DIARY OF A ONCE FRUSTRATED, UNEMPLOYED GRADUATE: THIN OR IMAGINERY LINE?

6 months after NYSC, am still searching and hustling in the Market

I don’t mean Balogun market; I mean the Labour market,

A market where there are far more sellers (graduate) than buyers (Employers)

A market where the Nigerian factor has confined us to (Go to school, get good grades, get a good job)

Within these 6 months, I have written test and gone for interviews about 10^1/2 times. Am sure you are wondering where the half is coming from. Well the half happened today…

I was invited for a chat/test and after the Lady briefed us about the job, about half of us stood up and left.

I walked out not out of pride but everything about what she said screamed ‘this is it, I can’t take it anymore’

It doesn’t mean because am looking for a job I got to take just anything especially if there is no future in it, especially if it is really not going to be adding to me; if I won’t really be developing my skill set…

Am not saying am looking for a multinational job (if it comes, GREAT!!!); am not saying am going to stick to only what I read in school. NO!!!

School was a preparatory ground to all I could do.

School is like a mental gym. It offers you the ability to improve your thinking and not to be trapped in what you studied.

I may not be sticking to just communications but am not taking just anything because whatever I do today should be the details of my larger picture…

And so am asking:

‘Where should I draw the line between starting small and settling for less’?

‘Or is there even a line between this two’? Am I just creating it?

‘Is it any job that comes my way I should take simply because am looking for a job’?