@ajasa4link: Very true, I agree with you because I have seen it happen a number of times.

Will be back to share one of it

OP that's the truth.

I salute your courage and this I believe will encourage someone out there.

Another useful tool which I used and I know people have got opportunities from is LinkedIn....

Update your profile and contact people in your industry and you never know.

Main this is you gotta be rugged and dodged and above all trust in God.

Success to us all

Mannylex:
I agree with you OP. Funny thing is I passed out same day with you July 2nd 2015.... During the course of my service year, I always had same reasoning that you needed connections to get jobs, good jobs in Nigeria, but i was wrong. A week after completion of NYSC, I had test invites left and right. I was successful in all and in less than 3 weeks I attended several interviews, did medicals then later attended training school. I had several offers staring me in the face and here I am, without any connection resumed work within a space of 1 month after nysc. Truth is connections help, but you can get jobs without it if you plan early. I started applying for jobs and practicing gmat and shl immediately I began NYSC. Its good to have some sort of fear though, it spurs you to go the extra mile.



By the way some of the jobs I applied for and test/interview hints came via Nairaland. I appreciate this site.

while its all good, buh what was your gp after school .... . that's another point ..... a person with 2.2 is better of making a job for him/herself

ajasa4link:
As we all know the unemployment crisis is very much real and giving many a graduate headaches everyday applying for jobs online, sending CVs and not getting replies etc. However people are still getting out of the job hunting market everyday(just like I did last month), so I will like to share my story with those still in the market and they can learn one or two things from it.

Right from the moment I graduated from school I've always be an optimist that I won't be staying at home months after service hunting for jobs, even when the reality of the labour market has not dawned him. I've been on nairaland since 2009 as a registered user and not visited the jobs section until the middle of my service year earlier this year, and I started coming in to read interview tips, aptitude test tips and other educative tips. Then the reality of the labour market hit me when I started reading about people lamenting about not getting jobs two years after nysc even after graduating with 2.1,but being an optimist I reassured myself am definitely not going to stay that long before getting something worthwhile doing. Immediately I sat down and planned how that was going to be a reality.

Fast forward to July 2, POP came I collected my discharge certificate and as part of my plans to get a job as soon as possible I left my PPA in kebbi state that night(yes I served in kebbi where I stayed 10 long months without travelling once as part of saving for the great journey ahead after service) and got to Lagos the next day in the evening. The weekend was used for resting and updating my cv and applying for the few jobs I can apply for online.

The next week the journey started in earnest and I entered the streets with a friend of mine who also just passed out. We first got a list of the companies in our field of study, their addresses, we zoned them and made as much copies of our CVs as we can. So if we go to V. I today, we make sure we drop CVs in in as much companies we can locate in that area especially the head offices where their HR is dominated. We faced different challenges like gate men not even allowing us to get to reception, while some receptionist collected the CVS grudgingly as if they will never get it to the HR.
However,it all started paying off when we started getting invites for tests and interviews some of which we passed and others we never got feedback. Any day we go to write a test or attend an interview, we make sure we drop CVs with other companies in that area immediately after the test thereby saving money we could have used to come and drop the cv another day. While writing this tests, I was connecting with people collecting numbers so that they can share vacancies they hear of with me via whatsapp. Note I got some offers too, but mostly marketing and I have determined never to take a marketing job, in fact my was after 3 months of job search and no job I will go for teaching job since I did that during my nysc days and I even got a recommendation letter from my employer which was even a unity school. So I declined the commission based marketing jobs.

