The Surefire Access To A Job In Nigeria

You can now determine how quickly you get your dream job in Nigeria. Let me assure you one thing… Your grade point has little to do with how soon you get a job.

It is now about how smart you are not how brilliant. I will explain.

I have discovered through an intensive research that the most qualified people are not the ones who get the job. As a matter of fact, “over-proving” your competence could be a strong reason why you won’t get the job. Many employers have now realized that loyal, open-to-learn employees are far more valuable to the company than just competent employees.

Most employers are out to get someone who would value the job they are offering enough to stay loyal, hardworking and satisfied.

They want someone who has gone the extra mile to get the job. Not someone who knew he got the job because he had a first class or 2.1.

I am not saying that people with excellent grades are out of the range. All I’m saying is that there is more to it now than just getting a high grade. Getting a good grade is no doubt a pre-requisite. But without this factor that guarantees you access to a good job, you may have to play around the labor market for a while.

Another wrong notion is that you will get a job by submitting your CVs online. Yes. This is a requirement if you are really serious about getting a job. But if this is all you bank on getting your dream job, you have only 1% chance of success.

Take a look at this. The database you are submitting your CV to has over 100,000 equally qualified applicants. Now, except you have something else like ‘divine intervention’ or ‘luck’ working for you, what chance do you have?

A set of people also rely on their brother, uncle or childhood friend to get help them secure a job in their company, bank or government establishment. But if you want to be sincere, 1 out every 4 applicant has relates to someone working in a reputable firm but that hasn’t helped them yet.

Neither should you depend on your prowess in answering GMAT questions. There are applicants who can give you the right answers to 100 job questions at a stretch without batting the eye. But that hasn’t gotten them a job yet.

What then is the most guaranteed and fastest way to get that job you desire?

ATTITUDE

That is it. Attitude is one thing that 80% of applicants in Nigeria lack.

Many are qualified… But lack attitude.

Many prepared and wrote tests… But lack attitude.

Many have good connections… But lack the job-attracting attitude.

Many have great resumes filed up in databases owned by Shell, Chevron, and most Nigerian banks…but attitude is still missing.

Yet this is one factor that would make any employer create space for you in the company.

Yes, you may be wondering… what is it about attitude?

I’ll tell you in a moment.

This article is not to amuse you but to help you take vital job-searching steps. Therefore, I would attempt to give you easy-to-implement suggestions that would bring to fore an attitude that would get you a job in the next six months at most. Luckily, you may even see amazing results of attitude in the next 7 days of applying them.

1. Always let a customized cover letter follow your resume each time you are applying for a job whether they request for it or not. Don’t waste your application by getting deliberately lost in the crowd of 100,000 equally qualified applicants. The only way you won’t get competition is when you are applying for the post of a janitor in a local restaurant.

2. If you require applying by sending your resume via email, adjust your resume to match the job you are applying for. If it’s for a banking position project any accounting experience beyond others. If you don’t have such an experience, site a relevant hobby such as monopoly or Cash flow. It indicates that if employed you would be highly productive because you like the job.

3. Except they warn against it, submit multiple entries for the same job position. Don’t just go ahead to submit the same resume. You can get six different versions of your resume and submit them for the same job. You have about 7 –10 seconds to impress the screener. For the one who has only one application, the chance is lost forever. This give you five times more chances compared to your competitor. Some have confirmed this as a way to get short-listed for an interview.

4. Re-apply to the place you were rejected. A lot of applicants let ego jeopardize of their chance of getting a good job. The criteria for rejecting you this week might have been cancelled next week. If you really love to work in that company you applied to, find a way to re-apply and you may now be taken seriously especially when you can prove your ability to do the job well.

These attitude-driven steps will enhance your job-searching efforts.

Believe me.