Things to work on before graduating
1. SPOKEN ENGLISH
It is sad that
majority of Nigerian students in tertiary institutions don’t bother about
polishing their spoken English and written English. Some graduates worse than a
toddler, making one wonder that they spent 16 years doing in school. You hear
them spew gabbage like “he
come and slap me and I come and beat him”. If
you speak such English to an interviewer, even with first class clearly written
on your CV, he/she will probably think you runzed your way through school. The
use of words like yeah, goddamn, omo, sh*t, f**k etc should be stopped because,
they don’t portray you as a decent person.
2. MODE OF DRESSING
Looking fly on
campus was one of the things people enjoyed during undergraduate days. It was
fun because; you had so much of the opposite sex around to admire you. The
moment you graduated, I know that your mentality/orientation will change. Not
that a graduate should stop wearing denims and sneakers, but sagging and
putting on studs with crazy hairstyle should come to a stop if such a
person wants to fit into the corporate world. In the corporate world, you get
to mingle with matured or married men with enough decency. Sagging in their
midst will make you look kiddo and exasperating. Just because your favourite
musician Davido, Timaya et al sag their trousers doesn’t mean you should do the
same. The get paid for it, while you could get fired for doing the same.
3. SPENDRIFT ATTITUDE
The first time you
heard someone (either your brother or relative), hint you that his salary is
70k, I’m sure that you’ll hissed and mock him in your mind because that is the
same amount “you students spent on phones just to oppress each other”. I
believed that you’ve seen people earning less than 45k even with years of
experience. What kind of person do you think you’ll turn out to be, when all
what you desired is to get expensive gadgets? In the real world, no one
cares about the kind of phone you use. Even on Naija campus these days (i.e.
UNIBEN, UI, OAU, UNIOSUN Et Al), girls have stopped failing for a guy because
of the phones he uses, they now trip for flashy cars. So, before you spend that
huge amount on a phone, ask yourself this question: “is it going to improve my
standard of living?” now
I know that you didn’t know you could turn your smart phone to a mini laptop
with WPS, EXCEL etc until you are employed. Your phone
is all about BBM WHATSAPP and FACEBOOK. You will know the full
potential of the phone. You need to cut down on your spending’s. Also, get the
idea of clubbing off your mind or it might ruin your pockets. The money saved
for discipline yourself can be used to start something great. “USE YOUR HEAD”
4. LAZINESS
You remember how
you use to complain about the large notebooks and course materials you have to
read for exams? If you lack a good reading culture, it is certain you will be
bereft of ideas to contribute to a company’s growth. You are always seen
reading gossip blogs where you are updated with the lifestyle of celebrities but
lack the idea of what the top 20 questions interviewer ask. Scaling through
campus days as a lazy person doesn’t mean such is likely to continue in the
real world. Carrying on with laziness is what leads to prostitution, robbery,
etc where a lady feels she can use her body to fetch her daily bread instead of
her brain, or where a guy still expects his uncle to be the one to help him
achieve his targets even after getting him a job through nepotism. You get
wonder why they spent 16 years developing their brain in school.
5. PRIDE
Remember now that
you are in your final year at school, you will always be happy about what the
future held for you. You knew you’re going to get a job that pays 350k
immediately you graduated. Reality will slap you in the face when your first
offer is a job paying 30k (well not in this Nigeria Economy situation). You’ll
have no choice but to take the offer simply because by the time you already
tired of adding more months to the six months you had spent at home just sleeping.
Probably, you are
lucky, the job might have paved way for a better one because it’ll give you the
needed experience recruiters want to see on a CV. By that time you’ll now realise
that 350k is only feasible for those in the oil sector and those with huge
years of experience, not a fresh graduate who doesn’t know his left from his
right. As you are about graduating, never see any job as demeaning. Take it up
while you continue searching for a better one.
This gives you
experience. A bird in hand is better than a million in the bush. Remember, you
are nobody and no one gives a damn about you out there. So, drop your pride and
use your head and hands or end up spending years still eating your mum’s food
with insults.
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