With the present situation of the global economy, the only people that will break through financially are those with relevant skills— not certificates.
Yes, you just read that. Only those with relevant skills will make as much money as they want. Gone are the days when young people depend on certificate to survive. They go to school, have good grades, and then, they join the queue of those waiting to be recruited in the labour market.
This present day, certificate is fast fading out and skills is taking charge. And this is why I personally advise every young person out there to get at least four skills that can earn them money and make them their own bosses.
So, with the ones you’ve got, how do you start making money with it? Let me hold you by hands and take you through the steps…
#1. List out the skills you’ve got.
Get a jotter (or your personal diary) and make a list of the skills you’ve acquired over the years. Your skills are simply things you’ve learnt how to do. It may be writing, singing, teaching, talking, coding, selling and so on.
You’ll have to think deeply to be able to capture them all because there are some skills you have but because you don’t use them often you tend to pay less attention to them.
So if you’ve listed them, then
#2. Think of some successful people who have the same skills and what they’ve done with it.
If you have to search on google.com for this it’s fine. If you have “Writing” as a skill for instance, you could search for “Successful writers in the world”. Browse through their profile (it’s mostly available online) and see what they’ve been able to achieve in life with the skills.
This will give you motivation and with that you can be inspired to begin your journey to exploits.
#3. Think of how the skills you’ve got can help solve some of the problems in the society.
This means you need to find out what major problems people are facing and how the skills you have can help solve those problems.
#4. Think of a product you can create around the skills you’ve got.
If you have coding skill for instance, you could think of creating a program, an app or a website that you can sell to people and help them solve a problem. You could even create an ebook to teach people how to code.
#5. Market and sell your skill.
There’s no other way to make money with your skills than to work with it. And this can only happen when people know what you do.
You need to learn how to market yourself. Practice telling people what you can do for them. Tell them you’ve got so and so skills and you’re good at it. If you’ve made a product, tell people about it and chances are they will purchase it and pay you for it.
And there are several ways to do this. You could start by telling your friends, your family members or your neighbours. When those close to you know what you’re capable of doing, it will be easy for them to promote you and your product.
#6. Search for jobs that can help you showcase your skills.
Yes. Even if you’re not able to create a product, you can still search for jobs relating to your skills and make reasonable income from it.
Websites like latium.org and fiverr.com are good freelancing sites where you can make money with your skills online.
After all said and done, don’t forget to always sharpen your skills from time to time. It is only when you are up-to-date that you can create value and it’s only when you create value that you can make money.
I hope this article helps you…. Please drop your question and comment below
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