Fast forward again, a friend one day asked me for an advice concerning two different offers he got from two different companies Willing to employ him and just like a typical nairalander I asked HOW DID U APPLY?..
Then he gave me the game changer, he went to the regulators website i. e the regulator of all registered companies in our field, copied the names of the MD's and each MD's phone number and sent them text msg telling them he is a graduate of..... University, studied....with....grade and willing to learn and work under him.
Immediately I saw the intelligence in this idea because he has beaten all protocols, all obstacles on his way and has gotten into the heart of the MD. So after giving him the needed advice, I borrowed his wisdom and also followed his path, both enough credit and started rolling out the texts. The next week I was invited for a chat /interview with the MD of one of the firms,where I did well and promised to get back to me. The next two weeks I went for another chat/ interview with one of the MD's which later turned to a 3man panel where I was seriously drilled and asked every possible question concerning my field which I was grateful for because I dusted it all and left their jaws dropping. The MD told me he doesn't attend to CVS sent to his email, but the text msg got him. He was like, I need to see this guy who has te balls to try to access him directly. Then the MD asked me if I sent to other companies the same msg I sent to him and I admitted I did,but it was only to the top players in the industry because it was a did a stratified sampling in selecting them. Then we discussed pay and he said I was asking for too much for someone who has only theoretical knowledge and no practical experience. He even said if I wanted to marry with the money to which I politely explained my t-fare is much and I want to save towards my professional exams which is highly expensive. He now asked me the delicate question if I should not be contacted any further if they are going to pay lower than the minimum I gave. Then I told him provided the job gives me a prospect of a career growth and an opportunity to learn under one of the major players in the market, I can always improvise and live with the little difference that will be in the pay. I was told I will be contacted on their decision. I went back to my job search both online and offline and I've even done medicals in another company but not yet given offer, then I got a call two weeks after the interview with the MD to come pick up my offer letter and resume tomorrow. I was somehow discouraged since I know the pay will be lower to the one I already did te medicals, but I just braced up myself and said I should go for their offer first since I haven't gotten the other offer yet.
Lo and behold, the offer was much more than what we even discussed during the interview and my hand was even shaking to sign the offer letter.
Immediately I resumed, I was happy I went, because up till date I haven't gotten offer from the other company till now, probably they are still doing some in house things.
But the main point of this whole epistle is u don't need to know anybody to get a job, if u know ur God, u are intellectually rugged, and network with friends and arm yourself with as much information as possible then you will be out of the job search market before u know it.

while I'm inspired by ur story, it won't hurt for u to tell us ur GP after school ...... we'll all knw getting a job as a 1st class and 2.1 grad is difficult, but for a 2.2 and below, itz nt even possible ..... and many circumstances can force a person to grad with a 2.2.. ssooo what was ur GP, u n ur friends own let us knw

Icon4s:
True talk.

It is peeps hu have failed in d attempts and hu have bad result dat blieve u must know some1 to get a job.
They often use dat to console demselve and make pple shift d blame from dem for nt getting a job.

nt every1 shifts blames, and some ppl try and keep trying buh nothing to show for ....... how do u expect a person of 2.2 and below to react grade matters also o, that's y I suggest to any1 with 2.2 n below to simply save up and start a business instead

This is very inspiring Ajasa4link.
Congrats on your new job.

Wow

Congratulations bro

destinysaid:
while I'm inspired by ur story, it won't hurt for u to tell us ur GP after school ...... we'll all knw getting a job as a 1st class and 2.1 grad is difficult, but for a 2.2 and below, itz nt even possible ..... and many circumstances can force a person to grad with a 2.2.. ssooo what was ur GP, u n ur friends own let us knw

Tho I graduated a 4 pointer, but my friend I must tell u it has absolutely nothing to do with grade. At least during my job search I was at uba and they take 2.2 graduates but people don't even know they are recruiting. U see its all about having information and not sitting down at home alone assuming negative things and feeling down. We just walked in and dropped our CVs and got invited for the test. Tho I was dropped at the second interview stage, yet some 2.2 graduates made it to the training school. My brothers not always about grade

ajasa4link:
As we all know the unemployment crisis is very much real and giving many a graduate headaches everyday applying for jobs online, sending CVs and not getting replies etc. However people are still getting out of the job hunting market everyday(just like I did last month), so I will like to share my story with those still in the market and they can learn one or two things from it.

Right from the moment I graduated from school I've always be an optimist that I won't be staying at home months after service hunting for jobs, even when the reality of the labour market has not dawned him. I've been on nairaland since 2009 as a registered user and not visited the jobs section until the middle of my service year earlier this year, and I started coming in to read interview tips, aptitude test tips and other educative tips. Then the reality of the labour market hit me when I started reading about people lamenting about not getting jobs two years after nysc even after graduating with 2.1,but being an optimist I reassured myself am definitely not going to stay that long before getting something worthwhile doing. Immediately I sat down and planned how that was going to be a reality.

