Jobless Educated Guy Shares How He Got A Government Job In Abuja Without Connection

Read his interesting story…

“In August 2017,
my brother in-law whom I stayed withduewit Lagos told me of a seminar
for professionals from my ethnic group (#IPASeminar4) and forwarded the
email to me.

“We planned to attend for networking and also to
hear the conversations around developing our region (NigerDelta) from
the panelists and the keynote speakers. That night I was inspired to
reach out to the organisers of the event to volunteer my services in
Media.

“I got an email address from the email and I sent them the mail shown below:

“‘Hello,
Good morning and I hope this email meets you well. My name is Ebiseri
Aginighan, I am Ijaw. And I got forwarded the email for the IPA seminar
for Sunday August 20, 2017. I decided to contact you if there is any
reason you will need help as I can volunteer any of the following
services for the event. Social media representation (FB and Twitter post
with a hashtag all through the seminar). Live streaming of the seminar
so everyone from around the globe can be part of it. I will be glad to
be of help
Thanks for your time. Kind regards. Ebiseri Aginighan.”

He received a positive reply the following morning.

He
continued: “The next morning I got a reply of how happy they would be
to have me help them, so she asked what resources I needed to do what I
had to do.

“Any broadband internet modem would suffice, I replied.

“All
was to be made available. I went on to use Photoshop to design
countdown designs and shared on Twitter, Facebook, on the hashtag I
created #IPASeminar4

“So I was to manage social media for the
event, Livestream the event on Youtube, and record video as well. Didn’t
do this all alone, an assistant was provided on my request.

“That
Sunday of the event, I left early enough to beat Lagos traffic to get
to the venue in good time (Muson Centre). I got there, set up the
Livestream, the video camera, and sent tweets.

“The event kicked
off and all went well, with the Keynote speaker being a high-ranking
government official, a Special Adviser to the President.

“Towards
the end of the event, the President of the Association began his vote
of thanks speech. Thanked everyone who attended and all the guests, then
went on to specially thank a young man, a son of the Ijaw nation, who
reached out to them to make the event more remarkable.

“The
president said that a friend of his in Canada was able to watch the
event live and also some others who couldn’t attend from outside Lagos.
Where is that young man? Please stand up for recognition. It didn’t
click immediately that I was the one being introduced.

“All eyes
turned towards me with rounds of applause. I was asked to come out to
sell my market (introduce myself). I came out, the keynote speaker also
stood up, asked me a few questions up on stage and took me by the hands
and announced to all present
‘I have employed this one already, I will take him to Abuja, to encourage other young ones to continue doing good.’

“2
weeks after that, I started work in the office of the SA in Abuja all
from sending an email of my offering to volunteer. Skills that helped:
1) Basic Graphics Design. 2) Being able to Livestream to Youtube. These
days FB live makes this easier.

“Whilst everyone’s path will
differ, it is important we make moves, and shoot shots. As the labour
market is competitive, bringing your extra is expedient.

“Though I
have a B. Eng and an MSc from reasonably good schools, these things,
though very important, became secondary. As it appeared, I had already
demonstrated useful and valuable competence.

“We can be lucky,
favoured or blessed, we may never know or experience these if we don’t
take the initiative to make moves, shoot shots, place some calls, and
send some mails. Just try and keep trying and by God’s grace your
efforts will meet with favour (luck). Cheers and best wishes.”