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Kinute:
Apologies but how long would you let your parents make decisions for you? If you are a guy, find how to japa.

That 10k you make, I make them in like 2 hours writing content for businesses.

If they want to keep supporting you, let them support you from wherever you are.

Thats the facts tho ''but you know thoes kind of parent that would say leave but my hands are off you''. Makes me feel uncomfortable and the thought of negative things that would happen.
I know for a fact that I will man up and take the decisions for my self oneday. I'm just stuck will the delima of obedience

andyblinks05:
Thats the facts tho ''but you know thoes kind of parent that would say leave but my hands are off you''. Makes me feel uncomfortable and the thought of negative things that would happen.
I know for a fact that I will man up and take the decisions for my self oneday. I'm just stuck will the delima of obedience

I get you. Alright, use opportunity to learn a skill so at least you can have something on hand when you do eventually leave.

Aderewah:
It is the best idea for city dwellers. If you don't have access to land find a spot in your compound to accommodate 50 sacks and plant tomatoes. Someone I know did this and was supplying people and making at least 50k a month.

So in Nigeria, landlord will allow you to load 50 sacks of cement bags and plant tomorrow?

Wonderful write up. Highly educative.

Kinute:
Congratulations. You are now a graduate.

But the things I am about to say here, they won't teach you in school.

I don't like beating about the bush so I would just go straight to the point.


1. YOU ARE NOT A JOB SEEKER, YOU ARE A SOLUTION PROVIDER

Start changing your mindset now. You are not a job seeker, you didn't graduate to start looking for jobs. You graduated to start providing solutions.

If you fail to get this, you may search for a job for many years, and even when you get one, you may not have that fulfillment.

Here is why it is important to change that mindset;

a. You would start to see yourself as an expert in your field which gives you the confidence you need to approach potential employers.
b. By seeing yourself as someone who provides solutions, you position yourself for employers to see you and hire you. It is a far more effective strategy than sending CVs to people that won't even forward it anywhere.

A little more about this later.


2. GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE

I can't say this enough. Get out of that bed.

Don't fool yourself by saying you are searching for jobs online or that you are waiting for one person to give you a job. Go out in your industry and volunteer in whatever capacity you can.

Volunteering links you up with the right network you need that would actually recommend you for jobs. It also lets you get the much-needed experience employers love.

If you cannot volunteer, still leave your house. Go squat with a friend or an aunt or something. Just leave your parent's house. Comfort has a way of making you complacent.

As a new graduate hoping to make your mark in the new world, run away from anything that gives you too much comfort.


3. DON'T DEPEND ON YOUR CV OR RESUME

Let's face it, 99% of the time, your CV is trash.

What do you have there that would make employers want to hire you? Is it the 1-year secondary school teaching experience you had during your NYSC?

Or is it the IT placement you did that you were just watching the TV or sent to buy food?

It doesn't even matter if you finished with a first-class, your CV is still trash cos you would be competing with several other people. People who have uncles in high places, etc. Forget that CV or don't entirely depend on it.

Here is what you can do.


4. SEND PROPOSALS INSTEAD

Remember when I said you should see yourself as a solutions provider? This is another reason why.

Send proposals on how you can help your potential employer solve a problem.

If you cannot draft a proposal, maybe because you don't have much information on the business, send them a case study.

For instance, you want to work with an education consulting company, you can send them a case study on how to get more clients using a UTE formula to generate sales.

First and foremost, there is nothing like a UTE formula. It is something I just formed.

But if you have done your research well, you would find several methods to get clients, give it a unique and catchy name and it would draw their interests.

You can also send Job-specific proposals. i.e sending proposals that relate specifically to the role you are applying for and that the company needs.

So why others are sending CVs worth the value of tissue papers, you would be sending proposals companies would love.

There is a whole lot of strategy to this. Maybe I would write more about this in another post.

This brings me to-


5. FORGET ABOUT THE OIL COMPANIES AND BANKS AND ALL THOSE BIG COMPANIES

First, I want you to know you can grow your value large enough to get hired by these big companies.

What I am trying to say is, don't wait on them. Don't say, if it is not that big company then I won't work anywhere else.

You would just be shooting yourself in the foot.

There are companies that are not so big and would still pay you more than some of these big companies.

