Students should focus on becoming entrepreneurs and creating employment opportunities for others rather than merely pursuing jobs, said Professor Dr Mohammad Salauddin Palash of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU).‘One of our major problems is that we want jobs, but we do not want to create jobs,’ he said while presenting the keynote paper at a seminar titled ‘From Everyday Problems to Business Ideas' at the conference room of the academic building of Jamalpur Science & Technology University (JSTU) on Wednesday. The seminar was organised by the university’s Department of Management.In his presentation, titled ‘From Job Seekers to Job Creators’, Professor Palash said Bangladesh had 885,000 unemployed university graduates in 2024. Against this backdrop, he stressed the need for young graduates to move beyond dependence on conventional employment and explore entrepreneurship as a means of creating jobs.Drawing on six local and international examples, he demonstrated how everyday problems could be transformed into viable business opportunities. Referring to agricultural platform iFarmer and digital banking, he highlighted the price gap between farmers and consumers, saying consumers pay 252 per cent more for agricultural products than the prices received by farmers. Bridging this gap, he noted, could create significant opportunities for innovative business ventures.Speaking as the chief guest, JSTU Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr Mohammad Amir Hossain encouraged students to identify business opportunities by addressing problems encountered in everyday life. Treasurer Professor Dr Mohammad Ali attended the programme as the special guest.The seminar was chaired by Atiqur Rahaman, chairman of the Department of Management, and moderated by Assistant Professor Jannatul Ferdous. Assistant Professor SM Yusuf Ali delivered the welcome address.Acting Proctor Associate Professor Dr Mohammad Sadiqur Rahman and more than a hundred students of the department were also present.