Building a career can be exciting, it can also be stressful and sometimes frustrating. Having the knowledge of what to do right when building a career can help to significantly ease the whole process. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 6 useful career building tips for graduates.

Start Building Your Network Early

Remember the age old saying, ‘It’s not what you know, but who you know’. While this doesn’t prove true every time, there is a still a truckload of truth in it. As a young graduate, it’s important to start building your professional network early. Make connections with people, whether physically or on social media, get their contacts, relate with them and see where it leads you. Also, be willing to reciprocate any help you intend to receive from these people, so you won’t seen as self-serving.



Build Your Career on What You’re Passionate About

The honest truth is that your interest in whatever you’re not passionate about will fizzle out sooner than you expect. Yes, initially the business might be bring in money and keep you satisfied for a period, but soon after you’ll become tired, restless and eventually go in search of career fulfillment. So why don’t you just start early? Find what you’re passionate about doing and learning, figure out how to monetize it and build your career around it. But if it’s money that you’re passionate about, then by all means, you’re free to go after it. The crux of the matter is for you to build your career around whatever you’re passionate about.



Find The Right Company

It’s a well known fact that because of the employment situation in Nigeria, trying to be patient enough to search for the right company to work for might be impractical, but you should try as much as can to do so. This is because finding the right company to work for, goes a long way in helping to build your career in the corporate world, especially if you don’t intend to become an entrepreneur. You don’t want to end up working for a company that will waste the best years of your corporate life without impacting your life, helping you grow or expand your opportunities in any way. Making the mistake of working for such a company can unfortunately end up being irredeemable, so you need to be careful to find and choose the right company to work for.


Don’t Let Failure Devastate You

You just shouldn’t. This is because as you build your career many doors will be shut against you before one opens, and this doesn’t mean you’re not good enough or you’re a failure, it just means that you should learn from your mistakes, get better and keep trying until you breakthrough (and you’ll learn that eventually, you will breakthrough). As long as you keep trying, no matter how many doors are closed against you, not all doors will; if you don’t give up, a door will eventually be opened to you. It’s just a simple fact of life. So, perseverance, grit, determination and commitment are very vital to building a successful career.



Have a Plan

How can you build something without a plan? That question sums it all up. Even though things might not or most likely will not work out exactly according to your plan, have one nonetheless to guide you. You can make adjustments to the plan as life happens, but don’t abandon having one. There is no way to successfully build a career without a plan.

Have a Support System

Whether family or friends, have trusted loved ones that will make up a support system to help encourage you when things inevitably get tough. This will go along way in helping you keep your footing, continue moving forward and successfully build your career even when things get tough. If you’re not good at discerning those you can trust, then hire a career coach or psychologist to help you with this. You can also consider seeking help from religious support systems, if you’re comfortable with it.

source: http://www.jarushub.com/amazing-career-building-tips-for-graduates/

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Hmm.. I think it's time these graduates know the truth. The earlier, the better..

If you don't have an uncle working in a big firm, if you don't have any sort of connection that will guarantee you a job after graduation, you better start now to make hays while the sun shine. You won't be able to imagine the millions of graduates on the street. What will you do if you are unable to get a job after six months, or even a year? Can you imagine the degarde in worth that will be inevitable?

Many of you still get pocket money, some even tripple their school fees just for the gain lol.
Do you think it will continue? The future is not far away.. What matters now isn't your degree, it's what is inside of you.. It's what you can offer.. Discover that and share it with the world.. That is the greatest gift you can ever give, and it will pave way for you. I'm not saying you should drop out, I'm saying you should have a plan B. ENTMIRROR

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To add to the tips:

1. Know what skill is in the market and learn it. Not necessarily your degree.

2. Add more professional qualifications to your degree. Not just any professional qualifications but the right one.
I'm my opinion, all those NIM are not really useful.

3. Get mentors and counsels from experienced people.

Team self made boss

And follow Jarushub and Jarus (The Oba of Career and Academic Counseling)

That's brilliant......God Bless

Discovering your talents and building up your skills with be a very productive way to tackle unemployment and become an entrepreneur.
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EntMirror:
Hmm.. I think it's time these graduates know the truth. The earlier, the better..

If you don't have an uncle working in a big firm, if you don't have any sort of connection that will guarantee you a job after graduation, you better start now to make hays while the sun shine. You won't be able to imagine the millions of graduates on the street. What will you do if you are unable to get a job after six months, or even a year? Can you imagine the degarde in worth that will be inevitable?

Many of you still get pocket money, some even tripple their school fees just for the gain lol.
Do you think it will continue? The future is not far away.. What matters now isn't your degree, it's what is inside of you.. It's what you can offer.. Discover that and share it with the world.. That is the greatest gift you can ever give, and it will pave way for you. I'm not saying you should drop out, I'm saying you should have a plan B. ENTMIRROR

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