I know education, scratch that, I meant ‘SCHOOLING’ was sold to you as the ultimate, the same way it was sold to Mariam.

Mariam has a B.Sc and graduated in 2016 with a 2nd-class upper. She has NEVER used her CERTIFICATE to work in any organization. It’s been seven years, she’s already 30

That’s the same way Martins, a 17-year-old, is being told by his parents to make sure he passes his JAMB and study computer science, and that would be his passport to success in the Tech world.

Just last week, I ran into Bola, who finished UNILAG with a 2.1 Biochemistry degree 2 years ago and is still confused about what to do and which career path she will earn from.

Here is what she said to me.

“I finished school; I am now a graduate. I have SEARCHED AND SEARCHED for the so-called job I would get after SCHOOLING.

Guess what, ma’am? I don’t think such jobs in my field exist. When I got an interview for a completely different role from what I studied in school, they asked me to state my skills before requesting my certificate.

The Interviewer, Mr Ade, asked me if I could draft a meeting agenda and design presentation slides for a company’s annual general meeting.

Mam, I was stuttering and tried my best not to look ignorant.

All these workplace and digital skills were not taught in my entire four years in school. The interviewer asked me one last question, “Ms Bola, if you had to work collaboratively in a diverse team.
To innovate a product, name two tools or software you would deploy to make your job easy?”

Dr AAA, I was CLUELESS!

They never got back to me after the interview.

Ma’am, I AM CONFUSED!!!

Where do I learn?

Who is teaching graduates all these Workplace Skills and Tools?“

IS THIS YOU???

Are you a graduate who has realized that schooling and education are not the same and that you can’t get a choice of job because you lack the experience and skills to work in the 21st-century workforce? No one is giving you the chance to work/intern/ volunteer for them to gain the skills and clarity you lack.

Are you a youth (15 upward) who is literate and wants to get a chance to work in a tech-savvy work environment so you can gain skills you can use to earn in the next six months?

Are you a woman who wants to integrate back into the workforce after a break, but your previous job did not prepare you for the current demand of the 21st-century workforce?

Are you a woman who wants to change her career path to the tech space to have skills you can use to serve as a virtual assistant to digital creators or start a virtual assistant brand/career but has not found the right place to learn all aspects of this profession?

Are you an undergraduate with several months on your hands due to holiday, ASUU strike, or waiting on IT and the only skills you see people gain are vocational skills (hairdressing, fashion, etc), but you know this is not what you want? Do you want to gain a TRANSFERABLE SKILLSET that can serve you in any Tech-enabled organization, whether in your country or globally?
Are you a person seeking clarity and mentorship from a global citizen who has worked at the Museum for the United Nations and understands what it takes to work globally remotely and the skillset required for such roles?

If You Answered Yes To Any Of The Questions Above

Tell Yourself Congratulations Because Today Is The Day I Get To HELP YOU using Our Combined APPRENTICESHIP and INTERNSHIP program.

Introducing

I-Train Africa Skilled For Work Program

A GLOBAL EMPLOYABILITY and JOB SHADOWING Program

Skilled For Work is a finishing school for literate youths and women starting their careers or transitioning who hope to gain 21st-century, in-demand workplace skills to become globally employable.

What Exactly Is This Program About?

We are a finishing school for literate youths and women STARTING their careers or TRANSITIONING who hope to gain 21st-century, in-demand workplace skills to become globally employable.

Why Choose Our Employability Program?

DO AS I DO PROGRAM: This is an immersion program where we teach via tasks in our organization. The training is hands-on—enough of theory. You already did that in school and still lack employability skills. We have a social media project requiring images. We give it to you. We teach you the design software when needed to execute the task. No pilling up of learning till exam time.

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES: Given my experience working GLOBALLY and REMOTELY twice, one of which is at the Museum for the United Nations as a Global Program Coordinator, and my several years of teaching 300+ professionals from 10 plus countries how to secure opportunities such as jobs, no one better to teach you about getting employed globally than me, Dr. Aderinsola Adio-Adepoju. In some tracks of this program, we teach you how to search for global jobs.

