₦airaland Forum

Dancingcat123:
That is why Nigerians should do and copy the Indians there is job for everything.as far as you can offer value and there is problems to solve

Bonn01:
have you ever heard of natural rate of unemployment?

amechispeaks:
Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people. And guess what? These 200 million people need so many different things which they are willing to pay for. They need hairstylists, electricians, welders, drycleaners, tailors, plumbers, carpenters, writers, graphics designers, photographers, music producers, errand runners, drivers, teachers, managers, sales persons, waiters, gardeners, roof repairmen, vulcanizers, shoemakers, grocery shoppers, personal assistants, and MANY, MANY other services that they will happily pay for. That being said, why do people still complain about lack of jobs in Nigeria?

I understand that there might not be enough banks to hire graduate accountants, or enough hospitals to hire skilled doctors. But does that mean young unemployed persons should just fold their hands and do nothing? Is it by force to work a corporate job? Of course not. Because once again, we have 200 million people in Nigeria who all need something. The question now is, what skill do you have that can tap into the needs of people? If you have a skill, then market yourself to the right audience and start getting paid for the services you render. And if you don't have a skill, learn one and turn it into a paying job. It beats sitting at home and "hoping for the best" while your pocket and belly are empty.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should stop your hunt for a corporate job. What I'm saying is, before you land that dream job, keep yourself busy by learning a skill, put it into use, and earn a living from it. I'm a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, and I've never worked a corporate job in my life. After graduation, I relocated back to Lagos and started freelance writing, voiceovers, and graphics design. And I kid you not, I make more money from writing alone than most corporate workers make from their full-time jobs. The best part is that I work from home, I don't call anybody "sir" and no one can sack me. You can do the same if you learn a skill and monetize it. You'll find out it's very rewarding. At the very least, by learning a skill and working independently, you have helped ease Nigeria's unemployment problem in your own little way.

Now, I know you're wondering about raising capital to branch out on your own. But guess what? There are some hustles that require very little capital. I started with my android phone during my early days of freelance writing. Now I have my laptops to work with. I know a guy in my hood who learned barbing at another barber's shop and has since been doing home services for good money. He's not rich yet cos he just started, but he's not begging for food either. I mean, there's a lot you can do instead of waiting around for a corporate job. look, as long as you're making money from even the most local basic skill, then you have a job and you've become a blessing to your family. You've become an asset not a liability.

Of course, nothing good comes easy, so you'll have to put in effort and be disciplined. You'll be happy with yourself at the end. Because once again, Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people willing and ready to pay for your services. So learn a paying skill today and let's end unemployment in our country, one independent job at a time.

Good luck!

okpouman:
How many people out of these 200 million can afford to pay for services,with a sizeable number of this 200 million already having the skills already.

People still look for jobs because most of these jobs are underpaying.they are not worth the stress,effort and money used to learn the skills in the first place.

Many government and corporate jobs pay better

QuinModah:
In a conversation with an Indian entrepreneur-Aijay @Hejeoma

Your country Nigeria is similar to ours in so many ways. The rich are so rich, while the poor only know abject poverty. The middle class are just very little. Your country has high level corruption just like my country. We have so many ethnic groups & religions, same as you do. Our country has a huge population problem (we are over 1bn), Nigeria has the biggest population in Africa. We have so many problems the same way your country Nigeria has many problems. Are you aware problems are good? I mean coming from a country with problems is a good thing. You want to know how/why I say it?

With problems come solutions, be a problem solver. Think solutions & put your solution out there, people will pay for it. I am sure you have heard of the Indian caste system, the system is such that if you are born into the lower caste, there's only very little you can acheive. If your dad is a cobbler, the chances of you being more than a cobbler are slim. The child of doctor has a 95% success rate but it has started changing. In the past 8-10 years, we started having a new set of young millionaires between the ages of 25-35 who aren't from the upper caste system. One would wonder what changed; most of these young millionaires just had an opportunity to attend college/university & today have become very rich simply by becoming problem solvers. The world is evolving, the strong/rich countries were those with military might & oil but today might & wealth is now determined by those who control technology/Internet.

A country of over 1bn people, imagine 3k people besieging a bank branch for transactions! It would be a mess! Then steps in the young generation of problem solvers; like Bipin who owns mobikwik or the owners of paytm etc. Millions of Indians run their day to day financial transactions without ever touching cash! Imagine close of work & our huge workforce enter the streets all at once to commute, the country will be on standstill due to gridlock! In comes young problem solvers like the dudes behind 'Ola' or the token/card system our metro services run on.

So many young Indians run multiple jobs and do not have time to do simple things like go to a market or mall, young folks behind groffers & bigbasket have made it easy to order & have groceries/food stuffs delivered to your doorstep. I do not know where gas is refilled, I simply bring my phone out & at the push of a few buttons a full cylinder is delivered at my doorstep. I travel a lot for business, all my trips & hotel accommodation are booked on a single app called BLUEDOTBOOK booking engine (surprisingly co-owned by a Nigerian). I get back home & my apartment is dirty, I go on another app & a house cleaner arrives within minutes. I want to change apartments? Easy! All I need do is go on another app and see house listing, pick one & book for inspection. I don't have to go to some high end shop/mall to buy a perfume that the price will be so expensive because of rent/taxes & cost of transportation. I simply go to another app & find same perfume at a cheaper rate. We are over 1bn people, housing should be a problem right? Easy! We now have cooperatives pooling funds to build what we call societies; some societies are high rise (as high as 20 floors) have as much as 1k apartments (some 3, 2 or 1 room). All These apartments are owned by different landlords. We all can't own land, build & occupy or rent as it would cause chaos so apartment buildings to the rescue. When my friends & I first started our business in 2011, we started with less than $200k in one city.

