About a year ago, I saw a post by a young man on Nairaland asking for people’s opinion on his newly floated blog, financialwatchngr.com. It was a miserable thread – very few views, with less than 10 comments. People did not take him seriously.
The guy told his story of how he had just been sacked by a bank and how he decided to open a website to share information on banking jobs based on his experience as a banker for 5 years. He had published only 3 or 4 posts then (How to Get a Bank Job; How to Open Bank Account etc).
I clicked the link to the guy’s blog and read it. I liked his concept. Something came to my mind that this blog had potential. I felt he had a good niche – financial careers. Financial system still remains the largest absorber of formal labour in Nigeria. I’m not aware of any blog in Nigeria dedicated to that theme. Something told me this guy’s website will be a hit.
I picked my phone and called him. We spoke at length. I asked whether he had heard of Jarus or JarusHub. He replied with a no. I asked him to check out JarusHub, our career blog. He did and reverted, and realized he was talking to arguably Nigeria’s #1 career issues blogger.
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