To all the job seekers out there. Perhaps it’s time to
employ some unconventional tactics to start getting
those job interviews!
Alfred Ajani, a 22-year-old who studied Marketing
at Coventry University and graduated with a 2-1 in
May this year, had applied for over 300 positions
and was yet to get a favourable response.
Unhappy with the situation, he decided to stand at
Waterloo Station this morning and hand out CVs to
people commuting into London through the station,
Daily Mail reports
Ajani, who appears to be of Nigerian parentage,
stood at the station’s entrance, holding up a
placard stating: ‘Marketing graduate (BA Hons 2:1
Coventry Uni) Ask for CV.’
His unusual approach attracted the attention of
many commuters, including company bosses, who
stopped to talk with him to discuss potential
positions and pick up CVs.
He has since received several phone calls from
interested employers, and even has a job interview
scheduled for this afternoon.
Speaking about what motivated him to take this
unusual approach to job hunting, Ajani says he was
frustrated that he hadn’t found a job since May, and
that the opportunities he had found weren’t areas he
was interested in. He is interested in strictly
marketing/advertising jobs.
“I realised that there are thousands of students out
there using the same old methods of applying for
jobs online and through recruitment agencies and so
I thought I’d try something different.
I got up early and went to the station. At first people
just looked at me but after about 10 minutes people
starting stopping and talking. They said they’d never
seen anything like it before and were really
impressed,” he says.
A photo of Ajani giving his CV to people at the train
station made its way to Twitter, prompting many
people on the social media platform to commend his
efforts, and offering to assist him.

copied from» http://www.bellanaija.com/2014/08/19/u-k-graduate-holds-up-sign-advertising-himself-at-train-station-lands-job-interviews/

Nigerians will over do this tactics

U can't do this in Nigeria because the people who can employ you will not be using any form of public transportation. They re in their tinted SUVs and private jets, so they can't see you.

youngwolf: U can't do this in Nigeria because the people who can employ you will not be using any form of public transportation. They re in their tinted SUVs and private jets, so they can't see you.

hehehehe...smh.. its true bt sometimes it doesn't go d way we think it...