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MufasaLion:
This your write-up would be better and interesting to read if you could have paragraphs, punctuation marks and correct the words you spelt wrongly.

His English is terribly poor. It's really bad.

Terrence99:
Imo is even better.
What about that evil forest called Abia.

Bros, be very careful.

This is hilarious.

I almost fell off my chair rocking with laughter. My colleagues will be wondering how much Bet-Naija dropped in my account.

fergie001:
The full report states that he has been invited several times and he didn't show up.

And you believe that.....?

And they couldn't route the invitation through his employees?

The whole debacle appears diversionary. The coincidence of it all.

Sometimes I wonder if these guys in office think that the vast majority of Nigerians are so unintelligent that we will swallow whatever they cook up hook line and sinker.

The5DME:
Please, I need a job. I'm proficient with MS office suite, have experience with managing social media handles of a business and data entry. My maximum qualification is SSCE.

Location: preferably iyana ipaja.

Your written English is quite good.
Can you do work as product promoter? It's a shop to shop awareness creation campaign.

fergie001:
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LEADERSHIP

Why declare him wanted?

He is not at large.

Why not seek him out for interrogation and then cause an arrest before coming to the public domain?

This is sensationalism.

Samson0599:
You points are valid but mostly applicable in few good private firms ..... Generally speaking it's good to be hardworking and put in your best but look at it this way,how many career jobs are available in Nigeria? These are jobs that you can easily grow and develop in because the job security is there. Look at the banking system for instance, most staff are casual and not career bankers who may be sacked at any given time. There is no right frame of mind and stability to follow all OP's valid points. Nigeria has lost it, only God can savage the country

I understand your viewpoint which is perhaps drawn from personal experience and programming resulting from the experiences of others be it true or unfounded.

However, I wish to bring to your attention the fact that every business is set up primarily to maximise profit. If you have this perpetually in focus then I assure you that you will bend over backwards to fill all square holes with square pegs. Where this is ignored then you can be sure that the business will totter and eventually collapse from ineptitude.

Peak performance by different functionaries that constitute a system is the final determinant for successful exploits and this can only be achieved by experienced faculty with the right attitude....nothing else.

And by the way please don't lose hope completely in Nigeria, we are undergoing a phase all countries have experienced even though ours seems prolonged since we already have templates we can download from...but by and large we will get there.

2023 is a great year. Perhaps our final chance to get it right once and for all.

Samson0599:
I doubt you are Nigeria, most graduates are underemployed

I am very Nigerian and I agree with you completely that most Nigerians are underemployed. But trust me if your are good in what you do it's just a question of time you will be catapulted to where you try belong remuneration wise. That's why we have a whole industry called 'poaching'.

FA13:
You have said it all. Leave him to be ranting.
The same graduates termed unemployable are immediately employed out of the shores of Nigeria.
Primary reasons why qualified candidates are looking for remote role.

What are they employed as outside these shores? Pls tell us.

HeraldAgric01:
While I agree you raised valid points, I will also point out the huge corruption that has over the years crept into recruitment exercise. Qualified applicants are left out after rigorous application processes cum inhumane conditions they are subjected to and jobs are given by proxy. Thereafter you start getting Nigerian graduates are unemployable blablabla.
They frustrate qualified applicants and complain about employed "misfits" hired via a shady system.
When we learn to do the right thing getting results is easy.

Curruption in the recruitment process is a rarity in the organised private sector.

This is more of a public sector dilemma.

Born2conquer:
"If I lie to the world, i can't lie to myself"
I can also work as a consultant, consultant is more of supervision and blowing big grammers.

Feed formulation? The feed ration is everywhere and i can even draft it out for you now which will contain the basic nutrients needed by animals.

But i can't lie to myself bro! As an animal scientist, we should be able to do the real deal and not what every jack and rose can do just by reading few lines

Your sincerity knows no bounds. I am happy for you as this self recondition is the bedrock of a major take-off for you sooner than later.

Samson0599:
From another angle, graduates are poorly treated in Nigeria. Most times they are not paid as at when due , despite that the pay is not commensurate to their monthly expenditures. The economy is hard,yet some companies don't pay on time, these graduates borrow to go to work sometimes even with empty stomach yet you want them to be very productive

Poor performing graduates will always be poorly paid. It's the law.

