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Despite 3 years unemployment, graduate rejects a driving job because it’s demeaning
A Nigerian lady identified as Anita M.V. Erskine on Twitter, recently recounted her experience with a Nigerian graduate who has been unemployed for three years.
A Nigerian lady identified as Anita M.V. Erskine on Twitter, recently recounted her experience with a Nigerian graduate who has been unemployed for three years.
According to Anita, the young man approached her asking if there is any open position he could settle for in her company. He was in desperate need of a job, he said.
Knowing the frustrations that come with job hunting, Anita offered the young graduate a temporary role as a driver in her firm. She said there were no other positions available at the time.
Much to her disbelief, the young man rejected the job offer. The reason he gave was that he only wants something that relates to his area of study.
Anita felt the young man should have accepted the job since he has been jobless for 3 years and is in a desperate need of a job.
Just spoke to a young graduate. Unemployed for 3 yrs. Desperate for a job. I understood his frustration. So I said “I really don’t have any openings. Except some temp driver work for our productions”. He said “thanks. But I’m looking for sth related to my area of study.” 😳😳
— Anita M.V. Erskine™ (@TheAnitaErskine) April 9, 2019
People’s reactions
As expected, Anita’s tweet elicited many responses from Nigerians.
Many people disagreed with Anita’s position. According to them, the fact that the young man has been jobless for years doesn’t mean he should jump onto any offer that comes his way; regardless of whether or not it aligns with his dreams.
I don't agree with the point Anita is trying to send across, if an adult feels this chance is a NO, just let him be and not to criticise him. 3years unemployment doesn't mean he should jump on to anything that's "unrelated and has no passion for"
— Eben Blanks (@ebenblanks) April 9, 2019
Other people, however, argued that the young man should have accepted the offer and managed it for the meantime, while continuing to look for the perfect job.
We all understand what it means to follow our passion but passion doesn't feed you. He could've just taken this opportunity and who knows, it may be the door to that dream job he's been searching for.
— Mabe Georgina (@GeorginaMabe) April 9, 2019
and sitting in the house probably won't lead him anyway.
We all got to start from somewhere.— Adom4realgh (@grace_asamane) April 9, 2019
What’s right and wrong?
It is understandable that passion for work is more important than merely having a job. This might be the perspective guiding the young man’s job search.
In many workplaces, there are instances of people not performing at their best. The reason is usually because their jobs do not tally with their passion.
This, therefore, shows that often times, passion drives an individual to perform better.
Moreover, keeping keeping the wrong job can make someone lose focus of their passion. Consequently, years can pass without the individual actualising their purpose in life.
"Being trapped" is the key words here. A lot of people took up teaching job as a temporary hustle and 10 years down the line they are still teaching with meagre salaries and unfilled dreams. It's either you chase ur passion or money and none is being offered here.
— Abolore (@ysone2) April 11, 2019
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Tip Jar, Twitter’s new giveaway feature that lets users send money to you
Twitter has introduced a new feature called Tip Jar that allows you send money to your favourite tweeters.
Twitter has introduced a new feature called Tip Jar that allows you send money to your favourite tweeters.
According to the blog post, “Tip Jar is an easy way to support the incredible voices that make up the conversation on Twitter. This is a first step in our work to create new ways for people to receive and show support on Twitter – with money.”
The new feature utilizes different payment platforms like PayPal, Venmo, Patreon, CashApp, and others.
Users can link their Twitter accounts with Tip Jar to any of these payment providers. Twitter takes no cut.
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You’ll know an account’s Tip Jar is enabled if you see a Tip Jar icon next to the Follow button on their profile page. Tap the icon, and you’ll see a list of payment services or platforms that the account has enabled. Select whichever payment service or platform you prefer and you’ll be taken off Twitter to the selected app where you can show your support in the amount you choose.
Twitter has released series of features this year as part of its efforts to grow Twitter’s user base to 315 million daily active users by the end of 2023.
The company also launched Twitter crop where images don’t get crop again on Twitter for Android or iOS. Standard aspect ratio images (16:9 and 4:3) will now display in full without any cropping and images will look just like they did when you shot them.
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Lauren Alexander, a Twitter spokesperson said, “Today’s launch is a direct result of the feedback people shared with us last year that the way our algorithm cropped images wasn’t equitable, The new way of presenting images decreases the platform’s reliance on automatic, machine learning-based image cropping.”
Twitter has tested several features and more will be rolled out soon.
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