JimloveTM:
2. Consider Volunteer Jobs: Once you have identified a sector that you may like to work in, you may consider taking up a volunteer job at a smaller or average firm in that sector immediately you graduate from school. Don't worry about the pay here. Your aim should be to build your job experience and your social profile. By the time you have gone to the youth service program (NYSC) and back, you should have gotten nothing less than a 2 year experience.

3. Don't forget prior experience: Now when applying for jobs seeking 3 years experience or more, do not forget to add prior experiences no matter how small they may have been. You were in the team that organized a mega program while in school, add it, you have worked in a restaurant to support your education, add it, you were in a position of leadership in a campus or student group in school, add it up. They will form more than a 3 years experience.

Source: http://www.thinkysolutions.com/2014/07/how-to-build-3-years-job-experience-in.html

9jaSceptic: How and where can one get the opportunity to volunteer for Jobs in NIGERIA ?

MissJennifer:



Exactly what i was about to ask. Everybody keeps suggesting it. Yet to find one

SLIDEwaxie: No matter wot rubbish u wrote there, u can't have an experience of 3 years in 1 year. That's how u write rubbish and think u're making sense.

So, if I'm working 8am to 4pm everyday, I still shld roll to a voluntary work jes to garner experience?
Why dnt u tell me to work 24hrs.

Time is time, experience is experience. No matter how hard u tried, u'll either say,
"I have 3 yrs experience as a marketer"
OR
"I have a year's experience as a marketer".

U can't be comparing urself with a hardworking man who works round the clock for3 yrs with u who had jst completed a year and u think u have a panacea to yrs of experience.
He had made mistakes u never made, he had learned the hard way, he had gotten himself sacked from a particular area, and had himself deployed to department he never thought of....

Dude, stop that rubbish....

You can only leatn some more, u can't steal the experience. You have to go right through it!

anonimi:

I won't say funny.......I would rather say ATTRACTIVE in a COMPELLING way, which is not a bad thing. Or is it

JimloveTM: Experience is intanible. it is not a certification program. If you work with a company like MTN tomorrow, no one will give you a certificate when you leave

brainzdh:

Visit this site:

http://volunteerinnigeria./

decode55: am I the only one that finds the title of this thread very funny?

JimloveTM: It is very frustrating nowadays in Nigeria applying for jobs. The issue has gone beyond the availability of jobs to having the necessary JOB EXPERIENCE and work qualification before you are even considered for an aptitude test. Just this year alone, I have seen more than 30 high profile vacancy advert with work experience requirement of at least 2 or 3 years. What does this mean for the young graduate with little or no work experience? In this article, I will attempt to show you how you can land a job of your choice by building a 3 years job experience in one year.

The next time you see a job requiring 3 or more years of work experience, and you are a fresh graduate, do not let it pass, Apply.
Here is how the Magic works:

1. Use Mathematics Law in your favour: In mathematics, the concept of frequency and time are related, and you can buy time by an increase in frequency. Let me break this down. The number of times you do a particular task (frequency) is the same as the duration of time you have done that task. So if company is advertising for a job that requires 3 years job experience in lets say Software design, a person who have done this just 10 times in 3 years can boldly apply. On the other hand you may have done this 30 times in a year. Your job experience is worth more than that of the other man. Using the concept of frequency and time, you are more qualified, and it is worth 3 years too.

2. Consider Volunteer Jobs: Once you have identified a sector that you may like to work in, you may consider taking up a volunteer job at a smaller or average firm in that sector immediately you graduate from school. Don't worry about the pay here. Your aim should be to build your job experience and your social profile. By the time you have gone to the youth service program (NYSC) and back, you should have gotten nothing less than a 2 year experience.

3. Don't forget prior experience: Now when applying for jobs seeking 3 years experience or more, do not forget to add prior experiences no matter how small they may have been. You were in the team that organized a mega program while in school, add it, you have worked in a restaurant to support your education, add it, you were in a position of leadership in a campus or student group in school, add it up. They will form more than a 3 years experience.

Source: http://www.thinkysolutions.com/2014/07/how-to-build-3-years-job-experience-in.html

Aggrippa: all of you are missing the point... how will the scarcity of jobs be addressed? I know everybody likes competition. there are only a hand full of jobs/positions out there.

MarvellousGod: You really expect someone to work for two years without pay? How's he going to take care of himself? his family? his transportation? House rent ? Etc Smh...

Volunteer work is good but doesn't really go down well with no sponsor

chidyhels: Even the ones that says no experience, will ask you to prove with adequate examples. Just pray someone refers you to the organisation if not no volunteer opportunity for you.

anonimi:


Many thanks for the PRACTICAL tips especially 2 & 3.
Many of us need to adopt these and get our acts together.

MarvellousGod: You really expect someone to work for two years without pay? How's he going to take care of himself? his family? his transportation? House rent ? Etc Smh...

