First of all, you having a certificate doesn’t guarantee that you’d be rich, but your ability to see and seize opportunities does.
In a recent article by Malam Mamuda Dutsinma, He explained P.O.O.R asPassing Over Opportunities Repeatedly. On a regular basis we meet and allow life-changing opportunities slip past us without trying to grab them.

As a graduate, if someone offers you a good opportunity that you aren’t sure that you can do, accept the opportunity and learn how to do it later.

The difference between school and life is that while school rewards you for your memory, life will reward you for your creativity and ability to solve problems. If you can’t use the experiences you garnered while in school to create a better future for yourself, you might be doing yourself a great harm.

Below are the reasons why some degree holders are poor, I hope it’ll guide you better on how to achieve your goals.

• They don’t think beyond their certificates

According to Albert Einstein, ‘Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think.’. So to succeed as a degree holder, you have tothink outside the box.
I have a banker friend who studied Microbiology but got a job in one of the biggest Nigerian banks. While learning web development, I also met some other young Nigerians who studied in different courses including pharmacy.
So in short, your degree shouldn’t determine your future. Think outside the box, go for a career path that would solve a life problem and watch your income rise.

• They prioritise their certificates more than their talents and gifts

What are your talents? How are you working towards achieving them? It’s important you also map out time to develop your talents while pursuing your degree certificate.
If you go online you’d read up stories of many successful entrepreneurs that started and grew their businesses while in the higher institution.
So while in school,don’t bury your talents but rather research and work towards getting the best out of them.

• Certificates that represent obsolete skills

Imagine teaching a 200 level student how to use Microsoft world in the 20th century. It might sound strange to you but it shouldn’t, after all I’ve seen graduates that can’t successfully shut down a Windows 10 laptop.
So having a certificate representing obsolete in a changing world is does a little towards securing a successful future for you. Some years ago, obtaining a bachelor’s degree meant little more than knowing how to use the Microsoft Excel. But checking through the present time you’d see that people now learn skills like web designing/development in the higher institution.

• They are their for the money not to provide value

Don’t get me wrong, I know we all work for money, after all we have bills to settle. But there is a big difference between working for money for working to provide value.
Don’t think of what the organisation will do for you first, rather think of what you’d do for the organisation. How important are you to the organisation? If you are sacked today will you be missed? Check these things out and you’d be the happiest employee among your colleagues.

• Some degree holders look for jobs instead of opportunities

An article I once read online revealed this as one of the reasons behind the unemployment in Nigeria. Many graduates are prioritise searching for jobs over seizing opportunities.

I take being POOR as simply Passing Over Opportunities Repeatedly! What determines your success is not your certificate but rather the opportunities you grab and the values you can deliver.

As long as you’re solving a problem people will always be there for you. All that is required is a proper exposure which you can easily get from the available social networking platforms.

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Degree holders are poor because there are no jobs in Nigeria since it is a declining econoomy.
The youth should focus on forcing government to do the right thing and not on squeezing themselves into an ever tightening hole.
As long as you all choose to be politically inactive, watching Big Brother instead of hitting the streets in demonstration, you will be economically subjugated.

IamaNigerianGuy:
Degree holders are poor because there are no jobs in Nigeria since it is a declining econoomy.
The youth should focus on forcing government to do the right thing and not on squeezing themselves into an ever tightening hole.
As long as you all choose to be politically inactive, watching Big Brother instead of hitting the streets in demonstration, you will be economically subjugated.

Keep blaming & waiting for government to do the right thing & then come an give you job.. no go do entrepreneur & think outside your apoti box so that you too can give people & even government job.. You go hit the street, protest & wait tire . Awon oniranu osi... Lazy Nigerian Youth

BinDean:
Keep blaming & waiting for government to do the right thing & then come an give you job.. no go do entrepreneur & think outside your apoti box so that you too can give people & even government job.. You go hit the street, protest & wait tire . Awon oniranu osi... Lazy Nigerian Youth

Lol

Both of u re riqht in some respects though

Unemployment level among graduates is over 40% whereas it is less than 10% among secondary school levels. People who do sales girl or sales boy job change job as they like even though the pay is sometimes small but if you own a store you would know that they can level leave you at the end of the month.
But a graduate does not leave his job so easily.