
Let me start off by saying at this point i believe Nigerian
graduates have a lot of work to do.
Its taking a lot of effort for me to contain the level of
disappointment im currently feeling towards our
university leavers. I work in a multinational company
and i have had the chance to partake in the interview
process of some roles the company advertised. Most of
the time im usually appalled at the errors and goofs i see
on CV’s. So let me get to the main story.
Six graduates came into the office this morning to
interview for an internship position. Which was going to
pay a basic salary and also some nice commissions. All
the interviewees were very disappointing despite the
very easy questions which was for a very simple role. In
fact none of them showed enough quality to half consider
them for the job.
After the last person left, I and my colleague had already
given up and hoped to do a fresh advert for the role. But
1 other person that was present at the interview was a
senior staff from our foreign headquarters. And he
suddenly suggested that we give the office cleaner a
chance. At first i thought he was saying it out of
frustration but this guy was damn serious. Long story
short, we called the cleaner in and he handled our
questions well and even scaled through 80% of the
objection statements we threw at him! Whats more is
that this guy isn’t exactly educated and he even
stammers! WTF !!!! Agreed he might have had better
answers because he knows some more about the
company having worked with us for a while, but still on
still!…to outshine 6 graduates!…ah.
Finally finally we have decided to take him on a trial role
and give him the required training. Im still shocked
beyond belief.
Naija graduates, please get your poo together.
Culled from Nairaland.
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