Nigerian graduate who got job by standing at London train station with sign, now hiring

<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, FreeSerif, serif; font-size: 22px; font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px; position: relative;"> <br /></h3> <div class="post-header" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"> <div class="post-header-line-1"> </div> </div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1692893527065076692" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; position: relative; width: 616px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpKcJmu-gDiQBhvs_A9GP4Us3s2DVZ00WRN-NqT0k97LQWXpF5dYIc97bWJQHrfZSZKNgoOmjOWZRydEfhFUx_APMnWDAad9aEgNzmzxwsJVyK5-26OUlXVsu3hEt8OaR812taOCOCBU/s1600/1.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" width="198" /><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj99_oNPxuLIA2yyHwc_TGyKV3c1HzLr85YdEE_DjyLFqJIBKe1Es6nDArpdNjmqLroaGPYmP2vHFsa3_OoDN3EuyZ_XIeYsWUhkcAADXAMPXFJdeX47dQsjL-H3aImX85NyPpfi5eJQB8/s1600/alfred-ajani.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" width="205" /></div> A<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">lfred Ajani, the Nigerian graduate</span> who got a job by standing around a train station in London holding up a sign advertising himself (read <a href="http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com/2014/09/nigerian-graduate-who-held-up-job-sign.html" style="color: #990000; text-decoration: none;">here</a>) has made it..and now, he's hiring. Alfred who got hired by a recruitment firm, the Astoria Group, returned to the same spot where he once stood looking for a job in August 2014, but this time he was there to advertise positions on his team.<br /><br />Alfred returned to the same spot on Jan. 22nd with a different sign that read 'Now, I'm hiring'<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"> "It feels good to be putting something back and I’m hoping to take the brand to universities over the next year,’ he told Mail Online.</blockquote> The 22 year old Marketing and PR Projects Manager has been given the responsibility of looking for new employees for his company as it begins an expansion.</div>

Nigerian graduate who got job by standing at London train station with sign, now hiring

A lfred Ajani, the Nigerian graduate  who got a job by standing around a train station in London holding up a sign advertising hims...

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Job Listing: Positions for Photographers, Asst. Editors, PR Specialists, Social Media Editors & More Available with 234 Staffing Ltd

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Chinese couple take their son to court to force him to get a job

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r9dQLlzCTVsM1fOtT2ZW1YmPUvQb9jSoL3DJ46l2JGB-TPo9am17mgFVy71F3ZVwU7NiEDNzRHx3oW1VbKRn3sO6btrABSoZTCkd51ELpqxzW8CJRq-043nFjGl7MgvQdzko-XJDfYo/s1600/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #990000; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2r9dQLlzCTVsM1fOtT2ZW1YmPUvQb9jSoL3DJ46l2JGB-TPo9am17mgFVy71F3ZVwU7NiEDNzRHx3oW1VbKRn3sO6btrABSoZTCkd51ELpqxzW8CJRq-043nFjGl7MgvQdzko-XJDfYo/s1600/2.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(153, 0, 0); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;"></a></div> <div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8866776046790322183" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px; position: relative; width: 616px;"> A Chinese couple have gone to extreme lengths in a bid to force their adult son to get a job - they have taken him to court. Xu Qing, 29, has refused to work ever since leaving university, claiming that<br>employment is too boring. He has now moved his girlfriend into the home he shares with his parents and demanded he be fed and waited on hand and foot. (pic - the case being heard in court last week)<br><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div class="storycopy"> Initially his mother Xu Hsing cooked and cleaned after her only child at their home in the Chinese capital Beijing.</div> </blockquote> <section class="text-description"><blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div class="storycopy"> His father Ku arranged for him to have a job at a friend's company - but Qing quit after just three months saying it was too dull.</div> </blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq"> <div class="storycopy"> He now spends his day sleeping and surfing the internet but managed to meet a girl online, who is also jobless. Continue...</div></blockquote></section></div>

Chinese couple take their son to court to force him to get a job

A Chinese couple have gone to extreme lengths in a bid to force their adult son to get a job - they have taken him to court. Xu Qing, 29,...

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8 Tips For Dealing With Job Rejection

<table summary="posts"><tbody> <tr><td class="l pd w " id="pb25035666"><div class="narrow">  </div> <img class="attachmentimage img" height="300" src="http://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1582292_rejection_jpegebeaa3d3bbcb1563222572263f10c69f" width="400"><br> <tr><td class="bold l pu">Out of work? Out of luck! That is probably how you feel as you sit poised in front of your computer, hour after hour, day after day, submitting one application after another. Maybe you even look forward to getting job rejection emails (or the occasional mailed ones) because it is SOME response at least. Even if you are still working, but engaging in a job search to beat a lay-off, you may feel a strong sense of rejection when not selected for an interview or offered a job after an interview – especially if it has been a few months or you have had a few interviews without an offer.<br>Think about how you feel about your current situation as objectively as possible to better plan for your future. Having a plan and some next steps can go a long way toward helping you out of this negative spiral. So, what else can you do? Here are a few tips for dealing with job rejection:</td></tr></td></tr></tbody></table>

8 Tips For Dealing With Job Rejection

  Out of work? Out of luck! That is probably how you feel as you sit poised in front of your computer, hour after hour, day after day, s...

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Job Vacancy: Customer care agent wanted urgently with pay of up to N120k monthly (Apply Here)

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