JesusDWay:


Double thumbs up for you. I think a lot of HR people can sometimes just be hypocrites. Most often, they act like a god who you must appease before you get to your destination. They fail under the same rules they apply to applicants and like you said, you just sometimes don't know what they want.

Contumely:

sound pained? didn't you finish?

Gold45:
As an international Recruiter,
I have noticed some things that hinder my recruitment in Nigeria, it is heart breaking when someone comes to me and says I'm relocating to the USA or Canada or wherever, what placement can you get for me and just by chatting with the person, I know that it will have to be a menial job despite the diplomas and degrees.

debaj10:
This is harsh, but-
HR staff don't owe you anything.
Companies don't owe you jack.
We know the market increases every 6 months. Therefore only the best get chosen
If you've been hunting for over 6 months- VOLUNTEER
Your cert only gets you into the interview; after that, you better have the required skill set.
BSc computing without a computer?
Seriously? So who do you REALLY expect to give you a job? Abi you fit buy new moto go give lerna?!

Beg your pastor/imam/high priest to announce your availability for UNPAID internship. Or offer free consults to small businesses in your industry. Learn, study, train and practicalise by helping people with your new knowledge.
These are the practical experiences that get you employed.
So focus on your core interests and stop going for jobs that don't concern you, just because you need a job.
But more importantly, stop whining and go DO SOMETHING.

God bless us all.

ThoniaSlim:
A lot of graduates on this post just emphasized what this lady is talking about.

How difficult is it to differentiate between I am, I'm and Am? Like seriously!

onibooro:
I'll make an exception and comment on this thread.

I wholeheartedly disagree with the original poster and the moniker Raayah in their statements about Nigerian education being sub-par and foreign graduates being better than Nigerian.

I am leading an international team of engineers and specialists on a multi million dollar project with a multinational company and I was recruited from Nigeria. It has been a right royal mess with the resources, many European, many from the Middle East, some from some sub Saharan countries. In many instances, I rely on Nigerian resources, problem only being work permits for them which can be tedious.

The biggest problem I have on the project of course, is my resource planning and the CVs I receive from recruitment companies are in many cases as bad as you can imagine.

I only had my Unilag education and Nigerian experience on my CV, same with my Nigerian resources.

To the unemployed; keep reading, know a little about everything, improve your written and spoken English and add value to yourselves.

You are only as good as you choose to be.

Adortem:
I would advise that people stop posting their emails here for security reasons,don't say you were not warned,this is a public forum,your email should be confidential...

Contumely:

Scaremongering. what do you think anyone cqn do with the emails?

lrguru:
. U don't have anythin to say, all the ish u posted are copy and paste. U said nigerians don't know how to speak good english, does it mean those indians and Chinese u claim to employ as expatriates speaks better english than us?, u said we don't package cv's, whereas the crap u supposedly edited for somebody is not half as good as most people who are still searchin cv's. U said so many thrash that does not make sense and I'm sure u are unemployed too. All u self acclaimed over-sabi H R think u know it all, but am sure it was thru some connection of some sort that u were able to secure your "almighty job". All u see in people is mistakes, oblivion to the fact that we all make mistakes. Companies want u to be 25 years old and at the same time wants u to have 10 years experience. U complained about 2.1 and 1st class, but how often to u and "ur company" give 2.2 and third class people chance? No let me e-slap u here....

butanep:

I went for an interview in an oil firm and the recruiter asked me to tell him more about myself, then i started

[b]I am butanep from delta state, studied Geology from University of Benin, an ICT expert in the area of data base management. I am a dynamic fellow because my discipline has exposed me to different areas of life and career. I am a certified safety officer because safety comes first before any work is done effectively.

I have a basic idea in the application of geological softwares like petrel and powerlog. I had the opportunity to use them during my industrial training at NNPC. I was able to generate a 3D seismic model on olumu well of the Niger delta basin and also generate a correlation panel to other wells in the basin. I did a paper presentation on the fault history of the Niger delta basin and was given credit for the work. I have plans to publish the work very soon.

I am one fellow eager to learn because continuous learning is the key to a successful career. i want to keep developing myself until my impact is felt in the petroleum industry and the Nigeria economy. I am an indispensable tool which any company or organization will love to hire

Thanks sire.

[/b]
The man laugh and said i taught you know everything about your field. I was down for a bit but didn't allow it to kill my confidence. i asked that's the little i can say within the shortest possible time. When i wanted to talk more, he said i should stop. some recruiters can be morale killer i swear.

