Quite sad. That's Nigerian mentality. I'm my own employer. And I never regreted it. Graduating from a Uni doesn't give you job! You have to create your own opportunities and it abounds. But sadly,most people are yet to see it. And those that did are too proud to take it up. The earlier you realize you're your own employer the easier for you. Get off that high seat of yours and get something to do.

HonourablePomk:
OP congrats making it to the front page but let me ask you from my own point of view if your brother is a graduate with 2.1, because of unemployment(i guess you are not a graduate) and he calls a family meeting that he just got a space in the market to start selling moi-moi. What will be your reaction ?

There is a diff between a roasted corn and "a graduate roasted corn" .. I don't know OP b4 o! But I've actually seen a store in Ilorin with the name "Corporate Moi-moi" brov if u see am ehn u go like die. With brain that person is already making it startn dat SME.
To be sincere I don't know if its OP that sells moi-moi there cos his Emphasis on Moi-moi na "big" wa.

Bro take am easy oOo

Jayuba:
Tell us your esperience on how you started. As in, did u sell akara and akamu? Or did you sell firewood before you made it? ....You dey talk like say e easy to dey sch for 4-5yrs and after that you begin sell akara for you to cum and buy.... The thunder wey go fire you dey do press up. This talk no make sense.

Going to school is one thing, and getting a job is another thing. But I believe that with GOD all things are possible.

The annoying thing is even the so called graduates are unemployable.

I had a so called graduate who is a nairalander applying for a writing position with us to send me a CV and all he could send is

My name is ABC
I like reading, watching football
I can compose good music
I am a good writer
I like delivering my work on time
I am simply cool.

That was the CV and he is 27 years old. I am still mad I spent money to call him before he showed his stupidity. If I can get my circa 30 naira call credit back I would.

I smell a little truth here

TO ALL JAMBITES THE EARLIER THE BETTER learn SOMETHIN NAO OR find SOMETHING LATER THAT`S what the SITUATION demands. Weda it is BARBING, CATERING, GRAPHIC DESIGNING just do something, cos getting JOB after school is not easy. thank God say I wise up. REMEMBER when YOU ARE LOADED YOU WILL BE NEEDED

iceberylin:
ŚŐ. ÁŦŤĔŔ ÁĹĹ ŤĤĔ ŚŤŔĔŚŚ Ú ĔЖPĔČŤ Á ĞŔÁĎÚÁŤĔ ŤŐ ŚĔĹĹ Moi-MŐĨ , ČĤÁĨ,ŤĤĔĨŔ Ĩs ĞŐĎ Ő

bRO PLS MY PHONE IS ROOTED BUT PEEPS ARENT SEEING MY FONT LIKE URS WHAT CAN I DO.THANKS

kevinhacker:
when GEJ said that unemployment rate has reduced , some was like "ah but I'm still here 'GEJ don lie again ooo! " but the fact is most of those that came out with good result are well EMPLOYED!

bros my sis is the best graduating student in her set 2011, chemistry department, she has no permanent job up till now. So, stop failing to the lies and deception of these goverment.

This country tire me ooo... Imagine the politician always hammering it into our ears "that we should always think of what to do for the country and not what the country can do 4us" @op, please ask them that the if the "fat salary" dem they steal from the treasury be the littel way of doing something for the country...
#Niaja leaders heartless and self-centered since 1914bc

You are really right us leaving abroad we came to realize that the white people here don't even need a degree to be rich or succeful,they really don't care abt collage .

KingsJohnson:
Nigerians and Their Graduate Mentality

The title of this write-up might sound absurd, but it remains the fact. I have discovered that most
Nigerian graduates (even the ones that graduated with a 'pass') rates themselves so high and depends so much on white collar job and when you try to introduce them to little business or jobs, they wouldn't hesitate to
remind you that they are
graduates... If you are a graduate and so what?
They don't think of any thing apart from working in a big company with fine office and a company car lol. I think people
should stop this mentality of believing that going to the university is to gain employment because its really not it. Going to
the university should be to broaden your thinking faculty, enhancing your person/personality, equipping your mind set and acquiring leadership and entrepreneur skills.
Who says a graduate can't be a shoe maker, tailor, vendor, small scale business man/woman,
caterer,etc? A graduate can do all these because the purpose for your education is to help you add swag to whatever
you want to do so as to
differentiate your style and that of an illiterate.

A graduate can be selling
"moimoi", yes you read it right "moimoi"... Just add a little swag to it and you will see bankers, doctors,
engineers, politicians, etc rushing to eat your moimoi... Everything in life is all about packaging, how you package yourself, how you package your business, your relationship, relationplane, relationboat, relationkeke, even relationbarrow, u name it cus all hands are not equal!

