tessygirl:


How much is his phone that he used to type this long Lamentation?

How much is his monthly data sub?

I sold my first phone just to learn a course!! While others were going through sugar daddies to give them cash, I continued using a Nokia Torch just to remain in my training center.

My MUM told me "There is a way you fight for what you want in life, even the universe will be forced to give it to you".

Take that quote back home and think over it!

Thanks, Tessy.

But you see, these gadgets keep me going. It is thanks to them that I gain access to information in this age. As I mentioned to someone, I use my smartphone in learning stuff online, applying for jobs, and staying up-to-date with information in a fast-paced world.

My phone and laptop have helped me maintain this much sanity. I won't be able to learn so much without follow up study of my own even if I registered for some course at the expense of the devices.

blackpanda:


Ok. And what is the goal of those online courses? What is your plan? What do u intend to use the knowledge you acquired from thevcourse to do? The course u are taking, is it relevant to your immediate environment. Can it be transformed into a business? Cos many jobless youth i know take online courses just to boost their cv or even simply to while away time as the keep up with their random applications.

Jobs are scarce and the available ones are often out of reach. My advise to u is to look around ur environment and find something u can do to earn income. No matter how small. Just put ur mind to it and forget about applying for random non existent jobs that dont even pay much and have no security

OK. Thanks, again. This is quite a lot of help in one post.

I studied economics. So I'm learning eviews and spss. My aim is to venture into data analysis or academic writing.

pedrilo:
I will not give in to emotions in my reply to you young man.
You, I mean all of you unemployed graduates still sitting at home are the cause of your problems!
YES!
You think the society owes you a well paying job with your zero work experience? LIE!
Some of you reject marketing job, you want to earn fat salaries after school. You think companies pay people for facebooking in the office? LIE!
I took a marketing job after i concluded a masters programme, and now I train those that interviewed me and plenty other wonderful and unbelievable things I can not start writing about here.
Go and start small.
If you understand the GOLD story, you will learn to humble yourself.

I feel no sense of entitlement, sir. I have roamed the streets of Kano and Kaduna seeking teaching jobs and all sorts - all to no avail. I recognise that I have to start from somewhere.

Thanks.

Negotiate:
Don't go and dust your laptops. Be writing plenty.

Lol. Make I dust am do wetin na? Care to share?

ETEYEN79:
Nice story my brother, but believe in this "Not all who got jobs immediately after graduation will still be in doing well at old age" when they will be in dare needs of almost every help, may be soon you will get a job that will keep you going throughout your life time and your wealth may even be transferred to your next generation, keep praying and believing.
It is well.

Amen.

Thank you, bro.

Josh44s:


Hahahahahahahahahaha. Abeg nor use laugh finish me. I don't have skills bro, I have employees

Haha. Make I drop my CV?

joenor:
Na small thing self dey bring anger if you nor get job.

Lol.

But my temper try long small. I no dey quick vex.

blackpanda:
Many of ur youth are the architect of their own problem. They are practically unemployable with zero skills. After blocking and cramming thru university, they pass out with wonderful degrees but zero experience or skills

I'm not like that, sir.

Thanks.

I write and have been trying to learn some course-related skills online.

bobolizim:
We all need skills. What can we do aside our paper certificate ?

I write, and am disposed to learning new things. Unfortunately, financial constraints won't let me acquire as much skills as I'd have liked.

Thanks.

Pidgin2:
OP, get a blog

Alright. Will consider that. I write every once in a while. But the jobs don't come too often.

Guess, I'll have to broaden my horizon.

Thanks.

Sleyanya1:



Just Search Deep down inside you, you'd find that One thing that you can do effortlessly. Relate this one thing to a useful purpose why you're here on earth.

Try to go to God in prayers and then seek all necessary knowledge concerning that one thing and develop it continuously. You'd be doing great in no time and will be a boss of your own.

Example, I studied Geology and graduated with a very high 2.1 but I'm naturally an artist. I'm not waiting to start looking for a white collar oil job but I need to develop this art in all diligence. It's not all rosy but I know I'll be great.