Fast forward to July 2, POP came I collected my discharge certificate and as part of my plans to get a job as soon as possible I left my PPA in kebbi state that night(yes I served in kebbi where I stayed 10 long months without travelling once as part of saving for the great journey ahead after service) and got to Lagos the next day in the evening. The weekend was used for resting and updating my cv and applying for the few jobs I can apply for online.

The next week the journey started in earnest and I entered the streets with a friend of mine who also just passed out. We first got a list of the companies in our field of study, their addresses, we zoned them and made as much copies of our CVs as we can. So if we go to V. I today, we make sure we drop CVs in in as much companies we can locate in that area especially the head offices where their HR is dominated. We faced different challenges like gate men not even allowing us to get to reception, while some receptionist collected the CVS grudgingly as if they will never get it to the HR.
However,it all started paying off when we started getting invites for tests and interviews some of which we passed and others we never got feedback. Any day we go to write a test or attend an interview, we make sure we drop CVs with other companies in that area immediately after the test thereby saving money we could have used to come and drop the cv another day. While writing this tests, I was connecting with people collecting numbers so that they can share vacancies they hear of with me via whatsapp. Note I got some offers too, but mostly marketing and I have determined never to take a marketing job, in fact my was after 3 months of job search and no job I will go for teaching job since I did that during my nysc days and I even got a recommendation letter from my employer which was even a unity school. So I declined the commission based marketing jobs.

Fast forward again, a friend one day asked me for an advice concerning two different offers he got from two different companies Willing to employ him and just like a typical nairalander I asked HOW DID U APPLY?..
Then he gave me the game changer, he went to the regulators website i. e the regulator of all registered companies in our field, copied the names of the MD's and each MD's phone number and sent them text msg telling them he is a graduate of..... University, studied....with....grade and willing to learn and work under him.
Immediately I saw the intelligence in this idea because he has beaten all protocols, all obstacles on his way and has gotten into the heart of the MD. So after giving him the needed advice, I borrowed his wisdom and also followed his path, both enough credit and started rolling out the texts. The next week I was invited for a chat /interview with the MD of one of the firms,where I did well and promised to get back to me. The next two weeks I went for another chat/ interview with one of the MD's which later turned to a 3man panel where I was seriously drilled and asked every possible question concerning my field which I was grateful for because I dusted it all and left their jaws dropping. The MD told me he doesn't attend to CVS sent to his email, but the text msg got him. He was like, I need to see this guy who has te balls to try to access him directly. Then the MD asked me if I sent to other companies the same msg I sent to him and I admitted I did,but it was only to the top players in the industry because it was a did a stratified sampling in selecting them. Then we discussed pay and he said I was asking for too much for someone who has only theoretical knowledge and no practical experience. He even said if I wanted to marry with the money to which I politely explained my t-fare is much and I want to save towards my professional exams which is highly expensive. He now asked me the delicate question if I should not be contacted any further if they are going to pay lower than the minimum I gave. Then I told him provided the job gives me a prospect of a career growth and an opportunity to learn under one of the major players in the market, I can always improvise and live with the little difference that will be in the pay. I was told I will be contacted on their decision. I went back to my job search both online and offline and I've even done medicals in another company but not yet given offer, then I got a call two weeks after the interview with the MD to come pick up my offer letter and resume tomorrow. I was somehow discouraged since I know the pay will be lower to the one I already did te medicals, but I just braced up myself and said I should go for their offer first since I haven't gotten the other offer yet.
Lo and behold, the offer was much more than what we even discussed during the interview and my hand was even shaking to sign the offer letter.
Immediately I resumed, I was happy I went, because up till date I haven't gotten offer from the other company till now, probably they are still doing some in house things.
But the main point of this whole epistle is u don't need to know anybody to get a job, if u know ur God, u are intellectually rugged, and network with friends and arm yourself with as much information as possible then you will be out of the job search market before u know it.

Bro how did u go about the MDS numb my sis studied business admin curently looking for a job don't know if u can help out plzz?

destinysaid:
while I'm inspired by ur story, it won't hurt for u to tell us ur GP after school ...... we'll all knw getting a job as a 1st class and 2.1 grad is difficult, but for a 2.2 and below, itz nt even possible ..... and many circumstances can force a person to grad with a 2.2.. ssooo what was ur GP, u n ur friends own let us knw

If you think you can do a thing, or think you can't do a thing, you are right -Henry Ford.

