See below the reasons for your failed job hunts and practical solutions, either offline or online.
REASONS FOR FAILED JOB HUNTS
1. Lack of skills.
2. Lack of experience.
3. Cyber criminals: 90 percent of jobs posted online are posted by scammers, initially the reason was to extract money from job seekers via fake job posting, but now the reason also include identity theft, you might even get the job an even receive money, but the aim is to get your personal identifiable information, Americans and Europeans are the most targeted.
4. Your region: This is a major problem for job seekers worldwide, in Nigeria it is legal under the name ‘federal character’.
Federal character is the legal method of disqualifying job seekers based on region or ethnicity.
5. Over qualification: Never expect a job if your qualifications are too much, for example you submit a PhD degree for the position of a driver.
6. Corruption: Corruption in recruitment is mainly prevalent in government institutions, they sell jobs to the highest bidders.
7. Career Break: Taking a career break is a major problem because employers believe you are not up to date with latest happenings in your career, they prefer who will hit the ground running immediately.
8. Artificial intelligence: Job opportunities are being reduced or changing daily due to artificial intelligence and robots.
SOLUTION TO FAILED JOB HUNTS
1. Get the requisite skills in addition to your degree, Information technology skills are mainly needed.
2. Get experience via practice in a real work environment. You can get experience in real work environment by registering in virtual or remote internships. Another way is to be a volunteer worker in an organization, you are mainly not paid as a volunteer worker. Another way is to be a freelancer.
3. Avoid job scams in online job websites by finding and applying for a job at the official website of the organization with a reputation.
4. Avoid online or offline jobs that the organization’s name is not listed.
5. Suggest a new position you want an organization to create via a special proposal.
6. Submit moderate qualifications for a job.
7. Avoid long career breaks.
8. Network with people in your career path.
9. Learn new skills because artificial intelligence is here.
Reasons For Failed Job Hunts And Solution – Jobs/Vacancies – Nigeria (nairaland.com)