stonemasonn:
Inferiority complex? Well my problem is my accent and I don’t speak loud, so now in my first job, I only speak when it’s necessary, I hardly gist. What makes matters worst is that my job is a technical job and I don’t understand most of the technical jargons, sometimes when my team leader gives me instructions I just look like a dummy...totally clueless . My sister advised me to see a speech therapist. I don’t know if I can afford such in this Buhari’s economy .

Buhari's economy abroad

MegMich:


Buhari's economy abroad

I swear the thing make me weak too

THEPOTTER:
Oga frank and other well informed contributors.

pls what are the chances of a medical radiographer in the US or should i consider a change of career. I shall be anticipating a reply. Thanks

Please look at these other 2 resources.
Bls.gov. bureau of labor statistics. There is a occupational handbook page which categorizes different professions, their pay, steps to become one, and general outlook.
Projectionscentral.com lists the long term and short term projections of different professions by state. Ex. Anticipated openings for different professions annually.

I think this is what you were originally asking but I wasnt sure, I didnt get any feedback from you.

nycdude:
No you don't need internship, shoot me an email and I will direct you on what you need to do and things you need to know.

I just sent you a pm.Thanks!

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Please look at these other 2 resources.
Bls.gov. bureau of labor statistics. There is a occupational handbook page which categorizes different professions, their pay, steps to become one, and general outlook.
Projectionscentral.com lists the long term and short term projections of different professions by state. Ex. Anticipated openings for different professions annually.

I think this is what you were originally asking but I wasnt sure, I didnt get any feedback from you.[/quote I shall make use of those sites now. I really appreciate your concern. Thanks in a million

hiawathia1981:


Please look at these other 2 resources.
Bls.gov. bureau of labor statistics. There is a occupational handbook page which categorizes different professions, their pay, steps to become one, and general outlook.
Projectionscentral.com lists the long term and short term projections of different professions by state. Ex. Anticipated openings for different professions annually.

I think this is what you were originally asking but I wasnt sure, I didnt get any feedback from you.

i shall make use of the sites now. Thanks for the reply. Thanks in a million

nycdude:
No you don't need internship, shoot me an email and I will direct you on what you need to do and things you need to know.

pls broo.. I need more clarifications on this, can I will pm you.

signature2012:


Nice knowing.Same here too.

Nice

hiawathia1981:


Please look at these other 2 resources.
Bls.gov. bureau of labor statistics. There is a occupational handbook page which categorizes different professions, their pay, steps to become one, and general outlook.
Projectionscentral.com lists the long term and short term projections of different professions by state. Ex. Anticipated openings for different professions annually.

I think this is what you were originally asking but I wasnt sure, I didnt get any feedback from you.

Love this
looking at the long term goal, how certain could the prediction be? Should one be more focused on the avg no. of openings anl?

Thanks for your contributions ma....

lyrondee:

Love this
looking at the long term goal, how certain could the prediction be? Should one be more focused on the avg no. of openings anl?

Thanks for your contributions ma....

Its not a guaranteed prediction. But, the BLS is usually pretty accurate in its predictions. Economists refer to it constantly. The BLS monitors the labor market which affects the economy. What the BLs does is keep track of the number of jobs added and lost due to layoffs, new companies added, retirement, etc. Its just supposed to give you a rough idea of how stable a particular sector is. For example, if you are looking to pick a career in school, it wouldn't make sense to go into a sector that is declining. So the long term projection would be more useful in that instance. I guess you could do that but just know it would be harder to find a job. I think that annual projections would be more helpful to someone who is ready to look for a job in the present sense or near future.

nycdude:
Nice

bro pls have sent u a pm kindly respond.thanks

As the time for the my admission to school draws closer, I’ve become increasingly worried about how I’d pay my tuition. I had made up my mind to be working and schooling at the same time and save up to pay my “school fees”. But then, the only way I’d make enough money to pay up would be to work crazy hours or get a second job which would tell heavily on my school work. So despite the fact that I make good money at my current job (for my academic qualifications), I was on the look out for programs that would help fund my tuition. Like I said, My initial plan was to keep my current job as a CNA, get a new car and register as a driver with Uber and Lyft thus, getting a second job.

