In response to the rising youth unemployment rate in Nigeria, which rose from 11.7 per cent in 2015 to 25.2 per cent in 2017, Jidi jobs, a recruitment firm has announced its job summit; a platform for both young graduates from all over the country and graduates from the Poise Finishing Graduate Academy to access employment opportunities.
Alongside it, a job fair where the brightest student from universities will be showcased.
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Asher Adeniyi, Co-founder, Jidi jobs and managing director of poise graduate finishing academy, during his address to the press, pointed out that the summit will consist of prestigious candidates in the person of Vice-chancellor of Covenant University, who would be helping young graduates prepare themselves for the future and equip them to excel on whatever job. Interviews will be conducted for the graduates, afterwards, jobs will be given to those deserving of it.
“This is an amazing platform where young graduates will be meeting with prestigious Chief Executive Officers who would interview these young graduates from different institutes around the country and many job seekers would have jobs. We will also showcase some of our key partners like SOS children who have sponsored underprivileged youth for training at Poise and this has cost them substantial sums of money. They will be present to showcase their next economy programme,” Adeniyi said.
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“Graduates from a different higher institution within the country as well as graduates from the poise finishing academy will be showcased. These students will be interviewed and tested. Most will likely get jobs while others would be referred for a second interview,” he added.
Poise finishing academy equips young people with the necessary skills for them to perform exceptionally, in the career world and job market. “So far we have been working with young graduates, for close to seven years and have trained over 30,000 young graduates and have also achieved a 70 per cent employment rate for these graduates.
“Employers are so happy when they get our graduates in their organisation. We teach skills like leadership, taking initiatives, problem-solving skills, time management and many more, which cuts across virtually all discipline.
“When employers employ staff from poise graduate finishing academy, they attest that our products perform better than any other graduate in the market. It means that the various courses we offer in our academy really equip the graduate and instil in them, the necessary skills for them to perform exceptionally, in the career world and job market,” Adeniyi concluded.
He noted that the summit and job fair will be held on 7th December 2017, and is open to all graduates. Interested candidates can register on the jidi job website.
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