Now

"If you think you can get a job with a 2.2 result or you think it's not even possible to get a job because you graduated with a 2.2 well, either way... you are right" -Experience.

Don't limit yourself because of your result. However, if it bothers you so much, you could upgrade, by doing some professional courses or Master Program. #My2Cent

Chigorkizz:
The humans of Nigeria:

When it work for them,it will be as if others are not trying.

I have never in my life looked down on others and I will not start now. My post was not in any way to call other job seekers lazy or portray them as people who are not trying. Am only trying to help and encourage people to do away with negative thoughts and take the bull by the horn and get the jobs with determination

ajasa4link:
As we all know the unemployment crisis is very much real and giving many a graduate headaches everyday applying for jobs online, sending CVs and not getting replies etc. However people are still getting out of the job hunting market everyday(just like I did last month), so I will like to share my story with those still in the market and they can learn one or two things from it.

Right from the moment I graduated from school I've always be an optimist that I won't be staying at home months after service hunting for jobs, even when the reality of the labour market has not dawned him. I've been on nairaland since 2009 as a registered user and not visited the jobs section until the middle of my service year earlier this year, and I started coming in to read interview tips, aptitude test tips and other educative tips. Then the reality of the labour market hit me when I started reading about people lamenting about not getting jobs two years after nysc even after graduating with 2.1,but being an optimist I reassured myself am definitely not going to stay that long before getting something worthwhile doing. Immediately I sat down and planned how that was going to be a reality.

Fast forward to July 2, POP came I collected my discharge certificate and as part of my plans to get a job as soon as possible I left my PPA in kebbi state that night(yes I served in kebbi where I stayed 10 long months without travelling once as part of saving for the great journey ahead after service) and got to Lagos the next day in the evening. The weekend was used for resting and updating my cv and applying for the few jobs I can apply for online.

The next week the journey started in earnest and I entered the streets with a friend of mine who also just passed out. We first got a list of the companies in our field of study, their addresses, we zoned them and made as much copies of our CVs as we can. So if we go to V. I today, we make sure we drop CVs in in as much companies we can locate in that area especially the head offices where their HR is dominated. We faced different challenges like gate men not even allowing us to get to reception, while some receptionist collected the CVS grudgingly as if they will never get it to the HR.
However,it all started paying off when we started getting invites for tests and interviews some of which we passed and others we never got feedback. Any day we go to write a test or attend an interview, we make sure we drop CVs with other companies in that area immediately after the test thereby saving money we could have used to come and drop the cv another day. While writing this tests, I was connecting with people collecting numbers so that they can share vacancies they hear of with me via whatsapp. Note I got some offers too, but mostly marketing and I have determined never to take a marketing job, in fact my was after 3 months of job search and no job I will go for teaching job since I did that during my nysc days and I even got a recommendation letter from my employer which was even a unity school. So I declined the commission based marketing jobs.

