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People confuse Marketing with Sales.

Marketing huh.

marketing jobs would have u talking excessively, spending most of ur time under the sun as you try to convince people to patronize your product

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Marketing job is stressful

OP, do u like marketing jobs yourself
abi u think say e easy to dey trek for hot sun dey find customer

Marketing bringes more money for me. U na no jasi ease way marketing:

I will rather set up a small business than be a marketing officer or salesman for an entity.

MissSlimbody:
Baba orobo nla

Seriously you prefer teaching to marketing?

Who still get time to dey waka up and down dey blow lies for companies wey no go reward you adequately!

Hmm

because to be a graduate no be beans. we were train to explore not to market goods especially dancing like a mad man on the street in the name of marketing

MARKETING IS THE GATEWAY TO AN ORGANIZATION`S FORTUNE....! MARKETERS REP THE COY IN GOOD LIGHT... BUT UNFORTUNATELY , MOST TIMES THE REWARDS IS NOTE COMMENSURATE TO EFFORTS #FACT4MARKETERS..

I once did a 'street hawking' marketing job for a company during one of the annual trade fairs in Lagos.

Yes, it is tiring just as any other work can be.

If you have a passion for meeting people (whether they buy or products/services or not), you'll find marketing easier.

If you also read wide and upgrade your knowledge about marketing, you'll find it easier.

There's a book by Dale Carnegie, I can't remember the title well now.. How To Influence People (something like that).

It's cool marketing but not for the faint hearted and lazy ones.

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HenryThegreat1:
Because people doing marketing job don't know wot marketing entails. I read marketing and d way i approach a client will never be d same way graduates of engineering do. Another tin i observed here is dat people criticise marketing job here if ordinary microfinance bank advertise 4 marketing officer position, u will see lawyers, doctors, engineering, accountants applying 4 dat position making it difficult 4 us dat know marketing and passion 4 sales. My advice is dat people should go and practice their professions and leave marketing 4 us. Thanks.

YOUR POST REALLY INSPIRED ME. #TEAM MARKETING

The answer is simple: We the Nigerian graduates are simply lazy; we don't want to associate with 'dirty' consumers and 'rag-tag' end product users. All we want is EXECUTIVE & CORPORATE air conditioned office with a PC, Table & Executive leather chair for taking selfies.

Personally, I believe marketing jobs are tailor-made for drop-dead beautiful women ironically u can make more money in marketing than a 9to 5 job; it all depends on your social skills and gender.

SamAbims:
I'm a person that likes exploring different options and always wanted to try out a marketing job though I don't have any tangible experience in the field. Everybody I've spoken with has said that career choice is a no go area. That brings me to the question 'why is marketing so dreaded by Nigerian graduates?' To the extent that a colleague told me he would rather remain unemployed than take up a marketing job. Please I need to read you opinion and maybe nairalanders can please share their marketing experience.

u will hawk around the whole lagos, and get 20-30 pay. the employers wud never put his children in such jobs. do it at ur peril.

Some companies just tag it marketing but in most cases you are been made a mobile sales boy/girl.

KingTom:
Seriously you prefer teaching to marketing?

Yes

hi u look good

missdebs:
i dont know...all i know is that i hate marketing like mad

This topic is for me. I'm an engineering graduate. Got a marketing offer from STANBIC IBTC but still contemplating whether I should go for it or not. Advise please.

SonOfTheLion:
am a marketer and am proud... check my signature and lemme wow u

how sure are you

maybe becoz the job is called a marketing job,lol

Very insightful

MosakuAW:
Simple! Just because marketing jobs in Nigeria is hell. Your employers gives you targets that are unrealistic and they expect you to performs within set days or month.

Marketing of physical products might not be so stressful compare to marketing of services. Imagine marketing of Coca-cola and marketing of Life insurance policy.

Marketing in Nigeria: People you are marketing the products to, sees themselves as king and see you as slave, believes that buying from you safes your job and they use that as yard stick to ask for a favour in return. (female marketers)

InwehAkpevwe:
Just wanna read comments unto say rain trap me for one place where my H+ network dey @ maximum...

just spend ur time and enjoy it.

Because it is frustrating. I have done it before, it wasn't funny.

You mean sales boys and girls job?