"They told us to go to school and get 1st class and 2:1 but they didn't tell us that we should change our ages to less than 20 years so we can beat the competition.
Now my friends with those good grades can't even get at least an entry level job because they are above the age requirement for those types of jobs that use age as a requirement.
The worst is to my friends that went abroad for their MSc, when they are back, they can't even get a job cos it's either they are "over-qualified" or they don't have somebody to push for them. And also when they get those jobs with their almighty and Ogbonge MSc degree, they would still be paid same as a BSc entry level is being paid.
The truth is there are jobs but there are no qualified hands.
The truth is most recruiters are being lazy to go through CVs so they now use softwares to check for keywords to match with their requirements in your CVs thereby missing out on the real talents.
(A recruitment manger at Google said, the best people for the jobs don't have the best CVs and the people with the best CVs ain't the best people for the job. So they ensure they go through the CVs one after the other without those softwares.)
The truth is most peeps even get jobs when they don't meet most of the requirements and the question is... How? ........ Sha ma bere.
The truth is our Labour laws don't even advocate for those unemployed.
The truth is it's either God's favour or Luck. When you meet all job requirements, they won't even reply your email cos they already have given out that job as a "slot" to the 'real owners'. LOL
Oh, i just remembered.... Even those that get the jobs through recruitment agencies are also being shortchanged. You get an organization that pays these recruitment agencies lets say 150k and these recruitment agencies get to pay the guys they recruited for the organization 50k. Haba!
Even those that are working don't even get paid at the end of the month while their bosses lounge with their sweat during weekends and they come to office on Monday and talk about Motivation blah blah blah......''
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ReplyDeleteAll I know is that "There's God" and HE will surely visit Nigeria sooner than expected!
DeleteYour grammar and composition are a big part of why you don't get jobs. If you were an HR manager, you would understand the verbal assaults we are subjected to in the name of recruitment. Or those who show up for an interview wearing jeans and a t shirt. Or open toed shoes and a mini skirt. Or those who can not tell you a single thing about Accounting but possess 2-1s. The truth is our universities arm to favor quantity over quality. They churn out raw and half-baked products that are not ready for university to end. Most of our graduates are unemployable. Period!!
DeleteJust like d writer said u use software to seave.
DeleteHis grammar or not he passed a message.
Half baked graduates from universities, so no fully baked one? Am sure u didnt check to pick the fully baked graduate s, cos u jus jump at 2.1 and expect magic. Did check the other ones with 2.2, or lower credit?
Amnsure we all went thru nigerian universities where we sort to "move on"
Excuse me sir, I don't think its the university system. I think they are many candidates chasing few jobs. Look at me, I graduated at the top of my class with 2'1. GPA of 3.75/5. A certified PMP. How many PMPs are there in Nigeria. The PMI says less than 1500. But guess what, I have no job and I am 31. Graduated in 2009. So is it quantity for me, I doubt. I just think its best I look for money to start a business and watch it grow. And by the way I read a social science course...not like any course is easy though.
DeleteSir/ Madam and when did clothing affect what the person has to offer from their heads, I mean if u don't have any set means of getting money how then do you even buy a proper shirt or pants or long flowing skirt, HR peeps need to look into some messed up rules you all have regarding dressing, I guess u graduated with a 1st class as well so you got a job too.
DeleteEven the senators got wardrobe allowance, abi them didn't have clothes before being elected. They know they should look good.
My take is let's all create jobs for ourselves and maybe then these coys would start making sense when they say they're recruiting. Shiity pple trying to mess the effort of an unemployed grad
Some of these employers are really wicked. Imagine paying an employee 30k salary! What nonsense???they know that pple are desperate and will take just anything. Wicked humans. Imagine, the money spent on transport. My friend is a contract worker in sterling bank and she is paid 40k..after all the stress and transport. .can you imagine? God will punish all these wicked employers
Delete@anonymous...u r so stupid for that post..u tink u r perfect?then u most be very stupid for that...prideness comes before failure..it is ur type we are talking abt..u go after that shit under d skirt all in the name of helping them..omo eran
DeleteAm so holding onto this little one i have!
