29/08/2023
The Value of Self Marketing to Employees
You will remain at the same spot, with the same job and the same wage if you don't pay attention to self marketing
Back in March 2023 while I was in Douala learning principles of scaling a business and marketing my services through impact on employees, I got in contact with a youth with so much experience yet no certificate but a driver's license
Practically not even O-levels
His name Mr Stéphane..
At this point in his life, he was jobless after some series of failed businesses and with a pregnant wife (6months) yet he chose not to give up.
He walked to me and ask, are you a Sc**mar?
I responded: No, why ask?
Mr Stéphane: You are always working on a laptop, a lot of video calls (Zoom and Google meet) and then you practically do not go out to do physical work.
Me: I then pitched myself to him, with focus on results achieved for past clients.
Then Mr Stéphane went on to share his life for the past 10 years with me and his current joblessness
I echoed in my Mind: I said a year back that I won't work with students, nor fresh graduates.
The refreshed thought was due to the fact that "If a graduate hasn't been jobless for at least 6 months then he won't be able to pay 25k for building a complete CV talk less of other of my services (Many often told me: You are a Sc**mer)
Well I decided to work with him and said let me put my services to the test and give him the best.
To cut the story short, I built his complete CV, Cover Letter, Created a LinkedIn profile, Edited and Optimized the LinkedIn
Then I said to him: this is what we will do;
You will go and apply physically to companies here in Douala while I apply online through LinkedIn and he accepted
We together started job hunting, but it took him about 2 weeks to drop 4 applications of which non of the companies called.
On my side, I had applied for over 8 positions of a driver, sales person and delivery person through LinkedIn
3 days later he got his first job which I had prepared him for the interview already with salary of 100k per month
2 weeks later another company called directly for him to come work as a Delivery person with wage of 50k
And 2 months after another Nigerian Fast food company with branches in Cameroon called him and offered to pay 85k with work shift from 12 noon to 6pm
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Let me ask you these questions
Who knows you have 2-20 years of experience?
Where can they find you considering they don't want to ask for a CV?
Where have you positioned yourself for employers to see you?
Why are you hiding those results you have achieved for those companies?
The other companies need the strategies and processes you used so they can also grow!
Get to me now let's build your complete professional CV, Edit and Optimize your LinkedIn profile so it attracts lots of opportunities
WhatsApp me at +237653810774
Or Email at [email protected]
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This one will shock you!
2 months later, the post managing director of a renown company contacted me indicating he is jobless and that his contract ended 3 months ago.
He sent his CV after my request having over 14 years of experience, 7 both in the US and UK then 7 in Cameroon but he was jobless.
I simply did what most Hiring managers will do once they received your CV. Searched his complete name on the internet and surprisingly he had a LinkedIn account with nothing to show that he has been serving in high profile positions.
Wait, if na you? You no go cry?
See eeh, If you don't get updated then you will get outdated
Coach Ndangoh George Gabila
Cheers