Some weeks back, my younger sister back from school with this flyer, her friend told her about an agency that has a program to pay for tuition for students in exchange for working with UPS (the postal agency). I quickly registered for the program online and applied for a job at UPS. Fingers crossed


To be honest, I’m increasingly getting tired of working here. Don’t get the wrong, the pay is extremely gooood, but my bad days at work are becoming more and more frequent. The most recent one has had me questioning my career choice. Here’s what happened:

We're all ears, Franknetter

Like I stated earlier, the shift I work runs from 3:00pm to 11:00pm. Towards the end of the shift, like around 10:00pm, the nursing assistants for each floor are supposed to clear the dining area, direct the residents to their respective rooms, crosscheck to see the residents that are not living on that particular floor or unit and send them back to their units.

I was doing exactly that, I had checked all rooms and was ticking the names off, when I got to this male resident’s room. Mind you, I was working the psych patient floor that day and these people tend to be explosively violent at the slightest “provocation” without any warning.

I got to the room door, knocked and pushed the door open. The first thing that hit me was the stench permeating the room. It smelled like _sex and fish mixed together. The curtains were drawn around the bed and I instantly knew what was going on. I was gradually backing out of the room when the male occupant jumped up and rushed towards me yelling. Luckily for me, I was facing him so I put my arms out and stopped his approach.

He was yelling in my face, screaming curse words at me and said all types of nasty things to me (which doesn’t bug me one bit cos this is clearly a mad person). But then this guy wouldn’t back away from me, he started swinging at me. My adrenaline kicked in.

I pushed him away, took off my glasses, put it on the floor and went into full fight mode (remember flight or fight response?). He rushed at me again, threw a punch at me, I ducked, grabbed him by the legs, lifted him up and pinned him down on the floor. He kept flailing his arms, trying to strike me. It was at that point, the female resident who he was _Fucking pulled the curtain aside, saw what was happening and started screaming.

The female nursing assistant whom I was working with that night yelled into the public address system that there was a “code yellow” in progress on the 7th floor. In no time, the residential services personnel swarmed the floor, subdued him and he was given a “shot” by the nurse (an injection to calm him down). Before the meds kicked in, he kept screaming at me, yelling curse words and threatening to harm me.

The incident generated a lot of paperwork and I was moved to another floor so as take some steam off the situation. For some days, I was somewhat shaken, I wonder what would have Happened if the situation was different..

Hmm. Men, life ain't easy sha. But things need to get hard to get better.

Expecting the next post already.

FrankNetter:
Like I stated earlier, the shift I work runs from 3:00pm to 11:00pm. Towards the end of the shift, like around 10:00pm, the nursing assistants for each floor are supposed to clear the dining area, direct the residents to their respective rooms, crosscheck to see the residents that are not living on that particular floor or unit and send them back to their units.

I was doing exactly that, I had checked all rooms and was ticking the names off, when I got to this male resident’s room. Mind you, I was working the psych patient floor that day and these people tend to be explosively violent at the slightest “provocation” without any warning.

I got to the room door, knocked and pushed the door open. The first thing that hit me was the stench permeating the room. It smelled like _sex and fish mixed together. The curtains were drawn around the bed and I instantly knew what was going on. I was gradually backing out of the room when the male occupant jumped up and rushed towards me yelling. Luckily for me, I was facing him so I put my arms out and stopped his approach.

He was yelling in my face, screaming curse words at me and said all types of nasty things to me (which doesn’t bug me one bit cos this is clearly a mad person). But then this guy wouldn’t back away from me, he started swinging at me. My adrenaline kicked in.

I pushed him away, took off my glasses, put it on the floor and went into full fight mode (remember flight or fight response?). He rushed at me again, threw a punch at me, I ducked, grabbed him by the legs, lifted him up and pinned him down on the floor. Hec kept flailing his arms, trying to strike me. It was at that point, the female resident who he was _Fucking pulled the curtain aside, saw what was happening and started screaming.

Ow, that sounds scary and crazy! At least it's not a boring office job, every day is an adventure. You gotta post these things on reddit! They have some subreddits where people ask about bizarre stuff one experiences at their line of work.

