truthalways:
Apply Apply Apply; i kind of disagree with this one. You just can't be applying to every job in your discipline na. You need to have your vision and what you are aiming for. Desperation is the mother of all disasters.

.and applying for a Job in your discipline is now tagged as Desperation?

DeeTus:
Who told you that?

No one told me that, I was once in that position before becoming gainfully employed. When you see crowds at Job test centers, 250000 graduates vying for only 50 trainee positions. What happens to the remaining 249950 graduates? What happens to the hundreds of thousand graduates that will finish NYSC and join the 249950 graduates months later? How do you manage to stand out from mammoth applicants?

Congratulations, I will tell my own story soon

Congratulations, I will tell my own story soon[color=#990000][/color]

kevoh:

No one told me that, I was once in that position before becoming gainfully employed. When you see crowds at Job test centre, 250000 graduates vying for only 50 trainee positions. What happens to the remaining 249950 graduates? What happens to the hundreds of thousand graduates that will finish NYSC and join the 249950 graduates months later?

Are you thinking about yourself or other people? In a job situation, you have to try your best and be open-minded. But the CV remains your greatest asset to scale through first till interview stage. You see, a lot of folks out there probably don't know how to be articulative and sound natural during the process of interview to win the heart of interviewers. There are a few tricks for that as well.

henrydadon:
i thought u were going to say we shouldnt vote for buhari when next there is going to be a re election

Nut don loose.

Nothing new here at all....let me add ,connection is how majority get their jobs...divine connection or padipadi connection

DeeTus:
Are you thinking about yourself or other people? In a job situation, you have to try your best and be open-minded. But the CV remains your greatest asset to scale through first till interview stage. You see, a lot of folks out there probably don't know how to be articulative and sound natural during the process of interview to win the heart of interviewers. There are a few tricks for that as well.

You are still missing the point. There are little or no jobs out there! How do you know people are not taking both OP's opinion and yours and still not getting the job? How do you know out of 250 000 people vying for just 50 trainee positions, 10 000 took your opinion and are still left without jobs after the 50 are selected? What will make a Phd holder apply for a driver's position?

You can polish your CV, be articulate and sound natural from now till eternity just have it at the back of your mind that there are also tens of thousands of graduates with equally polished CVs(some with foreign qualifications), articulate and sounding natural also fighting for that same position as you. Infact, from 2011 till present, out of about 40 friends that I know got jobs, only 2 of them got jobs through their CVs others were through padi-padi connection. One even got job with Chevron through padi-padi connection. The same Chevron that thousands of graduates where fighting to enter back in 2012.

darkenkach:
I still don't know why I am yet to land my dream job. Maybe studying political Sci was a waste of my four years.

Did you make a 2.1?

Are you below 26?

Have you applied to professional services firms, banks etc?

Have you written any test? What was your performance if yes?

kevoh:
Jobs are scarce for graduates without experience that is just the truth .

I didn't have much experience but I got employed. u as well can

rheether:
Lol..Fool, i tot you had a job? fake ass pretenders every were. Go and look for a job and stop wasting on NL .

What is this one saying

sirculynz:


I didn't have much experience but I got employed. u as well can

Lol... I'm gainfully employed over 5 years now.

Thanks OP,ds is my year oo.

kunlebco:


Continue tapping. That one Na job too

kevoh:

You are still missing the point. There are little or no jobs out there! How do you know people are not taking both OP's opinion and yours and still not getting the job? How do you know out of 250 000 people vying for just 50 trainee positions, 10 000 took your opinion and are still left without jobs after the 50 are selected? What will make a Phd holder apply for a driver's position?

You can polish your CV, be articulate and sound natural from now till eternity just have it at the back of your mind that there are also tens of thousands of graduates with equally polished CVs(some with foreign qualifications), articulate and sounding natural also fighting for that same position as you. Infact, from 2011 till present, out of about 40 friends that I know got jobs, only 2 of them got jobs through their CVs others were through padi-padi connection. One even got job with Chevron through padi-padi connection. The same Chevron that thousands of graduates where fighting to enter back in 2012.