Fast forward again, a friend one day asked me for an advice concerning two different offers he got from two different companies Willing to employ him and just like a typical nairalander I asked HOW DID U APPLY?..
Then he gave me the game changer, he went to the regulators website i. e the regulator of all registered companies in our field, copied the names of the MD's and each MD's phone number and sent them text msg telling them he is a graduate of..... University, studied....with....grade and willing to learn and work under him.
Immediately I saw the intelligence in this idea because he has beaten all protocols, all obstacles on his way and has gotten into the heart of the MD. So after giving him the needed advice, I borrowed his wisdom and also followed his path, both enough credit and started rolling out the texts. The next week I was invited for a chat /interview with the MD of one of the firms,where I did well and promised to get back to me. The next two weeks I went for another chat/ interview with one of the MD's which later turned to a 3man panel where I was seriously drilled and asked every possible question concerning my field which I was grateful for because I dusted it all and left their jaws dropping. The MD told me he doesn't attend to CVS sent to his email, but the text msg got him. He was like, I need to see this guy who has te balls to try to access him directly. Then the MD asked me if I sent to other companies the same msg I sent to him and I admitted I did,but it was only to the top players in the industry because it was a did a stratified sampling in selecting them. Then we discussed pay and he said I was asking for too much for someone who has only theoretical knowledge and no practical experience. He even said if I wanted to marry with the money to which I politely explained my t-fare is much and I want to save towards my professional exams which is highly expensive. He now asked me the delicate question if I should not be contacted any further if they are going to pay lower than the minimum I gave. Then I told him provided the job gives me a prospect of a career growth and an opportunity to learn under one of the major players in the market, I can always improvise and live with the little difference that will be in the pay. I was told I will be contacted on their decision. I went back to my job search both online and offline and I've even done medicals in another company but not yet given offer, then I got a call two weeks after the interview with the MD to come pick up my offer letter and resume tomorrow. I was somehow discouraged since I know the pay will be lower to the one I already did te medicals, but I just braced up myself and said I should go for their offer first since I haven't gotten the other offer yet.
Lo and behold, the offer was much more than what we even discussed during the interview and my hand was even shaking to sign the offer letter.
Immediately I resumed, I was happy I went, because up till date I haven't gotten offer from the other company till now, probably they are still doing some in house things.
But the main point of this whole epistle is u don't need to know anybody to get a job, if u know ur God, u are intellectually rugged, and network with friends and arm yourself with as much information as possible then you will be out of the job search market before u know it.

Please sir, how can I meet the regulators of websites in my field, please answer, please

I actually didn't read the content but I AGREE with the topic.

This is so becasu I am a living testimony.

To be precise, I got 2 offers (Very lucrative ones).

BlaqCoffee109:
Great..nice to know
Lalasticlala
https://www.nairaland.com/2612215/corruption-econet-nigeriathe-bombshell-econet/3#38884101

Similar post was on FP yesterday

[color=#550000][/color] perhaps you can share details. Nice story by the way

Mannylex:
I agree with you OP. Funny thing is I passed out same day with you July 2nd 2015.... During the course of my service year, I always had same reasoning that you needed connections to get jobs, good jobs in Nigeria, but i was wrong. A week after completion of NYSC, I had test invites left and right. I was successful in all and in less than 3 weeks I attended several interviews, did medicals then later attended training school. I had several offers staring me in the face and here I am, without any connection resumed work within a space of 1 month after nysc. Truth is connections help, but you can get jobs without it if you plan early. I started applying for jobs and practicing gmat and shl immediately I began NYSC. Its good to have some sort of fear though, it spurs you to go the extra mile.



By the way some of the jobs I applied for and test/interview hints came via Nairaland. I appreciate this site.

I would've started applying for jobs too during nysc but I was serving in kebbi and I cant risk travelling the bad roads every now and then coming down to write tests. So just like u I got enough gmat and shl materials off naira land and was practicing before POP.

When I saw ur post that u've entered training school, I had to put in more efforts in my job hunting since I know u from the batch B'14 thread. And thanks to God it was all worth it. So my friend u also spurred me on too

FaskRolce:
I tap into this grace and wisdom..... I need a change of job before the year runs out.

Dey tap only you hear. Work harder and smarter and others may just be tapping by December.

Good luck

@ajasa4link (OP) please drop your phone number or sms me gsm number to 08028590105. I need to ask more questions. Congrats.

Spidermon:
For those of us who haven't gotten jobs, no be say we like to sit down for house so no cast us like say we lazy abeg. Before you got the job, would you have been able to make this statement with 100% conviction that you don't need connect to get a job?

My friend I did not in any way intend to portray fellow graduates as lazy individuals or losers. Am sorry if u feel like that, but what am saying is if u don't have anyone to help u to get a job, u need not be discouraged. With a positive attitude, aggressive job search strategies, prayer to God and know ur onions, u will definitely get ur desired job soon

adedee14:

Bro congrats...hw about i have ur no...lets relate on whatsapp. we did a familiar job assessment centre

Yeah... I remember, pm me

MDs for naija don enter wahala with this expo... Chai!
hope they wnt come and sue Nairaland sha..
btw Congrats to you @OP... *in yoruba 'se jeje nbe o'

ajasa4link:

I would've started applying for jobs too during nysc but I was serving in kebbi and I cant risk travelling the bad roads every now and then coming down to write tests. So just like u I got enough gmat and shl materials off naira land and was practicing before POP.

