A graduate who held up a sign advertising his skills to commuters at Waterloo Station has landed his perfect position after his direct approach to job hunting paid off.
Alfred Ajani, 22, feared he was getting nowhere after unsuccessfully applying for more than 300 jobs following his graduation in May.
He got up early to intercept passing city workers at the busy London station last month, holding a sign saying: ‘Marketing Graduate – Please ask for a CV’.
His approach was well received by passing executives and one director who saw him has now signed him up.
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Alfred,
from south London, started in a marketing role at recruitment agency
the Asoria Group yesterday and now works just yards from the spot where
he once stood looking for a job.
He said: ‘The director walked past me when he saw me that morning, but later got in contact through [the website] Linked In.
‘The company said they were looking for someone with out of the box ideas and so they were keen to get me in.’
He
added: ‘The job is one I wouldn’t have got if I hadn’t gone to the
station that morning, so I advise anyone out there who is in the same
position I was to think of more direct ways to speak to employers.’
Statistics
show that almost half of recent graduates are now in ‘non-graduate’ or
‘stepping stone’ roles, such as bar-tending, and are struggling to get
the positions they had hoped for.
Alfred
had always wanted to work in advertising, but after three years
studying for his degree in the subject, was losing hope of ever joining
the industry.
In
a last-ditch attempt to speak to potential employers, he went to
Waterloo Station with an armful of CVs and was later inundated with
offers.
After months spent struggling to get an interview, he suddenly had a flood of offers and found himself able to choose his career path.
He said: ‘I knew this was somewhere I wanted to come and am really looking forward to the opportunity.’
DailyMail
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