Many of us graduate from college without any change we still remain the same way we are before we entered college....now this is an experience I got on a friend kunle, I tought as much to educate you my loving readers on this
1. Spoken English:
It is so sad that majority of
Nigerian students in tertiary
institutions don't bother about
polishing their spoken and written
English. Some graduates speak
English worse than a toddler, making
one wonder what they spent 16yrs
doing in school. You hear them spew
garbage like "he come and slap me
and I come and beat him". If you
speak such English to an interviewer,
even with first class clearly written
on your CV, he will probably think
you runzed your way through school.
The use of words like yeah, goddamn,
omo, sh*t, f**k etc should be stopped
cos they don't portray you as a
decent person.....mind you
2. Mode of dressing:
Looking fly on campus was one of the
things kunle enjoyed during his
undergraduate days. It was fun cos
He had so much of the opposite sex
around to admire him including me but am not gay tho. The moment he
graduated, his orientation changed.
Not that a graduate should stop
wearing denims and sneakers, but
sagging and putting on studs with
crazy hairstyle should come to a stop
if such a person wants to fit into the
corporate world. In the corporate
world, you get to mingle with
matured or married men with enough
decency. Sagging in their midst will
make you look kiddo(small boi). Just because your
favourite musician Davido sags his
trousers doesn't mean you should do
the same. He gets paid to do that
while you could get fired for doing
the same....got it?
3. Spendthrift attitude:
The first time kunle heard someone say
his salary is 70k, he hissed and
mocked him for him mind that was
the same amount we students flex at the bar and spent
on phones just to oppress each other.
Now I've seen people earning less
than 45k even with years of
experience. What kind of person do
you think you'll turn out to be when
all you want is the latest expensive
gadgets? In the real world, no one
cares about the kind of phone you
use. Even on naija campus these
days, girls have stopped falling for a
guy because of the phone he uses, but no all phones because phone dey pass phone...
they now trip for flashy cars. So,
before you spend that huge amount
on a phone, ask yourself this
question: "is it going to improve my
standard of living?". Kunle didn't know he
could turn his smart phone to a mini
laptop with WPS, Excel etc untilI he got
employed. His phone was all about
BBM, Whatsapp and Facebook. He now
saw the full potential of the phone.
You need to cut down on your
spendings. Also, get the idea of
clubbing off your mind or it might
ruin your pockets. The money saved
from disciplining yourself can be
used to start something great. Use
your head,let your head not be used by something else
4. Laziness:
You remember how you use to
complain about the large notebooks
you have to read for exams? If you
lack a good reading culture, it is
certain you will be bereft of ideas
to contribute to a company's growth.
You are always seen reading gossip
blogs like my own....lol, where you are updated with
the lifestyle of celebrities but lack
the idea of what the top 20
questions interviewers ask. Scaling
through campus days as a lazy
person doesn't mean such is likely to
continue in the real world. Carrying
on with laziness is what leads to
prostitution, sorry to say, where a lady feels she
can use her body to fetch her daily
bread instead of her brain, or where
a guy still expects his uncle to be
the one to help him achieve his
targets even after getting him a job
through nepotism (IM). You get to wonder
why they spent 4 -7yrs developing
their brain in school. Be carefull ooo
5. Pride:
I remember when kunle was in his final
year at school, he was always happy
about what the future held for him. He always says he was going to get a job that
pays 350k immediately he graduated.
Reality slapped him in the face when
His first offer was a job paying 30k.
He had no choice but to take the offer
cos he was already tired of adding
more months to the six months he had
spent at home just sleeping. Luckily
for him, the job paved the way for
better ones cos it gave him the
needed experience recruiters want to
see on a CV. He has now realised that
350k is only feasible for those in
the oil sector and those with huge
years of experience, not a fresh
graduate who doesn't know his left from his right *i just hoped kunle dosn't read this post*.
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