Social media activist, Japheth Omojuwa has been counselling tweeps about employment opportunities. Seeing as recession is proving itself to be more than just a word in the Nigerian landscape, you might want to pay attention.
Kindly see below:
Get a new job before you leave. Better to be unhappy and not hungry, than unhappy, jobless and hungry. https://t.co/KQMYLBdcNy
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
You can't just tell people to leave a job because they are unhappy. The sadness and weakness that come from being jobless are worse.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
how do you get a new job when there are virtually non available??
— Chancellor (@Chancy_Cool) September 19, 2016
You get it by believing that no matter how competent you are, there are no jobs. Happy sleeping. https://t.co/9b89Rz4rO9
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
what if u have a job where you haven't been paid for over 6 Months?
— Amphibious (@D_fixer) September 19, 2016
A job? That's not a job bro, that's charity work. You should be looking for a job. https://t.co/78kPo4fIaU
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
There is recession but you don't have to let that sink into your head to the point you start believing it must hurt you…
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
In this same recession, a friend got a N350k job, she didn't like the environment, interviewed for another, moving to a 690k job next month
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
In this same recession, a friend got a N350k job, she didn't like the environment, interviewed for another, moving to a 690k job next month
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
No matter how bad an economy gets, there are people that are just too good to fire and in other cases, too good not to be hired.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
If you assume every success comes with an underlying privilege and you believe you are not privileged, you have lost before the game.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
Of course, there are privileged people who get ahead because of their privileges but that is actually the exception not the norm.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
If more people shared their experiences, we'd see how just being ready and daring gets you through seemingly impregnable doors.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
Take the lady I met in May. She was looking for a job, I asked her for her strengths, one of the things she said, "good presentation skills"
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
Then I told her, tell me about yourself in 10 minutes. She stopped at 50 seconds.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
I said, okay, tell me about yourself in 5 minutes, she managed 1 minute.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
I was frank with her. You have good presentation skills but you can't even present about yourself in 2'. Myself is Essay 1 in Pry school
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
Jobs are scarce. Really. And this is a global issue, only more pronounced in certain countries but in the end…
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
It remains very difficult to turn down skilful, confident & self driven people. Too many people trust their certificate more than their head
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
Your certificate may get you through the door but if you are mentally short, your head will help you out of the door. Back home!
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 19, 2016
Japheth Omojuwa is a Nigerian blogger, public speaker, socio-economic and political commentator and social media expert.
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