APPRENTICESHIP: Skilled For Work is not a simulation program; it’s a job shadowing program. You learn directly from someone who has done it/ doing it, and you also carry out projects while on the program. We call it the “Igbo Apprenticeship model” in a conducive environment.

WORK PLACEMENT: At the end of the program, you have a job placement internship with our partner hubs to try out what you have learned.

OUR CURRICULUM: We continuously review our curriculum to stay ahead of trends and what is obtainable in the market. One of the known problems of the conventional tertiary institution is an outdated curriculum, and we are NOT going that route.

CERTIFICATION: At the end of the program, you will be issued a certificate stating you are experienced and have worked in a real-life work environment. This helps a potential employer believe in you and increases your chances over others in the job market.

The image above is Ganiat, an MSC from the University of Lagos entrepreneur who joined SFW to gain workplace skills to transition her career path and digitalize her business. Picture taken on the first day of resumption. Fun Fact. Ganiat is now the Program Coordinator at ITA Foundation based on the skills she learned and practicalized during her six months immersion model program with us.

How Does This Program Work?

THERE ARE 4 MODELS AT SFW

Let’s take a look at the first model, which is a

MUST HAVE!!!!

Is this for me?

Yes, it is if you want to have the digital, soft and life skills no one talks about, but YOU NEED to be efficient in the 21st-century work environment.

You will need this as an

Entrepreneur
Working professional who has not upskilled
Artisan
Fresh graduate pursuing a career in the industry
Fresh graduate pursuing a career in academics

You will need it, especially when you do not know the essential skills, software and tools!

This is why we call it the

WORKPLACE FOUNDATIONAL MODEL

How Does This Work?

Irrespective of whether you take the 360-degree hybrid/onsite models or the one-track model,

EVERY MEMBER OF SFW MUST TAKE THE LESSONS UNDER THE

“WORKPLACE FOUNDATIONAL MODEL”

What will i learn and what is my investment fee?

what IF I Want more than foundational skills, I need a hard skill I Can Use To Earn As A Professional or Freelancer In A specific Career path locally or globally? physcially or remotely

Then our ONE-TRACK MODEL is RIGHT FOR YOU!

Let’s take a look at this model!

what Hard Skills do you teach that I can earn from to become A Professional or Freelancer In A specific Career path?

Apart from the 5 tracks above, what other in-demand hard skill Do you Offer?

Our ONE-TRACK model offers eight different In-Demand Work Tracks

Let’s take a look!

what is my investment fee to start my career in at least one of these tracks?

Our ONE-TRACK model

ORIGINAL PRICE

Our ONE-TRACK model

DISCOUNTED PRICE

Yes!!!

I WANT IN!

Wait right there!

Remember, complex skills without workplace skills are why many employers WILL not lose you even if you can manage a product or set up Ads.

No one wants to hire a person with hard skills and NO WORKPLACE SKILLS.

Trust me on this one.

I HAVE WORKED INTERNATIONALLY TWICE!

Yes. Remotely at the Museum for the United Nations and the Natural History Museum of London.

I would know WHAT IS REQUIRED.

Plus,

I have been an EMPLOYER OF LABOUR for 13 years!

So, if you are asking, what do you recommend, Dr. AAA?

You have a choice.

The starter’s favourite (FLEX) or the recommended (PRO)!

Our one-track model offers you two choices.

