Juju for Jobs

Its amazing how crowds form in search of jobs these days. Announce a job offer and suddenly this massive, writhing, crush of humanity comes snaking round the corner at you. And they come armed to the teeth with brown envelopes loaded with CVs, credentials & passports of smiling, frowning & unsure faces.

And since it seems 24years old is the ideal “football age” of the corporate world, everyone’s 24 years old no matter how craggy-faced they look… its scary!

But no matter what age you are, you’ve gotta do your best to stand out! I was outside the Art Center in Abuja yesterday waiting for my buddy Sammy who was there to submit an application for a job with the FCDA. After a rather long wait, Sammy emerged with this Cheshire cat grin.

Apparently, while on the queue, he decided to do something different. When it was his turn to submit, he startled everyone with a war-cry:

“Yee-argh! Yee-argh! Gbugu, gbugu! Gbugu! Gbugu!” Then he leaped into the air, landed wild-eyed and let loose some feigned incantations before spitting and waving his arm over his form. Then he signed the register and walked out as cool as a cucumber.

I was in stitches! When I pressed him, he admitted that he actually didn’t do it. But the thought was so juicy that he would definitely do it some day. Maybe with a little idol or ox-tail to wave over the crowd. I thought. Yeah, I’m just as bad.

Sue me!

Too bad he didn’t do it though. I can just picture the guy supervising taking note of his number and warning his bosses: “Hey, don’t mess with form number 00304. The guy that brought it put some heavy Juju on it O!”

If you’ve been cheated out of a job before, you might wanna try it sometime! But try a little make-up first for best effect and don't say I advised you O!