When I saw ur post that u've entered training school, I had to put in more efforts in my job hunting since I know u from the batch B'14 thread. And thanks to God it was all worth it. So my friend u also spurred me on too

Bro.. Wats this Shl you talking about? Lol. And gmat? Gmat is clearer but whats shl and where can i get em. Am going in for service this month or next and i wana start getting my acts together. Thanks!

Ramj:
OP that's the truth.

I salute your courage and this I believe will encourage someone out there.

Another useful tool which I used and I know people have got opportunities from is LinkedIn....

Update your profile and contact people in your industry and you never know.

Main this is you gotta be rugged and dodged and above all trust in God.

Success to us all

i find it difficult to connect on LinkedIn.
Guess i nid to upgrade to premium to do dat by subscribing.
please help me on how to connect on LinkedIn pls

ajasa4link:


Fast forward again, a friend one day asked me for an advice concerning two different offers he got from two different companies Willing to employ him and just like a typical nairalander I asked HOW DID U APPLY?..
Then he gave me the game changer, he went to the regulators website i. e the regulator of all registered companies in our field, copied the names of the MD's and each MD's phone number and sent them text msg telling them he is a graduate of..... University, studied....with....grade and willing to learn and work under him.
Immediately I saw the intelligence in this idea because he has beaten all protocols, all obstacles on his way and has gotten into the heart of the MD. So after giving him the needed advice, I borrowed his wisdom and also followed his path, both enough credit and started rolling out the texts. The next week I was invited for a chat /interview with the MD of one of the firms,where I did well and promised to get back to me.

Congrats! Good for you.

The messages to the company MDs were the deal breaker. Makes you skip a whole lot of bottlenecks. Takes you straight to the decision makers, where you have to sell your worth. That's if you are adequately prepared.

Some people may adopt your method and when given the opportunity of an interview, fail the process so woefully that any chance of entry into that company is lost forever.

Congrats again.

destinysaid:
while I'm inspired by ur story, it won't hurt for u to tell us ur GP after school ...... we'll all knw getting a job as a 1st class and 2.1 grad is difficult, but for a 2.2 and below, itz nt even possible ..... and many circumstances can force a person to grad with a 2.2.. ssooo what was ur GP, u n ur friends own let us knw

Keep telling yourself lies you hear.

What have you as a 2.2 done to distinguish yourself?

What skills do you have in your field that a First class doesn't have?

What sets you apart from the rest of the pack?

Nothing and you want to get jobs handed over to you. Maybe you go learn some madt skills and improve yourself instead of whinning.


No difference between grades. How can you distinguish yourself is the main question.

Good one Ajasa4link! Glory to God!

mheey:


Please sir, how can I meet the regulators of websites in my field, please answer, please

See jamb question wey this one dey ask.

What happened to thinking out of the box?

Where would you get the details of the players in your field if not through deep Google searches and so on.

Siddon there they ask question.

In most MNC, they have a near perfect recruitment process that allowed them to hire the best brain, you don't need to know anyone, just try your best and also pray for God favor.

Great work

Congrat OP. Now lets the success stories keep coming.

Who said people don't get jobs without connection? Most multinationals and companies of legit means don't need to know you before employing, those that employ based on referrals blame it on the rot in our education system. You happen to be Lucky that your ingenuity paid off, because trust me many have deviced more schemes than you ever imagined, still no show. Congrats on your job, at least some people would be inspired for a day or two.

Mannylex:
I agree with you OP. Funny thing is I passed out same day with you July 2nd 2015.... During the course of my service year, I always had same reasoning that you needed connections to get jobs, good jobs in Nigeria, but i was wrong. A week after completion of NYSC, I had test invites left and right. I was successful in all and in less than 3 weeks I attended several interviews, did medicals then later attended training school. I had several offers staring me in the face and here I am, without any connection resumed work within a space of 1 month after nysc. Truth is connections help, but you can get jobs without it if you plan early. I started applying for jobs and practicing gmat and shl immediately I began NYSC. Its good to have some sort of fear though, it spurs you to go the extra mile.



By the way some of the jobs I applied for and test/interview hints came via Nairaland. I appreciate this site.

Banking, abii?