Most university students have a special place that they enjoy being at when they are within the campus or during their stay in school. A place that makes them comfortable and for a minute helps them forget about the world and the amount of work they have and even deadlines that have to be met.

Now just try and picture the absolute horror when students come to the realization that their safe havens are crushing in on them. A life that they have loved, cherished and gotten good chunks of is being flattened. They now have to transition to employment or entrepreneurship and they are terrified not knowing where to start.

I know what you are probably thinking now, “but I don’t want to leave campus!” or “no one will hire me!” Try as you might however, there is no escaping this one. It’s time to accept that you are done with your Diploma, Masters or Undergraduate degree and you must transition from learning to earning to practice what you have learned in university.

Some students have it clear in their minds what career path they would like to follow but a good number of students come to the end of their university lives without even the slightest idea of what career path to follow.

At the University of Nairobi Office of Career Services, we offer advice on all the possible career paths that a student could undertake, students are also mentored by alumni and career partners in the various fields that they might want to pursue after they are done with their courses. The Office of Career Services also helps to link students to the job market on completion of their courses and also to obtain internships and attachments.