Welcome back…

In the past two parts of this, I’ve been sharing some golden tips about the job hunting process, why many job seekers are finding it difficult to get a job and the deep breakdown of ways many are looking for jobs today and why they just don’t work leaving many stranded in the jungle of frustration and unemployment and even that of under-employment.

If you miss part one and/or two of this post, then you can read them at https://www.nairaland.com/1903613/how-got-job-just-two and https://www.nairaland.com/1905569/how-got-job-just-two

Ok, let get started now...

I will be examining another way many are looking for jobs today and why they don’t work.

2. Networking And “Long Legging”: This is one common job searching technique that many job seekers believe to be the best way to get a job. Many today believe that if they know someone who is influential and is in a top position of power, then getting a job won’t be so hard for them but when we really gather the statistic of how many job seekers that are really “connected” get a job through this so called connections, then we will be surprised that the number will be so few than we can ever think of.

I always love to say that there are two types of job seekers – the “Know person” group and the “know God” group. I must say the “know God” group constitute the bigger portion of the whole pack and I am a member of this group despite the fact that I have some well-connected aunts and uncles who would have been a blessing to anyone to get a job but they just won’t seems to help out when it’s needed most.

The problem with networking and waiting for the long legs to get a job is that many who ought to help out aren’t really ready to help and even it takes a heck of time to even get the right “connection” to really get a job.

Also, for the millions of the “know God” group who never knew anyone big enough to give them a job with their “long legs”, this isn’t a way to go about searching for a job. Yes, miracle do happen but I will never bet on any happening when I can be smarter and make my own miracle out of doing what many won’t even think of doing when searching for a job.

Lesson To Learn 3:

You don’t need to know anyone influential to get a job. All you need to know is yourself and the best value you can add to people’s life as well as that of prospective employers and that’s enough to help get the job you have been waiting for since all these days.

I really talked about this in details in one of My Online Dhow Episode and you can download the episode via the link below as well as read some of my old posts that dealt with this as well.

Episode 10: One Question You Need To Ask Yourself To Help You Land A Job Fast And Easily : http://www.yourcareerandyou.com/one-question-you-need-to-ask-yourself-to-help-you-land-a-job-fast-and-easily

Episode 14: The Best Way To Get A Job : http://www.yourcareerandyou.com/the-best-way-to-get-yourself-a-job

Q&A : How Can You Get The Right Type Of Job And Ways You Can Get It Fast : http://www.yourcareerandyou.com/how-can-you-get-the-right-type-of-job-and-ways-you-can-get-it-fast

in essence if you don’t know anyone or have any uncle or aunt or oga “at the top”, then you need not worry as you I ‘m happy to tell you that you can easily get any job you want for yourself by just doing things different and been smart with it and you will soon find out just how I keep getting the job I want when I want it and how you can do the same as well.

3. Other Ways You Might Think Of: There are lots of other ways many job seekers are used to which might be too numerous to mention here but I will briefly mention some.

Cold Calling For Jobs – Yes, this works but the problem with it is how many job seekers are using this wonderful way of getting a job in the wrong way that always resulted in the same old story of endless and frustrating long job hunting distress.

Using Recruiters And Job Agency – I’ve had the opportunity to work briefly with one of these agencies who make money from linking job seekers and employers together but I can happily tell everyone that using the services of these recruiting firms most time as just pure waste of time and also another way job seekers spend money down the drain.

The reason I hate this method is that you are leaving all your job hunting job to someone who won’t really know what you want as well as what you need and it’s kind of lazy to leave what you ought to do for someone else who have thousands of other people to cater for as well as having that primary aim of making money off your job hunting problem.

You are better off spending the money you would have pay all these agencies on cloths than waste your time and energy and money on these recruiters who mostly will succeed in getting you a job that never worth your time at all.

This will be the third part of this post.

If you have any job search or career related question you will like to ask me, then feel free to shoot me your question at http://www.yourcareerandyou.com/questions and also you will find each episode of my weekly job search online show at http://www.youracareerandyou.com/category/podcast useful as well as my Question And Answer section at http://www.yourcareerandyou.com/category/job-search-questions-and-answers where I answer questions I keep getting about how to get a job

Catch you here again for part four of this career and life changing post...

Don't tel me u run out of data, Cos i av been waitin since morning for part four....

dude, double up man !!! Tell us de secret, so eager to learn

Happy Independence Day!

I'm so sorry to go virtually AWOL since posting part 3 here.

I just posted part 4 and you can find the link to it below

https://www.nairaland.com/1928433/how-got-job-just-two