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Picture yourself walking into your dream job. What logo is on the

door? Whether it's a hot tech start-up or a prestigious global

accounting firm, some employers are more desirable than others. For

companies, this affects how easily they can recruit, and for employees

it's tied to your professional reputation. Using our professional data

set from linkedIn, 9jacampus has identified which companies are most

attractive to potential candidates.

A few interesting insights came out about what makes a desirable employer:

*. Tech is hot: Software was the most represented industry on the

list(linkedIn) and Google top it

*. A strong consumer brand helps, but isn't essential: Consumer

powerhouses like PepsiCo , Coca-Cola , NBA , and Dangote ranked

highly. But so did leading professional services firms like ATI

consultants.

*Oil and gas, companies are also included, here is where Nigeria's economy lies

*. Bigger isn't necessarily better: Big global Nigerian brands are

well represented, but 40% of the top 10 are under 8,000 employees.

What makes these rankings so unique and exciting to me as a

professional resercher is that they're based on the actual actions of

millions of professionals on LinkedIn. May I remind you that last

year, LinkedIn was home to over 15 billion interactions between

professionals and companies. I cross-referenced my data with thousands

of survey responses to pinpoint the specific activities that best

indicate familiarity and interest in working for a company: connecting

with employees, viewing employee profiles, visiting Company and Career

Pages, and following companies. After crunching this data and

normalizing for things like company size, I developed my top 10 global

list. I then applied LinkedIn profile data to rank the most

sought-after employers among professionals in Nigeria and job

functions.

I used a similar analytical framework to develop the 9jacampus Index

of skilled graduates a powerful tool to help companies measure and

improve their evalution

This reserch was done to help members and companies better

understand the professional landscape. Read through and see if your

company is in my list

1. NNPC: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is a

state owned corporation through which the Federal governtment of

Nigeria regulates the petroleum industry, they are also involved in

drilling and other oil and gas related activities. It ranked first

because they always have massive applicants when ever they have an

openning.

Head office: Abuja

Category: oil and gas

website: www.nnpcgroup.com

salary: Very actractive

2. Shell: Shell is a global group of energy and petrochemical

companies with a staff base of more than population of a country and

in more than 90 countries.

Head office: hague netherlands

category: oil and gas

website: www.shell.com

salary: very actractive.

3. Central Bank Of Nigeria: The Central bank of Nigeria is Nigeria's

no.1 bank, it also regulates other banks in the banking industries. It

also records massive applications from graduates.

Head office:Abuja

category: Banking

website: www.cbn.gov.com

salary: also actractive

Join me for the second part of this reserch soon to be published.

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Applications are invited for the MTN Nigeria Foundation Science and

Technology Scholarship Scheme 2012/2013. Following the applications,

an aptitude test will be in 3 centres in the North, East and West of

the country of which only 1500 students will be shortlisted.

Only 500 excellent candidates from the shortlisted candidates will

receive the scholarship awards for 2012/2013 academic year.

Scholarships will also be renewed for the existing 1,015 students only

if they maintained aminimum Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of

3.5 or its equivalent (second class upper/upper credit).

WHO CAN APPLY?

Please read it carefully. Be sure that the information you provide is accurate.

*. Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education in

Nigeria must be fulltime undergraduates in 200 level/2nd year.

*. Applicants from public Universities and Colleges of Education must

have a minimumCumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) score of 3.5 or

its equivalent (2:1)

*. Applicants from public Polytechnics must have a minimum Grade Point

Average (GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the Ordinary National Diploma

(OND) programme and must have secured admission into theHigher

National Diploma programme (HND).

*. Direct entry level students must have a minimum Grade Point Average

(GPA) of 3.0 (upper credit) from the OND programme and must have

secured admission into 200 level/2nd year in a public University

*. Current Beneficiaries of the MTN Foundation Science & Technology

Scholarship award are not eligible to apply

*. The MTN Foundation reserves the right to cancel or suspend a

scholarship award if it is discovered that an applicant /awardee

provided false information.

*. Names of successful candidates will be published in National Dailies.

WHAT ARE THE FIELDS OF STUDY?

Only candidates from the field listed below can apply.

*. Accountancy/Accounting

*. Agric. Extension and Rural Development

*. Agricultural Science

*. Agronomy

*. Animal Breeding and Genetics

*. Animal Nutrition

*. Animal Production and Health

*. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management

*. Applied Physics

*. Architecture

*. Chemical Engineering

*. Civil Engineering

*. Computer and Electronics

*. Computer and Information Science

*. Computer and Mathematics

*. Computer Engineering

*. Computer Science

*. Electrical Engineering

*. Electrical/Electronics Engineering

*. Electronics and Computer Technology

*. Electronics Engineering

*. Engineering Physics

*. Geophysics

*. Industrial Mathematics

*. Industrial Physics

*. Information Technology

*. Mathematics

*. Mechanical Engineering

*. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

*. Petroleum and Gas Engineering

*. Physics Electronics

*. Physics/ Computational Modeling

*. Pure/ Applied Physics

*. Statistics

*. Statistics and Computer Science

*. System Engineering How To Apply

Note that all applicants must accept these terms and conditions in

order to complete the application.

If you accept proceed by clicking the links below,

http://www.mtnonline.com/mtnfoundation/content/mtn-scholarship-2012