Tertiary education in Ghana has now become very competitive and expensive. The universities and polytechnics every year churn out more than seven thousand graduates, and it is every parents’ dream that their children would climb the academic ladder to the highest level. Therefore, the whole family is happy and grateful to the Almighty Father when a member graduate’s from the university, polytechnic, training college or nursing training school.
The aftermath of this graduation is the beginning of a long journey into the wilderness of looking for jobs by many graduates all over the country. If you are fortunate and you know somebody who is a “Big Man” in a company or a reputable firm, he will just hold your hand and take you straight to the “Boss” and introduce you as a nephew or niece.
After that you are sure to get the job. But what happens when you don’t know anybody in any big company, that is to say you don’t have any connections at all, you will be in the house and be writing numerous job application letters and distributing them to different companies, and not even one would call you for an interview. If you are lucky, you would be called for the interview, but after that you will never hear from them again. This is where it gets murky. Some officials within these companies would take this opportunity to extort the little money that you have from you. Most male job seekers have no option than to pay hefty amounts of money to these officials with the assurance that they would be given the job. There is a risk also involved, that is when after paying that “Bribe” the official fails to secure the job for you, you loose your money. More male job seekers have fallen victim to this practice. Those who are able to secure the job also take bribes from prospective job seekers after they have solidified their positions at their various places of employment. What annoys me most is the requirement that says that you must get some years of job experience before they employ you. If i may ask, do fresh graduates have about five years working experience? If you don’t employ him or her where do you expect that graduate to get the experience? But in all these, our female counterparts somehow bear the brunt of some employers who are ready to unleash their animalistic and sexual tendencies on them before they give them the job.
The ladies are given two options, either they sleep with their prospective employer or they are not given the job. Some of the ladies who are very desperate to secure a job, give in to the sexual demands and sacrifice their dignity just to get a source of income. Those who refuse to kowtow to these sexual demands end up not securing the job and have to keep searching for a job. I salute all women who refuse such demands and i assure them that God would surely make a way for them, but to those who sacrifice their dignity, the day of reckoning is just around the corner.
To those officials and employers who can’t control their libido, God would give them their fair share of punishments very soon.One is also considered for a job sometimes on ethnic or political grounds. That is to say that certain tribes or ethnic groups in Ghana are perceived to vote for a certain political party, so the moment your name pops up on the employer’s grid an analyses is done, and your fate is determined there and then, you either get the job or not. All these problems have compounded the woes of the unemployed graduate in my dear country Ghana. These are just the thoughts of someone who is passionate about his country. If you have an opinion on what i have written, just post your comments on this platform.
