₦airaland Forum

AdsenseMaster:
Hello guys,
Like the topic says, Just drop any question regarding Adsense Approval here, I will try to be of help. And if I can't,I'm sure there are other Gurus here that have been with adsense for long. They might be of help too.

In short, Everybody is relevant here.

So keep your questions rolling IN......

lordtech:
Ok


Lol. Anyway I guess you're not far from the truth. I'm actually not looking for employment but looking for who to employ instead. You never can tell, you might be my next employee

simba1:
Really need a mentor, a graduate of Medicine and Surgery, a Doctor or any medical proffession, who can be so passionate to take me for a mentee!
Any?Really need a mentor, a graduate of Medicine and Surgery, a Doctor or any medical proffession, who can be so passionate to take me for a mentee!
Any?Really need a mentor, a graduate of Medicine and Surgery, a Doctor or any medical proffession, who can be so passionate to take me for a mentee!
Any?

DrSage:
y I no go sabi?
hw va ARO,SURE BOY & others

Daresh:
I dont think the job application is ridiculous. I want young sharp minds towork for me. I graduated at 21 from UNILAG and at 28 I had 6 years experience outside NYSC.

joseph1832:
It is well bro!.

joseph1832:
So according to the OP, he is saying all Nigerian graduates are unemployable? Never minding the ones who are gainfully employed?

Viktor1983:
so you don't know that nairaland has thousands of visitors? look my signature, I dey find small exposure for my hustle before I go fit afford to advertise for seun hand.
where I come from we no dey fit wait for govt job oo, na to enter street begin hustle

kamez:
trust me even if all graduates have all these qualities, there will still be unemployable because the there is inadequate jobs in Nigeria period

ednut1:
d jobs cant go round

Lizabeth25:
98% of them all want a White Caller job.!

solaugo:
Updates on Post UTME....

Dharniel:
you say?

Segadem:
... But I'm yet to see ur comment.
Meanwhile SMH means : Smile My Hater

DrSage:
Fattbabakay,hw far?

histemple:
This points are absolutely true. No doubt. But while we ascribe the avoidable but pitiable unemployment rate in our nation, It is my informed submission that all graduates are employable but the conundrum is identifying where such graduates are needed to fully maximize their latent potential. And based on this premise, it is a problem of lack of sufficient employment opportunities. Even in the best universities in the world, we still have dunce there and some of their graduates are also incompetent but that is not to totally exonerate some of our schools from the blame. Our curriculum needs to be reviewed because sometimes they load our brains with courses that are not related or useful to our course of study.
The university/college only guides an individual to achieve a well defined controlled behaviour call discipline but how far you develop yourself is your own volition depending on how voracious you are for more information and knowledge. Thanks to the Internet.
Our government should create jobs for everyone because I insist that all graduates are employable in some areas across all the sectors of the economy including agriculture. Government should stop hiding under the cloak of unemployability to justify the lack of job creation.
Most importantly, while everyone can't be entrepreneurs, our graduates should consider self employment. Have you ever wondered why there is no employee in the list of the world's richest persons?

shudi:
brb

Segadem:
Ok

Viktor1983:
ok

tuoyoojo:
ok

omanifrank:
ok

lordtech:
Ok

Dharniel:
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SUPAMODE:
nawaoo

Goovo:
:

The lack of employment options and opportunities for Nigerian graduates is one that cannot be ignored because to do so would be foolhardy. But when severely probed, all we get as a reply is that the so-called Nigerian graduates are unemployable.

Whether Nigerian youths are really employable or not is a hot potato and offering both the accuser and the accused a penny for their thoughts is a survey that might take a million years to gather its data, therefore, this post is meant to clear the air about some reasons why our graduates are unemployable, concluding with the assumption that they really are.

