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Why Jobs and Careers in Nigeria Resources? Entrepreneur Mentality
Jobs and Careers in Nigeria resources are provided by Jidaw as a community effort geared towards meeting the huge public need in the areas of employment and entrepreneurship.
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The aim is to make contributions that to help reduce the level of unemployment nationally and highlight prospects for empowerment.
These online forums, discussions, tips and listings are all designed to provide better insights, more knowledge and more power!
It is important to provide various routes and options to improve chances for many as possible to get the opportunities they desire in line with their career and life goals.
It is our hope that you find these tips and resources useful. Help in spreading the word - Share the gift of information.
Do the insights provoke you? Are you angry about the level of joblessness we find all around us? Avoid being sucked into rivers of complaint. Don't be satisfied with anger. You can do something. Direct your anger with purpose. Start with these and other resources available to you. WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH WHAT YOU HAVE WHERE YOU ARE? There are no easy answers. But use your anger to drive positive change and reject the mediocrity offered by status quo.
In using these Jobs and Careers in Nigeria resources note that no one size that fits all. Forget about formulas. There is no one way to achieve break the job search barrier. Rather than being one dimensional an approach that combines efforts usually works best. Though there is tremendous competition for the jobs it is not an uncommon challenge. There is a lot out there in the jobs and entrepreneurship scene that is messed up and disconcerting. But maintain focus. Don’t wait for perfection. Focus on what you can do.
Entrepreneur Mentality
What is your opportunity search rooted in? Entrepreneurial thinking or a handouts mentality? Whether your desire is for paid employment or running your own business, rising above the mediocre requires you to have both a desire to learn and a genuine interest in service and in people. PLUS you must accept educated risk, invest for your purpose and take action. THINK AND ACT LIKE AN ENTREPRENEUR.
The question you should always ask is: what can I do to improve my prospects? How should you create advantage as you seek your desired job, career or business opportunity? Creativity is a need just like food, sleep and shelter. But rather than being just an essential, creativity is also an enabler. Everything starts with an idea.
Keep your motivation levels high and get creative. Getting a new job or starting up your business is a process is not a product. Learn, share and grow during the experience. Don't stop even after you are employed, or have gotten the business opportunity. And the job or business itself is not everything, without passion what do we hope to achieve? Work experience is not an end in itself. It is not a opportunity for just keeping yourself busy but is more for worthwhile career growth. Besides it is not about you alone - it's about what you are doing to improve yourself and others in a sustainable manner.
Go Beneath the Surface
Maintain balance, see beyond the surface. Looking for a job? Preparing to that business opportunity? Worried about the discouraging atmosphere of unfriendliness and hostility? Can you handle the truth? Roadblocks are real but not our biggest problems. Roadblocks are not the main issue.
How do we respond when we hit a roadblock? Find an excuse or find a way? A roadblock is not a full stop. Our response always depends on what we really want to do. Are we acting, are we pretending or do we want to make the main issue the main issue?
Our greatest barriers and strengths are within us. We must clearly understand the issues at play and apply thinking that matters. We need understanding, honesty and dedication in our application of knowledge, creativity and ethics.
STATUS QUO CANNOT INTIMIDATE YOU. We are counting on you to write your own success story. You have what it takes!
