How to source and apply for unadvertized Jobs in Nigeria Yourself

Although few companies directly contact job websites and some job openings they get from those advertised on newspapers, have you ever taken time to wonder how they get the job openings they post? Not even all of the job site admins know how to source for vacancies as they only copy and paste from the few that undergo the stress of sourcing for those vacancies.

Why wait for jobberman.com, hotnigerianjobs.com, ngcareers.com to post that company's vacancy before you apply? The truth is that most organizations don't even advertise vacancies at all. They get it filled up in-house. Yes! That supports my regular saying that "its not as if there are no jobs in Nigeria, just that the jobs are for family and friends including the lucky few".

Some companies don't want to take the extra cost of advertising vacancies on newspapers and paid online job posting platform like linkedin. What do they do? They either just advertise it on the company's website for the smart ones to see and apply or simply announce it between employees to pass across or through some other means that it might not get to the publics hearing before it gets filled up.

As you continue to read, I would be giving you a Do It Yourself steps of sourcing for jobs without waiting for job sites. Because when it gets posted on job sites, the competition would be much as many many many qualified candidates would send in their applications and recruiters mostly use 'the first come, first serve' formula in picking qualified applicants. So be prepared to be the first in sending job applications.

The techniques are;

1. Visiting the company's office:
This is a traditional but still effective way for sourcing for jobs. If you are interested in working for a company, make regular visits to their office asking for vacancies and submitting your CV. Depending on your approach and the person with whom you submit your CV(that's if it don't get dumped in the trash bin), when vacancies in your field come up, you would be among the first to be considered.

2. Visiting the company's website:
An organization with an active and regularly updated website would post on its career page open vacancies when they come. So, directly stalking your dream workplace website for open positions won't be a bad idea. Remember the first come, first serve recruiter method.

3. Using Linkedin:
It is advisable that every job seeker or employees looking to change job should join Linkedin. It allows you to search and apply for unadvertised jobs posted directly by recruiters (companies HR officers).
Bookmark on your browser and at Regular intervals, check linkedin.com/job/jobs-in-nigeria/?trk=jserp_search_button_execute to view and apply for jobs posted for Nigerians. Most would redirect you to the advertising company's website, while some would need you to apply with your linkedin profile and that's why you need to be SIGNED UP on the website. Visit linkedin.com and locate the SIGN UP option.

4. Carrying out a google search:
Visit google.com.ng or google.ng. The .com.ng or .ng is aimed at narrowing most of your search results to Nigeria.
After opening the above google url, enter search queries (one at a time) like "vacancies, vacancy, careers, career, jobs, job, recruitment, etc). Majority of your search results will display Nigerian companies career pages. There you would be able to check through available job opportunities. Carry out this search at least twice in every month.

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