 |
| Photo Credit: Naijaloaded.com.ng |
I know first-hand what it feels
like to search for a job – your dream job without success. It leaves one
feeling depressed, angry and unintelligent.
A jobless fellow is bound to feel
the fault lies with him/her; she/he would feel unqualified, not smart enough
and every other self-depreciating feeling. The fact is that your joblessness is
not totally your fault or government. Countries with large population are bound
to have unemployment as one of its problems.
The problem of unemployment is
not a Nigerian issue alone, it is a world problem; most recent university graduates
end up doing jobs unrelated to their course of study. This is because of inadequate
jobs from UK, to USA, Russia, China down to Nigeria, unemployment has become an
ugly trend especially for university graduates.
This doesn't mean graduates
should lose faith in securing his or her dream job rather applicants need to up
their game plan in job search. An applicant needs to employ creative resources
to convince prospective employers they are better than other applicants.
It all starts with getting your
CV across to a person in position to offer you an employment. In this case, the
CEO, Director or Executive Officer of a company is the most perfect. It is
tasking to pass most company’s security and submit your CV to the CEO. This is
what you can do;
1) Research the names of the
company’s top executives and also important associations the company or
executives belong to
2) Prepare a convincing cover
letter and CV, enclose in a white envelope
.
3) Type and print the name,
position of the executive on your white envelope
4)Take the envelope to the
company’s corporate office, DO NOT GO AS YOURSELF. Go as a representative of an
association the company is a member of or a vendor they use. For instance if
the company is into manufacturing, you can claim to come from MAN or NAFDAC, If
the company is an engineering firm you can claim to be from COREN or if the
company is an advertising agency you can claim to come from AAAN or APCON to
drop off documents to the executive addressed on white envelope .
The main thing is to get you CV
and cover letter across to an executive member of the company.
5) Go back home and research for
email address format of the company, once you find one, you can guess correctly
what the executive email address should be. Send a follow up email, politely
asking for an audience and assuring the executive why you would make a great
employee of the company.
Using this method, send to as many
companies as possible. However, ensure that your educational qualification is
in line with the services of the company.
Another unconventional means of application
is to send your work (proposal) to top executives of a company. If you are
seeking a job in a media agency, a copy of a story, ad, graphics design, report
or film created by you would give you an edge over others and can give prospective
employers a look at your capability.
You can also create a vacancy.
This is particular to those who studied unpopular courses such as psychology.
You can create this vacancy by putting down a great proposal offering institutions
or organisations your services at affordable price. We know Nigerian labour
market is yet to value the importance of psychologists but that doesn't mean
they are not needed. Schools and companies are all places that need psychologists;
they just need the right person to convince them to create a psychologist position.
Hence, you should send proposals to companies lacking the position you want,
explain and convince them how you can make a difference by occupying the
position you have in mind.
The last option is to start up
your own company with friends that share similar values as you. You just need
the presence of three ingredients – brains, social appeal and money. Any of
your friends you choose to partner with must have one or all three of these.
Try any of these tricks and be
sure to inform me how it goes.
No comments:
Post a Comment