PrinceOfLagos:
No election on Yoruba land in 2023,this is a warning to buhari government

no election in your region if you like, there will be election in Yoruba land and other parts.

Eriggs:

You are calling a man old enough to be your grandfather or great grandfather a cow?!

This shows to Nairalanders the kind of home you were raised, and how you address your people at home!
I wont say more than that.

@topic,
Corruption in Africa is one of the vices drawing the contine backwards since time immemorial .

Use your real account mumu.

PrinceOfLagos:
nobody is wailing anything , everyone loves Yemi Osibanjo

Nigerians only got problem with Tinubu because he's a thief

Liar. You and others were already bad-mouthing him when the primary was looking like it is going his way.

Now he is not the candidate, fake praise.

The guy is indirectly supporting Peter Obi.

Shezkid01:
The way Ronaldo will be desperate to score his second goal ehn
Only God can save Portugal

You said it all.

It is because of Messi sef, he still want to be in top club playing.

Person that suppose to be playing in MLS and making money.

He got what he wanted at last. That is the aim of the interview.
Stupid egomaniac that thinks the world should revolve around him.

His life is just full of pride.
You wanted respect when you do not respect others.

Starting from him demanding for number 7 shirt when he came, you know he has no respect for others.

He should be happy it is not a coach like Mourinho or Pep is his coach, if not he would have been forgotten on the bench.

Terrible House.

Borrowing funds only to use a substantial part of it to service debts.

It is perplexing.

By the way, where is ...

Efulefu

MAGG0T:



I'm waiting for Afonja head slammers to condemn it,...

Oh I can remember their Lord El druggie said Yorubas and Fulanis are one

Why this madness from you ehn? It is totally uncalled for.
Must everything be turned to tribal bigotry for you? There is nothing concerning tinubu here.

Let's condemn this barbaric act first before returning for political clout chasing.
Haba.

Tinubuadvocate:
What is shame there only me voted Buhari and if your Atiku and obi had become president what is assurance that Nigeria will not get worst than this.

Just shut up. Derailing discussion.
Atiku or Obi is not my candidate either.
Not everyone is a psychopath like you.

The main point is you are campaigning for someone that will make Nigeria better, yet you want to take away your family from the "better Nigeria".
How reasonable is that?

Tinubuadvocate:
Good afternoon brothers and sisters in the house please I'm planning to relocate my family to Canada two children btw the age of 6- 3 years and my wife I want my children to continue their education there.. I dont know if 12m would be enough or I still need to add more.

Big shame on you. I am surprised you even have the effrontery to post you want to relocate your family abroad

Razgas:
before a certain cow ruins this thread with his tribalism, let's make one thing clear...getting fake Ghana papers including passport and ID is an industry headed by yorubas.
Forging documents is done by all tribes in Nigeria but the yorubas always lead.
Doris okeke is just an unfortunate Igbo girl caught in-between yoruba forgery syndicates and Ghana government

Just shut up.
Nobody even mentioned a tribe.
But the owner of crime and all dubious means has claimed it even before anyone pointing fingers.

The people with headquarter of drugs and all criminal activities.
More than 90% are from them. Less than 10% caught are from other tribes Yoruba and south south. Few from North.

When will Putin leave the cold war mindset and become liberal?

Russians need to develop their economy outside military and warfare.

If not for the oil and gas they have in abundance, they would have been one of the backward countries like NK with this his ideology.

Nice one Akwa Ibom.

Senomii:

How Do u mean most US citizens are resigning from their jobs? Why

Yes. They are. The Great Resignation started after the pandemic mostly.
Reasons include wage stagnation amid rising cost of living, economic freedom provided by COVID-19 stimulus payments, longlasting job dissatisfaction, and safety concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

Oga, your rants does not hold true.
N2B2 is mostly right in his criticism of your conjectures.

You guys should stop looking for slave workers.

That is the reason why most skilled people are looking for remote roles rather than suffering themselves for peanuts.

N2B2:
An interesting write-up, @mollie2.

It presents a few hard-hitting questions.

Unfortunately, it also reads like a tirade typical of the average low-paying Nigerian employer with a god complex.

The rant starts from your title: "Are Nigerian graduates employable?"

