A Popular Aphorism that “desperate situations require desperate measures” cannot be overstated. It is true that the unemployment figures in Nigeria keeps increasing on a daily basis. This increase is especially high among graduates of all disciplines. From lawyers to Medical doctors, Engineers to Pharmacists, Geologists to Teachers and Bankers. Despite this, it can still be safely said that geologists have a very large share of this number (I stand to be corrected).
Most geology and geophysics graduates are developing tactics to combat this challenge. One of it is that many rather than sit at home have proceeded to obtain a master’s degree with the hope that it will help them secure their dream job. Some even travel outside the shores of this country to secure a master’s degree from various institutions especially in the UK with the dream of coming back to secure a place.
A year after they are back in the country they are still in search of a job despite their prestigious degrees. They would soon get frustrated and disappointed as they had thought that this would have been the anti-dote to their job problems but alas reality is steering them in the face “no job”. Someone once asked me this question “How come companies always go out of their way to employ foreign expatriate despite the large army of unemployed graduates in the land?” What a good question but the answer is not far-fetched. Oil companies are not charity organization as most people tend to think, they are in it for profit and will only be looking to employ people that possess the right skills and competencies, people that will assist them make this profit. These candidates (whether Nigerian or foreigner) are well sought after; companies will do whatever they can to bring them on board their team. Many of them don’t even stay long on a job; before you say “Jack Robinson” they have changed job. It is not a function of their degrees or certificate but rather the skills they have and what they can do with it.
Even amidst this precarious unemployment situation in the land, Oil companies are still recruiting. They will only recruit capable hands. You can take yourself out of unemployment today by just taking a wise decision. A decision to acquire the right skill sets and knowledge needed in the industry. Why wait when you can take a step that will make you well sought after. Demonstrated competencies in the right skill sets needed in the oil & gas sector will set anyone apart from the rest of the pack. So if you want to be sought after by all and sundry then you had better done the needful, get trained!!!
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Beautiful piece. I'm not too suprised.
One thing is this, Nigerian graduates and undergraduates really need to think out of the box now. Get needed skills, upgrade yourself and get yourself armed and equiped to face the needs of these employers.
There are lots of Jobs out there waiting for the right personnel. And one of the biggest problems facing the nation's employment rate is the terrible quality of graduates Nigeria reels out every year, many of these graduates don't even meet up to the world high school standard talkless of college standards. It's appaling.