Things has really changed unlike before when a graduate is coming out from the university their are job opportunities around the corners, people don't even stress themselves to acquire skills as an alternative just in case they don't get a job. Getting a job as a graduate some years back was a thing never to argue about or think about. In this recent time things have really changed, expecting so much from the government as a graduate can lead people into serious problems. The life we live now is so unpredictable, no one can be sure of practicing their desired career from what they have learnt in school.
Agueably no doubt, the economic system has been so bad in recent times. There is little employment opportunity for the masses. Sometimes I don't blame the government because providing employment opportunity for the masses is very difficult, reason been that millions of students graduate every single year, most of them studied mechanical, electrical, civil engineering and other engineering courses while others studied mass communication, business administration, estate management, achitecture and design, banking and finance etc. but find it difficult to be employed in the oil and gas sector and other. And there are few companies and more job seakers. So looking from the situation of things I think one should not be dependent on certificate. skill should be lernt either before going to higher institution or before coming back to make things easy. There should always be plan (B) in anything you do in life . And I don't think everyone must feed from what he/she studied in the university. School is a place to learn how Read, write and develop a Mental ability to familiarize all aspects of life. Any side you find yourself good at after school becomes your area of concentration, provided is bringing food to your table.
I think if people really want to be happy in life, expecially undergraduates and young graduate they should learn not to give all expectations of having living job from the government. If people create the mindset of being creative and productive in this era they will live a more happy life than putting all expectations of getting a dream job from the government. A productive mindset is what young people needs to make life easy and worth living.
Creativity is the only thing that make one to succeed in life. Certificate is just a prove that you enrolled in an institution and completed. but that does not end there, what matters is how you are creative in the real world. School is more of theory than practical but engagement in more of practical skill will take you to greater hight.