Career-Wise Consults

24/10/2021

I once lived in a community.

In the community, there was a very wealthy man. Let's call him Chief (Dr.) Adebayo Adegeye.

He sat atop LaFash Nig Ltd. (let's also call his company that). He had other companies. But LaFash was one of the companies most people loved to work in.

Many young people sought to see him but couldn't. Parents also did on behalf of their graduates children but very difficultto get his attention.

He moves from his closely guarded mansion into his air-conditioned, tinted car, straight into his palatial office everyday day except Sundays.

He is hardly seen. Maybe twice or thrice a year we get to see his face during community organised events. That is if he had not travelled abroad.

Once a year he opened the opportunity for graduates to get employed into his companies.

Truth is, people admired him. He had a rag-to-riches life story.

His companies were rated as best places to work.

There was a particular year, there were 20 openings available in his companies. Over 10, 000 graduates applied.

Every year, the job openings into his company become highly competitive.

So many of the graduates don't get to get in.

But there was a particular young man named Julius. He got to know about this man.

While in 300 level in the university, he started thinking of working in LaFash Nig. Ltd.

As an undergraduate of Mass Communication, he was hungry for knowledge, and more knowledge.

He got himself signed up on LinkedIn. He observed the way people post on LinkedIn. He observed how others structured their profiles and bios. He took note of how to reach out to people on LinkedIn.

He also started posting. He created content on how companies can use mass media, especially new media to boost their bottom lines.

He was consistent at this. He researches and publishes.

During the mandatory 1 year NYSC he followed Mr Adebayo on all his social media platforms.

He comments on his posts and write ups. He shares his posts.

He became VISIBLE to Chief (Dr.) Adebayo Adegeye.

One day, Chief Adegeye reached out to Julius. He sent him a DM on LinkedIn,

"I have observed what you've been doing on LinkedIn. I like your posts. Once in awhile I get to read some of them. I appreciate the depth of your knowledge and intelligence.

"I also checked up your blog and your Facebook. I love what you're doing on Quora too.

"Though it right now my company is not recruiting, however, I will love you to work with us. Think about it and let me know what you think.

"Cheers."

Julius got Chief Adegeye's attention. Not just that, he got a job in LaFash without applying.

What are the lessons for you here?
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Recently I have been sharing with you WHY GRADUATES DON'T GET JOBS.

If you have observed, I have also been mentioning (alongside) which is coming up 25th October 2021.

As soon as I announced FIT FOR WORK on Facebook, Coach Odeyemi Olayiwole reached out to me privately and told me he wants to sponsor 4 participants for the Fit for Work.

Because he decided to sponsor 4 participants, I decided also to have 4 people scholarships to match his support.

You can also join us to sponsor and support participants (fresh graduates and undergraduates) around you to participate in this Fit for Work.

How many will you like to sponsor?
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If you are an undergraduate or a graduate who is not employed in the last 2 to 5 years, this is your opportunity to enjoy this scholarship.

Fill this form below.

https://bit.ly/fitforworkscholarship

I will reach you after filling the form if you qualify.

What you stand to enjoy when you sign up for FIT FOR WORK?

1. You get into my private group of mentoring and coaching.

3. You get guidance on how to use my ebook, HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START GETTING JOBS.

4. You will get a CV Makeover (your CV will be redesigned for you.

5. You will be guided on how to create an attractive and convincing cover letter.

6. You will enjoy 30-day free after-training coaching.

7. You will get my audio programme titled, HOW TO CREATE AN ATTRACTIVE CURRICULUM VITAE (CV) for free.

8. You will learn how to get a job without competing with others.

9. You will learn about secrets to becoming attractive to employers and recruiters.

However, the registration still remains N5000 except for those who qualify for the scholarship.

To your success,

Sam Semako

19/10/2021

WHY GRADUATES DON'T GET JOBS:

You're Are Not SIGNALLING WHAT YOU KNOW HOW TO DO.

Recently I was in a room on Clubhouse. I was invited to the stage to talk. I did. After that the Moderator Pete Cohen mentioned my name and commented on my question and mentioned that I should connect with Alfie Nze, a film maker based in Italy.

Some other people followed me afterwards. One of the people who followed me was Kondwani Nkhata.

I DMed her and we started a chat.