Here is the most famous one, stuff of legend:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo41d/doctorsnursesredditors_what_has_been_your_most/c5o66p2

There was another nurse thread where someone told the tale about a mental patient who had a bad habit of eating watch batteries, then fishing them out of his poop and eating them again.

revontuli:


Ow, that sounds scary and crazy! At least it's not a boring office job, every day is an adventure. You gotta post these things on reddit! They have some subreddits where people ask about bizarre stuff one experiences at their line of work.

Here is the most famous one, stuff of legend:
https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/xo41d/doctorsnursesredditors_what_has_been_your_most/c5o66p2

There was another nurse thread where someone told the tale about a mental patient who had a bad habit of eating watch batteries, then fishing them out of his poop and eating them again.

I’m an avid reader of reddit but I don’t post much though. I’ll check out the subreddit though. Thanks for the link.

I also think Nairaland should implement the upvote and downvote system instead of the likes system

FrankNetter:


I’m an avid reader of reddit but I don’t post much though. I’ll check out the subreddit though. Thanks for the link.

I also think Nairaland should implement the upvote and downvote system instead of the likes system

Also they should feature interesting and educational stuff instead of empty celebrity gossip.

revontuli:


Also they should feature interesting and educational stuff instead of empty celebrity gossip.

That’s not gonna happen.

FrankNetter:
Slightly taller than I am, all the right curves in all the right places, single mother of one, got her own ride, two bedroom apartment around Lansing, IL and was cool af. The moment people noticed we started “talking” I started getting pulled into rooms and getting “advice” from the Nigerian nurses that work here. “Leave that useless akata girl o, she will trap you with pregnancy o!” Nothing I no hear

On the other hand, I started noticing the hostility from the akatas as well. Started hearing bits and pieces of “rumors” some of which sounded too bizarre to be true. These people said the cruelest things about me, That I was trying to finesse the lady out of her money, I was trying to rape her kid and lots of “wonderful” stuff. We became the talk of the facility, each day I came to work, I’d hear one new episode of what “Obi” did. And for each day they kept seeing us together, they intensified the severity of the rumors. The funny part of it all, was that they would see me and smile in my face and try to pry some information by throwing sly, slippery and crafty questions at me.

One thing I pride myself in, is my I don’t care attitude. For each rumor I heard, I’d smile and brush it off.

The fist bumps and hellos and greetings which were once a formality when I got to work ceased. I bought some beats x headphones & for each time I walk into the front door, I’d plug my ear up. on the elevator, I made a habit of not jumping into any conversations with any of them.
I picked up my old habit of novel reading, I located thrift stores around and purchased some good books by Stephen King and other good authors. It was at one of these thrift stores I found one book that literally broke my heart, a thousand splendid suns by Khaleed Hosseini.


**ill continue later. I gotta wipe some _ass

"Wonderful" ����

nycdude:
You are right and wrong at same time.
Go check average salary of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master. Don't forget Software developers look up to us, those guys are nothing without us. Remember most companies are implementing Agile Framework and traditional Project Management (waterfall) is fading out. So the demand for Scrum Master and Agile coach is high and the pay is unbeatable. I rather you compare with Solution Architecture than software developers. The only thing I will tell you is this, if you know your onion have someone to guide you and with certifications, Scrum Master role or BA is what I will always advise people to go for.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not discouraging people who have the passion for SD, but my post is for Nigerians rushing into CNA. Instead of focusing there strength in career like Scrum Master, Business Analyst, System Analyst, Project Manager and Quality Assurance because it's easy to climb in those role with flexibility of working at home most days.

Are you an agile coach?
I'm pretty burnt out with my Sysadmin/DevOps career and considering a change. What kind of training is needed to become a scrum master? Is it less stressful? Do you have to deal with people everyday?

hiawathia1981:


Its a simple explanation. I participate in a lot of topics and bc I want what I say to be taken for face value, I do not broadcast my gender. I have noticed that at times, statements that are said are dismissed bc of a person's gender. Most of the time, people automatically assume Im male. Sometimes I just let it go. This time in particular, I chose to come forward bc the person that I was helping was female also.

