oghenebiko: Just 3 months and the guy is already frustrated. How many jobs have u applied for, how many interviews have u attended, do u even have GMAT? wat interview skills have u acquired? If u have not attended up to five interviews, then you are just impatiently ranting. The days where jobs wait for you have been gone since d days of shagari. Just take ur time and do things right!

Nigerian youths... always impatient since d days of Nebuchadnezzar...

oladayo042: Is anger supposed to make someone write badly?

I know that anger can make you commit blunders or even stammer when speaking but not when writing. Writing affords you the opportunity to correct yourself, an opportunity that speaking obviously lacks.

SamSara01: I studied Banking and Finance, I just completed a professional course and I'm now a Chartered Banker and no I'm not frustrated. The class of degree I'm carrying as just not so far lived up to the hype students, lecturers and professionals alike have given it.

Jarus: First Class will not get you automatic employment. You still have to work for it. What efforts are you making? Are you nosing for information?


What were you doing during NYSC?

Have you written any test in the past? Did you pass them?


I know at least 10 companies that don't care about your course of study (and even school), once you have 2.1 and above and not above 26 years: Accenture, KPMG, PwC etc. I can assure you that if you apply to these companies, you will be called for test, now left for you to prove yourself.

This is KPMG recruiting graduates irrespective of course (http://www.jarushub.com/kpmg-recruiting-graduates/), have you applied for it?

Look, the greatest mistake you can make is sitting there and thinking First Class will land you automatic employment.

And for me, spending 3 months at home, post-NYSC, is not too much, especially in this season of general lull. To me, it becomes an issue when it reaches 1 year. Some companies' recruitment process takes 1 year. I know First Class grads that spent 1 years at home. In fact, one of my friends not only had First Class, he also had ICAN, but did not get job until after 1 year. He's now doing well with a top bank in Nigeria.

By the grace of God, I also hold a First, and got a job within 2 weeks of completing my NYSC. I can tell you that First Class is a leg up if you truly worked for it.

SamSara01: Friday 5th of September will make it exactly 3 months I passed out of service. I'm a 1st class holder and the best graduating student of my department and faculty in a reputable public university in the south-west but I'm currently unemployed. Of course, my cause of worry does not major on being currently unemployed, but majors on how the hope of getting a job soon seems so deem. More worrying is how professionals, lecturers, friends, family and everyone else alike kept and keep singing to my hear how so easy it will be for people like me to secure not just a job but a very good job. As it is, I don't seem better off than someone who spent every single night at a night club while I was burying my head in books during my school days. How do I motivate an aspiring student who thinks what I'm carrying is the gateway to success? If this has been the tale of people like me, then 1st class honour has truly been over-hyped in Nigeria.

Jarus: First Class will not get you automatic employment. You still have to work for it. What efforts are you making? Are you nosing for information?


What were you doing during NYSC?

Have you written any test in the past? Did you pass them?


I know at least 10 companies that don't care about your course of study (and even school), once you have 2.1 and above and not above 26 years: Accenture, KPMG, PwC etc. I can assure you that if you apply to these companies, you will be called for test, now left for you to prove yourself.

This is KPMG recruiting graduates irrespective of course (http://www.jarushub.com/kpmg-recruiting-graduates/), have you applied for it?
Thanks for the information sir, i wl visit the site, I graduated with 2.1 in Statistics, still serving and will pass out next year. Can i apply for it now?
Look, the greatest mistake you can make is sitting there and thinking First Class will land you automatic employment.

And for me, spending 3 months at home, post-NYSC, is not too much, especially in this season of general lull. To me, it becomes an issue when it reaches 1 year. Some companies' recruitment process takes 1 year. I know First Class grads that spent 1 years at home. In fact, one of my friends not only had First Class, he also had ICAN, but did not get job until after 1 year. He's now doing well with a top bank in Nigeria.

By the grace of God, I also hold a First, and got a job within 2 weeks of completing my NYSC. I can tell you that First Class is a leg up if you truly worked for it.

SamSara01: Friday 5th of September will make it exactly 3 months I passed out of service. I'm a 1st class holder and the best graduating student of my department and faculty in a reputable public university in the south-west but I'm currently unemployed. Of course, my cause of worry does not major on being currently unemployed, but majors on how the hope of getting a job soon seems so deem. More worrying is how professionals, lecturers, friends, family and everyone else alike kept and keep sif this has been the tale of people like me, then 1st class honour has truly been over-hyped in Nigeria.

Jarus: First Class will not get you automatic employment. You still have to work for it. What efforts are you making? Are you nosing for information?


What were you doing during NYSC?

Have you written any test in the past? Did you pass them?


I know at least 10 companies that don't care about your course of study (and even school), once you have 2.1 and above and not above 26 years: Accenture, KPMG, PwC etc. I can assure you that if you apply to these companies, you will be called for test, now left for you to prove yourself.

This is KPMG recruiting graduates irrespective of course (http://www.jarushub.com/kpmg-recruiting-graduates/), have you applied for it?
Thanks for the information sir. What did u do during your Nysc?. I graduate wit 2.1 in Statistics and am still serving, can i apply for it Now?
Look, the greatest mistake you can make is sitting there and thinking First Class will land you automatic employment.

And for me, spending 3 months at home, post-NYSC, is not too much, especially in this season of general lull. To me, it becomes an issue when it reaches 1 year. Some companies' recruitment process takes 1 year. I know First Class grads that spent 1 years at home. In fact, one of my friends not only had First Class, he also had ICAN, but did not get job until after 1 year. He's now doing well with a top bank in Nigeria.

By the grace of God, I also hold a First, and got a job within 2 weeks of completing my NYSC. I can tell you that First Class is a leg up if you truly worked for it.

