Dear Candidate Tosin Anifowose

Guest Speaker at TCN EU NCG


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Guest Speaker with TCN EU NCG


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After an avalanche of rejections over a 2 year period, what did Yemi do differently?

Episode 19 of the Dear Candidate podcast is out!

This episode features my interview with Adeyemi who was able to successfully land a tech job in Europe from Nigeria.

What did Yemi do?

How was he able to position himself?

How did he catch the eye of his recruiters and convince his potential employer that he had what it took to deliver the required value they were looking for?

‘My favourite phrase from our conversation: See Recruiters as your best friends! Oh Yeah Yemi, thank you for that! We are your best friends, Dear Candidate, we want you to nail that interview much more than you can imagine.

I’ll leave you to it!

Have fun listening!

God’s speed!


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Welcome to episode 18! The Very First Episode for 2022........whoop whoop 🥳

Salary Negotiation everyone: Such a hot topic right now!

There is a lot of false information about this topic. Now I know this is a pretty controversial topic but it’s one I’m willing to get on because as a recruiter, negotiating and aligning on offers is part of what I do in my 9 to 5 Job.

Additionally, as one who supports candidates outside my 9-5, with their Job search journey, I also have the privilege of having them come to me to say, look Tosin, I’ve been offered this but I think I’m being lowballed and I want to ask for more. So basically I have the advantage to see both sides of the table in a sense and I see how these false narratives are affecting how people approach this topic.

Now make no mistake, some of these things are real and true. Recently we saw a viral post about a recruiter that boasted on social media about low bowling a candidate and these days we see recruiters who also come on social media to announce how they offered 20k+ on top of what candidates asked for and all of that. So for sure some of these things are the reality of the world we live in.

I just recalled a post from someone who by the way is not a recruiter who was publicly announcing to people that if you don’t negotiate any offer you receive, then you are doing yourself a disservice because there is more on the table and they are just waiting for you to ask for it. Does this apply in all cases?

I will like to debunk some myths!

Have fun listening.


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This is my last episode for 2021 and I'll like to say thank you to everyone who has listened, shared, sent feedback or offered one support or the other. I'm very grateful and that has inspired me in many ways. So I'll like to wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year in advance!

How do you convince someone who has little or no interest in meeting or talking to you to talk to you? Think of that for 5 seconds while I count down

Ok, were you able to think of anything? Maybe or maybe not.

The point here is that you need something or someone to pave the way for that to happen. I hope you agree with that?

Now, allow me to make this question a little more relatable.

As a candidate, how do you convince a recruiter or the person reviewing your application documents to invite you to that very first call particularly when your experience and your skillset are not well aligned to the position but you however believe that you can do the job.

Picture this, as the candidate you know in your heart that all you need is just one interview to convince your potential employer of your ability to do the job.

However, on the flip side as a recruiter, I’m staring at your cv, shaking my head and wondering if you sent that cv just to pull my legs because everything in the cv screams wrong wrong wrong. Actually, at this point, I’m wondering if you mistakenly sent in your application because it just seems so out of place.

As a candidate, you need to be proactive. Your voice needs to be heard even when you are not in the room. Now does this work all the time? No but if there is a slight chance that this could work, then one of the biggest questions on my mind is why are candidates not employing this strategy?

Alright people, grab a seat don’t go anywhere as we unpack this further.


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Question 6 says: I’m of African descent and I currently live in Europe. I have applied to several Jobs but so far all I get are rejections. I remotely suspect that my colour may be an issue here. Am I being discriminated against because of the colour of my skin? Would like to hear your thoughts.

According to a popular quote, ''Assumption is the lowest form of knowledge" When in doubt, always ask questions. Now, I think that’s a fantastic quote.

Why? Someone might ask, well, here is my take.

It’s super important to avoid making assumptions because there might be many reasons why you may not be seeing the results you want.

However, running off with an assumption in most cases is always counterproductive. Particularly when it relates to something you cannot do anything about. Case in point, your nationality or the colour of your skin.

Now this assumption (and please permit me to call it that) about not landing Jobs because of your nationality or the colour of your skin: dear candidate is fast becoming a thing of the past.

Companies these days are more open to setting up diverse teams and data also shows that diverse teams have the potential to do better in business.

So Dear Candidate, I want your focus to shift to this reality and by this reality, I mean the fact that organisations these days are now actively promoting the concept of having diverse teams.

Today’s episode would be focused on discussing this in more detail to answer the aforementioned question.

Have fun listening! 


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