![]() The committee adopts a straightforward approach by vetting talent and providing them with some of the resources they need to thrive currently as job seekers and, subsequently, as employees. Their work did not stop there, as they also made on-the-spot referrals and recommendations during the job fair-as efficiently as a well-oiled machine. The team had spent days leading up to the event on vetting candidates, giving CV optimisation tips, hosting debriefing sessions for the candidates, tagging tables, setting up virtual channels, and directing volunteers. “It’s been a tedious but rewarding couple of weeks leading up to the event,” Amadi says, “but I am glad that both the recruiters and candidates found value.”Īmadi wears three hats as she is a member of the NUTM Alumni Network, PBN, and the job fair organising committee. These statistics point to gloom, but Chisom Amadi, chairperson of the job fair planning committee, believes it is possible that the ship may yet be steered in the right direction towards better outcomes. In addition to ranking second highest in the global unemployment index, the NBS’s findings indicate that in the fourth quarter, the unemployment rate for those between the ages of 15 and 24 was 53.4%, while it was 37.2% for those between the ages of 25 and 34, as the country has recorded an average of 0.07% increase in the unemployment rate since 2017. According to a report published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) in the first quarter of 2021, Nigeria’s unemployment rate increased from 27.1% to 33% within the second quarter of 2020. The World Bank, in its Nigerian Economic Update for the fourth quarter of 2019, has predicted that the number of job seekers in Nigeria will keep increasing as long as population growth outpaces economic development. The job fair was organised by the Premia Business Network (PBN), a community of entrepreneurs, investors and professionals building a business network in Africa and its diaspora, and the alumni network of the Nigerian University of Technology and Management (NUTM). I am having quality conversations about my passion, and for the first time, I feel heard,” says Rachel Magaji, as she recalls a conversation she has just had with a recruiter about her work as a product designer, her background in environmental management, and her aspiration to solve real-world problems through the design and discovery of new materials. “These companies are willing to listen to me. This job fair at Landmark is stripping down the daunting application process by connecting quality talent directly with recruiters, and in turn, subverting the algorithm. Many employers have come to rely heavily on the ATS to administer their hiring process, causing job seekers to be hamstrung by the race against algorithms-in addition to other existing stressors in the job readiness process. ![]() The job application process is often a daunting process for job seekers. On a breezy July morning, dozens of recruiters from 27 companies chit-chat with over 80 job candidates sitting across tables in a conference room at the Landmark Towers in Lagos, Nigeria. This guest post was contributed to TechCabal by Amanda Madumere. ![]()
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