| Most Nigerian graduates leave school with the | | | | 500 in the world ranking of tertiary institutions. |
| mindset of securing high paying jobs based on the | | | | This explains employer's preference for global |
| fact that they are favored or connected to the | | | | talent, hence the rush to study abroad. The British |
| right people that will help them get employed in | | | | Embassy alone claimed to have received over |
| any high paying organization of their choice. | | | | 60,000student visa applications in 2007 from |
| It should be noted that the economic situation and | | | | Nigerian students to study in the UK. |
| the employment market in Nigeria tends to | | | | Incessant strikes, unstable and incoherent |
| support this thinking, and so most young people | | | | government education policies, lack of good |
| graduates from the tertiary institutions are | | | | facilities, disrupted and disjointed academic |
| ill-equipped. These young graduates are usually not | | | | calendar, issues of funding, outdated course |
| well prepared for the challenges after graduation | | | | materials and many other vices are part of the |
| especially in securing good jobs and performing on | | | | distractions that is affecting the tertiary |
| the job. | | | | institutions. |
| In the light of the above, organizations recruit | | | | In view of the above, it is pertinent that changes |
| fresh graduates with the intent of developing the | | | | must come to the tertiary institutions to meet |
| skill sets of these individuals before finally | | | | with global employment requirements. Tertiary |
| absorbing them into the mainstream roles in the | | | | institutions in Nigeria must provide career |
| organization. | | | | development services which include career |
| Graduate recruitment has become an uphill task, | | | | counseling, job skill trainings, coaching and |
| as thousands of applicants have to be tested to | | | | mentoring, scholarship schemes, etc in order to |
| get a handful of good candidates fit for specific | | | | improve and develop the skill sets and interests |
| job/role. | | | | of their students. This will help build the level of |
| The tertiary institutions that produced these | | | | professionalism required in the workplace. |
| graduates have not been able to meet up with | | | | Tertiary institutions should include volunteerism |
| the standard output expedient in today's | | | | and internships in their academic curriculum. This |
| workplace. They have become centers for | | | | will expose their students to workplace practices |
| academic certificates acquisition rather than the | | | | and culture. In the end, graduates from Nigerian |
| training ground for skills and knowledge acquisition. | | | | tertiary institutions will become more relevant to |
| Research has shown that none of the tertiary | | | | organizations. |
| institutions in Nigeria is amongst the list of the first | | | | |