DRIVERS NEEDED URGENTLY AT KETU - OJOTA

Requirements 

Gender- Male

Age- Not less than 25

Religion- Christianity 

Character - trustworthy, patient, painstaking.

Not a rough driver. 

Experience- Not less than 3 years experience in driving. 

Have a valid drivers license.

Have a good understanding of Lagos roads and traffic laws.

Can pick and deliver pharmacy goods from suppliers and branch.

Can read and write and be able to do minor bank transactions like paying in cheques.

Lives around Ketu, Ojota., preferably Ikosi Ketu.

Send your cv to info@gigastreamsconsulting.com

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See 3 Tips for Owning Your Company's Most Important Decision: Hiring

The one thing the best companies in the world get is that their people are their most important assets. That rings especially true in a service-based business. At the end of every workday, your assets leave the worksite, and they return the next day. If your product is delivered or executed by people, then it's common logic to assume that your people are your most important asset.

Some of the largest challenges at Practice Makes Perfect have been addressed by bringing the entire team together and brainstorming solutions. I don’t think there is a single organizational problem that can’t be solved if you have enough smart and committed people sitting at the table. Knowing that the biggest and most important decision you can make is hiring the right people means that all CEOs should be prioritizing their time to make the right hires.

Unfortunately, operating a business often gets in the way of desired priorities. So how do you own your company’s most important decision without having to vet every single candidate? Here’s three things I’ve done at Practice Makes Perfect:

1. Clearly articulate your company values.

This is one of the most important things you can do, especially when you have a small team! The values, and more importantly, the behaviors that define your values will say a lot to a prospective employee about your company. I’ve had friends apply and choose not to apply to a company based on their values. So pay special attention to creating the things that are important to you in the workplace.

2. Play an integral role in designing the hiring process.

This is your opportunity to create the hurdles that will keep “bad fits” from joining your team. Though it is important to play a large role, make sure you’re not the sole voice in the design. The process you create will dictate how the interviews are conducted, what your team members will be looking for in potential employees and save you from interviewing every single candidate. People should only be able to get into your company by getting through the process you designed. The only exception we make is for people who have interned with us before. At that point, we’ve had enough time to evaluate whether or not they’d be a good cultural fit for our organization.

3. Make the final decision on all hires. No exceptions.

No ifs, ands, or buts. There is research that shows that a bad hire can cost as much as 15 times their base salary. Not to mention that one really good hire often produces more value than three mediocre hires. That means getting it wrong can be costly and getting it right can actually be lucrative for your business. For every hire, we have put together a hiring committee of four people. We appoint a head of the committee that assembles a hiring packet for every candidate that they think should be hired. I get a hiring packet for every potential hire and within a few minutes I can get a sense of the candidate and their abilities.

Letting your teammates know that you will be involved in every single hire sends the message that it is really important to you. I know when I worked at other companies, when I knew or thought something was important to my boss, I wanted to make sure that I did the best job I possibly could with it. More importantly, it means that you’re likely to get people who are better fits for your company. 

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See 5 Habits You Should Steal From Other Entrepreneurs' Morning Routines

Your morning affects your entire day. What you do or don’t do each day will influence how productive you are, how energetic you feel, what you accomplish and, ultimately, how successful you are as an entrepreneur.

If you’re an entrepreneur with a satisfying and motivating morning routine, you’re in good company. If not, don’t despair; take some inspiration from the morning routines of fellow entrepreneurs.

1. Wake up early.

Many world-famous entrepreneurs that you follow on Twitter, read about in Entrepreneur and admire have one thing in common: They wake up early. When you wake up early, you have a greater sense of control over the day. For one thing, you get to decide what to do first, second and third.

By waking early, you also tend to have your greatest burst of energy, creativity and activity right from the start. This is the perfect time to slay some of the day’s bigger and brain-demanding tasks.

“Early” for you could be 9 a.m. or 10 a.m.. That’s okay. We all have our times of peak productivity.

2. Drink water.

It’s really simple. Just drink water.

