WHY YOU NEED SELF- DEVELOPMENT AFTER OBTAINING YOUR DEGREE

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Employability and productiveness come when graduates
make continuous effort by sharpening their skills and
advancing their knowledge. Most people indulge in
complacency, which breeds mediocrity in their chosen
career and endeavour. The image of self-deception and
discouraging influences filtering from the ubiquitous
harshness in the society contribute to the increase in the
low level of employability among graduates. The
enormous challenges an average graduate encounters
are extremely overwhelming. The social and economic
difficulties have become impediments to the progress of
most graduates. This phenomenon is creating reactionary
effects in different sectors of the society. It takes
courage and tenacity to make a difference in these
innumerable social challenges. These are some of the
reasons why you need self-development or improvement
after your degree.

LEARNING DOES NOT END IN THE CLASSROOM
Schools prepare people for current and future solutions
through classes and industrial training; but self-
improvement quickens success and refinement. After
obtaining a degree, it is important to take extra efforts by
engaging in exercises that can advance the knowledge
gained in school. An engineer needs to make definite trial
and study of engines. An accountant needs to get
acquainted with the nitty-gritty of the ledgers. An
economist needs to imbibe recurring and important
factors with emerging indicators of the economies. A
lawyer needs to adopt winning methods and pragmatic
research. Every profession requires continuous
improvement. Learning never ends!

SELF-IMPROVEMENT BUILDS PROFICIENCY
Being skilled and adept is usually a product of self-
development and effort. Great things are achieved and
discovered through constant practice and exercises.
Skills are acquired by taking right steps that can yield
professional prowess. Navigating through resources and
devising means of attaining knowledge and skills can
promote proficiency.

THERE IS ALWAYS A DEMAND FOR NEW SKILLS
Staying in tune with new trends prepares you for
opportunities. It is necessary to keep in touch with
needed information that can generate knowledge. More
often than not, people request for new services and
products that require a higher level of expertise. Self-
development is a crucial ingredient that can meet new
expectations. It may take building resilient muscles and
harnessing the wherewithal through focus and
determination. Learning new skills drives tremendous
progress.

SELF-IMPROVEMENT BRINGS PROFESSIONAL
RELEVANCE
Most people choose a career by chance. Careers often
come to most graduates not by choice but availability.
After a degree, getting employed becomes a huge hassle
and hard nut to crack. Most people settle for what they
can find within their reach. Inadequacy can, however, be a
limitation. In actual fact, self-development or professional
improvement is vital to remaining relevant in the
constantly growing world. With evolving technologies and
techniques, self-improvement becomes essential and
rewarding. It keeps you relevant in spite of constant
changes. It makes you easily adapt to new professional
trends.

SELF-DEVELOPMENT BRINGS SELF-ACTUALISATION
Obtaining a degree can be a means to an end. Self-
actualisation is achieved when people improve their skills
with passion. It gives and promotes convenience and
confidence. With vast and increased improvement, self-
actualisation is consequential. The world needs people
who are willing and able to provide solutions to problems
emanating from social necessities and complexity. The
world needs you to create impact!

Ojo Oyeyemi J. (2017)