Wake Up! Take This Job!: Lifting You out of the Unemployment Statistics

It is axiomatic, that unemployment is now a global phenomenon. From Europe to America down to Africa all are experiencing unemployment in an unprecedented scale likened only to the US depression of the 1930?s. No doubt Nigeria, nay Africa is the worst hit, with graduates being churned out of our universities yearly into an already oversaturated labour market. The consequences have been very dire: grinding poverty, youth idleness, mass despondency and indeed an upsurge in crime and insecurity. Be that as it may, in the scheme of all these negativities, it is heartwarming to know that there appears to be a paradigm shift globally from the job seeking mindset to job creation. The wonders of modem technology are turning young entrepreneurs into millionaires like no other time in history. People are beginning to depend less on their government for jobs; they are beginning to create jobs with new methods of thought and action. The tools are not much about certificate and degrees anymore; they are about imaginative vision, dexterity, creativity and forensic ability. It is in the light of the above, that the author Samuel S. Aghomi has propounded issues in this dexterous and exciting book. It is a 16 Chapter epistle, strategically embellished with golden nuggets from renowned motivational authors like Robert Kiyosaki, Zig Ziglar, Napoleon Hill and even Barrack Obama. There are also not left out biblical exhortation as well as quotes which augment the Christian religious background of the author. Besides the rich intellectual content of the work, the language is lucid and the layout of chapters is precise. Remarkable also is the scholarly style of the work, which gives it a particularly attractive edge of indepth research. There are circumspect biblical references with footnotes to match. The overall writing style could be described as clipped, cerebral, cadenced and breezy and proficient if not exquisite. All these reveal the author not only as a thoroughbred intellectual but also as a very painstaking personality. He is indeed a model for our youths. Readers will find the book useful, as it is rich in knowledge and thought. There is no doubt; it will provide the needed inspiration catalyst and spring board that the youth requires to break the yoke of unemployment.