This post might shock some of you, and I might get some fire over this, after all its Nairaland. But this is something I feel most youth and job seekers should check out.

If you are someone who has been pounding naija job sites like jobberman and ngcareers, hey, I was there too. I know what it was like, pushing CVs up and down. When I finally got the job, it was seriously crappy pay for an IT project manager.

After a couple of years on the inside of the job market, even at senior manager level, I woke up one day and decided I was tired of the rat race. The dream we were sold on "go to school, get a safe secure job and the company will take care of you" is dead.

Now, I am not bashing jobs or anything, but here are some reasons I think people need to stop depending on jobs in Nigeria and look within

1. Jobs In Nigeria Are Now Scarce- Lets face it. The economy has changed. Foreign policy and economic changes have forced many institutions to close shop, or outsource or leave Nigeria. We open the papers and see that bank x has sacked Y number of staff. The so called well paying jobs are FEW. E.g The Telecoms and Oil money jobs, and as a former recruiter, I can tell you its mostly based on connections. So how do you survive?

To find out more on this, and what I think most job seekers should adopt, do click the link below and read the full article.

http://www.adebusoye.com/5-reasons-stop-looking-jobs-in-nigeria/