DeleteI cannot come and go die in the name of searching for job.
God,please favour me!
Anonymous please I'm employable, I need a Job bad bad....
DeleteIf it's to complain about Nigeria, there are at least one billion complainants. But how many people are willing to stand up and actually make a change?? I own a company and I'm sorry to say I would rather employ someone who hasn't attended university but is willing to learn than some of the graduates I encounter. Graduates drop the sense of entitlement and start from somewhere. The job market is over saturated with graduates so the graduate title is becoming old and not so special. Most of you guys haven't even read a single book to better yourself since you left university. Yet you want to be at the top? How? Instead of complaining why not become a shining star among your peers by shunning TV and unnecessary conversations for a couple of months. Find out how to be a solution provider in a country filled with problems, by reading and picking the brains of people who are successful around you. The people who are on top now didn't just fall there. Most of them encountered the same or worst problems than you and came out victorious. To be extraordinary in a country that is full to the brim with intelligent people you need to take extraordinary steps. BEL ESPIRIT
DeleteWrite up is soo on point
DeleteAnon 04.05 I like what you have said also. Makes sense.
But that's what we see in labour market everyday. Someone will say d job is or ages Btw 20 to 24 n still insist on atleast 5yrs experience. Do dey get d experience in d womb? Very pathetic.
ReplyDeleteNma it depends on the nature of job o. Would have given instances but I'm in a hurry to somewhere
Deletehmmmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteTrue yarnings
ReplyDeleteThis write-up make sense die!
ReplyDeleteMay God help us I. Here we are still hoping and trusting. After so many bylines as an intern and graduate trainee. Thought I would just walk into any media house ND ask for my seat. 2months after NYsC still trusting.
ReplyDeleteThis is quite saddening... Things will change in no time
ReplyDeleteTrue... Especially the last paragraph.
ReplyDeleteYou forget to add that Money is also a criteria to getting a job in Naija! You pay 250,000 to get a job of 120,000.
DeleteNa so
Deletea.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Naija is ryt......
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***CURRENTLY IN JUPITER***
Naija thing most diff.
ReplyDeleteGod remember me ooooo na obodo najia
ReplyDeleteNaija job placement now is by connection.
ReplyDeleteYou gotta know someone that has a link and that has the power to slot your name/cv in.
The percentage of getting a job by applying online is less than 10%
Don't forget that most company now do internal opening; before it goes external, candidates have been chosen. E go come be like scam.
Lol. Naija! It is well.
I totally agree with u,I hv applied for more than 100 job no way,it is crazy,the sad one is waste of transport fare
DeleteSo true. Sometimes I wonder if my mail is functioning because I get no replies anymore. Na wa oh. Am even scared to go do masters before I will come back to be struggling with Bsc holders sef.
DeleteIt will end in praise
ReplyDeleteIt will end in praise
ReplyDeleteAnother sad post #okbye
ReplyDeleteI thought una messiah Buhari has given all the unemployed graduates in Nigeria jobs...
ReplyDeleteWhy are you complaining again?...
I thought he is paying you guys 5k monthly...
Hian...
Just shut up! Stupid statement from an impatient and ignorant person. Did unemployment just start in May 2015?
DeleteU ARE A BIG FOOL, WITH YOUR MOUTH ODOUR
DeleteWetin our one and only illiterate dey talk? Lol, block head.
DeleteMouth odour? Buahhahahha! Una no go kill me
DeleteHonestly I thought Buhari was the Messiah. Nigerians so easily fooled by cheap stunts and promises. Even the way he declared his assets you can tell he believes he's dealing with fools. No area or value of houses, no amount of shares, no value of the economic trees he stated. Meanwhile he's claiming just 30 mill in his account and his wife is wearing the latest Cartier watch worth over 10 mill. Nigerians stop sleeping the sleep of death oooo. It's a very terrible sleep. Any small thing Nigerians will be claiming victory, even when it's the same people returning in different packaging. Anyway what do I know? that's none of my business.
DeleteIt is not a small something.
ReplyDeleteAeegurl...
