RE: Overview of job opportunities in Nigeria: a tale worth reading
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What a different world you live in than here. There you have too many people who wish to work and here we have too few.
"Artisans" would be called "Trades" here and they make very good money. My son is making a wage similar to a Nurse and he is only a 2nd year apprentice.
"Professionals" are highly regulated and in short supply. As I've said, my job has been posted so I can retire and 6months in there are no applicants.
"Skills" are highly valuable but typically the poorest paid. Seamstresses and Tailors are virtually unheard of here. Cheaper to buy something new than repair something or have it made custom for you. Bakers are replaced by machines.
However, we have a saying here "The Cream will always rise to the top" (as in milk cream separates from the bulk). Those people who are truly talented will always find a way to do better than the rest.
It seems that in your country that isn't the case which is truly sad.
As an interesting side note: You mentioned low wages for all levels (from laborers to highly educated). I did a quick search and what are the highest paying jobs in Nigeria?.....those working for NGO's were paid far above the average.
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Thank you for your overview and comment. NGO jobs are a good pay no doubt. About a month ago, a fellow doctor was in search of a doctor to replace him at his NGO job for a salary of N300, 000 ($326) per month and I told him I was not available and it would be difficult to find a doctor to take such offer.
However I know there are NGO jobs that pay double or even triple that amount but.... My worry would be that would the NGO job last till retirement? Would it always be available? Most of the NGO jobs I think are on contract basis (renewable).
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Absolutely true.
Which raises the question. Do you take a job with a higher pay but less security? Or take a lower paying job with more security. Both have their benefits and was a question I was hoping someone would answer on this topic :)
My personal thought: Making 3x as much for 1/3 the time means getting 30 years pay in 10 years.....If you are smart about budgeting that's great. If you are a "one day millionaire" not so much.
Another thing is work experience. Even if your NGO job is only for 5 years it still means 5 years experience working for a multinational firm. Not bad for your CV and not bad if you want to try and work in different country.
Then again, having a steady job in the community has huge benefits too!
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You are correct, I have opted to source for a high paying job for a few years, either as NGO job, or to practice in some Arabian countries with good pay and return to that which I consider as a steady job with retirement benefits.
Like you pointed out, if such NGO job that pays well is readily available (which is rarely), it'll be worth the take as life itself is a risk bearing in mind that such does not have significant security but it would have satisfied a hunger on my side.
Thank you for your impressive insight