Performing graduates on the other hand will always attract a reward commensurate with their input to the system. It's the law.

victooman:
you have spoken my mind,, you saw through his ranting,, the joy is that graduates are becoming smarter,, about 10 of my friends
whom we finish university in 2020 are all into business and doing well ,None is ready to slave their prime years for a job that pays peanut and demand so much from you,,
look at the way he was ranting as if all Nigerian graduates are daft,,this same people that are not employable to him are the same people when they goes outside the country ends up as hot cakes, dont worry we dont blame you ,,we blame the useless leaders that kept this country this way,, just like revolution, a time will come when most of you employers will have just u and your families to pay that peanut of a slavery you called salary, it is just a matter of time.

Kudos to your friends for seizing the opportunity presented by unemployment.

This however doesn't nullify the OPs' well thought out write-up.

Employment in the private sector is primarily driven along performance lines. As a result, your career antecedence or lack therof will come to your aid.

Businesses prefer to hire experienced hands who will hit the ground running and draw in results immediately. Eventually they will consider internships where they can train new hires and inculcate their work culture into them.

We all have biases which largely reflect our inclinations......as employees or employers. However nature is perfect and so are the rewards we get for our inputs.

mollie12:
Everybody knows unemployment is a big issue in this country. So many are searching for jobs long after completion of tertiary education and youth service, with few offers in sight.

We come over here to complain about the lack of job opportunities. But my experience over the past 4 months in this arena has been very interesting.

On average, hiring managers forward 3-4 job vacancies/offers to me each week, asking me for candidates I can refer to them for one job opportunity or the other.

I just moved cities and changed jobs within Nigeria, and my experience on my previous job and the new one is the same: the HR department has a LOT of open roles. They are looking for job candidates but cannot find any.

One of the HR staff keeps coming to our side of the office almost every day that they are looking for candidates to fill this role, do we know anyone to refer?

Only yesterday I was speaking with a manager on a job I'd left 2 years ago. He was complaining that he had roles to fill but didn't have candidates. I had a similar conversation with yet another ex-supervisor of mine - looking for staff for a new team he was putting together.

And it makes one wonder: so many jobs, so few qualified candidates? Or what exactly is going on?

Like I said, the last 4 months have given me a clue to what is going on.

Over the last 4 months, I have had to seek staff for short-term roles. And my experience has been lamentable. Horror stories. I could write a book on them.

The number of candidates that talk a good game but cannot deliver scrap, that promise Mount Everest but deliver an anthill - is appalling.

Initially, I kept an open mind and was willing to take people on their word, and trust that they would be reliable enough to deliver. I wanted to open up opportunities for young people to earn income commensurate to their skills. I actually had a dream to through my short-term role opportunities, nurture a pipeline of promising talent that I can whole-heartedly refer to my previous colleagues and managers who come to me seeking job candidates because they have done great work I can vouch for (I don't just refer anyone because these people come to me because they know I do quality work and value quality work and will only refer quality talent to them - I have a reputation to protect).

But after quite a few false starts and hundreds of thousands of naira down the drain, I have to ask myself: are our graduates really employable?

From my experience, and those of others, here are a few ways our graduates shoot themselves in the foot and deny themselves a chance of a rewarding job opportunity or offer:

1. Lack a can-do attitude. I remember once contacting a job candidate who had applied to fill a role to do a preliminary interview. I could tell from his CV that he had almost no experience, but the job to be done was not that technical so I felt this is something someone that learns fast can do. On calling him and explaining the work to be done in detail, imagine what the fellow told me? He sighed and started grumbling and hissing "I don't think I can do this kind of work o". And this was basic research and data gathering oo, work every university graduate would have done in their final year. I just jejely left him.

I wonder why a graduate looking for work would act that way. This is a job you sent your CV for, no one forced you to send it in. The least you could do is do research on what the role entails, and convey confidence when your interviewer calls by explaining that even though you have limited experience, you can learn quickly. I guess he wasn't really looking. But these are those people will look at, and say the Nigerian system has failed job seekers.

