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Unemployment in Nigeria is fast becoming a worrisome trend.Even more disturbing is the fustration and restlessness it breeds among the youths especially graduates.The rate keep increasing year by year.

How can Nigeria achieve the vision 20-20 with so much unemployment in the country.There are lots of adverts on job vacancies,yet unemployment is not reduced.It is a known fact that the economy in terms of development has not fared too well. Corruption have been identified as a major cause of dwindling economy and it manifests in job placements too.Lots of adverts especially government jobs are placed just to follow due process,why; because the vacancy had already been fixed.A typical job advert will specifically request for candidates with a minimum requirement of first class or second class honours, one ponders; what happens to the third class honours?

A lot of job seekers still need to be trained practically on the job before their experience could be utilised.Long working experience needed in jobs makes many fresh graduates unable to fit in. Company executives can go a long way in reducing the rate of unemployment in the country by placing honest job adverts. Fictitious adverts simply create a fake sense of wellbeing. The unemployed graduate sees plethora of job adverts, and yet no successful feedback; what could be more fustrating. Long working experience should be minimised as possible or removed where necessary so as to extend the offer to more hands.

The government should look inward by creating an enabling environment for investments and encourage investors through provision of basic and necessary infrastructure like good roads,constant electricity supply, and security to mention but a few.This will encourage self employment.Training in vocational skills is also very important in creating self employment especially with the scarcity of white collar jobs. Noteworthy is the fact that an idle hand is the devil’s workshop. a good starting point is engaging other job seekers like yourself. Everyone must seek to be engaged in one skill or the other so as to be relevant in the society.

“Getting a job is a job” is a popular saying among experienced job seekers.. Then getting a good job is a serious one. Yours sincerely have pratical resons to believe that. I extend my regards to the successful applicants and hopeful ones out there still searching. We can only pray things get better for the Nigerian workforce.