Gorimakpa: My dear you are still in a relatively good situation. You have been in the labour market for only three months, which I do not consider long enough to provoke angst or despondency......

As incredible as it sounds, I intentionally did not make 1st Class because I already knew the implications in a country like Nigeria. It puts too much pressure on you and makes it more humiliating when things don't go your way after graduation. I easily made a 'strong 2.1' even with more than enough social life and extra-curricular activities. In spite of my 2.1, I have not been able to secure the sort of job I have always wanted, and I do not think it would have been any different if I made a 1st Class; probably would have been more humiliating and difficult to bear. Countless times I've done well in aptitude tests and interviews, only to later find out that some barely-literate dolts (with due respect) who can hardly string a decent sentence in English got the jobs through their connections and other back-door means. Sometimes when you interact with the characters that get employed in these great establishments (NCC, NNPC, NERC, Nigerian Breweries, etc), feelings of humiliation and sadness overwhelm you because you know that under normal and fair conditions, they are no match for you.

I happen to have a high standard in terms of employment, with a preference for government MDAs or multinational companies. All the small one-man company jobs or bank/marketing jobs that I have come across are just not my kind of thing, so for some time now I have opted for self-employment - earning a decent living by providing niche services with my own knowledge and skills. The income is not bad at all; certainly better than most of these small companies and even banks can pay entry level employees, with plenty freedom and flexibility for that matter. Sometimes I earn up to N100k for a week's work; other times I earn much less or nothing at all during dry spells, but it's all good. I am still looking out for my dream jobs - especially federal government jobs. Unfortunately, class of degree or even competence are rarely considered for these kinds of jobs. You can be a dullard with a pass degree for all they care, as long as you can get one senator or traditional ruler to intervene on your behalf, you will get the job. It's really sad, but there has to be a way somehow, one day.

SamSara01: I studied Banking and Finance, I just completed a professional course and I'm now a Chartered Banker and no I'm not frustrated. The class of degree I'm carrying as just not so far lived up to the hype students, lecturers and professionals alike have given it.

aaronson: Realistically,type of situations and comments you guys are posting on here is really scary for us undergraduate still in school hoping to join the labour market pretty soon *eyes rollin,anyways I already have a masterplan as an undergraduate with a capitalist mentality and top of 2015 I hope to be earninq atleast _____ per week while chasinq this degree in here.

kenex4ever: I graduated with 3.98 mech engr uniport, I finished my nysc in june'13. I have written so many cham city aptitude tests but haven't passed any yet, sometimes I just start to doubt my intelligence. If anybody has any clue to passing SHL tests he should please contact me. Especially abstract reasoning. 08175030174.

fembas316: Graduating with a first class degree is quite a fresh challenge! Finishing with with a first class, you have well proven to be smart and intelligent; but never forget the fact that you might not be more intelligent than some of the 2.1 guyS; but no doubt, you are smarter and probably more dedicated and challenged at that level.

In the labour market, your basic assessment is inform of aptitude where your quantitative, numerical and verbal abilities are tested. Who says a 2.1 or even some 2.2 guys can't match a first class guy in these aspects? Hence the dire need for a firsty guy to up his game, else his credibility will be wrongly questioned. Moreso, some first class degree holder in Engineering often find it difficult to match their Mathematical prowess with the grammatical/verbal prowess; a negative in some of their recruitment process!

Never forgetting the fact that you can't scale through all recruitment process no matter how brilliant you are and at the same time you can't receive the regret mail in all recruitment processes. This alone is a great motivation that kept me going!

I was involved in the KPMG recruitment back then in 2011 and fell out after the third stage of assessment. Yeah, I couldn't defend my stand as a prospective Tax audit employee. WOULD YOU THEN CALL THAT A COMPLETE FAILURE AS A FIRST CLASS DEGREE HOLDER IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING?? MAYBE, MAYBE NOT!!

Being a First class graduate, you might develop this unknown ego overnight - not a very bad one though, but don't allow this get into your head. Being selective when it comes to application is not healthy in this part of the world; YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT, STARTING SMALL AINT AN ISSUE AND THAT DOESN'T PREVENT ONE FROM ATTAINING HIS AIM.

Do explore multiple options, bearing it in mind that disappointment and setbacks might come, but that does not signify failure. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

AND TO THOSE CLASSIFYING FIRST CLASS BY THE DIFFERENT AWARDING INSTITUTIONS, AM YET TO UNDERSTAND YOUR ARGUMENT. ARE THEIR DIFFERENCES IN THE CURRICULUM OR THE LECTURERS DASH OUT GRADES AT WILL?

SamSara01: Friday 5th of September will make it exactly 3 months I passed out of service. I'm a 1st class holder and the best graduating student of my department and faculty in a reputable public university in the south-west but I'm currently unemployed. Of course, my cause of worry does not major on being currently unemployed, but majors on how the hope of getting a job soon seems so deem. More worrying is how professionals, lecturers, friends, family and everyone else alike kept and keep singing to my hear how so easy it will be for people like me to secure not just a job but a very good job. As it is, I don't seem better off than someone who spent every single night at a night club while I was burying my head in books during my school days. How do I motivate an aspiring student who thinks what I'm carrying is the gateway to success? If this has been the tale of people like me, then 1st class honour has truly been over-hyped in Nigeria.

kenex4ever: I graduated with 3.98 mech engr uniport, I finished my nysc in june'13. I have written so many cham city aptitude tests but haven't passed any yet, sometimes I just start to doubt my intelligence. If anybody has any clue to passing SHL tests he should please contact me. Especially abstract reasoning. 08175030174.