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Basic Training
Odibo’s flagship program — the one that started it all. Two full classes have completed it since the 2021 pilot; Onyemobi plans to run it again, so it’s inactive rather than retired.
Every cohort is built around three things: mindset (preparation, patience, professionalism), skillset (tech & soft skills), and toolset (Google Workspace, Microsoft Office, and AI tools like ChatGPT and Canva). See the full breakdown on About →
How the program unfolds.
Each cohort starts by getting organized — setting up the tools every participant works from, like LastPass, Google Calendar, and Trello. From there, the focus turns to public profiles: building a polished, two-page resume/CV with Grammarly and the Hemingway App, a LinkedIn profile, and a Volunteermatch profile, refining all three over several sessions.
Next comes references and reviews, grounded in the Igbo proverb “Ezi Afa Ka Ego” — a good name is worth more than money — followed by networking (joining LinkedIn and Facebook groups, tracking them week to week) and volunteering (turning that Volunteermatch profile into real service-learning work).
Participants then build a Linktree portfolio, with a technical lesson on presenting it and an ethical lesson on plagiarism, while starting to submit five real paid job listings a week. The program closes with practicing professional email, scanning job boards, preparing applications and interviews, and a final open Q&A.
Training is self-paced and individualized — each participant builds their own Individual Learning Plan. Here’s what one real plan (Data Science track, 2023) looked like in a typical week:
Real work, not busywork.
Structured ChatGPT assignments, starting with prompts grounded in Nigerian context and building up to real tasks — sharpening a resume and LinkedIn profile, drafting a cover letter, and prepping for an interview.
Each participant maps their own weekly hours across coursework, service learning, networking, and self-study, tied to the professional role they want next.
Participants research real volunteer opportunities — often sourced from VolunteerMatch — matched to their own skills, and write up what they find.
“Ahịa” (market) and “Ọrụ” (work) reports: scanning real job boards and community groups — Reddit, Facebook, LinkedIn — and evaluating real listings.
Hands-on evaluation of emerging tools — most notably the 2023 Kaiber Capstone, where participants assessed an AI video-generation tool for a real client.
Design-focused work like the Canva testimonial project, where participants turn their own Basic Training experience into a shareable graphic.
The Class of 2023’s biggest project: a real-world assessment of Kaiber, an AI video-generation tool, presented as a 54-page report. Read the full Kaiber Assessment Report →
That mirrors what we saw from the start: Odibo’s own 2023 program assessment found that 75% of that first graduating class had already found paid work within a few weeks of finishing — before the program went on to reach the 100% mark it holds today.
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