Many employers have been known to list strict requirements
for their recruitment especially for Fresh Graduate hire. To me, this has been responsible
for the do-or-die believe by Graduates that its either a 2:1 or nothing. We
have even had cases on Nairaland, where people became depressed or committed
suicide as a result of their failure to hit this target.
I am going to give employers three reasons why that should not be the case:
1. We all have our area of interest and talent, which may not neccessarily be in academics, but does not hinder us from been effective in the practical aspect of life where we have that passion or interest.
2. Change is the constant thing in life. Some people might have done poorly in the past, but they are now performing exceedingly well. For example, we have people who made 3rd class/ 2.2 and ended up making a distinction in their Master's and or PhD's.
3.The key ingredients needed to work in an organization: Teamwork, leadership skills and communication skills are hardly obtainable from academic education (especially in Nigeria). They are most times a result of personal development and attending relevant non-curricular trainings.
Kindly note that I didn't put this up here because I am in this particular category of graduates, was just inspired with a post sometimes ago about "Why many first class graduates don't end up as first class citizens".
I am going to give employers three reasons why that should not be the case:
1. We all have our area of interest and talent, which may not neccessarily be in academics, but does not hinder us from been effective in the practical aspect of life where we have that passion or interest.
2. Change is the constant thing in life. Some people might have done poorly in the past, but they are now performing exceedingly well. For example, we have people who made 3rd class/ 2.2 and ended up making a distinction in their Master's and or PhD's.
3.The key ingredients needed to work in an organization: Teamwork, leadership skills and communication skills are hardly obtainable from academic education (especially in Nigeria). They are most times a result of personal development and attending relevant non-curricular trainings.
Kindly note that I didn't put this up here because I am in this particular category of graduates, was just inspired with a post sometimes ago about "Why many first class graduates don't end up as first class citizens".
This is an issue that would never go away, its in their
mentality, indians do not give a fvck about what you graduated with, what they
want is your brain. That's why they are where they are, Nigerians wants the
grade,that's why we re where we are.
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