Fresh graduates have little to no experience and will typically seek entry-level jobs to gain experience.



Are these hiring managers looking to fill vacant entry level positions? Because there's no shortage of young graduates out there searching for their first jobs.

Let's look at some of your points.



Yes, a can-do attitude is a mindset valued in the workplace.

However, you mention nothing about can-do attitudes here.

Instead, because you had one bad experience, you jeer at the unemployed who lament Nigeria's failed employment systems.



That's what the job requirements section of your job posting is for. No research needed.



What interviewers think of such candidates is irrelevant.

How is wanting to go to church on weekdays religious fanaticism?

You seem incensed that applicants want to maintain lives outside their workplace.

The title of this point should have been: "A lack of workplace fanaticism."



A lie cleverly intended to mask the ridiculousness of the next statement you make.

See next quote:



I said it - a typical low-paying employer, seeking "rockstar" talents to pay peanuts to.

For those reading, never let anyone convince you that you aren't worth reasonable pay, even if you have little to no experience.

Employers don't only pay for your skill; they pay for your time and effort, too.



It is called slave labor, indicative of the terrible workplace you run.

Conclusion:

This rant-like write-up is just a demand for employee subservience.

Unpaid internships, peanut-paying yet high-demanding jobs... all unreasonable demands of fresh graduates.

And unreasonable demands breed hostile workplaces.

Try again.

This time, try to put yourself in the shoes of the unemployed when you write.

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.

SWAGA shot themselves in the leg by the name they chose. Though they started the campaign earlier, the other group will have the edge.

See that foolish lady asking if he was mad for visiting unannounced.
Most of them indulge in same thing that is why they are siding her.

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Obituary on the March again.........

Lalasticlala Mynd44
See him mow oo breaking rules.

Mynd44:

Why?

Imagine this. The government spends billions subsidizing education for you all, free primary school, free secondary school, cheap universities(compared to other countries) in the hope that when you graduate, you will advance the country but you want to travel out (japa) with all the financial commitments the government have done for you and you still expect this same government to make it easy for you to travel out?

Imagine you spend money sending a woman/man to school thinking when done two of you can marry and be happy but alas, the person falls in love with someone else and says you are below his/her standard but still expects you to foot the wedding bill.

Or you as MD spends money training staff and the staff decides to just up and leave yet expects you to pay for transportation to the new firm.

The Nigerian government owes you nothing in this IELTS fight.

ok sir oga Mynd44

OpemipoDoyin:

Did any problem come up?(perhaps network related?)
And is an international passport need for the home edition TOEFL ibt?

Yes,
I used my passport.

Yes, a number of issues. By the way , use a place with a very good connection and power supply.
My connection was good. Unfortunately and surprisingly there was no power that day which was quite unusal. They later brought it sha.

So just follow all the guide lines on their website for the exam and you are good to go. Confirm your system speaker and microphone is working well before the day because headset will not be allowed. You can use external speaker and microphone if you have.

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Went well

Hello Everyone,
Has anyone taken the Toefl Home edition here?

Seun:
I just received the pictures below which show Bola Tinubu and Prof Yemi Osinbajo greeting and hugging each other as the vice president received the elder statesman in Aso villa. This seems to contradict the reports of a rift between them.

So Mr Seun is still on this platform.
Nice to meet you here the Great one.
I don't mind connecting...

You went to Portugal to refuel.
So they dont have fuel in New York. Or full tank from New York cannot get to Nigeria?

We all know coming online to rush to debunk a news means there is something you are hiding.

Fake news is bad, false denial is worse.

Seeing the base, you will immediately know it is Chinese product.

Thank you for the info provided here.
It has helped me deciding registering for the webinar or not.

We are sleeping on gun powder.
This lackadaisical attitude towards these evil terrorists is appalling.

I hope we don't wake up too late.
Only Governor Akeredolu gets thumbs up

Shame on Osinbajo on this.

Vaughanlanrewaj:

Cc Seun Myndd44 Lalasticala
We will not allow you kill our nairaland with toxic comments , bigotry and hatred like you did with Twitter

What is your problem?
What are you calling Mod for. I dont get.
Any contrary opinion to BMC own, you cannot bear.
Take it easy ooo.