CAREER, JOB SEARCH AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS IN NIGERIA

CAREER, JOB SEARCH AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS

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by BABATUNDE OLADAPO AFOLABI

 

 

CAREER PATH

1. START FROM DAY 1 (TODAY). HAVE A DREAM FOR YOUR SELF.
2. WHO ARE YOU? YOUR STRENGHT, PERSONALITY, WEAKNESS, VALUE AND INTEREST.
3. WHERE DO YOU BEST FIT IN BASED ON YOUR DREAM AND WHO YOU ARE?
4. WHERE DO YOU SEE YOURSELF 5YEARS FROM NOW (IMAGINATION).
5. DO YOUR RESEARCH AND HAVE A POSITION (BE FLEXIBLE THOUGH).
6. FORGET ABOUT MONEY AT FIRST, EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE – REMEMBER THE DEFINITION OF MONEY – MONEY RUNS AFTER VALUE.

• NOTE: UNDERSTAND THAT GETTING A GOOD JOB IS A JOB.

 

JOB SEARCH AND RECRUITMENT PROCESS

THE TRADITIONAL RECRUITING PROCESS

NEED (VACANCY) =è ADVERT è SHORTLISTè INTERVIEWè CHATè APPIONTMENT

 

• YOU NEEDTO PUT YOURSELF IN THE SHOE OF THE CEO.
• THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE CARRYING EVEN MORE HIGHER AND BETTER QUALIFICATIONS THAN YOU HAVE, SEEKING FOR THE SAME JOB. YOU NEED A CUTTING EDGE.
• ANY EMPLOYER WILL HIRE AN INDIVIDUAL AS LONG AS THE EMPLOYER IS CONVINCED THAT THE HIRING WILL BRING MORE VALUE THAN COST.

 

 

IT STARTS FROM YOUR CV.

WHAT IS A CV?

A LATIN WORD: COURSE OF LIFE, ALSO REFER TO AS curriculum vitae

IT IS WHAT DESCRIBES WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE CAPABLE

OF DOING AND YOUR EXPERIENCE. YOUR CV IS YOU; IT IS YOUR

MARKETING INSTRUMENT.

YOUR CV WILL END UP IN ANY OF THESE BASKETS:

• THE NO BASKET
• THE MAYBE OR LATER BASKET
• THE MUST MEET OR MUST INTERVIEW BASKET

THERE IS ALSO THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CV AND A RESUME. WHILE YOUR CV IS DETAILED, YOUR RESUMED IS ABRIGED FOR OF YOUR CV, USUALLY A PAGE.

• MAKE YOUR CV AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.
• PUT RELEVANT INFORMATION FIRST…. UNDERSTAND THE 30 SECONDS RULE.
• ACHIEVEMENTS MUST BE IN REVERSE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER..
• USE MOST COMMONLY USED FILE FORMAT.
• KNOW HOW TO ATTACH FILES.
• BE CREATIVE – DON’T STAY IN THE 19^TH
• NEVER EVER PHOTOCOPY YOUR CV (PRINT WHEN NEEDED).
• TYPOS SHOULD BE AVIODED.
• DON’T TELL LIES BUT PLEASE BRAND AND PACKAGE WELL YOURSELF.

                                                                                                    

            WHY MOST CANDIDATES DON’T GET THE JOB OF THEIR DREAM.

• LACK OR INADEQUATE COMPUTER (ICT) KNOWLEDGE BASE.
• SOCIAL NETWORKS: MANY CANDIDATES DON’T KNOW HOW TO USE THE SOCIAL SITES AND NETWORKS TO THEIR BENEFITS. SOCIAL SITES (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, 2go, BBM, etc.) ARE PLACES FOR CONNECTIONS, REFER AND TO PROMOTE (SELL) ONE SELF.
• LACK OF CLEAR CUT UNDERSTANDING OF A JOB ADVERT.
• POOR AND UNATTRACTIVE CV.

THE MAJOR TEST OF ANY INTERVIEW / WHAT THE CEOs want in You:

K: KNOWLEDGE –

CAN HE DEFEND HIS CERTIFICATE?

DOES HE HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF THE JOB?

WHAT ABOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THE INDUSTRY/COMPANY

S: SKILLS –      

HAS HE DONE THIS JOB ELSEWHERE?

DOES HE HAVE THE REQUIRED SKILLS?

HAS HE SUPPORTED HIS SKILLS WITH ANY ON THE JOB TRAINING OR EXTERNAL TRAININGS?

ANY CAPACITY FOR INCREASE IN SKILLS?

A: ATTITUDE –

WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE THAT YOU WILL BE CONTENTIOUS, HARDWORKING AND DETERMINED?

CAN HE/SHE WORK UNDER PRESSURE?

IS HE/SHE GOAL DRIVEN AND A GOAL GETTER?

 

SOME HELPFUL TIPS:

• DO NOT CRITICIZE YOUR FORMER EMPLOYER OR BOSS.
• WILL YOU BE EASY TO MANAGE? BE FLEXIBLE.
• YOUR REFERENCE WILL SUGGEST ISSUES WITH YOUR FORMER BOSS.
• YOUR STANDARD OF EXPOSURE MATTERS; BE CURRENT AND UP TO DATE.
• BE FMILIAR WITH YOUR CV.
• DON’T SOUND OR LOOK DESPERATE.
• LET THEM KNOW WHAT THEY STAND TO BENEFIT BY EMPLOYING YOU.
• MAKE YOUR EXPERIENCE RELEVANT.
• DON’T ALLOW THE MONEY INVOLVE IN A JOB BE YOUR PRIMARY MOTIVE FOR APPLYING FOR THE JOB.
• GOD FACTOR………… PRAY WITHOUT SEASON BUT REMEMBER IT IS WORK AND PRAY.

TO BE HIRED; YOU MUST BE THE DESIRABLE AND NOT THE AVAILABLE….

I WISH YOU THE BEST JOB THAT BEST FIT YOU…………….

BEST WISHES AND STAY BLESS.

 

Babatunde Afolabi

MD/CEO, AOB Bouazizi Universal Resourses LTD

aobbouazizi@gmail.com

08030801862