Adding a chug of water to your morning routine does several important things: It boosts your metabolism, cleans things up, gives you a boost of energy, makes you fully alert and helps your digestive system run smoothly.

Kat Cole of FOCUS (Auntie Anne’s, Carvel and Cinnabon) is religious about her water routine. The first thing she does after hopping out of bed is to drink three cups of the stuff.

Coffee is the morning beverage of choice for most Americans. And certainly, caffeine is extraordinary. You can still have your coffee. But, first, have a drink of water.

3. Think about the most important things in your life.

Many entrepreneurs focus on their goals as the first order of the day. By keeping their goals at the forefront of their minds, they are more likely to work hard toward those goals throughout the day.

Consider Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary. He's a financial guy. So, the first thing he does after waking at 5:45 a.m. is to check the overseas bond markets. For O’Leary, the personal impact of those markets is enormous, and he wants to keep the information he gleans there present during his work day.

Entrepreneur contributor Matthew Toren, meanwhile, focuses on his 24-minute morning routine that begins with brushing his teeth and ends with stretching and meditation. Toren recommends looking at "key business initiatives for the day and how I might achieve them."

Steve Jobs was famous for this statement about his morning routine: "For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been 'no' for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something."

Jobs' suggestion was, and is, a great way to begin the day: a focused assessment of your life’s direction. Each day, every day, you should have goals: big ones, little ones, life goals, whatever. Take a few minutes to think about these. If they are truly important, they deserve some of your mental energy each morning.

In that vein, Danny Halarewich, the entrepreneur behind LemonStand, does five things every morning: 1. Reads his life mission aloud; 2. Thinks about the importance of his life mission; 3. Reflects on the progress he’s made toward his life mission; 4. Considers several things he’s thankful for; and 5. Reviews his top goals for the day

A short burst of contemplation like Halarewich's can work wonders. You’ll enter your day focused, driven and committed to your goals. Even if you don’t know what your life mission is -- yet --contemplating your immediate goals and their significance will help you focus.

4. Get active.

Most of us are swivel chair-locked, meaning that we spend a lot of our day sitting down. That's why the morning is a great time to get in your daily workout. Your willpower is most potent in the morning, so you have a better chance of following through on your workout commitments.

Starting the day with a workout won’t deplete your energy. Instead, it will give you more energy, which will improve your focus, and help you to be more productive.

5. Meditate.

Meditation is a powerful way to prepare your mind for the day, helping you fight the stress that will invariably come at some point during the day.

Your particular meditation needn't take a long time. A simple three-to-10 minute meditation is perfect. Meditation isn’t complicated, either, and you don’t have to learn any mantras if you don’t want to. Meditation in its most basic form is simply breathing: free-flowing, deliberate and concentrated breathing.

Brad Lande, the entrepreneur behind Birchbox, has a five-step morning routine. (Meditation is the second step on the list.):

• Hot water with lemon
• Meditation
• Yoga
• Face oil
• Breakfast smoothie

When you incorporate meditation into your morning routine, you’ll unfailingly experience greater calm and focus during your day, no matter how hectic things get. You’ll soon realize why so many entrepreneurs practice meditation every morning. For instance, entrepreneur Taylor Pearson says that with meditation: "It helps you handle the endless choices that confront you, and focus on what’s truly important."

Final thoughts

As an entrepreneur, you owe it to yourself to be the best you can be for your goals and for your business. And your mornings play a huge role in your success. So, find a routine that leaves you feeling focused, committed and prepared for your day, rather than practicing multiple routines and forcing yourself into a mold that isn’t right for you.

When you do find the right fit, you'll experience a greater sense of general well-being and ease as you form these healthy habits.

What is your morning routine?

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CUSTOMER CARE AGENT NEED URGENTLY AT LEKKI

CUSTOMER CARE AGENT NEED URGENTLY AT LEKKI.

QUALIFICATION - OND ONLY

CANDIDATE MUST RESIDE IN LEKKI ONLY

SEND CV TO careers@gigastreamsconsulting.com

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See 4 Exciting Ways Startups Can Exceed Their Targets in 2016

What are the top priorities for startups this year? According to First Round Capital, the top three priorities are great hires, revenue growth and customer acquisition. Since two of the top three are related to growth, here are several effective paths startups can follow to exceed their targets in 2016.

