The Chief Executive of Jane’M Salon and Spa, Janet Sunkwa-Mills has advised students to consider applying for some jobs just before graduation.

Narrating her story to Irene Adubea Aning on Joy Learning TV’s entrepreneurship and career development programme dubbed, ‘The Career Trail’, Madam Sunkwa-Mills said she applied for a job at Nestle Ghana when she was in her third-year at the University of Ghana.

She added that to her surprise, she was called for an interview, and given the job even before graduating from the University of Ghana, and started working right away afterward.

“After my 2^nd Degree, a friend of mine said I should apply to Nestle, so before I finished my final exams, I wrote to Nestle and said I wanted work. They called me for an interview and I got a job before I completed school. Immediately I completed school, let’s say I wrote my exams on Friday, I started working on Monday”, she recalled.

The CEO of Afribiz Group Limited further noted that when she was on campus, she used to work to acquire skills and earn money during vacation. Through this, she had some experience even before being hired by Nestle.

Given that her sons also benefited from this strategy, Madam Sunkwa-Mills urged students to follow this path.

“I always tell people that, in my life, I’ve always worked and the other thing is when I was on campus, every time we were on vacation, I would go and work. So, there was never a vacation where I sat at home. I would go and work for some money and also to acquire skills. If you are a young student out there, look for an opportunity to work during vacation, acquire some skills and get some level of income,” she advised.

“And it’s quite interesting because my sons are doing the same,” she added.

The CEO of Afribiz Group Limited clarified that although applying for jobs can be nerve-wracking as many companies refuse job applications, this must not deter students from applying.

“Don’t wait until you complete your formal education. Start applying for the jobs while you are on campus. You may be rejected once or twice, but that is absolutely fine. It helps you to master your skills on how to approach interviews, and how to answer questions and the kind of research you have to do before you go to interviews”, she concluded.