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After 5 years of study, the big audit firms wouldn't take me. With a newborn at home, I started on an N$1,000 internship.
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Source: 62.8% of SA youth aged 15–24 in the labour force were unemployed in Q2 2026 (Stats SA, Quarterly Labour Force Survey).
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Too proud to work for free? Then enjoy staying unemployed with a degree.
After my degree I offered to work for free. None of the big audit firms wanted me, even for free. A small firm paid me N$1,000. That was the start.
Ch 8 of The Graduate.
Volunteer or wait? One word.
Too proud to work for free? Then enjoy staying unemployed with a degree.
After my degree I offered to work for free. None of the big audit firms wanted me, even for free. A small firm paid me N$1,000. That was the start.
Ch 8 of The Graduate.
Volunteer or wait? One word.
A Namibian graduate just wrote about Chapter 6 of The Graduate from her own life.
She kept dating at a distance through school, then found her first adult relationship still harder than expected, not for lack of money or time, but for lack of practice. Worth reading if you waited, or if you’re guiding a teenager who hasn’t started.
Tip for anyone applying: tailor your CV to each programme and say clearly what you can do from day one, not just what you studied. And don't skip the smaller firms, they often give you more real work to learn from.
Workplace readiness should be part of every degree. Knowing how to write a CV, handle an interview and work in a team decides your first job as much as your marks do. Great initiative for UNAM and NUST students.
Graduates, apply even if it isn't your dream field. Two years of real work experience beats another year of waiting for the perfect offer. My first step after my degree was an N$1,000 internship at a small firm, and it opened the door.
This is the gap I fell into. After 5 years of study the big audit firms still turned me down, and my real training started at an N$1,000 internship in a small bookkeeping firm. Students, build practical skills before you graduate, not after.
One more tip for candidates: read the whole paper first, then start with the question you're surest of. Getting one good answer down calms the nerves for the rest. Go well, Class of 2026.
Check your student account statement on the portal first so you know the exact credit, then email the finance office asking how to claim the refund. Keep it in writing and follow up until it's paid.
Unemployed grads, apply even if it feels like a long shot. After 5 years of study the big audit firms rejected me, and I started on an N$1,000 internship at a small bookkeeping firm. Take the foot in the door, even a small one.
Tip for anyone thinking about it: pick a research question you'll still care about in year three, and speak to a possible supervisor before you apply. The supervisor match matters as much as the topic.
Use the 3-day gap well: one timed past paper, mark it, fix every mistake, then sleep properly. I was a top performer in high school and still barely qualified for UNAM. Every paper counts. Finish strong, Class of 2026.
Hard spot for first-years. If it happens to you: get the top-up demand in writing, report it to NSFAF and student affairs the same day, and ask the exam office in writing about a special or supplementary paper. Keep copies of everything.
Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: 32.2% of SA workers are employed outside their field of study (LMI "Skills Supply and Demand in South Africa", 2022).
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Many graduates chose their career from a guess, and they pay for it for 40 years.
I guessed. I picked accounting because I thought money was everything. 5 years of study later I was an N$1,000 intern.
Ch 7 of The Graduate. Paperback + Kindle below.
Chosen or guessed? One word.
Get The Graduate:
Kindle: amazon.com/dp/B082S7TK99
Paperback: a.co/d/0bYFf71r
Source: 1,662 Namibian learners left school due to pregnancy in 2024 (Ministry of Education EMIS 2024, via The Namibian).
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A school relationship can cost you a whole year, and sometimes a whole career.
It took me 9 years to finish my book, and my relationship at the time was one of the things that stalled it.
Ch 6 of The Graduate. Paperback + Kindle below.
Love or books first? One word.
