Author: Dola Olaribigbe
Dola Olaribigbe
Adedolamu is a human resource professional who has worked with a wide range of clients across the Tech, Telecoms, Banking, and HR Consulting sectors. She is highly disciplined, professional, emotionally intelligent, and possesses excellent social and creative problem-solving skills. She holds a B.A. in English, an M.Sc in Industrial and Labour Relations, and she is an associate member of Chartered Institute of Personnel management. Her recruitment experience cut across Information Technology, Banking, Oil and Gas, Healthcare, Fitness,FMCG, and Hospitality industries. Her delight is to see employees thrive in organisations, meeting set goals and objectives. In an ideal environment where both employees and employers succeed.
How to retain the best talent I had been exposed to the best work culture and bosses at the peak of my work experience so I have a positive and vibrant attitude towards my work. I never thought I would work in a toxic workplace until I found myself in an organization. I remember vividly my first day at work in a particular organisation, my colleague had told me the entire history of the organization and I said to him “Why and what are you still doing here? then he gave his reasons and I thought to myself Dola, “Can…
I have attended many business meetings, and I always hear the facilitators or convener lament how hard and difficult it is to hire the right talent to help maximize business profitability. Yes, I agree we are experiencing a talent drain in Africa as a whole because many of our talented professionals are moving abroad for greener pastures. However, whenever challenges present themselves, opportunities and solutions will follow. Many small and medium businesses have employed workers based on who they know, they have employed relatives, friends of the family etcetera but have realized too late that an individual being idle is…