As a student you probably would
not believe us if
we tell you that are absolutely
naive and no, you
are not on top of the world.
You will soon graduate from the
university,
service year is going to be
awesome (at least
according to the stories you’ve
heard).
After service, you are going to
get a job, have a
family, build a home, become a
millionaire and
live happily ever after.
There is just one problem with
your plan. The
only problem with your plan is
the real world.
This article is to let students
know things to look
out for before they graduate so
they don’t get
railroaded.
1. A Degree Does Not Entitle
You To A Job
We all know getting a degree
means a lot of hard
work and commitment but
because you have a
degree does not mean
somebody is going to grant
you an automatic job offer.
Gone are the days when all you
needed to get a
good job was a university
degree.
We were all told the same lies in
secondary
school, get a university degree
and a mouth
watering job would fall on your
lap.
The smart people are the ones
who figured out
this lie early in school and made
sure the time
they spent in school would
separate from other
students who were busy
enjoying school life to
the fullest.
It’s time to get your head out of
the sand.
2. Start The Job Search
Before You Graduate
Job hunting is a complicated
thing and there is
no almighty formula for you to
acquire a job.
Job seeking is not something
you can “cram” for
and pour out everything during
an exam. There
are no cheat notes for post-
graduation
experience.
The job hunting business is an
on-the-training
experience and the best way to
get ahead of
your colleagues is to start your
career
exploration during your service
year or better
yet during your university days.
You can research branches of
your field, do
internships (industrial
trainings), find out what
size of company is for you, and
practice job
searching techniques.
Put these tips in play and by the
time you’re
done with service, you’ll be
prepared for the
next phase of your life and it will
be quite tricky
for reality to hit you with tons of
bricks.
3. Facebook Is Forever
Not just facebook, but twitter,
instagram, and
every other social network that
you decide to be
a part of.
What does this mean to an
average student? Well
it means that every obscure joke
you post on
Facebook, every explicit picture
you share, every
inappropriate comment will be
visible to the
world when you become famous
or when you go
job hunting.
At the very least, know how to
manipulate your
social media privacy settings
and restrain
yourself from littering your
social media
accounts with unfitting content.
Being appropriate on the web is
just as
important for a political career
as it is for
finding employment. Your binge
drinking photos
might be funny now but they
won’t be so
hilarious in five years time.
4. Life Is Expensive
You are probably surviving on
the allowance you
receive from your parents right
now and you’ve
not realized that life can be
expensive,
EXPENSIVE.
Just wait until you have to live
on your own,
probably during service year or
when you get
your first job.
By the time you pay for house
rents,
transportation fare, recharge
cards, light bills,
water bills, food, utilities, and
every
miscellaneous expense. It won’t
take long before
you realize that life is expensive.
Everything would suddenly
become so expensive
that you would sometimes feel
like crying.
This is one of the most painful
things to learn.
EVERYTHING costs money.
Anytime from now, you should
learn how to
create a budget for yourself.
Otherwise your
rent will be due, your kitchen
will be empty and
you will be busy dodging from
the people you owe
money.
5. Never Be Scared To Take
Chances
This is probably the most
important lesson you
have to learn before you
graduate, never be
scared to take chances. You’ll
never get
anywhere you want if you don’t
take calculated
risks every now and then.
No one is telling you to jump out
of a plane or
go swimming with crocodiles
(which would be
awesome if you survive), but
nothing in life
comes easy. Yes, it is cliché, but
it the hard
truth. After all, nothing can
deputise
experience.
When you become a graduate,
the best option is
not becoming a boring office
robot whose life
revolves around work.
Your twenties and thirties are
the some of the
best years of your life, we kid
you not.
Do not be afraid to face the real
world with open
arms, explore opportunities, and
take chances.
You’ll be surprised at what fate
has in stock for
you.
6. Learn How To Interact