1. Sales Automation

Sales automation is a new concept that is rapidly growing. The idea is that companies can create prospect lists quickly using tools such asDatanyze, ToutApp or LinkedIn to find their ideal customers or clients and put those prospects into tools that will send out emails based on a sequence.

An example of a sequence might be seven emails broken down by automated email follow-ups every two business days or so. If you’re looking to reach prospects at scale, sales automation might be one way to do it. Just keep in mind that coming off as too automated or pushy will send your emails straight to your recipient's spam folder.

If you’re unsure of how to send solid sales emails that will actually get people to respond, here are 101 sales email templates you can use to close more deals.

2. New advertising opportunities

When it comes to marketing, keep this in mind: Always go to where your target audience is hanging out. Facebook and Google continue to be the giants of advertising, but what other opportunities are available? Consider:

• Podcast advertising. Podcasts are continuing to grow in popularity, especially since the explosion of Serial (a podcast from the creators of This American Life) last year. In fact, the percentage of Americans who have listened to a podcast in the last month has nearly doubled since 2008 -- from 9 percent to 17 percent as of January 2015. Think about how the people listening to today's podcasts are more technology-savvy and highly engaged content consumers. If you can get your marketing product in front of a business audience like that, it might just perform well.
• YouTube advertising. YouTube is the second-largest search engine in the world and it continues to grow. It’s one of the few web properties that has over 1 billion monthly active users. Because YouTube is owned by Google, you have a plethora of options to use for narrowing your targeting to find the right consumers. As video's popularity grows, so will YouTube ads. Get in while you can, while the costs are still relatively cheap.
• Gmail advertising. Google recently just brought back Gmail advertising to its advertising platform, and it has great potential. Imagine being able to target the same people who are opening emails from your competitors or popular blogs. The possibilities for paid content distribution and even direct sales are endless. This is another one of those “get in while you can” moments -- except that this time it’s “get in now because it’s still early!

3. Podcasting

• Creating a podcast. You read about the growth of podcasting above. In addition to advertising on podcasting, what about creating a media asset for yourself? Podcasting is just another way to build an audience of loyal followers, and since you own the asset, you can do whatever you want with it. Add your podcast feed to iTunes, Soundcloud, Google Play and more to get started.
• Being interviewed. Find those podcasts where your target audience is hanging out and simply reach out to see if any of them would be open to interviewing you. I’ve been asked many times directly on my podcast, and I’ve often accepted guests who directly reached out to me.

4. App automation

How many software tools do you use? Here's a hypothetical list of what you might have:

• E-mail service provider (like MailChimp)
• Chat program (like Slack)
• Analytics tool (like Google Analytics)
• E-signature tool (like HelloSign)
• CRM (like Salesforce)
• Spreadsheet tool (like Google Spreadsheets)
• Content management system (like WordPress)

How nice would it be if all these tools could connect with one other to get your most tedious work done automatically? Here’s an example of how an app automation sequence workflow might look:

1. A prospect fills out a lead form on your website.
2. The lead automatically populates in your CRM for your sales team.
3. At the same time, a message is pushed out to your sales chat room to notify the sales team that a new lead has just come in.
4. The prospect is also added to your email service provider.

This is just a simple sequence you can create by hooking apps together. Take a second to think about the processes that you’d like to automate in your business and then imagine the possibilities. I hope you find this exciting. 

But the question now is, “How do I do this?”

Simple. There’s a great tool called Zapier that allows you to connect more than 500 apps. Give it a try, and let me know what you think.

Conclusion

As technology continues to improve, more growth opportunities will sprout up. The key is taking advantage of them while they’re still new so that you’ll have an edge on your competition.

One more thing: Many people try to do too many things at once. If you liked any of the ideas above, just choose one that you think will have the biggest impact and focus on that. Trying to spread yourself too thin (especially when you’re starting out) can lead to disaster.

Good luck!

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