Thanks for taking the time to drop this.

L3G3ND:
this is so true. .. lately My fear of graduating becomes deeper and deeper. ..

Don't be scared. Things could play out differently for you. I know many people who landed jobs upon completion of NYSC.

I hope things turn out better for you. Good luck!

Adaumunocha:
Work smart, be smart. Its not all about hardworking after all, d wheelbarrow pusher is a hard worker. Just gotta think outside the box and probably go for what you are passionate about.

@Op you could try writing.

Thank you, Ada.

At this point, I don't rule out anything at all.

scofieldsimba:
Guy bone o..
This life no get head..
All dem boys dem wey no know book that year de pull Range Rover now..
I swear,this life nor balance...

Just go Malaysia come back,your story go change!




Wetin de that Malaysia sef?

Lol. I get guys wey dey pull expensive cars even for naija here. These na people wey we been think say dem no sabi book before. Some even have houses of over 40m to their names.

Life sha.

dingbang:
Are you rejecting marketing job offers?

No, I am not.

Fraih:
things will get better I believe!

Amen, Fraih.

Thank you!

Life as an unemployed graduate isn't always easy. Sometimes, things get so tough that you begin to wonder if you wronged the gods, somehow.

Most times, your life can be summed up in one word: frustrating.

Your ability to achieve a mental balance gets challenged each day.

As soon as you get a moment to forget the struggles of life, that friend with whom it seemed like you had become partners in the labour market calls in to tell you how he's managed to secure a well-paying job.

"Ahhh. So my own case is the handiwork of my village people, as feared?!"

"But I thought my destiny and EMX's are tied together nah!"

Then you remember, that other members of your clique like Emeka, Roland, Wale, Aliyu, Emike, and Daniella have all secured jobs since the turn of the year.

Immediately, you look up to the sky (or ceiling in most cases; sometimes stepping outside the house may seem like a privilege) and question God in a Balotelli-esque fashion: "why always me?!"

You begin to feel alienated by success. Emotions begin to pour. But regardless of your reaction, that's not an easy question to answer.

Life gets you to suffer humiliation and hardships of being considered not good enough for any job at all. All the questions that went unanswered, the advances that were met with a stern, unwelcoming attitude at different offices... or is it the people debating issues of whether to turn you to an errand boy so you could earn some 200 bucks for recharge card or just leave you be (to suffer in silence). "Imagine! People wey no reach to even lace my shoes before."

On the home front, some of your siblings' chores become your duty. Why? Because you are not much use in the house. For every meal you eat, every time you go to bed, each time you sit idly, parents want you tasked.

Your value continues to drop on a per-second basis. It feels like nobody cares about you for anything. You grow anxious and frustrated with life. Your happiness is about to be taken away from you by unseen forces.

"But this no be the plan we been plan from the start!" Soon after that thought, you see an advert on TV reminding you that life doesn't always go according to plan. Or is it the pastor in Church reminding you that everything in life is God's design? How then am I supposed to relate to God not wanting me to succeed? You begin to question your belief in God. "Is there even a god?!"

But all of that is not you. It's frustration playing out. So many times, you feel like a lost soul in a human body. Trapped and without help. You're not sure when redemption will come, or if it will come at all.

Carefully redesigning a CV that never gets more than a glance. Your life is no longer filled with fun an excitement. Grief, self-pity, and anger are gradually taking over.

"What a sorry soul!" No money for business, no means to learn a skill or two, and no jobs to keep you busy. Life can't get any worse.

But what can you do in all of these?

You continue to reinvent, hoping that someday, your salvation will come. All that 2.1 from a reputable university doesn't feel so important anymore. Set all of that aside, believing that only grace can rescue you now.

This is my life. I am Aeker.

Things are HARD!

Please help a broke soul.

puffpuff:


I have gotten two jobs this year through nairaland.

I just might need a linkup, bro.