By By Elsie Udoh
It is no news that a university education is not enough to land a well-paying job in Nigeria. Many undergraduates, despite being first-class holders, have ended up in fruitless job hunts and menial jobs to make ends meet.
This, therefore, signifies that more is needed than just a well-graded university certificate. Besides the covid-19 pandemic was a great eye-opener to the essence of garnering useful digital skills even while in school and employers are seeking individuals with hand on skills to contribute to their business.
If you have digital skills already, big ups to you. Continue improving and winning from it, but if not, then you can consider including it in your 2023 checklist.
Here are some digital skills ideas that you can learn online even with your busy schedule:
Digital Marketing
This involves using online platforms to promote brands, products, and services through emails, social media, etc.
You can surf Google for free online courses to get started with learning this skill.
Graphic Design
If you love colours and are a creative thinker, you can consider learning this skill. It is the creation of visual content such as logos, flyers, business cards, etc, with the use of a computer to communicate and attract customers.
You can learn and start creating designs using a phone or a laptop.
Social media management
Convert your addiction to social media to a paid job through social media management. You can develop a strategy, monitor account profiles, and increase the social engagement of an organization or client.
Search engine optimization (SEO)
This requires diligent study to acquire. Help websites and web pages rank on Google through SEO. It deals with getting a higher rank in search engines and reaching a large number of viewers. The higher the website ranks the higher chance of people seeing it, that’s the trick.
Copywriting
This is a high-paying skill that deals with writing clear and captivating written text known as copy for marketing a brand, promotional, or ads for a virtual audience or an organization.
The main purpose of copywriting is to make sales. You can work in any industry as a copywriter.
Virtual Assistance
Just as a secretary or receptionist helps to complete a job or a task, your work as a virtual assistant involves assisting a business virtually through phone calls, and text messages, making appointments, managing social media and email accounts and fixing travel arrangements.
If you are detailed and passionate about helping people, this job is for you.
Web development
This is a digital skill that involves creating, designing, and maintaining websites and web applications as well as monitoring the performance of a site. Your job is to create a website appealing to viewers and coordinate the navigations for proper functioning.
You will need to get familiar with basic technologies like CSS, HTML, Javascript, etc. which can be learnt on platforms like Coursera, udemy, etc.
Data analysis
You can work in businesses, industries, science, and medicine as a data analyst. Your main task will be to collect, clean, interpret and evaluate data.
Data analysis which involves prescriptive, predictive, diagnostic and descriptive analysis is better understood with research.
Project Management
This is a lucrative digital skill that involves getting a task done effectively by keeping track, monitoring, and ensuring it is of high quality and completed on time.
If you can organize and deliver effectively, then you might want to consider becoming a project manager.
Software development
Software developers are the creative minds behind computer programs. As a software developer, you will be in the job of creating, designing, programming, testing, and supporting software. You can work as a game developer, mobile app developer, etc.
There are several skills available online that you can learn about and start earning from. Make research on any of these, select whichever piques your interest and dedicate your time to rigorous learning and implementation.