Gold45,Aude and the others in the house. please can you tell me what is wrong about the introduction and make possible corrections . Thanks

dsavant:

please I need a professional vet on my c.v and cover letter formats because I begin to notice that something is wrong after writing lots of applications without getting any IV for interview , and its getting too long My email adress is :Uhegbumichael@gmail.com . I just need yours so that I can forward then to you thanks.

Gold45:

jroysee@gmail.com

Gold45:

coollabman:


hmmm... speaking when not spoken to

coollabman:


hmmm... speaking when not spoken to

exotiqueify:


As in, this is you trying to get my attention again? And when I said you are clingy, u went all Jackie on me? smh.... sincerely, how come you never learn? If u can't learn at your young age, you would most certainly never learn at all. You mean, you follow me because you have nothing doing and you reply to my comments because you want to prove 'something'? I really am not your type and i don't want to be associated with you, so please seriously, get a job, i plead with you.

You can't win over even the most stupid of girls with this clingy attitude. Quit seeking my attention(it's very unattractive) & quit derailing people's thread naa..... Apply dis zeal in searching for a job and I'm certain u'ld get one in no distant time.

By the way, I am not you and your praise singers(the phrase is relative, because you are one and the same person), whom never know when & how to criticize constructively...U are a graduate and a 'fresh' one at that, u really should know what I meant in that statement and what I mean in the one you quoted....Or do i really have to state everything to you in black & white?!! Haba!

P.S: I DO NOT TALK OFF POINT WHEN ABSOLUTELY UNCALLED FOR AND ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT SPOKEN TO, because you will start to teach me manners now if I lash a retort at you.....

exotiqueify:


Madam plz, for goodness sake, u said you edited this cv for an SSCE holder..... Its your job to correct his mistake(s). Staff in plural form is still staff, please accept your mistake and move forward...This is not about knowing a JD than the employee, this is plain English! The same English u were shouting on top of your voice that we should learn if we want to work in a place where English language is spoken... This is just for you to understand that humans can make mistakes, and you forget, before you posted this ' lecture note' that you are a human yourself, you committed an error, and you are being so adamant in correcting it, begs the question how you got to ur 'exalted position'.....(pardon me).

That's the reason, i would not totally disagree with amicable, because sometimes recruiters as yourself refer people to companies that other unemployed graduates can beat hands down.....And for your generalization, please DO NOT make the mistake of thinking every job seeker is the same..... Thank you

coollabman:


jisos! I wrote only one sentence and you replied with a short essay of 4 paragraphs!

bwahahahahaha!!! honestly! you're a real character


PS: you're just a bloody hypocrite! after pontificating on the virtue of not speaking/replying when not spoken to. you go ahead and pull the same stunt you once castigated me for! I have noticed the act of doublespeak on your part on several occasions, but decided not to make much out of it. but now I know that its an integral part of your personality. a flaw you seek to hide and sweep under the carpet by claiming vehemently that you're morally above board. aunty go siddon jor! na only grammar you sabi (you no too sabi am sef).

izutex007:
I plead with you both....sheath your swords!!!


This kind of energy could be used for other things(better things). PEACE.

exotiqueify:



As in, all these now just to get my attention and discredit me AGAIN?!Its obvious you have nothing doing, but i do not blame you, after all, for the time being u really have nothing doing...

Every time dishing out advises you have never for once given yourself......I put it to you once again, you are empty and strangely clingy; characteristics of a little man, you know that for sure, right?....Why peddle talks, what do you stand to gain, does it boost your sex drive, is it like a source of inspiration of some kind?because this is really a deformity of some kind, truly....

First, you created an almost exact moniker to mine and posted something way above your age with it, as if that wasn't enough for you, you discredit me and my writing(yet, i'm beginning to make money from it, and all you have done so far is google a word when you want to reply me on NL), and teach me morals and values, every flipping time, having zero knowledge of same.You tell me i have no character, yet you chase me up and down, profess love to yourself, not me; you tell me i know nothing, but i have worked in places u haven't, ...U say u are a man(that is relative though cuz u really are confused about ur sexuality), yet you act like a demented woman and follow me on NL just to try to get attention and 'subject me', and you tell me i am melodramatic? sincerely, u are just reducing your life span just being on my case.

You post something on NL and use your other moniker to defend and like same......Guy u really are not well o! I must tell u, sincerely......

And the crux and most laughable of all your groaning, is your certainty of knowing me,even more than i know myself ('after all you have lived in the same house with me'), without even meeting me or having a tete-a-tete..., sincerely u are either demented or you need help in all honesty......What ever it is you are trying to achieve, you cant achieve it with me..... But then again, keep trying, i assure you you would be very much disappointed, and please continue to bask in the euphoria of talking to me, make it worth your while,while you are at it......

butanep:
Sometimes i really don't know what recruiters and employers want from job seekers. Everyday recruiters keep complaining Nigerian graduates are unemployable when they haven't given the competent ones the opportunity to take over key positions in their firm. The fact we don't have all the necessary skills doesn't make us unemployable because when given the right training we can perform explicitly . My lecturer that taught me geophysic didn't teach us how to apply geological software simply because he don't know how to use the software. He passed such crude knowledge to us and we did the little we could to make it out of school.

