Before NYSC
1. Get your statement of results
2. Request your academic transcript or download the one on your portal and merge it into a PDF.
3. Request for proof of English as the language of instruction in your university (letter from the registrar's office).
4. Ensure that you have a good relationship with at least 3 lecturers.
Done and dusted is dangerous!!!!
You are not done until you are done.
During NYSC
1. Write standardized exams in line with your next phase of life (GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, etc)
Note: The US embassy in Nigeria funds some of these through the opportunity fund program.
2. Explore professional training and certifications (ICAN, NIM etc).
3. Do not ignore the opportunity to Intern (research assistantship, Ass. QC analysts, etc).
4. Explore Opportunities (some described below).
A. Scholarships
Local: BEA, OFP (US embassy), NNPC, Shell, etc.
Regional: Pan African University Scholarship etc.
International: Chevening, Commonwealth, MasterCard etc.
Institutional: Vice Chancellor scholarships, sports or art scholarships etc.
NOTE: If the International scholarship is your choice, no one needs your NYSC certificate before you can start applying.
B. Grants
Regional: Tony Elumelu Foundation Grant....
International: Geneva Challenge.......
C. Fellowships (No international trip during NYSC, don't forget )
D. Conferences (No international trip during NYSC don't forget )
5. Let your CDS contribution be remarkable (a recommendation letter acknowledging your role will be important).
6. Don't run with the multitude, realities after NYSC differ.
7. Don't be under pressure (After NYSC what Next???), You may hasten yourself to many errors.
8. Grow yourself in Welcoming rejections, you may get a few while applying.
9. Apply as much as you can
10. Pray as much as you can.
Note: Create two CVs (one academic and one general). It helps to maximize your applications.
After NYSC
If you haven't accomplished any of the above,
1. Be truthful to yourself (Are you willing to stay in the state of deployment or go back home?)
2. Resist pressure (Being alive is more important than anything else, don't let anyone overpush you).
3. Develop a mindset that no one owes you anything (It helps in managing disappointment).
4. Identify platforms where legal opportunities are shared.
A. LinkedIn
B. Twitter
C. Opportunity desk
D. Opportunity for Africans
E. Scholarship hub.
Etc.
5. While applying and waiting, get yourself busy
1. Write a manuscript from your undergraduate project
2. Submit conference abstracts
3. Register with an organization (volunteer) and start gathering experience.
4. Start learning a hands-on skill that you may need later in life. Could also be digital training in Bioinformatics, data science, AI, ML, Coding, Programming, etc.
If all of these fail????
Keep trying!
You only need one major opportunity!
When it comes, you'll forget the days of pains
Let that keep you motivated.
Written by afolayan Samuel
The Lord is helping us!!!
Follow this page for more
Before NYSC
1. Get your statement of results
2. Request your academic transcript or download the one on your portal and merge it into a PDF.
3. Request for proof of English as the language of instruction in your university (letter from the registrar's office).
4. Ensure that you have a good relationship with at least 3 lecturers.
Done and dusted is dangerous!!!!
You are not done until you are done.
During NYSC
1. Write standardized exams in line with your next phase of life (GRE, TOEFL, GMAT, etc)
Note: The US embassy in Nigeria funds some of these through the opportunity fund program.
2. Explore professional training and certifications (ICAN, NIM etc).
3. Do not ignore the opportunity to Intern (research assistantship, Ass. QC analysts, etc).
4. Explore Opportunities (some described below).
A. Scholarships
Local: BEA, OFP (US embassy), NNPC, Shell, etc.
Regional: Pan African University Scholarship etc.
International: Chevening, Commonwealth, MasterCard etc.
Institutional: Vice Chancellor scholarships, sports or art scholarships etc.
NOTE: If the International scholarship is your choice, no one needs your NYSC certificate before you can start applying.
B. Grants
Regional: Tony Elumelu Foundation Grant....
International: Geneva Challenge.......
C. Fellowships (No international trip during NYSC, don't forget ☺️)
D. Conferences (No international trip during NYSC don't forget ☺️)
5. Let your CDS contribution be remarkable (a recommendation letter acknowledging your role will be important).
6. Don't run with the multitude, realities after NYSC differ.
7. Don't be under pressure (After NYSC what Next???), You may hasten yourself to many errors.
8. Grow yourself in Welcoming rejections, you may get a few while applying.
9. Apply as much as you can
10. Pray as much as you can.
Note: Create two CVs (one academic and one general). It helps to maximize your applications.
After NYSC
If you haven't accomplished any of the above,
1. Be truthful to yourself (Are you willing to stay in the state of deployment or go back home?)
2. Resist pressure (Being alive is more important than anything else, don't let anyone overpush you).
3. Develop a mindset that no one owes you anything (It helps in managing disappointment).
4. Identify platforms where legal opportunities are shared.
A. LinkedIn
B. Twitter
C. Opportunity desk
D. Opportunity for Africans
E. Scholarship hub.
Etc.
5. While applying and waiting, get yourself busy
1. Write a manuscript from your undergraduate project
2. Submit conference abstracts
3. Register with an organization (volunteer) and start gathering experience.
4. Start learning a hands-on skill that you may need later in life. Could also be digital training in Bioinformatics, data science, AI, ML, Coding, Programming, etc.
If all of these fail????
Keep trying!
You only need one major opportunity!
When it comes, you'll forget the days of pains
Let that keep you motivated.
Written by afolayan Samuel
The Lord is helping us!!!🙏🙏
Follow this page for more
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