NYSC Partners with Consultancy Firm to Equip Corp Members for Employment

  The mandatory program for Nigerian graduates, the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has been reported to have enlisted the human resources consultancy firm Smiles Consulting, in order to increase the contingency of newly graduating corps members securing employment after their service year. The NYSC will be working with Smiles Consulting on the in-camp sensitisation and post camp training of youth corpers on its Job Awareness and Creation (JAC) initiative. This pertinent partnership, according to Director, Smiles Consulting, Harry Nnoli, “is in line with the vision of the incumbent Director-General, NYSC, Brig. Gen. Johnson Olawumi, to increase the impact of the scheme and expand its value to critical stakeholders.” Mr. Nnoli expresses that the relationship between his firm and the NYSC is at no financial cost to the scheme as it is part of his firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) contribution to the nation’s capacity building. He highlights that some of the services his firm will be rendering free of charge under this partnership will be centred on how young corps members can secure jobs in the market after their service, and how they can become self employed and create jobs if there is an inability to find employed work . “This is a result of many years of collaboration with the NYSC Directorate on building capacity for the youth and tackling issues of graduate unemployment, underemployment and employability,” Nnoli said. To ensure that no one is left out, JAC activities will be nationwide; across all states orientation camps and the Federal Capital Territory Abuja. In addition to these developments and to also educate people regarding employment, the NYSC has endorsed the book You’re Hired, an employment manual, authored by Nnoli. The author says “the NYSC Directorate has endorsed the book for young graduates and professionals on how to secure and create jobs.”