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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Edun00700: 9:42am On Jun 02, 2021
Try reach 201 the one ontop is your job
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by BarrElChapo(m): 9:43am On Jun 02, 2021
Barbiturate:
Within a year, I've applied for 188 jobs on LinkedIn. Some I was called for test and interviews, some I was never called. None of them gave me a job. There are some I applied via mail, not LinkedIn "easy apply"......so it should be over 200.

The last one was with a Yoruba company in Lagos. I applied via LinkedIn. I passed through 3 interview processes. The 4th was with the MD/CEO( Yoruba aged and titled man). He practically told me I am omo ibo(ibo man) and that I don't have the passport.

I'm officially done searching for jobs!!!
I'm throwing in the towel!

I don't know if you're a Christian but if you are Joseph, Daniel, mordecai all got juicy jobs in foreign countries not withstanding. Keep applying & keep praying. Goodluck
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Nobody: 9:44am On Jun 02, 2021
GorillaApp:

O boy me sef no try o. I no sure say I dey apply reach 50 in a year.
I get hustle sha, just trying to change jobs.
This story don give me moral be that


@op, remember how many times Thomas Edison tried the light bulb experiment before he got light? Some say 1,000 others say 10,000. Either way, both figures are bigger than 188.
What if he had quitted at 188
Thomas Edison was a bloody thief grin
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by amazingspiderma: 9:44am On Jun 02, 2021
kramer:


Firstly, If the Yoruba MD was tribalist you wouldn't have had the opportunity to seat with him. The moment he saw your name on your CV he would have dismissed you.

Secondly, you fugged up.. when he brought up the omo Igbo gist you should have tried to make light of the situation e.g. banter with him that you're omo Yoruba at heart and even attempt to speak a bit of Yoruba just to make light of the situation.

No matter where you work you will always find ppl who will throw banter at you because you're Igbo, Yoruba, Tall, Short, Fat, Slim etc.. so you need to get your mind right asap otherwise you'll end up on the streets

I like the way you made your point.
Simply yet intelligent.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Nobody: 9:44am On Jun 02, 2021
While I was in secondary school ..my further maths teacher said he wrote 300 applications for different jobs before he got the one he was doing ..
I mean wrote applications not mail applications ..do you know how hard that is ?
?.never give up...my sister have sent 500 applications although she's just looking for something better
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Lastlook: 9:45am On Jun 02, 2021
I was like this before, what i did was to create a website with what i can offer. After that, i filled in my linkedin profile with all necessary details but i didnt "quote am looking for job"

Stated my past experience which most are online and companies, i have worked for.

Key and very important
1. Join a lot of group on linkedin that is related to what you can offer. Post once every 2 days in each group of what you can offer.

2. Make sure you have more than 300 connection related to your job seeking or what you want to do.

3. Thank me later

If you dont get a job within a month, come back here and mail me.

After about 4 month, i got a job, which i was not aware of for more than a month(because i used the website personal mail and i didnt check it regularly)

They mail me them self, even i replied after a month. Got the job but it was just for a year, the salary was strong enough to buy a CAR per month.

Anyway that was then, man is broke and doesnt want to work.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by GorillaApp(m): 9:46am On Jun 02, 2021
SegFault:

Thomas Edison was a bloody thief grin
Yeah. Smart thief too. He stole from Tesla. A brilliant contemporary of his.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by OvaSabi1(f): 9:46am On Jun 02, 2021
What's your educational background, grade and years of experience?
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Nobody: 9:47am On Jun 02, 2021
I have once applied for 110 jobs in 3 months years back.

You did less than 200 in 12 months and you are talking.

My little money never even came from working for people.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Coldshisha: 9:48am On Jun 02, 2021
cool



The day I burnt my C.V was the day I became a man and I thank God for it

It was at a recruitment company in Sharjah UAE, the crowd I saw applying for petty jobs like security, waiter, airhostes they came from almost all Nationality, Indians full everywhere, Bangladesh are uncountable, Africans yapa

Money full street pass Corporate world of white collar job

If you have used all that data and energy to bomb online, or market a skill I swear you go don buy car

.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Nobody: 9:49am On Jun 02, 2021
GorillaApp:

Yeah. Smart thief too. He stole from Tesla. A brilliant contemporary of his.
He called Alternating Current rubbish then still went ahead to do everything in his power to sabotage it, typical americans, useless brainless jingoists.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by OvaSabi1(f): 9:54am On Jun 02, 2021
adeskee:
Ok
Guys pls come to my rescue.

I applied for several foreign job through indeed,I can say 60% of them shortlisted my name for interview.(Security job)
The problem naw is that immediately I replied by telling that I'm in Nigeria and ready to relocate,they will tell me alot of locals with same or more experience can fill my position.

Guys pls help me, what's the way out? advice on me on what to include on my CV that would attract them to invite me over irrespective of my present location.