Volunteer work is good but doesn't really go down well with no sponsor

chinziaski: This is one hell of an idea. The frequency of doing a job is better than the time you do a job. Frequency creates mastery. So the first point is tenable. Students who do holiday jobs in companies should add those jobs as experience because you never can tell when you will need the experience in your destination company. Corpers shd know this, don't stay in that primary school for a year and write "science instructor" as working experience. Find some jobs to do there and add them as experience. We have to find a creative way of beating the labour market. Nice one op!

Oxone:

Easy does it man, try to understand the post before jumping down the OP's throat.

I think what the OP is trying to say is you can actually use the frequency of experience instead of duration and this applies mostly in technical field.

Let me break it down further

A doctor who performs 150 surgeries in one year is more experienced than one who performs 50 surgeries in 3years no matter how you look at it cos expertise comes with frequency and not with duration as most people erroneously believe. This is the same reason why employers would appreciate someone who worked in a multinational for 2 years over another who worked in a small company for 4yrs even though they've probably had the same job role. The difference here would be volume (Larger scope and a greater chance of having see it all). Of course under the same conditions experience would be determine by time but conditions are never the same.

This could actually be used to your advantage as employers are more interested in proficiency and not how long you've been in the field. Ive seen people use this to their advantage severally by pointing it out in their CVs & Cover letter


An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study

Notice how time is conspicuously missing in that definition

anonimi:

What stops her from volunteering while in school
Why should she have a family fresh from school without a job

Oxone:

Well if people can stay a full year job hunting, i don't see anything wrong with keeping busy while doing that. I'd rather you find a volunteer job around you while job hunting that sit at home waiting for that dream job cos 6 months down the line, you'll have had 6 months experience and an advantage over your peers and those who are already in the job market.

I personally know someone who volunteered (Infact begged) to work for free in a big IT Firm.During that time, he was going for test and interviews while giving everything he had to the job. He resumed and closed with them and even worked overtime as well all on no pay. He became very proficient and the company started relying on him more and more. 6 months down the line, he was offered a job with a salary of 250k/month.

His mates were stuck at home with no job, no experience ofcourse complains about the job market.

Aggrippa: all of you are missing the point... how will the scarcity of jobs be addressed? I know everybody likes competition. there are only a hand full of jobs/positions out there.

MarvellousGod: While in school? Really? What kind of jobs are at students' disposal if not typing and the likes...again, working while schooling may deter your chances of making a good result and it's gonna be a huge disadvantage as most jobs require a 2-1 and above....Don't mention holiday period to me because you can't tell a company you want to be with them for just a month or thereabout.

So?? Doing a volunteer work in school doesn't counter any of the points I made above as she would still be transporting and doing all of the above hence needs a sponsor....


Volunteer works are more tenable in developed countries or maybe for someone that has Oga at the top here...

Bubewilson: You are totaly right. While i was waiting 4 nysc, i applied for jobs and stated the various positions i held in student organisations as my work experience and it did add balance to my cv as my interviewees where pleased to know that.

Oxone:

Well if people can stay a full year job hunting, i don't see anything wrong with keeping busy while doing that. I'd rather you find a volunteer job around you while job hunting that sit at home waiting for that dream job cos 6 months down the line, you'll have had 6 months experience and an advantage over your peers and those who are already in the job market.

I personally know someone who volunteered (Infact begged) to work for free in a big IT Firm.During that time, he was going for test and interviews while giving everything he had to the job. He resumed and closed with them and even worked overtime as well all on no pay. He became very proficient and the company started relying on him more and more. 6 months down the line, he was offered a job with a salary of 250k/month.

His mates were stuck at home with no job, no experience ofcourse complains about the job market.

Oxone:

Easy does it man, try to understand the post before jumping down the OP's throat.

I think what the OP is trying to say is you can actually use the frequency of experience instead of duration and this applies mostly in technical field.

Let me break it down further

A doctor who performs 150 surgeries in one year is more experienced than one who performs 50 surgeries in 3years no matter how you look at it cos expertise comes with frequency and not with duration as most people erroneously believe. This is the same reason why employers would appreciate someone who worked in a multinational for 2 years over another who worked in a small company for 4yrs even though they've probably had the same job role. The difference here would be volume (Larger scope and a greater chance of having see it all). Of course under the same conditions experience would be determine by time but conditions are never the same.

This could actually be used to your advantage as employers are more interested in proficiency and not how long you've been in the field. Ive seen people use this to their advantage severally by pointing it out in their CVs & Cover letter


An expert, more generally, is a person with extensive knowledge or ability based on research, experience, or occupation and in a particular area of study

Notice how time is conspicuously missing in that definition

MarvellousGod: I'm not saying volunteer work isn't good, only trying to say not everyone has that luxury...ofcourse volunteer work is good[b] if you have a good organisation willing to take you[/b], someone to house you(not everyone lives in the city, some may have to migrate), then give you some cash for transport..Your friend had all these settled, so your example doesn't relate to what I said.

Btw, did your friend get that offer without anyone's influence?

anonimi:

Meanwhile someone wants us to "just pray someone refers" us to the organisation.
I doubt that if the guy was referred after SIMPLY praying he would also need to beg, abi ke