You may have heard about several common mistakes graduates make after graduation from the university, but you should take this seriously. There are several mistakes you can make in life that can be easily recovered, but the ones I am about pointing out are determinant to your success in life, so it should be avoided or remedied on time.

We are in a country where everything is increasingly difficult to achieve. This means that you would have to put in extra work and all before you can even get a reasonable job in the country. In most cases, all you have to do is know one or two influential people who will give you a job on a platter of gold.

Aside from everything written above, there are moves that jeopardize your chances of reaching the heights you projected for yourself while still at school. Those silly moves are the mistakes that most young graduates do immediately they come out of school.

These are the common mistakes graduates make after graduation



Waiting for Destiny Helpers to give you a Job

Do you remember those guys who told us to give them a call immediately we graduate from school so that they can give us a job?

Research has shown that 90% of them don’t pick up their calls again when you finally graduate and call them. It happened to me, and I am pretty sure that it happened to you who are also reading this post. Most times, the ones who finally help us are those whom we never gave a thought about till things became extremely difficult – but that is by the way tho.

Wasting away time at home waiting for them to give you that promised job is not wisdom in the slightest. So if you are in that category, do well to think about the second point and implement it.

Submitting Job Applications without Self-improvement
Most times you might have spent a year waiting for a job, but yet you added no single VALUE to yourself. That isn’t wisdom and you have wasted a whole year of your life achieving nothing!

There are ways to improve yourself and value like I explained here; it involves adding much value to yourself. There are several ways you can do that, but one of the major ways is to;

“Get a Skill”



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When you get a skill, you can easily add them up to your CV and become someone of great value. When your value is on the high side, you become a wanted commodity – which would help you financially.

Skills like Web Designing and Development, Digital Marketing, and Graphics Design, are among the simple skills you can learn within few months. It is up to you to take charge and get them now!

Taking up any Job

I am not trying to sound like a naysayer, but this is one of the common mistakes graduates make after graduation and they don’t get a job. The truth is that the moment you have gotten frustrated to a point, instead of improving their value and getting the right job for themselves, they look for the easy way out by taking up any job.

It is a general myth that employers want those with “Experience”, but this isn’t always true. Employers are on the lookout for those who have the right skill set and high productivity. So no matter how small you have started, it doesn’t guarantee you a better job in the near future if you don’t have the skills that employers are looking for.

Keeping your Job Search to yourself

Everyone around you should know that you are searching for a job. But before you tell people, be ready to answer the questions “What can you do?”

One of the common mistakes graduates make is to answer “Anything” to the above question. Nobody would take you seriously because you are meant to be a professional and not a “Jack of all Trade”

Know what you are trained for and become a professional at it. If your field of study isn’t a lucrative one with lots of opportunities, then you can switch to the ICT field – it has lots of opportunities for everyone with or without experience.

Depending on your University Certificate

Depending on your university certificate is one of the mistakes graduates make when they leave school. Regardless of your CGPA, nobody would give you a job for coming out with an excellent result – except on rare occasions.

The following factors that can give you a job are;

Connections
Skills
Professional Certifications
Interview performance

Once you have any of the above three, you are already in to become a wanted commodity in the job market. It can be solidified by having all of the above.

Most of the common mistakes graduates make are self-inflicted and I hope this post will help in creating a preventive path for future graduates. I wish you the best, and I hope you subscribe to my blog by using the link below for more informative articles.

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You can register and learn it immediately.

Depending on government jobs only.

Well, to most graduates, you are not employed save when you work for the government. When you tell them you work in a private firm or company, to them, you're still a job seeker.

All they wait for is when MDA's are employing.

Secondly, from list of advertised jobs being posted on nairaland, it it clear that there are professional jobs and skills in high demand that people aren't looking at. Go to linked in and see lots of vacant positions but most graduates don't qualify for it. A graduate of biochemistry only thinks he or she can work as a biochemist, same with a pharmacist, doctors and lawyers. How much more those that studied physics, chemistry, etc, they see themselves as chemists, physicists, and engineers and that they can only work therein.

Byteworks are currently employing, they have advertised vacancies and even extended the period of application, yet, they don't see qualified persons. My company advertised with all of the CVs being exactly the same. Over 1000 applicant's, none had professional or the needed skills.

Well, the competition is so high and people are advised to step up their game

Nice one op.

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Without knowing someone who knows someone who knows someone getting a good job will be difficult.