Later on she said, "I will check you up on Instagram and get back to you."
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Two years ago, we had a an Employability training for some graduates.

On the first day of the training, the Coordinator needed to get something outside the venue.

I approached her, "Why don't you allow one of us to go get that thing since there is a car around."

"There is nobody here who can drive," she uttered.

"Are you sure there is nobody here who can drive?" I threw that to her.

She got the message.

"Oh, I haven't seen you drive before. I didn't know you could drive," she replied.

At that point, she had never seen me drive. So, SHE ASSUMED all of us there couldn't drive.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING TO YOU.

Your prospective employers ARE ASSUMING you are not the right person to be employed because they haven't seen you do what you claim to know or how to do before.

So, they could easily assume you don't know how to market.

You don't know how to train people.

You don't know how to manage social media platforms.

You don't know how to speak.

Exacccctly!

WHY?

You're not SIGNALLING what you know how to do.

SIGNALLING here means SHOW THEM what you can do.

Your FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, LINKEDIN, etc., are platforms to SHOW what you know and can do.

Recruiters/employers check your social media platforms to see what you are up to there.

Take for instance you're applying for a job as a marketer.

Let's assume, every week, you post MARKETING TIPS FOR SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS.

And for over one year, you have posted 52 times.

What do you think they will see on your timeline?

Will an employer be impressed or not?

Will an employer be glad to have you in his company or not?

Of course, an employer would be glad to have you in his company

You're already DEMONSTRATING YOUR KNOWLEDGE of marketing and marketing principles.

What have you being doing with your Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, etc.?

If you don't SIGNAL/SHOW what you know and can do, you're denying yourself the opportunity of being employed or head hunted easily.

You will continue to CHASE jobs whereas there are people who don't chase jobs, JOBS CHASE THEM.

If you want to learn how to do this, sign up for here bit.ly/FitforWork

To your success,

Sam Semako

18/10/2021

WHY GRADUATES DON'T GET JOBS

WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO? - 4 Ways to Identify Your Unknown Skills

"What you can do is not only limited to who you are now, but more about what you haven't discovered about yourself." - SMK

I read part of this book: The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau sometime ago.

While reading it, the topic above popped up in my mind as a question I should pose to you.

I asked myself too, "What else can I do?" And to you, "What else can you do?"

But seriously, it is not really about "What else can you do?", It is about what asociated skills have you acquired that you don't know you have that you can use to get you a new job, start a new business, or solve a problem for yourself or another person.

Let's take the example of a teacher.

The basic skill required for a teacher is the ability to teach. But most teachers don't even know that they have other skills that are vital and required in other fields.

Example of such skills are Communication skills, sales skill, child care skill, coordinating skill, research skill, planning skill, currilum development and design skill, etc.

Teaching requires a combination of skills as highlighted above but teachers are not even aware that those things are skills they possess.

Furthermore, they don't even know that these are skills they can explore and used in other fields.

Away from teachers, you also possess cocktail of skills that you are not aware of.

How can you you uncover your other skills?

1. Take personality tests - One of the best ways to get to know yourself and the skills you possess is yo take personality tests. They help you uncover who you really are. And once you know who you are, you can also get to know the types of skills that are peculiar to your personality type.

2. Check a job vacancy description - whether online or in a newspaper, check job vacancies related to the kind of job you will like to do or what you are currently doing. Take a very good note of the skills required to do that job. Do you think you possess such skills? There would be some skills described there that before now, you lack words to describe them the way the job vacancy did.

3. Google up different skills - Go to Google and search for "different types of skills". Go through the search results one by one. As you do, take note of the skills you think you possess that you haven't thought of as something you have. And also check out the description of those skills.

4. Ask people you have work with - They might be able to tell you some skills they have watched you display or demonstrated. Sometimes, you often downplay your skills or giftedness whereas others can see the beauty and usefulness.

Truly, there are skills you possess that you don't even know you have.

According to the book, The #100 Startup, Chris narrated the story of a lady, Kat Alder, who was waitressing in London when someone said to her, “You know, you’d be really good at PR.”

According to Chris, "Kat didn’t know anything about PR—she wasn’t even sure it stood for 'public relations'—but she knew she was a good waitress, always getting good tips and making her customers happy by recommending items from the menu that she was sure they would like."