This is so true only God will help us and at the same time try to get another source of income or learn a trade/skill.
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ReplyDeleteTorr!
ReplyDeleteI no fit shout......hahahhahahahahahahahah....Na so
ReplyDeleteMay God save this generation
ReplyDeleteMy dear..i graduated from a university in gh..spent millions of naira to get good education, got 2.1...to get job hmmmmmm...my friends have gone to canada for masters..but I wld rather stay back and invest that money into something! it ain't easy my mehn...recently I was told to pay 400k to get a slot for a job...chally 3y3n easy
ReplyDeletePlease link me up biko I'm interested
DeleteSo true!!! So those people dt started school late and graduated late, can't gett jobss? I am 28 and I go on job sites and ssee 24years or less and am wondering who wud employ me? This is really unfair! So a 28year old can't handle the job a 24yearss old can handle? This country iss a sad place! And I need a job!
ReplyDeleteSo so true. In all we're still trusting in God
DeleteSo true... Quite sad!
ReplyDeleteHmmm stella you have said it all. My self and hubby are both graduates and we both don't have a job. Can't even feed ourselves 3times a day. Getting a job in Nigeria is all about who you know, you seriously need the right connect. God bless Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteIt's well
DeleteThe only connection you need is yourself & God. Once you receive that wisdom your life will never be the same. It may be hard but suffering is even harder.
Deleteso true
ReplyDeletethe last part end of the month ish is so true
maka why? why ? why?????????????????
Be an Entrepreneur.
ReplyDeleteA man's gift makes a way for him.
I will not die if I pay salaries.
There r also lots of people with a good job, good pay and are qualified for d job...I am one of them... Its not all bad u know...people get good jobs everyday through the right means and not connection
ReplyDeleteYeah. Speak for urself only!
Delete@Anon 17:05 if u notice in all the comment...you the only one testifying to this. Shows the percentage is 2% or so. Really sad. I don't av long leg but God is my connection.
Deletetrue................oooooo so true
ReplyDeleteThat's the bitter truth...our Labour laws needs awakening...
ReplyDeleteSee eh! Na vex I take the write this piece so!!! After using my mama hard earn money to further for that yeye London, graduate with obonge result. Am still sitting at home, why? Nobody wants to pay me my due fee. Some will casually say " who will pay who" or "you don't have enough experience" if you don't give me the job, how am I to gain the suppose experience? Sometimes I regret coming back to Nigeria. My mates are back there getting their papers through one means or bagging another degree and working. Am here still collecting money from dad or mum. Is it the business I started? Hmmmm, Nigeria babes can owe. The idea of calling and begging people to pay me my money became an issue, as if it's their right for not paying cos they believe I don't need the money "IMAGINE". I came to EARTH to be some babes closet, angrily I stopped the business.
ReplyDeleteI know my God will answer me soonest cos "He is not a man that he should Lie" preparing the best for me with that official car and accommodation #Smiling
#HappyBenueGirl
Dat's so true
ReplyDeleteI tire 4 Niger oo
May God connect all job seekers here
ReplyDeleteAmen oooo.
DeleteO claim it..
The truth is that, when unemployed finally get employment and get to levels at which they could change the system, they rather chose to continue the trend as they met it,and so, the vicious cycle continues.
ReplyDeleteThere won't be a change, except those in charge do something.
#WhiteDiamondOut
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DeleteSave small money,..start ur own business...be a CEO!!!...#simple
ReplyDelete...Word!!
DeleteWhere's the capital to start? It's not easy my sister, all fingers are not equal...
Delete...I forgot to add..
ReplyDeleteFind something u love or have a passion for..train on it..with acquired skills,u can make money while waiting for a job.
It's really crazy, not funny at all. God help us
ReplyDeleteHonestly its painful that after all the suffering in school, read like my life depends on it to the extent that my friends were like 'Iyede' no kill yourself untop boko o' for where! I no listen. Graduated with 2:1 yet no job. The most painful one was my interview with Workforce (a recruitment coy), they gave us forms to fill and also get 2 ogbonge guarantors and then come for documentation after scaling through all their screening stages. Only to be told they'll get back to us. Till today, nothing yet.