2. Lack a growth mindset (allergic to learning and constructive feedback). I have noticed this trend with youths, particularly in the 21-28 age range. They do not know how to handle feedback on their work output well. If you tell them their work needs improvement, they act like you have slapped them in the face. And when I see this sort of reaction I just want to shake them and tell them: you are too young to be thinking your work will be perfect from scratch! That's the value of time and experience - it improves the quality of work. You work cannot be 100% at the first attempt or even the second attempt, but with refinement, feedback, work and skills get better. But these ones will go around to report you to others that you are wicked or other falsehoods, meanwhile, you are only looking out for their own progress. (Let me iterate here that I do constructive feedback - I don't shout or insult or put down people's personalities in the name of feedback because I know this is not helpful: it only destroys self-esteem. So I am referring to normal, even-toned, dispassioned feedback. And this is the feedback they take offense with. SMH)

3. Religious fanaticism. You hear of candidates that tell interviewers that they cannot come to work on Fridays. Or that they have to leave early on Wednesdays for choir practice. Meanwhile, the first interviewer is a Muslim, and the second interviewer is a Christian, a church deacon. Imagine what the interviewers think of such candidates. When these candidates get the job rejection, they will be consoling themselves that they are facing persecution for their faith, not knowing that what they are facing is the consequence of stupidity.

That's all I will say on this one. In all things, apply wisdom.

4. Entitlement mentality. I think this is an issue I will blame the motivational speakers on Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn for. They have sold this stupendous idea to young people that they can get a job that will earn them millions with almost zero experience. They convince them to toss aside "low-paying" jobs and demand to be paid "their worth". They lie to them that only paid internships should be pursued.

Let me clarify something here. I absolutely hate the idea of jobs that pay graduates what can barely take them home. But the unfortunate reality is that in a capitalist market, money follows value. People will pay you a high salary because they believe you will deliver a high value to their company. Not because you hold a certificate paper, because everyone holds that, and you know what they say about supply and demand. If you don't have in-demand, hot skills that are scarce, be ready to take up that peanut-paying job and that unpaid internship to learn what you need to learn to be in demand. It is called stooping to conquer.

But many job candidates don't understand the market they are in yet. So they struggle in this area.

5. Poor work ethic. This is one I can write a book on. It appears many graduates don't understand that employers employ them to ADD value. So they engage in behaviors that erode or destroy value for their employer. And wonder why no one wants to hire them.
What is value to an employer? Time and Trust.

How is the value of Time and Trust eroded?
i. By missing deadlines. This is when someone is asked to complete a task by 3 pm on Wednesday, but instead, completes it and send it by 5 pm on Friday. And does not apologize or communicate ahead of time that there will be a delay so their employer can manage the impact. Time is money - this is unacceptable behavior
ii. By being unreliable. This is connected to the above in a way. When a supervisor gives work to you, they want to be able to go elsewhere and come back assured that you will do the exact work. But sometimes, there is no communication, and after the time elapses, the work is not done. When your employer has to engage in prayer and fasting for you to deliver your work on time and in good quality, know you won't last long. You are creating too much stress.


6. Refusal to self-develop. In the world we are living in, the biggest disservice you can do to yourself is to end your personal learning and development with a BSc or BA. Even if you cannot afford a Master's program, there are so many free online courses that allow one to take up relevant digital skills (mind you, digital skills go beyond software programming, so there are skills for you if you absolutely hate the idea of coding).

And even asides from digital skills, there are so many other things to learn to become workplace-ready (employable). You need to learn business writing, proper verbal and written communication skills, telephone and email etiquette, emotional intelligence, team and collaboration skills. And all of these are available - for FREE! - on this internet. Same internet all of us are using. So it is always disappointing when I encounter a job seeker who has been searching for years but in all this time of searching, did not set apart time to ensure they have the workplace skills to succeed.


After all my plenty story, I'm still hoping we do have employable Nigerian graduates out there. Those that know better than to fall into the above-listed traps. What do you think? Share in the comments

This is inarguably one of the best pieces I have read on Nairaland. The OP just took the objective route and delivered 'truth' undiluted.

Pls hold the bolded words to heart. Ive had a few stints in HR and I can tell you that there is no ceiling to what you can earn. It's a function of more value bringing more earning.

Thanks you OP and I really do hope that as many people as possible have the presence of mind to read and understand this piece which if well assimilated could be their life-jacket.

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nairavsdollars:
Right now, Atiku can't match Osinbajo's growing popularity in the North.

This is laughable.

You don't have an idea of how the North thinks.

Buhari will chose Atiku over Osinbajo any day.

