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Does Your CV Answer These 8 Critical Questions? (Part 1)

Does Your CV Answer These 8 Critical Questions? (Part 1)

by Bayo Adeyinka | Jul 3, 2026 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights

I review CVs almost on a daily basis. Hardly will a week go by without having a chat or interviewing candidates. Truth is one cannot see all the candidates but your CV gives you a leg in the door. The word ‘Curriculum Vitae’ has its root meaning from a Latin word...
Hard Skills Alone Won’t Advance Your Career. Soft Skills Matter Even More

Hard Skills Alone Won’t Advance Your Career. Soft Skills Matter Even More

by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 26, 2026 | Business and Career, Tips and Insights

The higher you progress in your career, the more you understand that your career is not all about your hard or technical skills. I usually tell people that any company or organisation can buy hard skills; that’s not difficult to get as long as they can afford them....
If You Only Live For Yourself, You Have Not Truly Lived

If You Only Live For Yourself, You Have Not Truly Lived

by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 12, 2026 | Life Lessons, Opinion

I had observed him for some time. Each day the routine was the same. Eba with very dry egusi mixed with just palm oil early in the morning and the leftovers late at night. No meat. No fish. He kept largely to himself. He had some bushy beards that made him look like a...
Travelogue: Calabar, Columbus, Casino and Conversations With Mary Slessor

Travelogue: Calabar, Columbus, Casino and Conversations With Mary Slessor

by Bayo Adeyinka | Jun 5, 2026 | Bayo's Travel Diary

This article was originally written on May 18, 2015. I summoned courage as I approached the man who wore a hood. He had just poured himself a generous tot of local liquor, and the look on his face as he downed it showed he was in a world of his own. What manner of man...
Travelogue: The Man from Zimbabwe, Tourism And Ethiopian Coffee

Travelogue: The Man from Zimbabwe, Tourism And Ethiopian Coffee

by Bayo Adeyinka | May 29, 2026 | Bayo's Travel Diary, Opinion

Note: I wrote this travelogue on November 24, 2015 when I had a layover in Addis Ababa during a trip. He wanted to jump the queue at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, but I told him outright to stay in the queue. He turned to me and laughed, adding that “it...
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