Your mind has been programmed and so, it's a huge problem for you. Jobs are still available but it's hugely depends ability.

kevoh:

You are still missing the point. There are little or no jobs out there! How do you know people are not taking both OP's opinion and yours and still not getting the job? How do you know out of 250 000 people vying for just 50 trainee positions, 10 000 took your opinion and are still left without jobs after the 50 are selected? What will make a Phd holder apply for a driver's position?

You can polish your CV, be articulate and sound natural from now till eternity just have it at the back of your mind that there are also tens of thousands of graduates with equally polished CVs(some with foreign qualifications), articulate and sounding natural also fighting for that same position as you. Infact, from 2011 till present, out of about 40 friends that I know got jobs, only 2 of them got jobs through their CVs others were through padi-padi connection. One even got job with Chevron through padi-padi connection. The same Chevron that thousands of graduates where fighting to enter back in 2012.

Your mind has already been programmed and so, it's a huge problem for you. Jobs are still available but it's hugely depends on your ability.

Thanks, that's inspirational.

DeeTus:
Your mind has been programmed and so, it's a huge problem for you. Jobs are still available but it's hugely depends ability.

You are the one that is out of touch with the reality on ground and has a programmed mind! No one is saying jobs are unavailable, read all my posts on this thread, they all point to the fact while the FEW jobs are available the competition for them is very high for INEXPERIENCED graduates even with polished CVs.

darkenkach:
I still don't know why I am yet to land my dream job. Maybe studying political Sci was a waste of my four years.

I won't advice anyone to study political science

banjo022:
I won't advice anyone to study political science

why?? Then apart from law which other art courses will u advice them to study

Thanks Op, my dream job is on the way.

Am here Bro. Thanks for the tips and congratulations on your new job.

Until we stop having the mentality that we didn't go to school to start looking for jobs, graduates will continue to become a peasant before employers.

Since I stopped applying for jobs, I started discovering more about my hidden potentials.

butanep:
Until we stop having the mentality that we didn't go to school to start looking for jobs, graduates will continue to become a peasant before employers.

Since I stopped applying for jobs, I started discovering more about my hidden potentials.

ehm please sir....what have u been using to sustain

Amen...

chymi:
ehm please sir....what have u been using to sustain

I have been living very fine. I ve been sustaining with my hidden potentials I discovered that is now fetching me money and also having time for myself. By God's Grace that hidden potentials is earning me about 70 - 80k per month. It keep increasing with time. I left my parents house to start my life 3months after and it has been going fine but not easy. There re lots of challenges which is normal about life.


I ve stopped applying for jobs online. I don't believe it works. It get one de-stabilised and unsettled. Jobs of such nature can hardly pay more than 60k and then use my life to their advantage. The day I sat on my bed and concluded there is no job out there, I started discovering ways to make money. When the real job comes, it will locate me where ever I am... before then, let me continue to use my potentials to keep my life moving. Time wait for no man.

butanep:


I have been living very fine. I ve been sustaining with my hidden potentials I discovered that is now fetching me money and also having time for myself. By God's Grace that hidden potentials is earning me about 70 - 80k per month. It keep increasing with time. I left my parents house to start my life 3months after and it has been going fine but not easy. There re lots of challenges which is normal about life.


I ve stopped applying for jobs online. I don't believe it works. It get one de-stabilised and unsettled. Jobs of such nature can hardly pay more than 60k and then use my life to their advantage. The day I sat on my bed and concluded there is no job out there, I started discovering ways to make money. When the real job comes, it will locate me where ever I am... before then, let me continue to use my potentials to keep my life moving. Time wait for no man.

What exactly are these hidden potentials?

Congrats Bro ,I believed thus is my year of major breakthroughs, I also wish every Nairalander the same.

Congrats Bro ,I believed this is my year of major breakthroughs, I also wish every Nairalander the same.

Adaobi12:
What exactly are these hidden potentials?

Do you really want to know?

nice one.