Your Nigerianess is limiting your way of thinking and problem solving skills. By employing you they will be going against the law and if there is a caught the license of the company can be withdrawn.
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by OdenKelechi(m): 9:56am On Jun 02, 2021
All i'll say is don't give up. It musn't be from Linkedn, try other platforms as well.

I was about giving up when i got mine and now i'm about to upgrade to something even better. Keep pushing
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by baralatie(m): 9:56am On Jun 02, 2021
toby345:
I read of a Nigerian programmer that applied for over 400 jobs in a month and he ended up getting internship with Facebook Bloomberg and one other big company like that imagine if he stopped at just 188
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by baralatie(m): 9:57am On Jun 02, 2021
OdenKelechi:
All i'll say is don't give up. It musn't be from Linkedn, try other platforms as well.

I was about giving up when i got mine and now i'm about to upgrade to something even better. Keep pushing
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Judolisco(m): 9:58am On Jun 02, 2021
Barbiturate:
Within a year, I've applied for 188 jobs on LinkedIn. Some I was called for test and interviews, some I was never called. None of them gave me a job. There are some I applied via mail, not LinkedIn "easy apply"......so it should be over 200.

The last one was with a Yoruba company in Lagos. I applied via LinkedIn. I passed through 3 interview processes. The 4th was with the MD/CEO( Yoruba aged and titled man). He practically told me I am omo ibo(ibo man) and that I don't have the passport.

I'm officially done searching for jobs!!!
I'm throwing in the towel!
same here bro... But I won't give up
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by mosquitoway: 9:58am On Jun 02, 2021
tensazangetsu20:
Just 188 grin. I can apply to 50 jobs at a go. In a month that's 1500. I am in IT Sha. Another 50 on indeed. Around 100 jobs a day.

i do not normally comment on this forum, but the applications the OP sent out are very minimal, in canada you do an average of 1500 in a month and might not get a job in 6 months, in the uk u might have to send out 3000 applications a month . All with several interviews and auto responses saying another candidate has been chosen. I am actually impressed you got any calls with such minimal effort

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Judolisco(m): 9:59am On Jun 02, 2021
OdenKelechi:
All i'll say is don't give up. It musn't be from Linkedn, try other platforms as well.

I was about giving up when i got mine and now i'm about to upgrade to something even better. Keep pushing
Pls drop other platforms apart from LinkedIn
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by OvaSabi1(f): 9:59am On Jun 02, 2021
Abba114:
nigerians are hypocrites they will tell u nothing good comes easy i dont think it will be like this if you an american citizen applied for 188 jobs nd end up not getting any. fvck nigeriiaaaaaaaa

Abeggi. Go to student room and reddit and see PhD graduates working as sales boys and girls because no job.
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by adeskee(m): 9:59am On Jun 02, 2021
OvaSabi1:


Your Nigerianess is limiting your way of thinking and problem solving skills. By employing you they will be going against the law and if there is a caught the license of the company can be withdrawn.

My way of thinking and problem solving skills how,pls shed more light
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Bossman25(m): 10:00am On Jun 02, 2021
Reason me Bro!
Na this kind work I dey find...
Just 1 sugar Mommy and my life don better...


Curious345:
Come and work for me .. sugar mommy work.

2 of my boys dey drive benz na.

Based on fuckery things..

Lots of hajia and divorced with cash waiting to get laid
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Nobody: 10:00am On Jun 02, 2021
adeskee:
Ok
Guys pls come to my rescue.

I applied for several foreign job through indeed,I can say 60% of them shortlisted my name for interview.(Security job)
The problem naw is that immediately I replied by telling that I'm in Nigeria and ready to relocate,they will tell me alot of locals with same or more experience can fill my position.

Guys pls help me, what's the way out? advice on me on what to include on my CV that would attract them to invite me over irrespective of my present location.



They don't want to stress themselves and they believe you don't have the cash to relocate on your own.

I receive foreign job offers steadily via LinkedIn, just that I am not in their country, they stop there.

Extremely well paid jobs.. start making plans.
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by GorillaApp(m): 10:00am On Jun 02, 2021
SegFault:

He called Alternating Current rubbish then still went ahead to do everything in his power to sabotage it, typical americans, useless brainless jingoists.
U dey vex o. The guy collect your something grin

I feel sad for Nikolai Tesla though. Edison cheated him till death. Even robbed him of a joint Nobel award. The cheeky basterd cheesy
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by terrezo2002(m): 10:03am On Jun 02, 2021
Don't give up yet
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Nobody: 10:03am On Jun 02, 2021
GorillaApp:

U dey vex o. The guy collect your something grin

I feel sad for Nikolai Tesla though. Edison cheated him till death. Even robbed him of a joint Nobel award. The cheeky basterd cheesy
No but guy the way the so called Americans now enforce the propaganda calling Edison the father of... (Remind me Biko grin) you can imagine how pissed I was when I realised that most of their inventors including Edison were thieves. I Spit on the morons head.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Focusmind: 10:03am On Jun 02, 2021
I feel you bro

You have to be strategic! If you are to apply for jobs via LinkedIn, don't apply for any job that comes your way, tweaking your CVs to suite each. Maintain your CV and focus on one particular area of interest.

