I got few questions from the previous post and I will try
to answer them in this session. Thanks for all the nice comments; it makes me
want to write more as it’s a source of motivation to me. I also got people
saying I post BC’s a lot without even opening to see what’s inherent in it, in
case you are one of them I forgive you. Am set to help as many people as
possible, but I just need only one faithful fan who will be following my
write-ups and impact himself/herself positively, which I think I have gotten.
I wrote on internship in my
previous post and someone was asking, what if they check the site of the
organization and there are no internship opportunities?. Well there mustn’t be
internship opportunities always, if u really want to acquire skills on how to
use the tools in an organization, I would advise you go for a volunteer work in
that organization even if no stipend is attached to it. The truth is when you
have acquired knowledge on how to use the tools in that organization and there
is a need to employ more workers to that organization, you automatically have an
upper hand to be employed. No one wants to employ workers and go through the
stress of teaching them their job. The little skill you would acquire through a
volunteer work would help you big time to be considered; That’s why you would
always see job requirements with working experience attached to it.
Someone
also asked of situations where one is posted to local governments where there
are no such opportunities. As a graduate and a serving corp member, the NYSC
period is a time to try a lot of things; you mustn’t just be idle and useless
to yourself. I would advise you make good observation of the area u were posted
and make most of it. If the people of that area are predominantly farmers,
venture into farming and have a different experience, even if you won’t carry
hoe to plough, rent a land and pay workers to do the job, I promise it would
be fun and you won’t regret doing it. Am sure many would be waiting for me to
talk about the harvest and proceed from it………
Everyone
wants to work with big NGO’s under health sector because they pay big. A proper
game plan is taking many courses as possible under global e-learning. Some of
the courses won’t take you more than 2 hours online to finish and you would be
issued a certificate. All these certificates help form your other
qualifications when writing a C.V and would be considered when you apply for a job in any health related organization. What is important is the knowledge you
would acquire when taking all these courses and not just the certificate. The
NYSC period is a time you can use your weekends or free days to learn so many
things. Make the most of it.
Savings is
another game plan that would go a long way to help you as corper. So many
people have opened companies from the meager amount they were collecting and
saving as corpers. A lot of people would finish from the scheme and still have
to beg people to give them transport money when an interview opportunity comes
up, its actually lack of a proper game plan. So many wise people also save and start up
small businesses after serving while others also save enough to go for their MSc.
some devoted corpers are retained while most people have to wait for months and in
most cases years to get a proper pay job. With a good game plan you won’t
have to worry over all these because your savings would go a long way in making
meaningful investments that you won’t have to depend on the government or
anyone to survive.
The NYSC
scheme comes with a lot of opportunities for those who would recognize and grab them. Grappling efforts only leads to regrets. Anything big started small. Make meaningful
improvements in your plans, so you won’t have the had I known sentiments. Start a
plan today as it’s never too late. Kindly drop your questions as they help me
to build further write-ups and don’t forget to also share with someone that you
think needs a GAME PLAN. Thanks.
ELISHA Z. MALEEKS
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