Why You Should Benefit as a VOLUNTEER? The Story of Saheed Ibrahim, YALI Ondo State Coordinator.
*This is my story* … But I will keep it short I graduated as best graduating student in my set. I was so proud of myself but that pride was humbled with JOBLESSNESS. Why?, I had no JOB EXPERIENCE. Guys that finished far behind got well-paying job, even with The Punch. You know why, they were campus reporters for new channels while we were in school but I was only brilliant. I was not SMART I took up a job as a teacher and my first salary was 15k. It was frustrating. I could not secure any other job despite trying. This spans for about 7 years. Upon realising the *best graduating student* on my CV won’t get me job, I started taking up roles on PRO BONO: I started volunteering. I started in my COMMUNITY as Youth Forum PRO. From there, someone on the street invited me to join his NGO and I functioned as Assistant Media Manager and later added Secretary. I started gaining job experiences After w ehile, I moved to the University of Ibadan for MSC but my job hunting continued. I ...