Take a look at what is in the FLEX and the PRO!

one track starter model - FLEX

Starter’s favourite, Aka FLEX, combines the

FOUNDATIONAL EMPLOYABILITY MODEL

ONE OF THE 8 DIGITAL HARD SKILLS LEADING TO A CAREER PATH THAT YOU CAN EARN FROM

one track starter model - PRO

Recommended Aka PRO combines the

FOUNDATIONAL EMPLOYABILITY MODEL

ONE OF THE 8 DIGITAL HARD SKILLS LEADING TO A CAREER PATH THAT YOU CAN EARN FROM

ONE MONTH OF INTERNSHIP IN A REAL WORK ENVIRONMENT TO HONE YOUR SKILL

Do you have an immersion model? i need the complete knowledge required to build and edtech and be able to perform tasks in multiple roles. is there a program that teaches the multiple career paths all in one?

Yes, there is!

Our 360 DEGREE models offer 9-10 different In-Demand Work Tracks and MORE as one program.

Let’s take a look!

The 360-degree models teach you all you need to build a tech-powered enterprise or become skilled in 7 to 8 job roles/career paths.

Let’s take a look at these two models!

Have We Even Met?

Hello, I’m Dr Aderinsola Adio-Adepoju; I have helped professionals and youths secure over $700,000, won/attracted (personal) 35+ global opportunities worth over $35,000 that took me to 5 continents, and shaped lives for living.

African youths are my passion, and my mission is to help 10 million of them become skilled, become relevant to the 21st-century workforce, and arrive at the global stage by 2030.

In 2021 and 2023, I organized the most extensive online youth conference for African youths and women. The 2021 & 2023 editions reached over 2.6 million people. The 2021 event saw participation from 40+ African countries, with 14,000+ registered attendees and 35 speakers from 25+ nations. In 2023, the GMC had 41 speakers and 24,000 registered participants from 54 countries.

I am an academic with a BSc, MSc, and PhD in Chemistry and a university teacher. I have been an entrepreneur for the last 14 years. I have a mini MBA from the International Finance Corporation (IFC)

In 2022-2023

As the Design Lead, I worked remotely internationally with the Natural History Museum of London (NHM).

I also served as the Global Project Coordinator at the Museum For the 🇺🇳 United Nations (U.N. Live).

I have been featured in local and international press and media, such as the Voice of Canada, US InStyle Magazine, Women Radio, Tekedia, TVC, Punch Newspaper, and many others. I have several awards and am happily married and blessed with children.

Why Did I Start This - AKA The Brand Story?

The worst headache in my business is getting employable youth. I kid you not; only people employed in labour will understand my pain point.

My first challenge when I started I-Train Africa was putting out a job advert. The conventional JOB TITLE does not reflect what the job needs.

Why is this?

The EDTECH (Online educational teaching space) is pretty new, and COVID sped it up in 2020. This means there are no readily made people for employment. The knowledge is not what you get in conventional schools; the business needs people to run it.

So, how do I get the right people to employ?

I was initially recruited from Admin Assistant to Personal Assistant to Executive Assistant. Though several people applied for these jobs, none suits what I want.

The only option left is for me to train them to be able to work for me and other digital knowledge businesses. However, at I-Train Africa, I needed them immediately.

Guess what?

It was so hard, so I had to look within to get someone to shadow me.

Good enough, one of them was my cousin, who practically lived with me. So, it was easy for him to understudy me quickly.

Behold, this model started to work. He could learn everything and be helpful to me in less than six months.

He started as a so-called volunteer, but now I understand he was my apprentice because he was shadowing me, and we drove I-Train Africa together.

SHOUT OUT TO KUNLEEEEEE!!!!!

Well, I still kept trying to recruit to scale up, but to be honest with you, it all failed. Most of the people who came lacked the skills I needed in my organization.

So, I discovered that I did most of the work even if I employed people. While I trained them, they got paid for the work.

The problem was not paying them. The problem was that I still lacked the staff to do the work and ensure we both gained from this relationship.

But Alas, I mostly lost. Because they get trained and then go. So, I’m back to square one—no staff to scale my business.

BOOM!

After three months or five months, they are out. Then I realized that people were coming for the training on how to run an Edtech, not necessarily the work.