Now in the cooperate world, you have two things you can trade with.

a. Your Value
b. Your Network

As a fresh graduate, most times you have neither other than a degree certificate and an uncle that promised to send your CV somewhere.

That is the more reason why you shouldn't rely solely on getting those big jobs. If you do, good for you, go testify in church.

But as you wait for that big break, there are companies out there that are leverage for you to get that big break.


6. OPEN A LINKEDIN PROFILE

As a fresh graduate, opening a Linkedin profile should be on the top of your to-do list.

But don't just open a Linkedin profile and start applying for jobs like everyone. Create and start conversations, see those case studies you created? Post them there.

keep doing this and the right employer would locate you. Again, here is where seeing yourself as a solution provider comes in handy.

Again, there is a whole lot of strategy to this. Won't be able to cover that in this post.


7. GET A DIGITAL SKILL

I use God and beg you, whatever you do in this life go learn a digital skill. Anyone, just learn something.

Companies are all going digital and having a digital skill would be an added advantage.

Also to be fair, with digital skills and strategic positioning, you can make more than you would be earning in a 9 to 5 job.

For instance, in case you haven't guessed already, I create SEO content for small business owners and also build personal brand websites for coaches and experts. I won't say how much I earn monthly but you get the gist.

There are several digital skills you can learn today;

a. Social media management
b. Email marketing management
c. Content creation (Video, written, graphic)
d. Copywriting
e. UI/UX
f. Affiliate Marketing
g. Ads management(Facebook. google)
h. etc.


And lastly. Learn to stand out. Always remember to be different.

I wish you the best.

Hello bro. Gd day!
I sent you a NL pm, Please, reply asap asI would like us to converse privately.

Odidigboigbo:
So in Nigeria, landlord will allow you to load 50 sacks of cement bags and plant tomorrow?

Sit down there and be making excuses. If your landlord dont give you chance, find uncompleted building in your area, contact the owner and ask for permission to use. Or just refuse to make any move and keep complaining.

Hmmm

sample042:
Hello bro. Gd day!
I sent you a NL pm, Please, reply asap asI would like us to converse privately.

I replied your PM

Aderewah:
Sit down there and be making excuses. If your landlord dont give you chance, find uncompleted building in your area, contact the owner and ask for permission to use. Or just refuse to make any move and keep complaining.

Very good reply.

Some Nigerians would find excuses for everything. They want someone to just spoonfeed them.

If you really really want to do something, you would find a way to achieve it.

Wonderful post, thanks for sharing.

Aderewah:
Sit down there and be making excuses. If your landlord dont give you chance, find uncompleted building in your area, contact the owner and ask for permission to use. Or just refuse to make any move and keep complaining.

To clear your ignorance, I'm not a job sicker, I graduated 20 years ago. I have worked before I start my own business. Don't come hear and be claiming multinational speaker to what is not feasible. I repeat your solution is only applicable to those that stays in the village or probably has his own house with space. No landlord will allow you to floored his compound with sack of sound for plantation, even LG council may sealed that compound. In major cities how many abandoned incompleted building the owner gave out for farming have you seen, is it only that have the idea? You can only see that in remote areas not in cities. Secondly, how many head of tomatoes do you think you can have in a sack to produce a basket of tomatoes?
Probably you have not farm before.

Odidigboigbo:
To clear your ignorance, I'm not a job sicker, I graduated 20 years ago. I have worked before I start my own business. Don't come hear and be claiming multinational speaker to what is not feasible. I repeat your solution is only applicable to those that stays in the village or probably has his own house with space. No landlord will allow you to floored his compound with sack of sound for plantation, even LG council may sealed that compound. In major cities how many abandoned incompleted house has you seen? You can only see that in remote areas not in cities. Secondly, how many head of tomatoes do you think you can have in a sack to produce a basket of tomatoes?
Probably you have not farm before.

Keep yapping nonsense old man. Go to agriculture section and see kids you can give birth to do exploits with small space. Continue pontificating on what you know nothing about.

Aderewah:
It is the best idea for city dwellers. If you don't have access to land find a spot in your compound to accommodate 50 sacks and plant tomatoes. Someone I know did this and was supplying people and making at least 50k a month.

50k per month? with 50 sacks in a rented apartment?