ReplyDeleteNa to go learn fashion design sure pass now o to be my own boss. I wish I was advised earlier to do this. If a better job comes knocking,fine! Pheww
Me am tired of life,graduated with 2:2, no job,no money,hunger,no husband,no kids,am 32yrs in 4 months time. Am very angry with my life. Naija system is frustrating. Make Jesus come already so that all these suffering will end. Stella post my comment oh! Since u cnt solve my job or hunger problems,I understand u hv lots on ur plate. I like u anyways.
ReplyDeleteAl, we have said here is true. That is why i keep asking myself wat NLC is doing. Is this not part of their JD?
ReplyDeleteTHAT'S WHY 8 MONTHS AFTER MY SERVICE YEAR WITHOUT ANY JOB PAYING ABOVE 40K WITH MY 2.1 FOR BOTH UNIJOS AND LAW SCHOOL,I CALMLY REGISTERED HARCOURT CONSULT..2 YEARS DOWN THE LINE I GOT A TUSHED OFFICE, CAR,LANDS,PAY BILLS AND MANY Mamis wan marry....fuck naija and them job
ReplyDeleteMay God help us. God's favour is all I ask
ReplyDeleteThe answer is being self employed!!! Gbam!!!
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing to add to this article. Its totally messed up, saddening and painful. You see graduates earning 25-40k and u begin to wonder. They'll still owe salary sef.
ReplyDeleteFor those saying be your own boss, is it not capital one will use to start up? Ladies are crying that no husbands and they are getting old @ home. How do you expect a jobless young mman to marry you???
Jah please sort Nigerians out.
I STARTED WITH JUS REGISTERING MY COMPANY,ITS LESS THAN 100K START SMall small
DeleteMost of you guys are complaining no job no job no capital but you have the money to upload data and complain online everyday. What if you used that money and most importantly the time to keep trying your best?? Would it kill you? I see babes everyday complaining no job no opportunities but every event new asoebi, new shoes, new hair and top of the range phones.Are these things free?? Are you aware that some girls have started businesses with less money than you spend in a month? Are you aware that what you spent on your hair and clothes this month is enough to buy you various books that will change your outlook, perspective and outcome in life?? A beg some people just lack correct setting of priorities. That's all.
DeleteThings are really tough, sometimes you have to wait before getting a job. Everyday I'm glad I didn't go back to naija after my second degree. No apologies jare. When I see some cvs I weep sha, who go employ you with a poorly written cv? It's just a huge turnoff. Thank God you are now aware of the keywords stuff, with employers having thousands of cvs to go through the keyword stuff is what they use. Arrange your cv very well, there are cv writing sites to help you. Google them. Have the keywords required for your field in ur cv, if it is IT, have words like Sql, active directory, html/css, excel etc.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile if you don't have skills , don't lie rather go and learn them. Enroll in a school, train yourself, watch videos etc. after all someone won a medal in javelin by watching YouTube videos.
When called for interview, be confident and smile. You may not know the stuff but just say I'm a fast learner and give an example of when you learnt fast.
Don't think any job is beneath you cos you have a foreign dergree, I know it's hard but there is always a starting point. The most important thing is experience!
Finally, pray pray pray. There is an employer out there for everyone, it may delay but it is not denial.
I have plans to go into recruitment in the very near future to help people write good cv's.
What an amazing comment!! Thank you
DeleteI don't know what is involved with getting work in Naija, but just lie about the age. It's survival of the fittest, you want to work or you don't want to work? Make yourself look youthful and bluff. Who tells 100% truth on their cv anyways? Honesty is not always the best policy, if you gotta tweak that shit, tweak it and keep it moving. You playing goody goody and still hungry out here parents wondering when you will get out of their pocket. I suck at Excel, but it is always on my cv because I took the course, I don't have to disclose my level or proficiency, I took the course and that is all that matters..lol. Anything can be learnt on a job, and most jobs still will have to train you no matter your credentials, so apply even for jobs where you are lacking some of the qualifications, you can still get in on the likability factor, which is 90% of the time what will determine if you get the job or not. Go in professional, but more of a conversationalist style, try to bond with the interviewer in some way, if is even to complement the paint colour on the walls, or the lovely flowers out front, just some mundane thing to connect with. If you lack the age and qualifications you have to up the personality and likability to be a contender.
