Another Reason Why Nigerian Graduates Shouldn't Come To England

First-time buyers will have to fork out a cool million pounds to get a foothold on the property ladder in less than 20 years, data showed on Monday.

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We've seen graduates rushing to the British embassy and wasting all their savings in the hope of getting into England and getting a job. Now the unemployment level in England stands at 1.6 million people - the highest for six years which is about 5.2%. Adding to the problem is the issue of the rising property market over the past few months. It keeps rising and it is forecasted to keep rising as a result of the forthcoming Olympics amongst other factors. We already heard about those that arrive and end up cleaning roads and other dirty jobs.

Do not get me wrong there is no problem in doing these jobs, it is the matter of can these job sustain the frequent increse in expense in England especially London. London has just recently overtaken Tokyo as the world's most expensive city with the rise in rent, mortgage, and other cost of living. I don't even want to get into the tax system because that in itself is enough to make you hate the country.

Furthermore, this upsurge in unemployment is set to increase hen Bulgaria and Romania citizens are allowed to walk into the country starting on the first of next year. When Poland joined it was estimated 400000 would come into the country in the first 3 years this figure had already quadrupled in the first two years.

As Nigerians we pride ourselves in owning properties and other long term assets. If the average graduate earning £24000 with most earning between £16k and £21k, and the average house price in London is set at over £200k, with most graduates having over £20k of debt at time of graduation, how will these graduate ever get on the property ladder?

Places like England are good for students and employees who don't want to accumulate wealth. Only.

Anyone who is ready and willing to work hard came live comfortably in the UK, just make sure you have the correct paper's and you are honest in all your affairs.

Property may be expensive but it does not mean you will have difficulty getting on the property ladder, you can go for a part buy part rent scheme, you could also pool resources with 1 or 2 people you trust to purchase a property to live in for a couple of years, when the time comes to move on sell up and use the extra cash as a deposit for your own property.

As far as jobs are concerned be willing to take anything that comes you way just to keep a roof over you head and food to eat, be prepared to seize job opportiunities as they present themselves, use each job to gain experience and look at each job as a stepping stone to yoyur final destination. You should even consider starting you own business after a few years

digiman

your words are very encouraging,,,BUT
is it really worth it ??

how long will our people keep settling for less or anything that comes their way in order to live in the so called "promised land".

The system in the UK makes it easier for those who grew up here to get jobs easily believe it or not, I have worked with many poeple who have never set foot in a university  yet by working their way up the ranks have reached managerial positions or are are in jobs with a  +30k package.
If you come here with a degree be ready to work twice as hard as your counterparts yu will reap the rewards before long.


It is so hard and difficult now getting by everyday!!
With the right papers sef work is hard to come by.

Years ago I used to apply for jobs on a weekly basis till I eventualy got one, prior to that I worked a part time job stacking shelfs while studying part time.  I go so used to applying for jobs and attending interviews it became second nature to me , I mastered the art till I go to the point where I would always get selected / invited for interviews, you need to be able to  fill in a application form or submitt a CV that will get you noticed, once you are in the next stage is the interview it's self , do your research, sell you self, do not give them a reason for not wanting to employ you , most importantly you must be good at what you do otherwise you will not last in the job.
Each time you get a rejection just come back fighting  .

   

There are so many GRADUATES going back home now and in MY opinion i think it is the best, you might wonder that i am still here, yes but not for long.

Absolute rubbish post, who on earth are you to give such advice, tell people what to do
with their lives, what are you doing in the UK then, i know people who have gone to
the UK and are successful and i know people who have gone and are not. diffrent strokes for
diffrent folks.It all depends on the individual, the skill they have and their determination.and who
wants to own [b]properties in another mans land like u anyway. what a hypocrite!
If you want to advice people try a topic like "Another Reason Nigerian Graduates
Should Consider Before Coming To England" not "Another Reason Why Nigerian Graduates Shouldn't
Come To England" my a55.