So, here is what I needed to do. I went back to look at my GOLD MINE, the CURRICULUM I was using to train them to make them learn so fast and make them employable in an Edtech space, start their own thing, or become digital professionals.

This was how I started to refine and perfect my curriculum. I used it for different kinds of people ranging from graduates to women who need the skills to be employable (Physically or virtually) to jambite waiting for admission.

IT WORKED FOR ALL OF THEM WHO HAD THE MINDSET TO LEARN

Finally, I knew I had perfected my curriculum based on the people who have gone through it since January 2021.

The graduates and corp members I had to go through this program have been converted to entire staff within 3-6 months.

Of course, I have several people in my network, like coaches, who run an organization and need readymade staff like mine.

Many who are ready to pay reached out to me for staff. They asked if I have readymade interns that they can employ and are prepared to pay.

But I tell them I don’t have excess staff yet and that they can start training people like I do.

Trust me, everyone knows it’s challenging to train people to achieve that sense, clarity, skill and general work ethic. They always respond, “I’m ready to pay them this amount”. Trust me; it is above 6-figure that they are willing to pay the skilled intern, plus they are ready to pay me for employment from my hub.

I told them when I finally have trained people that I don’t need in my organization. I will let them know.

Okay, so you know, I have a host of people in my network waiting for those types of skilled staff.

Now, I’m taking the heavy weight of two sets of people: the employers who need skilled employees and people who need this knowledge to be employable or to start their own thing themselves.

If you fall into any of these categories, tell yourself CONGRATULATIONS, Because

OUR SFW PROGRAM IS NOW LIVE!!!

What Will I Be Able To Do If I Take The Workplace Foundational Model Program On The Skilled For Work Global Employability and Job Shadowing Program?

You’re wondering how it will help you get that job.

You are wondering how this program can turn you into an attractive professional or freelancer whom employers want on their team

Here is it:

At SFW, every registered student must first go through the workplace foundational program irrespective of the career path YOU choose under the one-track professionals model (The model that teaches you at least the skillset needed for one in-demand job).

So, irrespective of the career path you choose from the eight career paths we offer at SFW, at the end of this program, these are the things you will be able to do/have within.

THE FIRST 6 WEEKS ON ENROLLMENT.

How are we so sure?

Let us look at some of the things that Joy, Sandra, Ganiat, Kunle, Dami, Muinat, Mujib, Aisha, Tobi, etc, can do now after going through our curriculum.

Know and understand the essential digital tools and platforms needed to carry out simple work tasks
Have clarity around the career path of choice
Write clear and concise emails and other email etiquette
Schedule meetings on various meeting platforms
Write basic proposals for projects
Create presentations at work for various purposes (weekly team meetings, project meetings, etc.).
Create accounts on collaborative work platforms such as Mirro and navigate them.
Communicate effectively with people (team or customers or partners)
Create a standard CV and cover letter.
Create to-do lists
Create Gant charts for projects
Create planners
Create SOPs (standard operating procedures) for repetitive tasks
Do basic data collation and entry into sheets
Use cloud-based tools for storage and designs
Create simple forms
Conduct research for activities such as product design, etc
Plan events (meetings, etc.) virtually using various tools and software (zoom, teams, Calendly, etc.)
Host and moderate events

And lots more

What is the learning expereince like?

quick recap of our models

Here are what people have to say about us on google and social media.

meet our SFW PRODUCTS who now work for us or other organizations

Muinat Rasaq - Former Apprentice now Lead Communications at I-Train Africa

“Let me start with what I thought was my A-Game.

My BSc Degree

I studied General Microbiology at the University of Lagos and served my fatherland in Kastina State Bakori Local Government in 2020/2021.

Like most people without clarity on their career path, I wanted to work in the medical sector. I felt my certificate as a microbiologist and less than three months of laboratory experience during SIWES should earn me a job in a lab or hospital. This thought could be from the orientation we were given in school to console us because we could not meet the cutoff mark to study Medicine.

