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“Never rely on your parents and lecturers to get jobs for you after campus, instead ask them to be your referees when applying for jobs”

— Gordon Wavamunno

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Source: Quoted in Dr.Gordon Wavamunno's tips for university students , article written by Philimon Badagawa, on 24 July 2014,Campus Times.
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