This year 2019 marked exactly ten years when I officially joined the labor market in my country Nigeria. This was after my National Youth Service.
This is a one year compulsory service to the nation that every graduate goes through before officially going to the labor market.
I began the series by talking about my dad's career life because of the impact it had on my own journey through my career so far.
So I'll be sharing my story and experiences in the different places I've worked and the lessons I have learnt.
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During my NYSC days, we were constantly bombarded with the unemployment statistics.
We were told how jobs were becoming scarce. This was 2009 o. If only they knew it would get this bad, they would have spared us the news then.😁
Naturally that created fear in our hearts but I always did something each time I heard those words. I always told myself I would find a job despite the scary statistics and true to that I've not been jobless for a decade now.
After my NYSC, i began series of applications, got called for few interviews, traveling across states.
In the end, none of them worked. I began to get apprehensive, it was already getting to September. I had passed from NYSC out in July.
Towards the end of August, I decided to send applications to a few schools around to apply for a teaching job. I went for their exams but ONLY one small school decided to employ me. Salary was nothing to write home about.
It was even less than my NYSC alawi. 😁.
Alawi was 9,800, salary, 9000. 😃
I said no and went away angry.
Then my dad advised me to just accept that job to keep my mind busy so I don't stay at home and get depressed.
Then the owner of the school called me and pleased that I accept the appointment, he acknowledged he couldn't pay me what i was at least worth but that it was a new school if I would be willing to just take it.
So I obliged and took the appointment.
My experience in that school is what I will share in the next post before the week runs out.
But let me say a few things here;
- I had big dreams just like any young person after NYSC but life didn't give me that big appointment at that time. It took me to a small school in my neighborhood.
I had to start small though it was ego-stinging.
Life will give you seeds most times not the harvest. Don't be ashamed of those seeds, take them and sow and cultivate. You won't stay small. You will begin to grow into that big dream.
- Learn to be positive no matter what is happening around you. Don't always suck in negative news. Your heart should be a breeding ground for a positive life not a place where you allow fears.
Joblessness is real in our economy but you have a choice whether to focus on it and allow it drain your ability to spot opportunities or refuse to take it in and still be hopeful that something good will come no matter how small.
Thank you.
This is a one year compulsory service to the nation that every graduate goes through before officially going to the labor market.
I began the series by talking about my dad's career life because of the impact it had on my own journey through my career so far.
So I'll be sharing my story and experiences in the different places I've worked and the lessons I have learnt.
----- ------ ------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ -------
During my NYSC days, we were constantly bombarded with the unemployment statistics.
We were told how jobs were becoming scarce. This was 2009 o. If only they knew it would get this bad, they would have spared us the news then.😁
Naturally that created fear in our hearts but I always did something each time I heard those words. I always told myself I would find a job despite the scary statistics and true to that I've not been jobless for a decade now.
After my NYSC, i began series of applications, got called for few interviews, traveling across states.
In the end, none of them worked. I began to get apprehensive, it was already getting to September. I had passed from NYSC out in July.
Towards the end of August, I decided to send applications to a few schools around to apply for a teaching job. I went for their exams but ONLY one small school decided to employ me. Salary was nothing to write home about.
It was even less than my NYSC alawi. 😁.
Alawi was 9,800, salary, 9000. 😃
I said no and went away angry.
Then my dad advised me to just accept that job to keep my mind busy so I don't stay at home and get depressed.
Then the owner of the school called me and pleased that I accept the appointment, he acknowledged he couldn't pay me what i was at least worth but that it was a new school if I would be willing to just take it.
So I obliged and took the appointment.
My experience in that school is what I will share in the next post before the week runs out.
But let me say a few things here;
- I had big dreams just like any young person after NYSC but life didn't give me that big appointment at that time. It took me to a small school in my neighborhood.
I had to start small though it was ego-stinging.
Life will give you seeds most times not the harvest. Don't be ashamed of those seeds, take them and sow and cultivate. You won't stay small. You will begin to grow into that big dream.
- Learn to be positive no matter what is happening around you. Don't always suck in negative news. Your heart should be a breeding ground for a positive life not a place where you allow fears.
Joblessness is real in our economy but you have a choice whether to focus on it and allow it drain your ability to spot opportunities or refuse to take it in and still be hopeful that something good will come no matter how small.
Thank you.
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