Want A Job Really Bad? Here Are 4 Tips To Get One

​Okay, I’m no Messiah but I feel within 2 months of discreet and relentless search, right about any graduate should be able to get a Job within 3 months, If that’s all you care about.

1. Lower your standard

I understand how we all nursed the idea of graduating and landing a Job that pays 1 million right from school. Well the sad truth is that those jobs do exist, they are just rarely offered to people that dream about them.

My point here is that if all you care about is getting a job, changing that unemployed status of your to Gainfully Employed, one of the things you should do is to lower your expectations.

I saw a pool on Twitter the other day by @OgbeniDipo, apparently, less than 50% of Nigerian (2014 – 2016) Graduates earn more than #100,000. So you should have a rethink what opportunities you turn down or look away from.

Don’t accept the job of a cleaner, or a job you’re abused because you’re lowering your standard. Take a job you like doing and contributes to your development or aligns with your goals and future aspirations no matter how Cheap it seems.

2. Start Using Linkedin

Not go there and register and surf once in a while. Using linkedin to get a job starts with setting up a complete profile that reflects each and everything you have done in the past 7 years.

The Next thing to do after setting up your profile is to responsibly build up your connections. Don’t accept or send a connection invitation to every dick, john and harry. Be very selective and build your connection around your preferred industries and important personnels.

You are most likely to get a Feedback when you apply for a Job on Linkedin.

There are don’t on LinkedIn.

• Don’t go ahead and post “I’m Interested” on a post that already has a hundred or a thousand.

• Don’t use the Linkedin Job search, it has been sabotaged by greedy bloggers and traffic hungry job boards.

3. Edit your CV before every job application

Remember that one CV cannot suit all jobs. So be ready to edit your CV every time you want to apply for a Job. If you really want to know what recruiters think about your CV, ask a professional or experienced person in the industry. Accept the criticism and improve on it.

• DON’T NAME YOUR CV “CV” or “RESUME”. Let it be “FULL NAME CV”

4. Visit at least 3 Job boards at least two times daily

Extreme situations they say demands extreme measures. I will honestly advice job seekers to make use of not two but three job boards and visit each of these three at least 2 times daily. The reason is that you want to know what firms are recruiting and you want to be the first to apply.

There is really no point applying for a job after a week they started receiving CVs. The reality is that your CV/Application will most probably be lost in the crowd.

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