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  4 Best Ways to Find Job Leads   Inarguably, recruiters will post applications to job postings. Yet, that is not the only place they'll post. So, it's essential to cast your net wide by exploiting all possible sources for job leads.   I'm sharing some of the best ways you can find job leads ─ apart from job postings.   1. Your Contact List Your contact list is so diverse. There are people that no day passes by without you talking to them. Then there're those you reach out to occasionally. Sometimes they escape your memory.    If you're looking for job leads, take some time to go through your contact list from start to finish. You might be surprised to find out that the people you know have heard of job opportunities you're eligible for right now.   You can even send each one of your contacts a newsletter about your job search. It wouldn't hurt, would it?   2. Non-Traditional Social Media When people think about job search and social media, their minds immed
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Power & Privilege of Discovering Your ‘Career-Life Path’ Earlier That I Never Had!   If you are in your 20s, pay attention to mentorship.  The power of discovering your path ea rlier  and having the privilege of an experienced mentor to guide you to realise that path is the silver bullet to life’s success! Do you agree? This simple statement took me nearly 18 years to arrive at; I never did it earlier. I missed such a privilege. Not 100% of my making, but also of how life arranged itself! Think of a case where you are born, and your generation is the first to go to university.  You become your mentor, your guide, your 'everything'.  No one really volunteers to hold your hand to point the way!  You figure everything out yourself. Trust me, anything you are unable to figure out, you miss out there!  You tread into life & its many decisions with trial & error. I did trial & error! Growing up in Nigeria, career & life counselling didn’t have pride of place it sh