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phabulous88:
Prior to August 2015, I never thought I'd loose my job because I am well educated and always met my KPIs. But then I lost my job and had to start looking for a new one. I joined an online job portal, did a lot of cold calling, attended series of interviews but nothing was forthcoming.

By mid August, I changed my strategy and started searching for firms online by using industry specific keywords. For example, I'll go to Google and type ' Associate Information Technology Consultancy South Africa Nigeria LinkedIn' and I'll get a list of LinkedIn profiles of professionals in the industry. I'll then peruse their LinkedIn profiles for the companies they are working for or for companies they have worked for. Thereafter, I'll visit the company's website for information on the kind of services they offer.

I was doing this one Saturday evening and found out that a company in VI was recruiting. I sent in my CV immediately but I wasn't satisfied. Fast forward to Monday morning, I drove to their office in VI and requested to meet the M.D. After about 6 hours of waiting, I was able to meet the M.D for about 2 minutes, and that 2 minutes changed my story. I was scheduled for a formal interview and before the ministerial list could get to the Senate president, I got a job offer.

I'll be resuming work on 5th October 2015 and I'm so so thankful to God for this opportunity. I pray that God will bless any Nairalander looking for a job with a job that brings fulfillment and happiness. Amen

Lessons learnt:
1) information is power - the Internet has loads of information that one can exploit, use the right keywords to get more information. Also, do a thorough research about the company you're applying to
2) Follow up - if I hadn't gone to their office and requested that I met with the M.D, I'll probably will still be searching for a job
3) Network - by spreading your tentacles in the right direction, you are more likely to get your dream job than those who do only online job portals. I did speak to trusted friends and got a couple of interview invites through their friend's friend's brother's cousin's fiancée
4) Keep developing yourself - I did a lot of research and learnt a couple of skills this period. No knowledge is a waste
5) Pray - Ah! I prayed o! But don't spend your whole day in the church, go out!

6) Save - I don't need to say much on this

sandilo:
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igbo2011:
I am looking at my timeline and people are so proud for ‪#‎ViolaDavis‬ ‪#‎UzoAduba‬ and ‪#‎ReginaKing‬ for winning Emmy's. I am not trying to hate this is good, they worked hard and deserve their acknowledgement but why do we always gain pride when we win awards by Europeans? We cannot be proud of ourselves for our own history or contributions to world history?
I see people say they are "inspired" "joyous" "happy" for this and people are saying ‪#‎blackgirlsrock‬ or I am proud to be black. So we can only be proud when other people give us validation? This goes to show how powerless we really are because we cannot be proud on our own. This isn't just for the Emmy's this is for the Oscar's Grammy's and other awards shows. I mean do white people come to BET or Nigerian entertainment awards and seek validations from Global Africans?
If you study the history of African/Black women such as Queen Hatshepstut, Queen Amine, Queen Idia, Yaa Asantewaa, Harriet Tubman, Madame CJ Walker, Mama Toya, Queen Nanny of the Maroons, Angela Davis, and other great women in Global African history, then we would not care about these awards.
When I read African history like Benin, Mali, Songhai, Nubia, Ancient Egypt (Kemet) Monomotopia, Luba, and other great African empires I am inspired. When I hear of the history of Africans in the diaspora such as African-Americans, Caribbeans, Afro-Brazilians, Africans in Europe, India and China I am inspired. We need to stop having Stockholm Syndrome. If you read your great history you won't need to be validated by other people because you will be proud of yourself.