Jagunlabiodua:
I[b]gbo and the Eastern Region have ruled with Goodluck Azikiwe Jonathan and Rotimi Ameachi also from the Eastern Region. Igbo can't rule in 2023 while the West are yet to rule after 2007,[/b] It is now left for the West to subdue the Eastern Region and the North. Yoruba and the West are watching the Eastern Region of Nigeria deceiving themselves trying to take the West chance in 2023, but don't worry Yoruba will show you at the polls.

I think the core Igbos need to be given a shot at the presidency. After that stint the position should be attained only by the very best candidate.

Objectively speaking every tribal enclave has great candidates for the office of President. At the moment the most qualified Igbo candidate is Peter Obi. From the West, Osinbajo is the best while Zulum will be our best foot forward from the North East.

Disclaimer; I am not Igbo, I consider myself a Nigerian first.

Saintmary:
This story is not written by a woman.

This is so on point. I was waiting for someone to bring it up.

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Maobichek:
Only God will save this country, most of these politicians are heartless and selfish, they don't hold their part interest tenaciously but their selfish interest and the masses will be killing themselves over who to support or not.

Well they can't all be bad. Yes, very few of them are above average in terms of service delivery but there are still some who super selfless and predicate their ambition on altruistic intent.

The man in question here has proven beyond reasonable doubt that he can be trusted. His antecedence both in private business and public service speaks volumes.

Osinbajo is also another jewel we can tap from perhaps not as economically sound as Peter Obi but very suave in policy formulation and implementation. His administrative capacity is also not in question. Above all his integrity has no precedence.

In the coming milieu these are the only two candidates worthy of consideration as far as I am personally concerned.

Peter Obi is my first choice.
Osinbajo is my next bet. A very close bet.

Maobichek:
Edo is not a tribe but a state with several tribes okay, I'm only against generalization which all of us know that it's not true. No matter how you paint it and despite changing the goal post from marriage which i use as an example to politics, generalizing that igbos hate Yoruba is a lie.

All my stay here, i have never go tribal against anyone, be he/she Hausa, Yoruba, Ijaw etc and there are others who don't do tribalism/hate. The issue of hate/tribalism stems from inferiority complex hence some Igbos/Yorubas/Hausa do it here.

Maybe you will tell me that some Yorubas don't go tribal here on Nairaland and i will understand that you are a newcomer or you may say that some Yorubas hate Igbos because some Igbos first exhibit hate towards them and i will still tell you that you are wrong.

Between marriage and politics, which ties is more rooted and deep?

Best post on this thread so far.
Ignoramuses being pitched against each other by their interest driven leaders who have nothing to lose in the final analysis.

aboyaji:
I don't know arena. I am based in Abuja.

Okay. Thanks nonetheless.

aboyaji:
it depends where you stay. Are you in Abuja? Go to ceddi plaza or Spar. They are the cheapest places.

I am in Lagos.

So those guys in Arena...are they selling genuine Binatone products?

aboyaji:
Well said. I do not know why people buttress their items meant to be on clearance sales rate with jumia and konga prices. Some may include AliExpress prices too once it satisfies their greed.

I was at Games mall in Abuja yesterday. Walking through the arranged goods there, I saw generator sets ranging from 140k and above to 950k. I just carry hand for head. Same generator sets are in the open market for less prices too.

I work for binatone appliances. Our goods are in Games mall and ShopRite, Spar, etc with very high rate. Same binatone is in open market with less rates.

One funny thing people failed to realise is that Binatone offers after sales service for both malls and open market.

If Binatone doesn't give me a certain appliance, I go to open market and buy it or another way around.

Now, I buy from panteka sef. Best for me.

Which outlet can I get Binatone products at the cheapest prices?

Ismadem:
Hello Nairalander, please i need a part time job preferably a remote job ,i am currently running my masters programme and i really need a job to fund my studies.

Daily pay of 2k as a guide.

Your job is basically to show 'us' around your neighbourhood.

Put up your phone number.

Cryptobits:
how much?

Are you actually asking that question here?

Abiboss:
Good day Nairalanders.

I am a fresh graduate, but I don't want to work under someone. Would like you all to share your business ideas/plans, if you get 400k now what will you do with it?

Whatever you do, ensure that this capital is used to invest in fast moving consumer goods that is in high demand. This may not yield high dividends but the profit is sure,your capital safe and more importantly it allows you learn about the business with very minimal risk.

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Just saw your phone number here.

Let me see if I can get you something to do for the time being while waiting for a big break which I believe will come sooner than you think.