whatever skill the jobs require within the next 4 months. Tune your cv to reflect the job spec, practice well so you have speak eloquently during your interview. You can also convert your job as an accountant, finance analyst etc to the above jobs, but you have to be smart about it.

Good day everyone. I'm applying for student visa next year. So I've been reading this thread from scratch. Thanks for all y'all are doing.

Pls my uncle and his wife just got sponsored to the UK. His wife is a nurse. She'll be going first. He is an accountant but want to move into being a scrum master. I am also interested in product management.

Can anyone point us to the best courses to do that are UK accepted. We have a lot here but I'll hate for us to do it and then it would be useless for what we need it for. So pls maybe drop links to certified courses u know ppl have done and scaled into these roles in the UK with. Thank you.

Hi everyone, please I have £5,000 for exchange for naira, anyone got good rates please. Thanks

Baba Maximum Respect for you . You have said it all..

MadeMen4Life:
Shalewa T…. Call your husband 1:2:1 prolly in the middle of the night and ask him why he used his cousin as the NOK and not YOU, he might have some explanations to make. Don’t conclude yet, and don’t let this online in-law statements enter your head so you won’t react negatively in your home… When things go south, you won’t even see the hair strand of none of them… Don’t always be quick to bring your marital discomfort online, those people you are looking at are having one or two discomfort at home too, but you won’t see them wash their dirty linen outside… ALWAYS TALK TO UOUR PARTNER FIRST, ASK and Don’t Conclude..

Good afternoon FAM.

I was wondering why some professions in the US pay better than here in the UK even with people having similar profiles. I've read about several young people earning upto $500k in the US and rarely read of such things happening here.

This has made me to bring forth this here for discussion, perhaps one or two persons might have heard of people earning such amount. Please, which profession or career do people get to earn this much here in the UK? Please, our ogas and madams enlighten us that's just been here not too long ago so we can position ourselves towards attaining such heights.

Mellady:
Hi everyone, please I have £5,000 for exchange for naira, anyone got good rates please. Thanks

I can't guarantee the best rates, but I can take all your £5K ........

Slide into my DM .........

Adazeal:
Good afternoon FAM.

I was wondering why some professions in the US pay better than here in the UK even with people having similar profiles. I've read about several young people earning upto $500k in the US and rarely read of such things happening here.

This has made me to bring forth this here for discussion, perhaps one or two persons might have heard of people earning such amount. Please, which profession or career do people get to earn this much here in the UK? Please, our ogas and madams enlighten us that's just been here not too long ago so we can position ourselves towards attaining such heights.

Because the government will like to keep you just above the poverty line lol. That said, where did you see young people earning $500k in the US?

Ticha:


#30k deposit for a BTL is a maximum #120k purchase. The only time you get away with less than a 25% is if you're buying a home to live in. Be .

Please what insight do you have regarding getting a mortgage if you have a IVA. Is it possible with all these specialist broker

kode12:


Because the government will like to keep you just above the poverty line lol. That said, where did you see young people earning $500k in the US?

Most are in tech though. You can watch this short video clip


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aJ_EV9i0eA

kode12:


Because the government will like to keep you just above the poverty line lol. That said, where did you see young people earning $500k in the US?

The matter no consign me o but dem plenty. $350k and above. Software developers. But UK Pay is always low due to a lot of reason sha