Nobody Warned You.

Graduation is supposed to feel like a beginning. For most young Nigerians, it feels like a cliff edge.

You have your certificate, your results, and your ambition — but nobody explained how the system you are now entering actually works. Not the job market, not the workplace, not money, not any of it.

Nobody Warned You is a practical career guide for final-year students, recent graduates, and young professionals navigating the Nigerian labour market. Written by HR Consultant and CEO Deborah Edwin-Abebe, it draws from over a decade of real recruitment experience, real workplaces, and real stories.

Inside this book you will find: — Why good grades alone will not get you a job, and what actually does — How most jobs are filled before they are ever advertised — What employers are really looking for beyond your CV — How to write a CV that gets responses and handle interviews with confidence — How to manage your first salary, build an emergency fund, and navigate family financial pressure — How to build a career that cannot be taken from you

This is not a motivational book. Motivation fades. This book offers something more durable: understanding.

16 chapters. Real stories. Nigerian context. Practical tools. Written for you.