Let me elaborate on this further for non-science students.

I initially opted for Medicine but was pushed to the science faculty to study microbiology as I did not meet the cutoff mark for Medicine.

Alas, it dawned on me when I saw the requirements for related jobs. These adverts said I can’t work in the medical field without a license. Meaning I need to be a medical student.

Okay, I gave up on the medical line and applied for other jobs I could do. Then, I realized I lacked the necessary skills to work in an established organization. At least, a 21st-century one.

Skills like effective communication, self-confidence, and digital knowledge.

Right from the interview, I couldn’t summon the courage to market myself. Now, I understand there is still more to learn.

I approached my mentor (Dr. Salisu) and told her about my challenges. She told me she has a friend who can help me clarify my career and teach me skills needed in the 21st-century workforce.

This is how I started to learn with THE KING OF CLARITY, THE KNOWLEGE DISTILLER of our time.

DR. ADERINSOLA ADIO-ADEPOJU

I can proudly testify to her ability to help people gain clarity, find purpose and acquire relevant skills that will set them up for excellence in life.

I will always bless that moment my mentor referred me to her.

Guess what?

This is me right now as the communication lead.

Some months ago, I could not even face these. Like being the Communication lead

serving as the spokesman of the organization

creating and managing content

managing social media,

writing newsletters

going around with Dr Aderinsola to events and facing people I could not face before.

All these soft skills and more were acquired in I-Train Africa, and now I have the skills that can earn me $

The program baffled me because Dr. Aderisola used the first month to work on her mindset. She has discovered that it is not just about the hard skills. There are so many skilled marketers, copywriters, sales page designers, and the like that have crappy communication skills and no emotional intelligence. Some of them come into our inbox to market their skills to us, and their manner of approach is not just that.

Someone reached out to us this week to market his skill. Guess what?

We turned down the offer due to his manner of approach. He lacks practical communication skills.

Here is what he did

He commented on our post requesting us to check our DM, and we replied that there was nothing in our DM. Then he started marketing that he is a copywriter, he can help us get thrice of our sales blah blah blah!

No, that’s not the right way to market yourself to someone who doesn’t know you.

The thing is that this guy has a complex skill, but he doesn’t have the “SENSE” to communicate it. So he couldn’t even get his foot in the door.

This is part of the focus of our apprenticeship program. Dr. Aderinsola understands these soft/life skills because she has worked with different people globally.

She tells us our competition is not the next person in our country; she teaches us to be on par with our global counterparts.

She teaches you the proper way to communicate/ address people. She helps you build the skills that people ignore, which are the skills that distinguish those who excel on the global stage from those who have the hard skills. She is so focused on building a total human being.

Trust me, these skills are better experienced than learned virtually

HER IMMERSION FORM OF LEARNING BUILDS YOU UP FROM GROUND ZERO TO THAT PERSON WITH SENSE.

I’ve used the word SENSE twice now due to a lack of words to describe best what you get intangibles.

Her method of teaching is more like combining hard skill training with mentorship.

She chose this immersion method because she discovered that some skills exist in a work environment that you can not learn virtually.

IT IS A FULLY paid program (YOU PAY)
But I, Muinat, can tell you that the value you get compared to the four years spent acquiring a degree is COMPARED.

I would know that because I experienced BOTH.

I would do this repeatedly if time were reversed” — Muinat.

Temitayo Joel - Tech Intern at I-Train Africa

“I always knew I wanted to be in the tech space. I filled in computer science in the first jamb I wrote. But then, it’s not like I had guidance on the entire “tech” thing. The way I thought I could get into this space was to study a 4-year course in school (computer science), and then I would get a job in the tech space.

Ah, I was wrong. In fact, Very bad. Until I spoke with Dr. Derin, she said, “Ehn, you think that a computer science degree is how people become tech gurus and professionals today? She laughed. Then, she explained what “TECH” meant to the 21st-century workforce. She explained how the emerging professions in the online/tech space were moving faster than the curriculum in the courses the university currently offered.

