University Career Services in Nigeria: Official Contact Routes for Employers

If you want to recruit university students or graduates, the right contact is usually the careers or employer-relations team. An admissions enquiry, a staff-vacancy portal and an undergraduate placement office may serve entirely different purposes. This guide helps employers reach the appropriate route and prepare a message that is easy to act on.

The links below were checked on 28 October 2026. Use institutional pages to confirm the current contact before sharing information or making an event payment. Staff responsibilities can change, so an official office route is generally more useful than a copied list of individual phone numbers.

Official starting points for employer enquiries

These are independent institutional channels. Listing them does not establish an affiliation, agency appointment or guaranteed access to candidates. Do not use a university logo in an advertisement without permission.

Lagos Business School and PAU: choose the correct talent pool

LBS provides an MBA Careers employer route. PAU has a university Careers Office with internship support. Be explicit about whether you need undergraduate students, recent graduates, MBA candidates or experienced alumni. That distinction affects the brief, timing and suitable engagement format.

An employer asking for an experienced commercial manager should provide a different role specification from one seeking an undergraduate’s course placement. Avoid submitting the same vague request to both offices and assuming the applicants will be interchangeable.

UNILAG and Covenant: verify the responsible office

UNILAG publishes OCDS activity and team information. Use that institutional route to ask who handles your proposed event or vacancy. For an academic industrial attachment, the relevant departmental or SIWES coordinator may also need to approve the placement.

At Covenant, distinguish recruitment of university employees from recruitment of students and alumni into your company. The university’s own HR vacancies are not a graduate CV directory. Ask the main institution or alumni office to route your enquiry and verify the receiving team’s authority before sending a cohort brief.

Ashesi and cross-border recruitment

Ashesi’s Career Services page includes a recruiter section and employer contact route. If the role is in Nigeria or remote for an international employer, state the work location and employment arrangement at the beginning. University engagement does not settle immigration, payroll, tax or data-transfer requirements.

Let applicants know whether relocation is expected and who would employ them. Do not describe a Ghana-based internship as interchangeable with a Nigerian course requirement without approval from the student’s institution.

What to include in the first message

• Company website, sector and a verifiable corporate contact.
• Roles, headcount, location and intended start period.
• Student level, essential skills and any genuine course requirements.
• Remuneration or allowance, duration, hours and supervisor.
• Application link, closing date and assessment approach.
• The request: circulate a vacancy, discuss a placement, arrange an event or explore a partnership.

Start with the opportunity, not a demand for student email addresses. A career office can tell you how to advertise through its approved process. Send candidate records only through an agreed channel and with an appropriate information-sharing basis.

If you are searching for a careers manager’s name or email

Check the institution’s current directory and confirm that the person still holds the role. A LinkedIn title may be historical. An alumni volunteer can help with an introduction but may not be authorised to approve student placements. Ask for the office’s preferred submission method and keep a dated contact record.

Follow up once with a short reminder and the original brief. If the message was misrouted, request the correct office rather than repeatedly contacting unrelated staff.

Need support managing employer outreach?

Wigmore’s recruitment administration support is a relevant starting point for employers organising applications, schedules and follow-up. Send your brief for a scope discussion. For a proposed relationship with Wigmore itself, explain your institution, cohort and preferred activity; individual applicants should use our careers page.

Continue planning your talent pipeline

• University Recruitment Partnerships in Nigeria: Build a Graduate Talent Pipeline
• MBA Recruitment in Nigeria: Business School Partnerships for Employers
• Career Fairs and Campus Employer Branding in Nigeria: Turn Interest into Suitable Applications
• University Recruitment Partnership Proposal in Nigeria: Employer Email and Checklist

Reviewed 28 October 2026. Named institutions are independent; this guide does not claim an existing Wigmore partnership, endorsement or guaranteed placement. Gallery images illustrate the subject and do not document an institutional agreement.