White collar job is not meant for everybody, so the earlier you get that into your head, the better
and faster you get yourself self employed and start making it for real and big. Your going to the university is
also to make you an employer of labour. There are lot of people that made it without seeing the four walls of the university, so you that's a graduate should do very much better than them.
The truth is, I don't believe that there is no job, the only problem is that people are sometimes too selective because they see themselves as graduate and can't see themselves collecting peanut as salary. But the truth is, that small job can be what will expose you to the big job you dream of.
Instead of sitting at home, why not just manage it. You sit at home and complain of
how the govt has not reduced unemployment and your mates are busy establishing themselves
in one way or the other.
A graduate can be a hair stylist, just add swag to it and you are good to go.
Some will say they want to start up business, but they are looking for millions to start it up as a
'graduate wey dem be naa' lol. But you can actually start up a small business and grow from
there... Most billionaires started small.
You are a graduate and you have been jobless for years, please take that your certificate and
hide in your box, ask the illiterate millionnaire how he made it and start up something. Stop waiting for the govt, the Nigerian govt that I know will
not change unless God sends a Messiah and I know the Messiah
has come and gone since 2000 years ago. It will not take you time to learn tailoring, baking, catering, trade, Machenic,etc... Imagine all the years you have wasted looking
for a job, you would have started counting at least in thousands by now if you decided to get
yourself self made. Even as you are learning that trade or handwork, you can as well be looking for a job.

So my fellow Nigerians, undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates is time to get things done, become financial independent and goodbye to our greedy and selfish politicians.

Not to raise any dust oh, but I know a strong dullard that has a Bsc all thanks to Lasu part time programme. This person comes to work doesn't do any official duty apart from when the spirit of shame stirs him/her to work and at the end of each month gets an alert like those who work with red eyes. How did the person get a job?? My Uncle brother sister friend daddy. How is the person still keeping the job?? Servicing of those dumb Oga's. Yes not everybody can get a White Collar job because ours conscience is already 'SOLD OUT'

One big challenge for graduates is going through the period of hard times, because starting up a business with little or no form of assistance is not easy giving environmental factors. Moreso, people must know that sometimes even your loved ones may not be there for you when you need them, during the trying times I mean, but if you are sure you have passion for what you are doing, and it has future, will the stress be worth it in the long run? Yes. Come to think of it, no salary earner can be rich. Check out the list of most rich people, they are entrepreneurs. It is very possible to secure a white collared job, yes it is. The situation we are in now demand an extra skill. Again, though some little earning job could present better opportunities, not in all cases expecially when it not your own as you may not have the flexibility needed to develop or grow as the case may be. It will be cool been the boss controlling things

iceberylin:
ŚŐ. ÁŦŤĔŔ ÁĹĹ ŤĤĔ ŚŤŔĔŚŚ Ú ĔЖPĔČŤ Á ĞŔÁĎÚÁŤĔ ŤŐ ŚĔĹĹ Moi-MŐĨ , ČĤÁĨ,ŤĤĔĨŔ Ĩs ĞŐĎ Ő

Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

The kind of comments I've been reading on this post is just overwhelming.
Well, after my NYSC, there was no job for me so I decided to keep my BSc aside and work as a labourer in a construction site. I know this may sound foolish to some people but guess what?. I never regretted it.
After working at the construction site for some months, I got a reasonable income and decided to buy a laptop. I use the laptop to train myself IT wise.
One day a friend of mine told me of an opportunity in a small IT firm, I met the person in charge and I was employed.
I work with the ICT firm for 1 & half years then I decided to go for my Msc.
Presently I'm doing my Msc.
Never despise the days of little beginning.

KingsJohnson:
Nigerians and Their Graduate Mentality

The title of this write-up might sound absurd, but it remains the fact. I have discovered that most
Nigerian graduates (even the ones that graduated with a 'pass') rates themselves so high and depends so much on white collar job and when you try to introduce them to little business or jobs, they wouldn't hesitate to
remind you that they are
graduates... If you are a graduate and so what?
They don't think of any thing apart from working in a big company with fine office and a company car lol. I think people
should stop this mentality of believing that going to the university is to gain employment because its really not it. Going to
the university should be to broaden your thinking faculty, enhancing your person/personality, equipping your mind set and acquiring leadership and entrepreneur skills.
Who says a graduate can't be a shoe maker, tailor, vendor, small scale business man/woman,
caterer,etc? A graduate can do all these because the purpose for your education is to help you add swag to whatever
you want to do so as to
differentiate your style and that of an illiterate.

A graduate can be selling
"moimoi", yes you read it right "moimoi"... Just add a little swag to it and you will see bankers, doctors,
engineers, politicians, etc rushing to eat your moimoi... Everything in life is all about packaging, how you package yourself, how you package your business, your relationship, relationplane, relationboat, relationkeke, even relationbarrow, u name it cus all hands are not equal!

