Searching for jobs online doesn't only mean applying directly through the
company's websites. It can also mean using online portals like naji, ng careers,
24careers, jobrapido and the rest. These are the mistake some of our
youths make they solely depend on this portals for employment.
Here are 5 Reasons Why You Should Stop Searching For Job Online
1) The Odds Are Against You
When you apply for a job position no matter how specific it is, with the rate of unemployment in the country today, many other people also apply for the same position. The position you filled in for is kind of hidden many other people not less than 1000 has also applied, putting your chances of getting that job at 0.25%. Will you want to bet on that kind of odd?. When even the job sites are fighting for odds against each other. Gone are the days where we had very few reliable sites like jobberman, but now they are everywhere copying each other job posts. Relying on a portal for job is like relying on a blog for accurate news.
2) Some Jobs Posts Are Outdated
Most job sites don't pull down a job post immediately, even when the job space is no longer vacant. There is also a good chance that the job post you are applying for might be outdated some portals fail to update their job post or intentionally leave them to drive more traffic to their sites even after the position might have been taken.
3) Most Of The Companies Are Fake
We all might have experienced this first hand ( scam mails ), you get mail of available jobs online. Some individuals still fall for theses scams tho due to frustration.
4) Some Of The Companies Are Not Really Recruiting
Some of the companies on job portals just fill job post just to follow NLC regulations of providing employment or advertising their business the truth is ( some ) are not really recruiting, these are unknown companies asking 4 ridiculous requirement. I will give you an experience here I found a job post on a job portal of a company in ikeja looking for a network administrator I they put their address so I decided 2 go there myself. On my investigation i discovered its just a small business that sells computers, when I asked them of the job they posted they said "which job" but later they admitted they could get me a job if I buy a computer from them, they where just 2 small boys.
5) It Has Never Been About You
This is the most important reason, when you sign up to these portals you fill a lot of forms and along the line they encourage to keep applying for jobs with them with well crafted mails. But the truth is that In the job portal business there are 3 parties involved the job portal, the company posting job offer and you the applicant. In this chain you the applicant(middleman) gain the least if at all. The job portal gain from advertisement from the job posters or third party ads all they need you to do is just to keep coming to their site if you get a job you are lucky. if not, they don't care.
Also the job advertisers gain in sense that they are advertising their business to lots of potential clients but you the applicant stand to gain the list consider yourself lucky if you get a job.
Here are 5 Reasons Why You Should Stop Searching For Job Online
1) The Odds Are Against You
When you apply for a job position no matter how specific it is, with the rate of unemployment in the country today, many other people also apply for the same position. The position you filled in for is kind of hidden many other people not less than 1000 has also applied, putting your chances of getting that job at 0.25%. Will you want to bet on that kind of odd?. When even the job sites are fighting for odds against each other. Gone are the days where we had very few reliable sites like jobberman, but now they are everywhere copying each other job posts. Relying on a portal for job is like relying on a blog for accurate news.
2) Some Jobs Posts Are Outdated
Most job sites don't pull down a job post immediately, even when the job space is no longer vacant. There is also a good chance that the job post you are applying for might be outdated some portals fail to update their job post or intentionally leave them to drive more traffic to their sites even after the position might have been taken.
3) Most Of The Companies Are Fake
We all might have experienced this first hand ( scam mails ), you get mail of available jobs online. Some individuals still fall for theses scams tho due to frustration.
4) Some Of The Companies Are Not Really Recruiting
Some of the companies on job portals just fill job post just to follow NLC regulations of providing employment or advertising their business the truth is ( some ) are not really recruiting, these are unknown companies asking 4 ridiculous requirement. I will give you an experience here I found a job post on a job portal of a company in ikeja looking for a network administrator I they put their address so I decided 2 go there myself. On my investigation i discovered its just a small business that sells computers, when I asked them of the job they posted they said "which job" but later they admitted they could get me a job if I buy a computer from them, they where just 2 small boys.
5) It Has Never Been About You
This is the most important reason, when you sign up to these portals you fill a lot of forms and along the line they encourage to keep applying for jobs with them with well crafted mails. But the truth is that In the job portal business there are 3 parties involved the job portal, the company posting job offer and you the applicant. In this chain you the applicant(middleman) gain the least if at all. The job portal gain from advertisement from the job posters or third party ads all they need you to do is just to keep coming to their site if you get a job you are lucky. if not, they don't care.
Also the job advertisers gain in sense that they are advertising their business to lots of potential clients but you the applicant stand to gain the list consider yourself lucky if you get a job.
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