It's everyone's desire to get settled or attached once they graduate. However, no sooner you start hunting for a job than you realise the progress is not smooth and the future looks bleak as you get tired of leaving your credentials with no reply for months to years and still counting.
Even your shoe soles can attest to the trauma of trekking every morning with the hope of seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.
Albeit, all is not lost and in case you are wondering what to do next, here are few tips to help you going as you hunt for the elusive job:
1. Be patient and run your pace
It is taunting when you get to learn that almost all the friends you graduated with have secured jobs and are earning some income; while you are profusely sweating to get even just an interview.
Fear not, you need to realise that unlike the graduation where you finish together, getting a job is a different game ball as you need to be patient and hope for the best.
You also, need to run your own pace and avoid comparing yourself to others lest you lose focus and become jealous of them.
Let's face it; some people are just lucky. Hence focus and understand it is not a winner take it all affair. You will get there and have your cake.
2. Survival comes before career
This is where most graduates get it wrong. Opportunity knocks at their doors only for them to turn it away because it does not suit their career choice.
You know what, out here the environment is harsh, and being a man eat man society; you can't afford to be choosy. Leave it to the 'slay queens'.
Take that odd job that you keep on ignoring and start preparing yourself knowing that with time and exposure, you will get to your dream job.
Simply put, you need to eat, clothe and sleep, but under whose roof with no cash? Take that job and survive now for a better tomorrow.
3. Don't be threatened by qualification and work experience
Often, you will see a job advertisement asking for those with only specified qualifications and over ten years experience to apply, and you decide to disqualify yourself owing to the conditions.
As a result, you end up missing out due to fear and qualification worries.
I encourage you to apply because you don't have to meet all the requirements.
Employers tend to use such mechanisms to frustrate and lockout jokers in the name of candidates, lest every Tom, Dick and Harry apply for the job.
You can imagine the headache Human Resource managers would have, sorting out the qualified candidates.
Besides, recruiters are more impressed by your willingness to learn and courage compared to having all the required experience and skills.
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