Chris continued, "After she was let go from another temporary job at the BBC, she thought back on the conversation. She still didn’t know much about the PR industry, but she landed her first client within a month and figured it out."

According to Chris,

"Four years later, her firm employs five people and operates in London, Berlin, New York, and China. Kat was a great waitress and learned to apply similar 'people skills' to publicizing
her clients, creating a business that was more profitable, sustainable, and fun than working for someone else and endlessly repeating the list of daily specials."

I wish you all the best this week.

To your success,

Sam Semako.

P. S. Have you registered for ?

Register here: bit.ly/FitforWork

You get to learn more about how you can uncover other skills you have that you don't know about. And much more.

See you in class by 25th October 2021.

17/10/2021

This evening by 8PM we would be looking at

"Why Is It Difficult to Get Jobs?"

Join me and others today by 8PM on Clubhouse.

Search for the Club

GET A JOB (here is the link: https://www.clubhouse.com/club/get-a-job)

or you look for

"Why Is It Difficult to Get a Job" in the Hallway.

11/10/2021

Vacancy exists for the post of a Business Development Manager in a telemedical organisation in VI, Lagos.

Requirements:

(1.) http://B.Sc (and preferably a Master's degree) in business marketing or related field

(2.) Must have minimum of 5years practical experience in sales, marketing or related experience in the healthcare sector (this will be an added advantage)

(3.) Age limit is 35 years

(4.) Send CV in PDF format to [email protected] on or before 18th October, 2021

The subject line of the email should read *"Application for the post of Business Development Manager"*

Only short-listed applicants would be invited for assessment and interview.

11/10/2021

11/10/2021

VACANCY !!!
OXFORD CAPITAL EMINENCE

Are you smart and goal oriented?
Do you want to take your career to the next level?

We are recruiting for the position of Marketing Executives.

EXPERIENCE:
3 to 5years in marketing

LOCATION:
Lagos, Nigeria

QUALIFICATION:
BSc / HND

Job description:
-To drive sales by designing and implementing targeted marketing strategies.
-working with sales team to develop targeted sales strategies.
- Maintain client relations
-Growing investment portfolio of the company.

HOW TO APPLY:
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and active phone number to: oxfordcapitaleminence@gmail. Com

10/10/2021

Are you a fresh graduate?

Are you an undergraduate?

Do you want to change job?

This is for you.

Here is the link to join.

https://msngr.com/evyndrvifrrj

You can share.

09/10/2021

WHY GRADUATES DON'T GET JOBS

Yesterday, I was on LinkedIn checking feeds. I came across Oluwafunso who just arrived in Canada. The CEO of a company, VANHACK congratulated Oluwafunso.

I was impressed.

Going through the comments something struck me.

I went through the comments till the end of the comment section.

One thing stood out: JOBS OF TJE FUTURE SKILLS/COMPETENCIES.

Can you spot it? Look well through the images of the comments.

You will see the job designation or title of those who commented are not just CONVENTIONAL JOB TITLES.

Have you seen that?

That's one reason some graduates are not getting jobs.

You're are in the GLUT MARKET - THE CROWDED MARKETPLACE or job market.

One way to get out of that is to ADD TO YOUR DEGREE, FUTURE JOB SKILLS/COMPETENCIES.

SEPARATE yourself from the pack.

That's one of the things I would be teaching at comes 25 October 2021. Check it here: bit.ly/FitforWork.

Chat me up after registration.

You cannot afford to continue to stick with the old and expecting to just get jobs like that.

There is no course that you studied that you cannot add JOBS OF THE FUTURE SKILLS/COMPETENCIES.

Anyone that studied whatever type of course can add future jobs skills.

Yes, I said that.

Practically, I will show you what you need to do.

Book your space here: bit.ly/FitforWork

You can get out of the crowded job market. You can. Seriously.

To your success,

Sam Semako
Career-Wise Consults

09/10/2021

Basic baking and cake decorating skills.

Secondary school certificate holder. At most Diploma.

Lives closest to Building Materials.

08/10/2021

Saturday, October 9 at 5:00am WAT with Sam Semako. Jobs don't come easy these days. However people still get jobs. What are the things they do differently? What can you do differently from what you have been doing to get jobs easily?Answer: STRETCH!