Lack Of Required Skill
: In a nation like Nigeria, it is an essential requirement for a graduate to be able to boast of a particular skill. Talking of your certificate, a million graduates can also tender the same thing even with better grades, getting ahead of them all is to actually get head of them by developing a stronger point of acquiring a skill. Employers are obviously tired of seeing same set of individuals with same set of qualifications springing up for interviews daily whereas they are in need of someone that will stand out.Therefore, in case you are being accused of not being employable, drastic times call for drastic measures, the ball is in your court.

They Are All About The Pay
: This can also be attributed to impatience. Moment when a Nigerian graduate is thinking of getting employed this day and getting a car or probably buy a mansion in Lekki the next month, based on their salary,little did they know that cutting such mustard is never meant to be in a couple of days. The last time I checked, such scenario only occurs in dreams, if you have no one to disturb your sleep then you will enjoy it for a long temporary while before waking up to the reality that success is built over time and with hardwork, perseverance, dedication and being focused over the years but bearing in mind that every cloud has a silver lining, you will reach your prime.

They Are Educated Illiterates
: According to a Nigerian minister who once announced that Nigerian youths are unemployable in defense of a question posed against the then President about his negligence in terms of job provision. He said “Just going to school and getting a certificate is not a guarantee of getting a job. Every employer wants beyond just a certificate. Every employer is out to employ someone with reasoning and intellectual might, not someone who cannot play with a full deck. Someone who knows how to and wants to learn more than what they studied in school and on the job. Someone who can readily bring ideas to the table on how the company can forge forward. Not someone with low reasoning capability who won't even be able to answer extremely trivial questions.“. A graduate is expected to develop him or herself so one can refer to such person as a worthy and employable graduate.

Employers’ Unrealistic Demands
: Reading through the requirements of a company in search of a computer analyst, it goes thus:

Applicant must be less than 28 years of age.
Applicant must have acquired a bachelor’s degree in one of the following: Computer science, software engineering or computer engineering.
Applicant must have graduated with a minimum grade of second class upper.
Applicant must have at least 4years experience in a recognised organisation.
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Applicant must be willing to learn about new ideas under whatsoever environment.
Applicants must have a minimum height of ****
Under these tense conditions, hardly will you see a graduate that will scape through and qualify for just the application, invariably such graduate is unemployable by such company.
How do we expect an average Nigerian graduate with 4years of experience to be less than 28years of age, it’s hardly possible even if you attended a private varsity where you might scape through the trap of ASUU strike throughout your undergraduate life. Also, setting a minimum height for a job, though it might actually be of great importance, depending on the kind of job, but that condition already made all the short ones unemployable,if possible, employers should keep it at bay.

Lack Of Good Grade
: This doesn’t need much story as the idea is straight. Imagine a graduate roaming the street and submitting series of applications with a certificate which no one can brag about, let’s just leave a specific grade out for now. Little did we know that the four or more years that will be spent in a tertiary institution goes a million miles in determining and dictating one’s future in one way or the other, once it’s taken with levity, such person might graduate and become unemployable as he/she will have nothing to offer academically, and mere seeing his/her certificate will become a turn off for potential employers, no matter the skills.

Bad Nation’s Education Sector
: Unfortunately, this revelation is not shocking given the realities of Nigeria’s education system. Once the shining beacon on the African continent with people coming from the Carribbean and even as far away as Asia to take advantage of our reputable educational institutions, Nigerian students now sit for months on end in their homes waiting for classes to resume because their lecturers must strike to get the federal government to agree to a living wage for them. Pathetic! Examining the issue from the possible root, Poor funding and management of our Educational system is a major problem. Our federal government will never watch NLC go on strike for days without taking swift actions, probably because they will lose revenue. But since ASUU strike has no or less financial detriment, they are hardly concerned. Then I wonder how a graduate who spent series on months intermittently chilling in his hometown during his undergraduate days due to strikes and its alternatives will come out being employable.

Conclusively, the whole nine yards of this post is to summarise some of the reasons why Nigerian graduates are unempoyable. Bearing in mind that there is a method to the madness of the post, it will be better to tackle the message instead of the messenger.