With People
Learning how to interact is a
very valuable skill
you need to have in your belt. It
is a “street
smart” skill. You could read a
million books on
how to interact with people but
the only way to
develop your interaction skill is
to put it into
practice constantly until it
becomes a part of
you.
This skill will surely be tested
each time you go
for a job interview. Heck! You
even need this
job more if you are an
entrepreneur.
Learn to greet people with a
smile. Say “thank
you, please and I appreciate”
whenever the
situation deems necessary.
These small gestures
go a long way to make a huge
difference. Don’t
be so quick to dismiss the power
of appreciation
and courtesy.
Make small talk, get to know
anyone you have to
spend more than thirty minutes
with, help them
if you can. Who knows? You
might meet your own
saviour.
Don’t know what to talk about?
You could talk
about the TV shows you watch,
the cool blogs
you visit on the net (don’t forget
to mention
www.facebook.com/
campuswak), the weather – hint
hint : ).
Learn to be always positive,
make sure people
smile after talking to you.
7. A Skill Will Get You
Farther Than A Certificate
What we recommend is that you
pick up as many
skills as possible, as long as you
have a passion
for it. Do not say “I am studying
English
Language, why do I need to
learn HTML?” If you
are computer major, take a
couple of
management trainings. It will
help you in the
long run.
The skills you acquire do not
necessarily have to
be educational; you could learn
tailoring,
baking, programming,
carpentry . . . anything.
You never know when your
minor skill will become
your added advantage, or your
primary source of
income.
Not only that, you will be able to
converse with
a larger variety of different
people, plus it
shows your employer that you
are a fast and
versatile learner.
8. Save Something –
Anything
Start saving now and you’ll be
setting the
foundation of your financial
future.
There is always a need to save,
even if it is the
tiniest bit each month. Like we
said earlier, life
is expensive and the best way to
be prepared is
for you start saving right now.
Whether it’s for a big purchase,
an emergency or
for your future it’s important to
have a little
money for fall back to during
rainy days. Trust
us, those days will come.
9. You Are Going To Need
Lots Of Hardwork
You are now a graduate, you no
longer need to
read through the night, attend
boring lectures
and write difficult examinations.
Your life should
be an easy pie from here. Right?
Wrong.
In fact, this is the time that you
need to work
harder than you imagined, if you
want to be
successful.
Although you could relax; get a
federal
government appointment, and
retire on your
pension. This is perfect, if you
want to be
mediocre.
We are you are among those
that want to be
successful. In order to do that,
you are going to
need a lot of brain work, stay up
late at nights
and lots of reading if you are
going to be among
the 1%.
Even if your father is a
billionaire, it’s a lot of
hard work maintaining all that
money.
10.Success Takes Time
After applying all these, do not
expect to become
a millionaire overnight, or in a
week or in a
month. Success takes time.
No matter the amount of hard
work, Success
takes time.
If you are in a hurry to be
successful, you will
either fall prey to money
swindlers or get
yourself entangled in something
highly illegal.
Neither of them sounds good.
That’s all for now!
You don’t have to wait until you
graduate to
gain these little nuggets of
wisdom. Put them to
use! Then start collecting some
of your own

good advice.. keep it up

Nice...

Nice one OP. Mbok arrange it well.

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you are not the original owner of this posts, please try to make your own research

11) Reduce partying and Womanizing.
That for guys anyway. This puts a big (invisible) whole in ur pocket.

Life is expensive. I'm lucky I learnt early.
Still need to work harder tho.
Nice one op.

cyprel:
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you are not the original owner of this posts, please try to make your own research

You think everybody is like you? Mr man wake up from your slumber.I know you didnt read the post cos if you do you won't say this.
#Peace

amzee:

You think everybody is like you? Mr man wake up from your slumber.I know you didnt read the post cos if you do you won't say this.
#Peace

read this:
https://www.nairaland.com/1950582/10-life-lessons-every-nigerian

Nice one Bro