White collar job is not meant for everybody, so the earlier you get that into your head, the better
and faster you get yourself self employed and start making it for real and big. Your going to the university is
also to make you an employer of labour. There are lot of people that made it without seeing the four walls of the university, so you that's a graduate should do very much better than them.
The truth is, I don't believe that there is no job, the only problem is that people are sometimes too selective because they see themselves as graduate and can't see themselves collecting peanut as salary. But the truth is, that small job can be what will expose you to the big job you dream of.
Instead of sitting at home, why not just manage it. You sit at home and complain of
how the govt has not reduced unemployment and your mates are busy establishing themselves
in one way or the other.
A graduate can be a hair stylist, just add swag to it and you are good to go.
Some will say they want to start up business, but they are looking for millions to start it up as a
'graduate wey dem be naa' lol. But you can actually start up a small business and grow from
there... Most billionaires started small.
You are a graduate and you have been jobless for years, please take that your certificate and
hide in your box, ask the illiterate millionnaire how he made it and start up something. Stop waiting for the govt, the Nigerian govt that I know will
not change unless God sends a Messiah and I know the Messiah
has come and gone since 2000 years ago. It will not take you time to learn tailoring, baking, catering, trade, Machenic,etc... Imagine all the years you have wasted looking
for a job, you would have started counting at least in thousands by now if you decided to get
yourself self made. Even as you are learning that trade or handwork, you can as well be looking for a job.

So my fellow Nigerians, undergraduates, graduates and postgraduates is time to get things done, become financial independent and goodbye to our greedy and selfish politicians.

Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

lawrenceunaa:
op u try but how u go expect first class degree holder to join pass holders in moi moi business l l


education doesn't only broaden our knowledge but brings us to opportunities

white collar jobs inclusive

Spot on bro

bloglover:


Spot on bro

Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

So true... Nigerian graduates have that belief that they can't do certain businesses, and this mentality sometimes limits success.


After graduating, I opened a small shop where I sold audio CDs and DVDs, and I was making cool cash from the business. So many people would come in and after a few minutes of conversation would ask if I was a graduate, and then ask why I was selling CDs. The truth is, I love doing it, and I made cool money from it.

Nobleval:
Quite sad. That's Nigerian mentality. I'm my own employer. And I never regreted it. Graduating from a Uni doesn't give you job! You have to create your own opportunities and it abounds. But sadly,most people are yet to see it. And those that did are too proud to take it up. The earlier you realize you're your own employer the easier for you. Get off that high seat of yours and get something to do.

Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

snowprince07:
True talk time to go learn how to prepare moimoi & kpoffkpoff

Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

My uncle graduated from Enugu State university 1997 no job he den join business, by the time they called him for a job he apply before in Samankwe super market (Agbor ) his shop is already bumming he rejected it. Now he has upto 15 people working for him.

ASHETORLA:
bRO PLS MY PHONE IS ROOTED BUT PEEPS ARENT SEEING MY FONT LIKE URS WHAT CAN I DO.THANKS

MÁĨĹ MĔ

InglishTeechar:


Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

financial freedom doesn't start with odd jobs but with the right attitude a thought.
If u eventually take on well packaged fried plantain and u don't have financial knowledge on how to make money, u will still remain poor
Give me a fat salary and see if in 2years time I won't be richer than the person paying me.
All u need is d financial ability to make more money with the one u have at hand. INVESTMENT!

daresma93:
Time to dump my certificate and start sellin buns

Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

This write up is not only ridiculous but without merit. Why would someone who went through the struggles of sacrificing 4 or more years of his or life to gain education and skills meant for an office environment or a business setting suddenly surrender to starting a business such as selling items in a marketplace. In addition, did you ever bothered to consider that such a venture requires capital?

More often than not, I've seen many people with good intentions on nairaland offering advice but failing to realize that people are different and what works for Joe might not work for Janet. For example, why bother to get a university degree, why not use that money and go into business from the get go, this would save time, money and stress. I don't know about you but university for me was no walk in the park, the stress was enormous, the lecturers were sadists and the environment was chaotic. All in all I managed to graduate with a 2-1 and then subjected to one year of service, after all that if you were the first person I saw and you offered this type of advice, it would take an entire army for me not to punch a hole on your face!

@Op- It's good for graduates to do small side business while waiting for the right opportunity but to completely abandon their dreams that is a huge fallacy!

ultraawesome:
Why shouldn't they,graduate from a uni,poly,etc. isn't that easy

Companies making a well packaged fried plantain chips are making millions week in week out...even with these writeup some graduates still need brain surgery to figure it out.

Plus a rich drop out can employ first class holders and pay them fat salaries...except there's a change of mentatity in this country many will wallow in poverty.

Ask yourself would you go to work in nice suite and earn 40k a month or wear a polo shirt to work and earn that same amount a week.

drlawizle:
The babe wey I follow do night vigil for my room wan use mess kee me...maybe she don chop too much moi-moi.

Jokes apart...I've been waiting for someone who will sensitize nigerians on this issue.... Now I plan setting up a standard carwash office in Abuja and I will need a general manager preferably a graduate for this position....as this will add more swags to d business just as I expect that what an illiterate can do a graduate can do better...

His job will be to oversee the place as his own as I wont be readily available due to hectic schedule and salary will be commission-based

Interested candidates should send their pin and phone no/watsapp to my pin 79853466 or no 08125004576 for an online interview.....goodluck!

...

Politician piki go grad dem go give am white colar job poor man pikin go grad dem go tell ham to they sell moi moi. daris God o...

It is only God dah can guide someone ......

The power of education is such that you can take roasted plantain and turn it into a world class product. The op talked about moi moi, there is a woman doing wonder with moi moi. The name of her company is No left overs. You can google it to find out more. The way she packaged her moi moi ehn!, u can take it to any country, any office and sell