A Golden Solution to Youth Unemployment

A Golden Solution to Youth Unemployment

Written By: Shina Oyeniran

It is no more news, the staggering number of unemployed and under-employed youths in Nigeria. What might be a new information on the block though is that (as against what is always being commonly among Nigerians), there are jobs in Nigeria!

Before we go on I just want to say that, I’m a writer and just like most of my articles, this article is also a product of my experience and thought process. We may agree or disagree at some points, but I know that by the time you finish reading this article you would have almost or totally agreed with my view on the point of discussion because I bare the truth. Let’s shoot!

No doubt there is high competition for the little available jobs in Nigeria and to tighten the rope more, employers seek only the best of the best for recruitment. This now brings us to the main reason I wrote this article.

The fact is that job seekers in Nigeria lack the skills, intelligence level, and attributes (note that I didn’t mention certificate) that are required by companies (especially today’s corporate world organizations). Big organizations in order to hire the best hands have raised the job requirements level to fit global standard, but it is a pity that ‘our people’ who apply to these companies don’t even know this and so they never get considered for the jobs. Of recent, corporate organizations are being compelled to put more effort into ensuring the health and work environment safety of their staffs. This has made companies to earnestly seek the services of Human Safety Experts to assist them in playing that role. All of a sudden, people had done Health and Safety Management Courses became hotcake in the market. A few people who got informed about this development were rushing to take professional courses in this field (HSE I, II & III).  This is exactly the kind of thing I’m talking about. There are other in-demand skills like computer literacy (ability to use Microsoft excel spreadsheet and Microsoft powerpoint, ability to solve computer hardware and software problem, website design/management) that make employers beg you to work for them. On a more advanced level, computer programmers are also high in demand.

These organizations are no more interested in the different certificates job seekers carry about. They have seen more than enough certificates, what they want to know is if you can actually do what the certificate you carry says you are able to do. A golden solution to the problem of unemployment that I see is that, job hunters should research skills that are in hot demand by the big recruiting companies and then they should try their best to equip with such skills.

Some of the attributes that job seekers must possess and that are in high demand at the big companies include hardwork, proactive thinking, strong initiative ability, and ability to speak more than one language and to be able to work across cross-cultural groups (i.e For example if you are a Yoruba, you should be able to work conveniently in any of their branches either in Kaduna or even Nsukka)

You want to get your dream job? Then I believe if you can acquire the skills and attributes in demand by the big companies, you are most likely your dream job in no time.

See you at the top!

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                                                                                    Written By: Shina Oyeniran

                                                       For: www.shinaoyeniransblog.blogspot.com

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