If they dissmiss what you say because of your gender, let the Nairaland feminist squad know! They are doing a good job putting the cheuvinist pigs in their place

hiawathia1981:


You mean Akata's right?

What's an akata?

FrankNetter:
Update

Working in a nursing home as a CNA taught me a lot of stuff. The healthcare field I’ve encountered so far is female dominated. There’s a rough ratio of 6 females to 1 male (I’m being moderate) when you match all positions (nurses, nursing assistants and all). By virtue of this, there’s one thing that’s constant, drama.

Based on the fact that there’s a lot of downtime, there’s little to do most days. Over the course of your 8hr shift, you’d basically work for 2hrs only on and off. These people, mostly ladies, can sit all day and talk. They jump from one topic to another and when you happen to eavesdrop on their conversation, they’re always running their mouths over something trivial and stupid. They’re always on the lookout for the next topic to latch onto or the next person to gossip about. Nobody gave me any orientation on how to handle these females so I found out the hard way. I’ll end this update with the lessons Ive learned so far over the course of this job. Like I stated in my previous posts, I’m someone who’s always looking to have the most random of conversations spanning the most random of topics, I have this theory that everyone you meet knows something you don’t. So here I was, at a new job, with lots of brains to “pick”, but can you pick a brain that has nothing inside of it?


Another thing I noticed is the animosity between black Americans and Africans. No one so far can pinpoint what the issue is, but there’s this awareness of the status quo, of the need to not “mix” with the akatas. The “hatred”(?) is just there, beneath the surface, waiting to spring out and I witnessed this firsthand when I started “talking to” and going out to lunch with someone at my job; aý beautiful black American lady.

I wish I could help you out little bro, but I worked in a 99% male dominated field through my entire life. I have no idea what it's like to work in a female majority environment, I'd probably be like a fish out of water. Best to keep your distance and if there's mobbing/bullying going on, either let the management know if you think they will do something about it or just dismiss it and listen to music/read books in downtime.

As for the animosity between black Americans and Africans, it happens between white Americans and non-anglo white immigrants too. A lot of them WASP types will treat the immigrants they deem lesser whites with disrespect and mockery, or give the cold shoulder and do workplace mobbing.

revontuli:


What's an akata?

I will let one of the Yoruba guys take that one.
The dictionary for the origin and meaning of the word says one thing. But Ive learned actual people say differently.

revontuli:


If they dissmiss what you say because of your gender, let the Nairaland feminist squad know! They are doing a good job putting the cheuvinist pigs in their place

(Sigh)it would be more trouble than its worth.

hiawathia1981:


I will let one of the Yoruba guys take that one.
The dictionary for the origin and meaning of the word says one thing. But Ive learned actual people say differently.

Hmmm!You are an akata I guess.I also want to know the meaning,hoping to hear you say it.

signature2012:


Hmmm!You are an akata I guess.I also want to know the meaning,hoping to hear you say it.

Fine.
From what I have been told its original translation is wild cat. But some people downplay the meaning and say it just means African American.
I only used the term in this thread as to make a point, not that I see myself that way.

hiawathia1981:


Fine.
From what I have been told its original translation is wild cat. But some people downplay the meaning and say it just means African American.
I only used the term in this thread as to make a point, not that I see myself that way.

What you were told is totally false.I guess you can see yourself in that way now after reading the meaning in my attached image.

signature2012:


What you were told is totally false.I guess you can see yourself what way now after reading the meaning in my attached image.

Ok. I understand the meaning of the word modernly. But are you saying that has always been the meaning? I would love to hear some elder Yoruba viewpoints.
Thats like the n word. People can change the adaptation of the word modernly but it has an original meaning.

hiawathia1981:


Ok. I understand the meaning of the word modernly. But are you saying that has always been the meaning? I would love to hear some elder Yoruba viewpoints.
Thats like the n word. People can change the adaptation of the word modernly but it has an original meaning.

To the best of my knowledge,that has always been the meaning.

I grew up in the midst of yorubas,never heard anyone translate cat as "akata" even though both words sound partially similar.