Aderewah:
Keep yapping nonsense old man. Go to agriculture section and see kids you can give birth to do exploits with small space. Continue pontificating on what you know nothing about.

when you don't have a strong constructive superior arguements to back up your claims, you retort to name calling. I still ask the same simple questions
1. Show me a picture of any uncompleted buildings in an open cities that the owner has given out to others to farm to prove me wrong that it can only be done in villages or remote areas.
2. How many sack of cement bags can you use to farm a tomatoes that can produce a basket full of tomatoes?

if you have no answers to these questions, remain shut.
Your type are those that goes about telling people how they started a restaurant business with half cup of rice and ended up having a chains of restaurant within a space of time.

topoftheworld:
Thanks boss, I appreciate.

I'm a digital marketing expert having my digital company, if you want to learn digital marketing, let me know but it's not free. Thanks

andyblinks05:
OP what if your parents are the ones holding you back saying since I lack anything at home there's no point leaving the house and I should be looking for jobs small small even tho the pay its less. Like currently I'm teaching in a school that pays me 10k per month and the say I should manage even tho I have bigger opportunity when I leave/move out. So how do I handle the situation here ?

That's a good advantage for you, decide to learn digital skills at home alongside your teaching job. Eventually you will be opened to better opportunities making you more than 10k per month. If you're interested in learning digital marketing, let me know. I'm a digital marketing expert running my own company. But learning is not free.

isaythetruth:
i will quote you in our thread soon.

OK thanks, I'm still waiting though.

Thanks so much for this

Handsnigga:
That's a good advantage for you, decide to learn digital skills at home alongside your teaching job. Eventually you will be opened to better opportunities making you more than 10k per month. If you're interested in learning digital marketing, let me know. I'm a digital marketing expert running my own company. But learning is not free.

Why is it that despite the fact that I wrote my present condition you will still say learning is not free. If you really want to help why not help me and put you through then I will be paying you back when I start earning

Person wey get all this ones won't be searching for job anymore. Make leave graduates alone abeg. No be who get money dey buy data do things on social media. You better go and G and start making money.

Handsnigga:
I'm a digital marketing expert having my digital company, if you want to learn digital marketing, let me know but it's not free. Thanks

Ur WhatsApp number sir

Kinute:
Congratulations. You are now a graduate.

But the things I am about to say here, they won't teach you in school.

I don't like beating about the bush so I would just go straight to the point.


1. YOU ARE NOT A JOB SEEKER, YOU ARE A SOLUTION PROVIDER

Start changing your mindset now. You are not a job seeker, you didn't graduate to start looking for jobs. You graduated to start providing solutions.

If you fail to get this, you may search for a job for many years, and even when you get one, you may not have that fulfillment.

Here is why it is important to change that mindset;

a. You would start to see yourself as an expert in your field which gives you the confidence you need to approach potential employers.
b. By seeing yourself as someone who provides solutions, you position yourself for employers to see you and hire you. It is a far more effective strategy than sending CVs to people that won't even forward it anywhere.

A little more about this later.


2. GET OUT OF YOUR HOUSE

I can't say this enough. Get out of that bed.

Don't fool yourself by saying you are searching for jobs online or that you are waiting for one person to give you a job. Go out in your industry and volunteer in whatever capacity you can.

Volunteering links you up with the right network you need that would actually recommend you for jobs. It also lets you get the much-needed experience employers love.

If you cannot volunteer, still leave your house. Go squat with a friend or an aunt or something. Just leave your parent's house. Comfort has a way of making you complacent.

As a new graduate hoping to make your mark in the new world, run away from anything that gives you too much comfort.


3. DON'T DEPEND ON YOUR CV OR RESUME

Let's face it, 99% of the time, your CV is trash.

What do you have there that would make employers want to hire you? Is it the 1-year secondary school teaching experience you had during your NYSC?

Or is it the IT placement you did that you were just watching the TV or sent to buy food?

It doesn't even matter if you finished with a first-class, your CV is still trash cos you would be competing with several other people. People who have uncles in high places, etc. Forget that CV or don't entirely depend on it.

Here is what you can do.


4. SEND PROPOSALS INSTEAD

Remember when I said you should see yourself as a solutions provider? This is another reason why.

Send proposals on how you can help your potential employer solve a problem.

If you cannot draft a proposal, maybe because you don't have much information on the business, send them a case study.

For instance, you want to work with an education consulting company, you can send them a case study on how to get more clients using a UTE formula to generate sales.

First and foremost, there is nothing like a UTE formula. It is something I just formed.