I think u should have included Geographical unemployment. Study petrol chemical Engineering and looking for job in kogi, Adamawa etc

Thanks....

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Connection and grace is what you need jare

Nice one at @op, unfortunately, there are no jobs in this country.
There's one thing I believe, any man created by God, has a hidden potential, which he/she can use to make wealth. all that's required is the ability to discover it.

I remember those days my friends who are always on bbm nd oda social media app. Asking how did u apply, when did u apply. Lesson check diff job sites everyday, network with fellow job seekers. I got my first job thru an online friend i once shared materials with

Failing to appease the village people....op dnt overrule this one

Hmm

Good points you have there, OP, I must say.

You pray for God's Grace&that Correct CONNECTION for you to land that dream job whether you get Thirdy or 2:2 Draw for ur B.sc.

You are right @op. So true...especially number 1 & 4.

But what of number 5? You wrote "5 common mistakes..." but there are only 4 on the list.

Nice one op!
I have a relation who holds a Bsc in Microbiology.She has not gotten a job running to 3years now since she finished NYSC.She came up with the idea of going into ICT to add to her prowess and boost her cv but unfortunately she has very little knowledge of it she's confused what she can do and how to go about it.She resides in Ondo.Please advice.

common sense is not common, There is no America, Jerusalem, Mecca nor greener pastures anywhere. Graduates if you are not lazy, challenge urslf to go into farming. Go and start a poultry farm, fishery or other livestock or crop production. With 7k, u can start a business. with 20k or 30k or 50k or 70k, u can do alot here in Nigeria or anywhere else and live a life of financial independence and stop been a liability.

If anybody is promising you any free or lofty promises then ur fooling urslf. Start something with your hands and legs if you know you are not lame, handicap nor dumb

deavicky:
I think u should have included Geographical unemployment. Study petrol chemical Engineering and looking for job in kogi, Adamawa etc

Hmmmm...word!
Never thought about this before.

But, I dont think that's really a thing. The person should just look for work outside that location. Simple!

The poster is on point whilst missing one thing: the catch 22 factor. A fresh graduate is looking for a job and he's asked to go and get an experience. In this case, he's looking for who to employ him to get the experience and nobody is helping him and... We all know how painful it is.
Eighty per cent of unemployable Nigerian graduates are victims of Nigerian factor.

Well said and true talk........may the almighty GOD help us and us in this country..

Sometines you only need information and confidence.

Some graduates need a job of 250k.or 300k, they don't want to start low and rise to the peak.

To aid the discourse:


Getting a job after NYSC: How long is too long?

missdivineprove:
Nice one at @op, unfortunately, there are no jobs in this country.
There's one thing I believe, any man created by God, has a hidden potential, which he/she can use to make wealth. all that's required is the ability to discover it.

Fortunately, there are jobs in this country because lots of people are getting employed daily. So why say no job?


Potentials yes, but while some environment encourage the discovery and growth of these potentials, some like ours discourage it. Ever wondered why we have more talents springing up in western countries more than ours?

We are in a country where if you aint tied to a 9-5 job ya useless and your education wasted.

Simply put, whatever you find your hands, legs, head, tummy mouth etc good at, keep doing it because success honors only the stubborn.

Nice post Op...I love this

Me4Me:


Fortunately, there are jobs in this country because lots of people are getting employed daily. So why say no job?


Potentials yes, but while some environment encourage the discovery and growth of these potentials, some like ours discourage it. Ever wondered why we have more talents springing up in western countries more than ours?

We are in a country where if you aint tied to a 9-5 job ya useless and your education wasted.

Simply put, whatever you find your hands, legs, head, tummy mouth etc good at, keep doing it because success honors only the stubborn.

True talk. Thanks for this. Check our signature and reach out to us.

Very good points. Upon graduation from a Tertiary institution, you need to decide what you want.... Get a Job/Further your education/Run a Business. Knowing what you want, will determine your line of activities and priorities.

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deavicky:
I think u should have included Geographical unemployment. Study petrol chemical Engineering and looking for job in kogi, Adamawa etc

Oh my! What an input.

I will surely write about this. Hope I have your permission?

MissJoy29:
You are right @op. So true...especially number 1 & 4.

But what of number 5? You wrote "5 common mistakes..." but there are only 4 on the list.

...

I thought I wrote 5.

Add yours jare...