Alternatively, disconnect from LinkedIn to be able to tweak your CV to suite the particular job you are applying. This is because potential employers go to LinkedIn to check your profile. If your profile differs from what you submitted, Oyo na your name. I removed my profile and qualifications from LinkedIn. This has enabled me to apply directly to companies, changing my CV and work experiences to suite different circumstances without fear of being checked out on LinkedIn.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by Hezmatosky: 10:03am On Jun 02, 2021
Bro go and learn something. I almost got frustrated searching for job. The one wey pain me na d day I was scammed by GNLD people. Since then, i said to myself NOT ANYMORE. Incess you don't know, am HR Chartered. But, now, i make living as an engineer. Brotherly, i for never imagine myself waiting for month end to collect stipends. Just try and fix somewhere.
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by OvaSabi1(f): 10:07am On Jun 02, 2021
adeskee:


My way of thinking and problem solving skills how,pls shed more light


There's a law against employing foreigners especially if it is a job that citizens can do. But you think that they can just bypass that law easily. We have a Nigerian way of thinking that protocols can be broken very easily with the right pressure. But I sincerely wish you best of luck.
Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by GeneralPula: 10:08am On Jun 02, 2021
Barbiturate:
Within a year, I've applied for 188 jobs on LinkedIn. Some I was called for test and interviews, some I was never called. None of them gave me a job. There are some I applied via mail, not LinkedIn "easy apply"......so it should be over 200.

The last one was with a Yoruba company in Lagos. I applied via LinkedIn. I passed through 3 interview processes. The 4th was with the MD/CEO( Yoruba aged and titled man). He practically told me I am omo ibo(ibo man) and that I don't have the passport.

I'm officially done searching for jobs!!!
I'm throwing in the towel!

You single out the companies own my yorubas but didn’t single out the Igbo owns companies..

You wanted another tribal bashing right..

This is one of the reason you won’t find a job. No be curse.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by irumanle(m): 10:08am On Jun 02, 2021
ecomalchemist:
To get job security man job sef for naija sef na war.

But there are lots of side hustles you can get busy with that bring daily income.

Cheers.

Let me give you a brotherly advice, and I hope you work on it...
First of all I counsel people and I have done that on nairaland for a while... I have met great and good guys...
I dropped a story about my experience teaching in two schools as a corper and would not mind partnering with schools in abuja, but some accused me of looking for teaching job... Never ever mind what people say...
Back to the matter...
As a graduate, teaching and earning 15k, e no bad... But once you have a good (android) phone, go to any car stand of your choice around your area... Listen well, any good car stand and ask to see the manager... Tell him you want to help him market his cars and get good buyers... 90% of car stand managers will sign u on... Tel him you will be paid a small commission after sales...
Pick up your phone, snap as many cars as your phone memory can take, open a dedicated twitter ac, IG ac, Facebook ac, WhatsApp ac, ac etc... Take out time to post this cars, make sure you have the actual prices of this cars... You can add as much as #250k on it... Bring down the negotiations to as low as making #50k if need be just so I can sell. Set your monthly target... I assure you, if you get I client in a month, u make around #100,000k once you start growing, you can get as much as 5-10 client from all over the country and that hits you over #1m for just helping others sell their cars, Note all you invested was your time, energy, phone and data... No big financial capital...
Do not restrict yourself to cars, go for industrial machines as well, caterpillars, mikano gens, any thing, then you look for those big companies that need them and try to call their attention to it or market it to them... You may not sell in 3 months but when you manage to get a client to buy just 1 caterpillars, my brother you will instantly forget that u suffered before...
A friend of mine was marketing a silo for a local wielder, he received a call all the way from kebbi state, the purchase was made in Ilorin, he made #1.8 mil from buyers and #400k from seller... He still got a referral from that deal. Wake up bro...
Within a month or two, come and pay (tite).
I drive uber/bolt in abuja, market cars, sell commodities such as beans, maize, wheat,
ginger,onions, name it... In bags and tonnes
And I make nothing less than half a mil monthly...We all blessed my nigga ! Baba I had liked to learn more about these hustles. Can I pm you plz?

Reach me privately if you are interested in gadget importation and sales from US.

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Re: Applied For 188 Jobs On Linkedin, No One Clicked. I'm Done Searching! by KLand(m): 10:10am On Jun 02, 2021
Please don't give up. Your next job might be just one more application away.

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