Today our company is valued at over $800m and we are in over 18 cities. Our trick? Find a problem , create a solution & leverage on your huge numbers to market it. We service at least 1m people monthly. If we take just 20 rupees from a single client (we take more) how much do you, think we make yearly? Think! When other people see problems see an avenue to bring solutions; that's how the new set of millionaires are being born.

amechispeaks:
Well said.

amechispeaks:
Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people. And guess what? These 200 million people need so many different things which they are willing to pay for. They need hairstylists, electricians, welders, drycleaners, tailors, plumbers, carpenters, writers, graphics designers, photographers, music producers, errand runners, drivers, teachers, managers, sales persons, waiters, gardeners, roof repairmen, vulcanizers, shoemakers, grocery shoppers, personal assistants, and MANY, MANY other services that they will happily pay for. That being said, why do people still complain about lack of jobs in Nigeria?

I understand that there might not be enough banks to hire graduate accountants, or enough hospitals to hire skilled doctors. But does that mean young unemployed persons should just fold their hands and do nothing? Is it by force to work a corporate job? Of course not. Because once again, we have 200 million people in Nigeria who all need something. The question now is, what skill do you have that can tap into the needs of people? If you have a skill, then market yourself to the right audience and start getting paid for the services you render. And if you don't have a skill, learn one and turn it into a paying job. It beats sitting at home and "hoping for the best" while your pocket and belly are empty.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should stop your hunt for a corporate job. What I'm saying is, before you land that dream job, keep yourself busy by learning a skill, put it into use, and earn a living from it. I'm a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, and I've never worked a corporate job in my life. After graduation, I relocated back to Lagos and started freelance writing, voiceovers, and graphics design. And I kid you not, I make more money from writing alone than most corporate workers make from their full-time jobs. The best part is that I work from home, I don't call anybody "sir" and no one can sack me. You can do the same if you learn a skill and monetize it. You'll find out it's very rewarding. At the very least, by learning a skill and working independently, you have helped ease Nigeria's unemployment problem in your own little way.

Now, I know you're wondering about raising capital to branch out on your own. But guess what? There are some hustles that require very little capital. I started with my android phone during my early days of freelance writing. Now I have my laptops to work with. I know a guy in my hood who learned barbing at another barber's shop and has since been doing home services for good money. He's not rich yet cos he just started, but he's not begging for food either. I mean, there's a lot you can do instead of waiting around for a corporate job. look, as long as you're making money from even the most local basic skill, then you have a job and you've become a blessing to your family. You've become an asset not a liability.

Of course, nothing good comes easy, so you'll have to put in effort and be disciplined. You'll be happy with yourself at the end. Because once again, Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people willing and ready to pay for your services. So learn a paying skill today and let's end unemployment in our country, one independent job at a time.

Good luck!

amechispeaks:
Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people. And guess what? These 200 million people need so many different things which they are willing to pay for. They need hairstylists, electricians, welders, drycleaners, tailors, plumbers, carpenters, writers, graphics designers, photographers, music producers, errand runners, drivers, teachers, managers, sales persons, waiters, gardeners, roof repairmen, vulcanizers, shoemakers, grocery shoppers, personal assistants, and MANY, MANY other services that they will happily pay for. That being said, why do people still complain about lack of jobs in Nigeria?

I understand that there might not be enough banks to hire graduate accountants, or enough hospitals to hire skilled doctors. But does that mean young unemployed persons should just fold their hands and do nothing? Is it by force to work a corporate job? Of course not. Because once again, we have 200 million people in Nigeria who all need something. The question now is, what skill do you have that can tap into the needs of people? If you have a skill, then market yourself to the right audience and start getting paid for the services you render. And if you don't have a skill, learn one and turn it into a paying job. It beats sitting at home and "hoping for the best" while your pocket and belly are empty.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you should stop your hunt for a corporate job. What I'm saying is, before you land that dream job, keep yourself busy by learning a skill, put it into use, and earn a living from it. I'm a graduate of the University of Port Harcourt, and I've never worked a corporate job in my life. After graduation, I relocated back to Lagos and started freelance writing, voiceovers, and graphics design. And I kid you not, I make more money from writing alone than most corporate workers make from their full-time jobs. The best part is that I work from home, I don't call anybody "sir" and no one can sack me. You can do the same if you learn a skill and monetize it. You'll find out it's very rewarding. At the very least, by learning a skill and working independently, you have helped ease Nigeria's unemployment problem in your own little way.

Now, I know you're wondering about raising capital to branch out on your own. But guess what? There are some hustles that require very little capital. I started with my android phone during my early days of freelance writing. Now I have my laptops to work with. I know a guy in my hood who learned barbing at another barber's shop and has since been doing home services for good money. He's not rich yet cos he just started, but he's not begging for food either. I mean, there's a lot you can do instead of waiting around for a corporate job. look, as long as you're making money from even the most local basic skill, then you have a job and you've become a blessing to your family. You've become an asset not a liability.

Of course, nothing good comes easy, so you'll have to put in effort and be disciplined. You'll be happy with yourself at the end. Because once again, Nigeria has a population of over 200 million people willing and ready to pay for your services. So learn a paying skill today and let's end unemployment in our country, one independent job at a time.

Good luck!

KingRabota:
Very sensible writeup
Our graduates are too proud with their empty heads.
Engineering is my forte and i lie you not when i say so many of our youth are unemployable