When i went for internship in a big oil firm after graduation, that's when i know most of what we are taught in school are rubbish. They waste our time in school learning what is not applicable in the real world. We spend time to learn and cram theories whereas what we need to succeed in the real world is pure practical and skillful knowledge. I had the opportunity to learn the applications of geological software for seismic interpretation and fault modeling which my lecturer don't know even as a doctor in the field. Thank God i had the opportunity to learn and develop myself.

To mitigate the problem of producing unemployable graduates, our curriculum and teaching methodology need to be re-structured to accommodate practical and skillful knowledge.


I went for an interview in an oil firm and the recruiter asked me to tell him more about myself, then i started

[b]I am butanep from delta state, studied Geology from University of Benin, an ICT expert in the area of data base management. I am a dynamic fellow because my discipline has exposed me to different areas of life and career. I am a certified safety officer because safety comes first before any work is done effectively.

I have a basic idea in the application of geological softwares like petrel and powerlog. I had the opportunity to use them during my industrial training at NNPC. I was able to generate a 3D seismic model on olumu well of the Niger delta basin and also generate a correlation panel to other wells in the basin. I did a paper presentation on the fault history of the Niger delta basin and was given credit for the work. I have plans to publish the work very soon.

I am one fellow eager to learn because continuous learning is the key to a successful career. i want to keep developing myself until my impact is felt in the petroleum industry and the Nigeria economy. I am an indispensable tool which any company or organization will love to hire

Thanks sire.

[/b]
The man laugh and said i taught you know everything about your field. I was down for a bit but didn't allow it to kill my confidence. i asked that's the little i can say within the shortest possible time. When i wanted to talk more, he said i should stop. some recruiters can be morale killer i swear.

Gold45,Aude and the others in the house. please can you tell me what is wrong about the introduction and make possible corrections . Thanks

Bennyzino:


Pls I won't mind contacting you too.

Can I send a PM

McTobe:

True madam@Aude I thought you are a recruiter yourself if not that I take time to read through a thread before I Comment I would have also been replying to you as a HR person. just to commend your effort to reply to people's comment before @OP came back to start responding. I would have bothered you with my own problem of CV review but I see that a number of people have requested to send theirs and will not abuse your privilege of helping job seekers. why not look up to doing a coaching job even if it is on a temporary basis. I will be glad to be one of your students.
True madam@Aude I thought you are a recruiter yourself if not that I take time to read through a thread before I Comment I would have also been replying to you as a HR person. just to commend your effort to reply to people's comment before @OP came back to start responding. I would have bothered you with my own problem of CV review but I see that a number of people have requested to send theirs and will not abuse your privilege of helping job seekers. why not look up to doing a coaching job even if it is on a temporary basis. I will be glad to be one of your students. warm regards

ambassadorgozie:
DEAR RECRUITER,

I am Mr Paul, studied International relations and graduated with 2.1 from a federal university, certified in French language and HSE, proficient in the use of MS office suite ,and i write articles..
Please help to fix me somewhere.

My email is ambassadorgozie@gmail.com .
I look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards.
Paul


Help a jobless graduate..

Merci beaucoup!

exotiqueify:


As in, this is you trying to get my attention again? And when I said you are clingy, u went all Jackie on me? smh.... sincerely, how come you never learn? If u can't learn at your young age, you would most certainly never learn at all. You mean, you follow me because you have nothing doing and you reply to my comments because you want to prove 'something'? I really am not your type and i don't want to be associated with you, so please seriously, get a job, i plead with you.

You can't win over even the most stupid of girls with this clingy attitude. Quit seeking my attention(it's very unattractive) & quit derailing people's thread naa..... Apply dis zeal in searching for a job and I'm certain u'ld get one in no distant time.

By the way, I am not you and your praise singers(the phrase is relative, because you are one and the same person), whom never know when & how to criticize constructively...U are a graduate and a 'fresh' one at that, u really should know what I meant in that statement and what I mean in the one you quoted....Or do i really have to state everything to you in black & white?!! Haba!

P.S: I DO NOT TALK OFF POINT WHEN ABSOLUTELY UNCALLED FOR AND ESPECIALLY WHEN NOT SPOKEN TO, because you will start to teach me manners now if I lash a retort at you.....