DO THESE BEFORE YOU JAPA!

You really want to japa right? You intend to live a better life too, have you considered sitting down and asking yourself these very important questions? How equipped am I for life abroad, what skills do I possess and need to learn, what are my goals and how do I work towards them.

PREPARE YOURSELF 

My friend it's in the process of consciously asking yourself these question that you discover the need to actually prepare yourself, because my dear no matter how cliché it sounds life abroad isn't easy as the greener pastures is not as easy as the Instagram pictures and videos make it seem all glamourous. 

SERIOUSLY SPEAKING

Now I know what you are thinking ..“ this one wey go abroad yesterday done dey talk anyhow”, in actual reality in as much as its what you might assume, Seriously speaking, your in demand skills and experience will take you places more than your certificate might do. I can't emphasize how important it is to gather as much experience in demand in your chosen industry as it will really come in pretty handy and set you out in every crowd. 

 ABOUT MY FRIEND CHI 

Take Chi for example who had over 3 years hands-on experience in the FMCG industry back in Nigeria, she moved to the Czech Republic for her masters and landed a highly competitive role with one of the multinationals and guess what stood her out… yes you guessed right her experience from Nigeria came in pretty handy. 

ON LINKEDIN 

My guy make LinkedIn your favorite hangout spot, now let's be serious, according to chatGPT 87% of recruiters regularly use LinkedIn to find candidates. Over 75% of people who recently changed jobs used LinkedIn to inform their career decision. Hope you now understand how important LinkedIn can be. Did i tell you even Chi got her job via LinkedIn o. 

SKILL OVER CERTIFICATE

I was going to advice you to learn a digital skill but also remembered that learning how to monetize it is even more important, because whats the use of the skill without its ability to Making money from it improves your life and that of those around you, So a word is enough the wise as you have heard over a million times. 

RELATIONSHIPS VS LONG DISTANCE 

Get married or be more intentional about your relationship, whatever your relationship is i encourage you to be more intentional about it as the life abroad comes with pretty lot of things and in all sincerity nothing prepares you for it, there is no one solution to whatever challenge you might face, but it's pertinent that you know its your intentionality that determines a lot of things. 

COOK & SAVE YOUR LIFE 

Can you cook to save your life, yes i am talking to you! If you can't then you better start learning as it will come in pretty handy and will save you a lot of money from eating out and probably save you some time from the regular visit to the hospital and definitely afford you the opportunity to make healthy meals. So there you go, we might not have captured everything in this piece but at least you can't deny you weren't advised o, so start now and start preparing and setting yourself up, as one who is expecting rain should have an umbrella handy. See you in my next post.