I present below things you should know or do to make your one year NYSC program a value-adding one:
1, [b]Lagos is cool[/b]: If you get posted to Lagos, I think it’s cool, even great. Internet may have shrunk information gap, but the truth is, Lagos is still where it is happening. Yes, government may have outlawed posting to private sector, but being in Lagos brings you closer to information. You have opportunity to know what is happening, you get to write job tests without having to travel for hours, if not days. I was invited for Accenture test in March 2007, while still serving in Sokoto state, I ignored it because I could not travel from Sokoto to Lagos. I however came – 14 hours on the road, although returned by air – for the Mobil test. So if you get posted to Lagos, I think it’s a leg up. Fully maximize the opportunity.
2, [b]But no where is bad[/b]: Lagos is cool, but nowhere is actually bad. In fact, other than access to more offline job information and ability to turn up for test invites without stress, other states trump Lagos in other things, like cost of living etc. So irrespective of where you are posted, it is still an opportunity.
3, [b]Write your CV and start circulating[/b]: I wrote my first CV in 200 level, another one in final year, but the final one shortly after I graduated, before being mobilized for NYSC. But if you don’t have a CV yet, use the NYSC service year to sit down and craft one. Jarushub premium services may help you with one. Once you have your CV, start circulating, start completing online job forms.
4, [b]Be present on the internet[/b]: Don’t be cut off information. Posting to village is not an excuse for information black-out. I became an internet buff during my service year, which is the genesis of Jarushub of today. I joined Nairaland, Nigeria’s biggest web forum, on July 25, 2007 from a cybercafe on Dan Fodio University City (Medical students) campus in Sokoto. By 2013, I had become so popular on Nairaland that when I floated Jarushub, I had steady fans and followers. I joined Nairaland in 2007 partially because of a discussion on Mobil job. With phones, laptops, tablets and personal internet subscriptions available on them, you may not need a cybercafe again, unlike me then. Subcribe to top job boards and career portals for job information.
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