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22 year old Nigerian graduate Alfred Ajani has been
inundated with offers of interviews after taking a radical
approach to job hunting, Daily Mail reports.
Alfred said he's applied for over 300 positions since getting
a degree in marketing in May this year and has been
unlucky. Determined to land his dream job, he decided to
hand out CVs to company bosses commuting into the City
of London through Waterloo Station this morning.
Alfred stood at the entrance to the busy station holding a
sign stating: 'Marketing graduate (BA Hons 2:1 Coventry
Uni) Ask for CV.' His direct approach received a warm
response from commuters, with many stopping to discuss
potential positions. Continue...
Alfred, who lives not far from the station, said: 'I graduated
in May and have been applying for jobs ever since, but it's
very difficult at the moment.
'The only ones that have come up have not really been
what I wanted, I'm interested in marketing and
advertising.
'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.
'One woman worked in advertising and took a CV and
another guy ran back from his train and said he'd walked
past but had started thinking and might have something
for me.'
Alfred added: 'I've already had some phone calls and have
got an int erview booked for later today. The support was
great, one man even bought me a cup of tea and told me
"good luck".'
Alfred has worked as a waiter while studying and has taken
positions as an intern in the music industry in a bid to
boost his job prospects.
He asked friends to help him hand out his CVs, but thinks
they were put off by the early start.
A photo of him giving his phone number to a passing
commuter circulated on Twitter this morning, with website
users offering their support.
After seeing the photo, one Twitter user wrote: 'Good on
him for putting himself out there!! Time waits for no man!!
Love it!!'
Another added: 'It's a good idea. I would've hired him into
my business straight away if I saw him.'
Olympic medallist Kelly Sotherton retweeted the photo,
and motivational speaker Gavin Ingham wrote: 'He will no
doubt get interviews and offers whilst others sit at home
Grunting. Good on him.'
Curled from Linda ikeji's blog after she curled it from UK daily mail

good

See strategy... He didn't study Marketing in vain.

whites love sum1 who can tink out of the box, good one my guy. but bros ur student visa never expire ni

e no fit work for naija

Abeg where train station dey for Naija make I go stand

inibro: Abeg where train station dey for Naija make I go stand

u go stand tire, na body go yan u

Make I hear!!! If na 9ja abi oti rishe ni...

I love this....It can work anywhere

inibro: Abeg where train station dey for Naija make I go stand

Train station dey Aiyekale village, Ota Eefun, Oshogbo, Osun state.

Goodluck

alotofgrace: I love this....It can work anywhere

Av u been to train stations in Nigeria before? If you haven't, you need to go see what it looks like and come bk to edit ur comment here..

Sori employers in naija ar two big for train........ pple u wil see in train in naija ar hustlers like u.

Good for him. he's got skills and is bold obviously.

My advice: work for some years and gather more skills and then venture out to set up some PR/Marketing outfit.

I love this o. Confident

alotofgrace: I love this....It can work anywhere

are you in Nigeria? Please come try ham for Oshodi, sun go beat you taya

inibro: Abeg where train station dey for Naija make I go stand

go stand for bus stop

@inibro,rather than stand at train station make it to an airport instead.that way u'll be certain to handout ur cv to corporate executives and ceo's who commute only by plane in naija (but dat is if security no mistake u for boko) lol..

*thinking*
Make I go wuse/Berger?..
Abi Area one?
Abi Almighty Nyanya bus stop? Maybe e fit work for me too oº°˚!

Am impressed...happy for him he got the attention needed....His creativity and ability to think outside the box would earn him good points on this.

He who says nothing last forever has never tried Aboki/Hausa's perfume!
4 dis Obodo Oshodi, Chaii..I pity your soul...smh

inibro: Abeg where train station dey for Naija make I go stand

what a brave and innovative approach, i love it! that is one of the reason i will always be proud of my country, mods this is a front page material o, to encourage our unemployed youths

Mke I follow comment.










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Ok bye

Creative...

A good example of someone that believes in himself. It's you to him to face the opportunities coming his way.

BTW what he did is a good sample of marketing.

Dem go jus smash ur head without even blowing horn whch rail way dey work for 9ja sef, the ones wey I knw for ph market ppl don turn am to shed, 9ja I hail thee

inibro: Abeg where train station dey for Naija make I go stand

Great and very bold step towards actualizing what others before him have waited for over the years.

Wish him the very best of Luck

Welcome to the Labour Market

Ask4bigneyo: He who says nothing last forever has never tried Aboki/Hausa's perfume!
4 dis Obodo Oshodi, Chaii..I pity your soul...smh

Dude stop taking out ur anger on me. Am not the cause of ur problem

I no blame u....
U b jambite here!

inibro:

Dude stop taking out ur anger on me. Am not the cause of ur problem

Ask4bigneyo: I no blame u....
U b jambite here!

My brother used his yoruba name to apply for hundreds of jobs in the U.K. No reply. He now used a fake english name and got 4 replies out of 10 applications! His wife who is Slovak also encounters problems too. A name like Ajani is a turn off.