But if you have done your research well, you would find several methods to get clients, give it a unique and catchy name and it would draw their interests.

You can also send Job-specific proposals. i.e sending proposals that relate specifically to the role you are applying for and that the company needs.

So why others are sending CVs worth the value of tissue papers, you would be sending proposals companies would love.

There is a whole lot of strategy to this. Maybe I would write more about this in another post.

This brings me to-


5. FORGET ABOUT THE OIL COMPANIES AND BANKS AND ALL THOSE BIG COMPANIES

First, I want you to know you can grow your value large enough to get hired by these big companies.

What I am trying to say is, don't wait on them. Don't say, if it is not that big company then I won't work anywhere else.

You would just be shooting yourself in the foot.

There are companies that are not so big and would still pay you more than some of these big companies.

Now in the cooperate world, you have two things you can trade with.

a. Your Value
b. Your Network

As a fresh graduate, most times you have neither other than a degree certificate and an uncle that promised to send your CV somewhere.

That is the more reason why you shouldn't rely solely on getting those big jobs. If you do, good for you, go testify in church.

But as you wait for that big break, there are companies out there that are leverage for you to get that big break.


6. OPEN A LINKEDIN PROFILE

As a fresh graduate, opening a Linkedin profile should be on the top of your to-do list.

But don't just open a Linkedin profile and start applying for jobs like everyone. Create and start conversations, see those case studies you created? Post them there.

keep doing this and the right employer would locate you. Again, here is where seeing yourself as a solution provider comes in handy.

Again, there is a whole lot of strategy to this. Won't be able to cover that in this post.


7. GET A DIGITAL SKILL

I use God and beg you, whatever you do in this life go learn a digital skill. Anyone, just learn something.

Companies are all going digital and having a digital skill would be an added advantage.

Also to be fair, with digital skills and strategic positioning, you can make more than you would be earning in a 9 to 5 job.

For instance, in case you haven't guessed already, I create SEO content for small business owners and also build personal brand websites for coaches and experts. I won't say how much I earn monthly but you get the gist.

There are several digital skills you can learn today;

a. Social media management
b. Email marketing management
c. Content creation (Video, written, graphic)
d. Copywriting
e. UI/UX
f. Affiliate Marketing
g. Ads management(Facebook. google)
h. etc.


And lastly. Learn to stand out. Always remember to be different.

I wish you the best.

Good one, sounds different and real unlike most motivational write ups.

showafrica:
Good one, sounds different and real unlike most motivational write ups.

I appreciate sir

GboyegaD:
Hmm...did I just read 99% of the time, resume is thrash?

Yes oo, meet any cleaner in an organization, ask him or her what is the main thing that occupies the trash can. He will tell you white papers, take away packs and empty can drinks. Those white papers are your CVs.

tnx so much for sharing

topoftheworld:
Ur WhatsApp number sir

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andyblinks05:
Why is it that despite the fact that I wrote my present condition you will still say learning is not free. If you really want to help why not help me and put you through then I will be paying you back when I start earning

Not all things can be taught for free. Also, you don't value what you don't pay for. When it doesn't cost you to learn, what you learn becomes useless in your hands.

Handsnigga:
Not all things can be taught for free. Also, you don't value what you don't pay for. When it doesn't cost you to learn, what you learn becomes useless in your hands.

Very well said.

Plus if you want to learn something for free, go to youtube, there are free resources there.

But don't expect people to dedicate their time to you and then you don't want to pay for their time and expertise.

Handsnigga:
Not all things can be taught for free. Also, you don't value what you don't pay for. When it doesn't cost you to learn, what you learn becomes useless in your hands.

I don't think so except you don't know effect of being underemploy. It affects me both physically and physiologically and do you think I will play with any opportunity that would take me outta that state of mind……. I don't thinks so, moreover its just like a loan I will have to pay back

andyblinks05:
I don't think so except you don't know effect of being underemploy. It affects me both physically and physiologically and do you think I will play with any opportunity that would take me outta that state of mind……. I don't thinks so, moreover its just like a loan I will have to pay back

Use YouTube to learn, it's free and of good quality.

Kinute:
Very well said.

Plus if you want to learn something for free, go to youtube, there are free resources there.

But don't expect people to dedicate their time to you and then you don't want to pay for their time and expertise.

Thank you jare