DDDela`s Musings

“Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude” –Zig Ziglar            Professionals are recruited into organizations not on the grounds of charity but largely on the basis of applicants` qualifications and competence. In the scheme of things, the employer expects a certain level of productivity from the employee. In some quarters, there are performance indicators and quotas. The more productive an employee, the better for the organization he or she works for. The sad reality, however, is that, for one reason or the other, some employees who definitely are skilled, competent and well qualified for the job over time develop some sort of a lackadaisical attitude towards work and only put up their best when they are under the watchful eyes of supervisors. Some hitherto efficient employees attend to their daily tasks with a less than appropriate attitude and this impact negatively on their productivity. The reverse is the case with emp...

That unemployment is one of the major challenges that has bedeviled this country for decades is not in doubt. The increasing numbers of unemployed graduates is a very troubling reality. Governments over the years have done their bit to help create more job opportunities for unemployed graduates. Truth be told, relatively little success has been chalked in this exercise. The stark reality is that, the nation`s tertiary institutions are continually churning out significant numbers of graduates whereas the job market is not expanding that fast. In other words, there are more graduates than there are jobs. Intense competition and the ‘whom you know’ or better still ‘who knows you’ syndrome holds sway.             Another critical factor is that, many graduates simply do not know where or how to find these relatively few job opportunities. This is where recruitment agencies come in. What they essentially do  among  others ...

With literally thousands of the nation`s university graduates consigned to unemployment and several thousands of senior high school leavers jobless, it smacks of a superior attitude and ingenuity when a young person chooses to chart a noble course for himself (or herself) and for the good of society.             For the most part, young achievers have been associated with young Westerners who have chalked unparalleled feats. Relatively little is said about young achievers in Africa. The reality is that, amidst the gloom and doom, some young Africans have taken their destinies into their own hands and are challenging the status quo; accomplishing feats of monumental proportions. Their exploits are an attestation that the drudgery notwithstanding, there is still hope for Africa; the next generation isn`t down and out.             It was William Shakespeare who once wrote,...