Exploring skills mismatch with vocational guidance and counselling In the Nigerian university and workplace

The Nigerian workplace appears to be getting increasingly challenging by the day. Perhaps because of the skewness in the supply-demand gradient of human capital toward the supply side, employers appear to have raised the bar in their demand of skills required for tasks in each of the job they plan to engage workers at. However, there has also been the argument with regards to serious deficits and mismatch in the skills possessed by graduates and other job seekers. This paper adopts a narrative review framework to explored the multifaceted skills mismatch in Nigerian universities and workplaces, and detailed how vocational guidance and counselling can bridge the gap. It explores the understanding of the concept of skills, skill mismatch and different areas in which vocational guidance and counselling provided within the ambit of human development services that a university and the workplace can provide.