Lagos job seekers fall for GTBank vacancy “prank”

Job seekers trooped to a human resource firm Wednesday after being “notified” of a job opening at a Lagos branch of Nigerian bank.

*WhatsApp message notifying job seekers of openings at GTBank. Screenshot by ‏@madamTHEmadam on Twitter.*

It turned out the “notification” for the N80,000/month job was a hoax allegedly masterminded by a former employee of the HR firm.

gtbank-job-hoax-2 — *The HR firm named in the prank said this BBM BC debunking the vacancy “did not emanate from us. Some one edited our public announcement which was made since yesterday.”*

But it seemed not everyone got the BBM broadcast debunking the job opening. Wednesday morning came with a crowd of job seekers waiting at the HR firm’s gate.

A company representative addressed hundreds of job seekers who showed up explaining it was prank.

Ladies and gentleman… NIGERIA pic.twitter.com/AYUTu4jrwq

— naTASHA (@madamTHEmadam) September 28, 2016

In a country with rising unemployment rate (now 13.3% according to the National Bureau of Statistics), falling for a vacancy prank is an easy thing.

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Hundreds turn up for fake bank job. Photo: @madamTHEmadam on Twitter. — *Scores turn up for fake bank job. Photo: @madamTHEmadam on Twitter.*

“I’m really disappointed with this situation,” one of the job seekers who doesn’t want to be named told NewsroomNG.

“I live on the Mainland and had to wake up very early to get here only to be told it’s a prank,” he said.

Job seekers trooped to a human resource firm Wednesday after being “notified” of a job opening at a Lagos branch of Nigerian bank.

It turned out the “notification” for the N80,000/month job was a hoax allegedly masterminded by a former employee of the HR firm.

A company representative addressed hundreds of job seekers who showed up explaining it was prank.

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