She explained how the work skills needed are not learnt in the classroom.

She further explained that what I could gain from school was network, exposure, and certificates, but not skills I could use to work.

That’s how my eyes opened. I spent some weeks understudying the work operations at I-Train Africa, and we agreed that after my jamb, I’d become a full apprentice under her curriculum.

That’s how my life started to change.

In 5 months, I now have the skills that I can use to help digital-enabled organizations (Fintechs, EdTechs, HealthTech, AgriTech), digital product and course creators, coaches, founders, or tech-enabled personal brands successfully launch digital products by setting up and managing landing pages, funnels, and Automation on websites/learning management systems (LMS) to ensure they reach their ideal audience in a seamless, simple and automated process.

My work at I-Train Africa ensures we have a sound system for generating leads, nurturing leads who become paying customers, supporting customers, and converting customers to raving fans.

I am sure that when the ASUU strike is finally called off (for non-Nigerians, the association of Universities in Nigeria have been on strike for eight months, so we cannot resume our sessions), I cannot go hungry or broke in school.

I have already moved from apprentice to intern, earning some allowance in this organization. Imagine me working virtually for other course creators even when I gain admission. I have multiple ideas for using this knowledge, one of which is to monetize it by teaching my mates and collecting money. I do not have to think of how to do that. I see it done daily at I-Train Africa. I have started building my brand, and the skills I have gained are helping me build very fast.

My last words are “FOLLOW WHO KNOW ROAD O!” — Tayo.

Is This Program Really For Me?

If you are that person that needs

CLARITY, SENSE, SOFT, LIFE, AND EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS CAN CHANGE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY STATUS TO A GLOBAL STANDARD IN 6 MONTHS OR LESS, AND YOU HAVE AN OPEN MINDSET TO LEARN NOT THE ONE THAT GIVES EXCUSES WHY THIS WILL NOT WORK

THIS IS YOUR CHANCE!!!

You Should Join This Program Now!!!

Is This An Internship or an Apprenticeship?

This program is an APPRENTICESHIP and an INTERNSHIP program.

Think about it as learning a vocational skill such as fashion design, where you pay your boss to shadow him. This time, in a structured training model focusing on mastering specific skills, employers need to fill an occupation within their organization.

After the apprenticeship phase, where you must have become learned and skilled, we put you in a job placement internship at our partner hubs to hone your skills.

What Are The Other REQUIREMENTS For This Program?

You need to have a smartphone, data, and laptop

Abel Joy - Apprentice Now Intern

“I remember meeting Temtayo in a Jamb lesson, and just as we were about to finish the lesson, I asked him what he would do for the next couple of months, given ASUU was on strike. He said he would learn at I-Train Africa tech skills, etc. I was like, really. Were? He told his cousin he owned it. I had to pitch my tent to him quickly. I was not going to miss this chance. After sending Dr Aderinsola a message, she asked me to come for an interview. She was very thorough with the kind of attitude she expected from me. In 5 months, I can now set up and manage landing pages, funnels, and automation on websites/learning management systems ( MS). I have learned essential skills such as research, communication and other soft skills. What I will say still amazes me is that she combines teaching with mentor hip. She identifies every apprentice’s strength in the process and helps you build it to find a niche.

After three months, she called me and said Joy, you are now an intern, and you start to earn some allowance for the value you currently bring to the team. I was so happy. She recognised my strength and the value it was now getting to the team, not just for the allowance.

The truth is, I no longer identify with my mates who are continuously complaining about ASUU still being on. I have forgotten about it because my time is utilised to gain skills that will prepare me for it. I am glad I took this decision in May 2022. One of my best decisions yet as a teenager”. — Joy-

Here Are More Of The Behind-The-Scenes Training And Outings We Have For Our Apprentices.

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