ReplyDeleteWhere is the like button..couldn't have said it better
DeleteGod help those seeking for good jobs just the same way u remembered me.
ReplyDeleteI tire oooo. Is it not when you are given an opportunity to work that you become someone with experience....All you get to see is a minimum of 3 years/ 5 years working experience na beans? naija we hail thee.
ReplyDeleteThe painful part these days is when they ask you if you are married and you say yes, next will be how many kids, then how are you gonna manage kids with work? Then we will get back to you and THEY NEVER get back as if having kids if a sin. Me am just tired of this damned interviews cos I will never deny my kids
ReplyDeleteGood day everyone.
ReplyDeleteIf you are searching for a job then you should stop now! Inrespective of your qualifications, I've got something for you to become your own boss.
Send me a message in this format "I'm interested in becoming my own boss".luckyruth1985@gmail.com
I wish i can give jobs to you all.
ReplyDeletePls I need a job pls
Deletehmmm.... @Cynthia Iyede - Me I also went to Work Force for interview years back, they sent me somewhere I didn't get the job. But the lady who works there approached me and asked me my name and took my digits. Two weeks later I got a call for another interview from them, I went and I didn't like the offer so after being told I was a 'preferred candidate' I declined the job. they even called me three weeks later to confirm I wasn't interested.
ReplyDeleteOne year later, I still got a job offer from them which I declined because I had a better job already. I think they are legit, that's all I am saying. And no, I don't know anyone in there. God help us all.
I have just spent all my savings to pursue a Masters Degree in the UK. I have closed my ears to everything people are saying about me still joining the pool of unemployment when I return. Because I am certain I am on the right track and I won't be discouraged. Naija can be bad, but people's stories are different and God has different paths laid down for us all. We just have to trust his plan.
@Anon 04:31 - I agree with you oh!
ReplyDeleteNo job no job. Yet, all the money they get from bfs and caring relatives, go on vain things. Please let's all do a reality check.
I used to be like that oh! dreaming big for up to a year after I left Uni. Until God opened my eyes and my life has never been the same. I came in contact with certain people who have mentored me till today and taught me real sense i couldn't get in Uni or from the society around me. When I applied the rules, I saw positive changes in my life.
I live along Lekki-Epe exp way, but I got a small job with a company far inside the mainland. I was doing at least three hour drive everyday leaving my house at 5am and returning at 10pm. First to come to work and last to leave because of distance. Everyone in the company thought I was weird 'travelling' all the way just for 60k of which over half goes on fuel and feeding. But I knew what I was gaining. The second job i got was for 80k, still on the mainland but closer than the previous one. That one bad pass cos the salary wasn't constant sef. Colleagues dey yab me tire, I no hear. I was learning everything from every unit in the company. I will understudy and ask questions to the extent that I knew more than my stated JD. But after about a year, one day, I met someone for the first time who told me a certain company was hiring and I should try my 'luck'. I went for the interview, amongst others, and I got the job. Why? The experience I gained from that my suffer head jobs came in very handy. They were amazed at the things I had done in less that two years.
I got over 4 times my previous salary, for starters, amongst other benefits. Infact, I left the previous company with two months of unpaid salary and about 200k marketing commission that I had been applying for them to pay me. And I wasn't bothered. My ex-boss sef was asking me what they can do so I can stay back, cos they all knew that my performance despite all my challenges was the second best in my department. The people who I met in that small company abusing management and not bringing new clients cos they are angry at management, are still there asking me for recharge card every month end.
I hate remembering those days. It wasn't easy.... Na my friends no laugh me? I went with a friend of mine on the day of the second job interview and she refusedAnd went to tell everyone that I had signed up to a life of suffer-head. It took her more than a year to get a job, by which time I had bagged experience. At a point she got so frustrated, but God helped her and she got something. Everytime she sees me, she always reminds me of this incident.
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