THE MONEY CORNER

Be school smart, office smart and street smart   If you need to survive in the money industry, you have to be smart. No one needs to tell you how important it is to be smart. It makes more sense when you're school smart, office smart and street smart at the same time.   School Smart This explains how smart you can/should be in an academic setting or environment. It answers questions like, "How do you read/study? How well do you plan your time? How do you answer test and exam questions? How do you cope with extra-curricular activities?" and the likes.   It is not just about reading, reading, reading, or books, books, books. Of course, reading and books pay a lot, except if you're smart about it. It is not how much you read, but how smart you read. I am a student, and I believe a good number of my readers are students.   Being school smart is beyond the books, classes and academic related activities. The school environment has opportunities for explor...

In this digital and information era, the relevance of technology in the money industry (Accounting, Business, Finance, and the likes) cannot be overemphasised. Systems are being updated every day; things are improved on, on a daily basis; technology is taking steps into the future. Technology proves relevant in financial reporting, using accounting packages (Peachtree, sage 50, and the likes). It is also relevant in areas of performance management/measurement in manufacturing industries. Technology is used to create systems of controls to monitor inventory and other forms of working capital. One of the demands of every employer from personnel in the money industry is ICT skills , proficiency in using Office packages (MS word, Excel, PowerPoint…). Of course, we cannot but say, it is a must-learn, even when the educational system does not implement it thoroughly. The educational sector may try its bits, but it’s never enough to meet the demands of the labour market. It is however ...

Some weeks ago, I was going through some old newspapers; they are about 7 years old. I was looking for essays, articles and treasures lying in those papers - The information there could still be useful today, I thought. While browsing through the papers, the course of my search changed and I started looking for one type of information. Guess what? Employment/job opportunities and vacancies. Well, I was not looking for opportunities to work, but the criteria the employers used to employ people, their requirements and all. As I browsed through each vacancy and job opportunity, I could sense some similarity in what employers needed and required from their potential employees. I was able to come up with some of the skills required of job seekers. Some of them included, Of course, school degrees and certifications, language proficiency, team work, ICT skills, leadership qualities, analytical and problem solving skills, proficiency in the use of software packages, and many more. I tho...