Do you desire professional growth and advancement? Perhaps
generate some more income? Developing your skills is the best method to advance
in your job and get more money online and offline. A strong skill set helps
your CV stand out from the competition. Additionally, it raises your chances of
advancement and gives you greater negotiating power when negotiating your
salary. The skills that are likely to be most advantageous to learn in 2022 and
in the next few years are listed below:
Top Skills to Learn
to Make Dollars
1. Digital Marketing
2. Data Analysis
3. Software Development
4. User Experience
5. Graphic Design
6. Web Design
7. Project Management
8. Content Creation and Management
9. Video Filming and Editing
10. Foreign Language
My Story: How to Make it Big with the Big Global Tech Companies in Nigeria
Consider a career in digital marketing if you are creative,
tech-savvy, and good at marketing. A part of marketing is digital marketing. It
advertises goods and services through electronic gadgets and digital media
platforms. Depending on the position, your annual salary could reach six
figures in dollars. I have listed this skill first because it is not as
technical as some of the other skills in this article. You can make a lot of
money if you are really good at this. Some of the top guys make over $130,000 a
year.
The World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report predicts
that analytical thinking and creativity will be the top skill in demand.
Businesses across all sectors need more staff who can gather, evaluate, and
exchange data that can help them solve business challenges as they depend more
and more on data to make educated decisions.
A variety of tools, such as Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets,
SQL, Tableau, R, or Python, can be used by data analysts. The more skilled you
are, the more you can earn. Some earn over a $100,000 a year with this skill.
Organizations need workers proficient in creating,
maintaining, and advancing their technical systems as they increasingly rely on
technology to expand their commercial capacities. The people who work in
software engineering or DevOps create, oversee, and manage an organization's
technological infrastructure.
DevOps or software engineering experts might work with Git,
Docker, Jenkins, or Kubernetes, and they might be familiar with Python, Java,
or C++. Again, the more skilled people in this field could easily earn over
$100,000 a year.
User experience (UX) designers develop readily navigable,
aesthetically pleasing, and meaningful applications and websites.
You'll make sure that people using websites or applications
have the most effective and enjoyable "user experience" possible as a
UX designer. You'll be involved in creating digital goods and services for
distinct target audiences and end users, therefore you'll need to comprehend
end users' motives.
Together with other members of the digital team and the
larger organization, you'll strive to make sure that the goods and services you
provide satisfy the demands of customers. Some of the top guys in this field
earn over $90,000 a year.
By fusing art and technology, graphic designers—also known
as graphic artists or communication designers—can convey ideas through visuals
and the organization of printed materials and websites. To generate aesthetic
or decorative effects, they may employ a range of design components.
Text and images are both used by graphic designers. The
type, font, size, color, and line length of headlines, headings, and text are
frequently chosen by them. Additionally, graphic designers determine the
relationship between text and images in print or online, as well as how much
room each should have. Graphic designers may turn data into visual visuals and
diagrams by adding text, color, and images to make complicated concepts easier to
understand. This is crucial for marketing and selling products. A lot of
graphic designers work as freelancers but those that decide to work for
organizations may earn as much as $90,000 a year.
The appearance, structure, and functions of websites are
created by web designers. A web designer needs to be knowledgeable in both
graphic design and computer programming. Web designers collaborate closely with
the development team to schedule website changes and set priorities.
Web designers work with clients to make their ideas for
websites a reality. A web designer must comprehend the user experience in order
to create a site that is simple to use and navigate. Front-end web development
languages including HTML, CSS, JQuery, and JavaScript should be mastered by web
designers.
Web designers should possess both technical and soft skills,
such as proficiency in oral, writing, and presentation skills. A web designer
must be able to connect with clients and other stakeholders. While many web
designers work as freelancers, some of the top people working for organizations
may over $100,000 a year.
A common organizational structure used by businesses is one
where various teams, departments, or team members all focus on the same project
or product. Project management skills are the ability to coordinate actions
across each of these functions. These team members might be in charge of
coordinating with project stakeholders, managing budgets, and maintaining
timetables (or various parties interested or invested in the project outcomes).
Consider "project management" to be a blanket word
covering the qualities that employers usually cite as valuable: leadership,
communication, planning, resiliency, and organizational abilities.
Many professions involve project management, which is
crucial as you advance to managerial roles. The salaries for top project managers aren’t bad as well. You could earn over $100,000 a year as you rise to
the top with this skill.
Writing, editorial and publishing responsibilities fall
under the purview of content managers. While duties differ from firm to
company, some jobs are constant. They consist of the following; organizing content
strategy, implementing the strategy by collaborating with the other team
members – such as the authors and
editors, conducting research, keeping an eye on the content's production and
dissemination, distributing content across different Internet and social media
channels and improving existing content. You should also feel at ease using a
variety of content types, such as: blog entries, web content, letters of sale, content
on social media and promotional materials.
Writing, editing as well good knowledge of content
management system (CMS) are essential skills to excel in this job. The top
professionals with these skills may earn up to $100,000 a year or more.
To produce a finished film or video, film/video editors are
in charge of working with assets such video camera footage, dialogue, sound
effects, graphics, and special effects.
The editing, effects, and rendering of video motion pictures
are the responsibility of film editors.
The director, producers, and other team members will give
instructions to the film editor.
In order to make sure you are matching the cinematographer's
vision for how a scene should seem in the finished product, you will typically
work closely with them.
They will put together uncut video into sequences that tell
a coherent, seamless story.
To accomplish this, you'll utilize a variety of programs,
like Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, or Avid Media Composer.
The top professionals in this field may earn up to about
$120,000 a year.
10. Foreign Language
Knowing how to speak a foreign language fluently can give
you a great advantage in your career. You could work as a translator, language
teacher, subtitler, actor and other interesting jobs. Top foreign language
professionals could earn over $100,000 a month.
This list is not exhaustive and the figures cited are for
information purpose only, they are not to be taken as the norm of every
individual. Some people much less or more than the figures I have suggested
here. However, what is not in doubt is that a lot of money can be made by
having these skills in 2022 and coming years – at least, till the end of this
decade.
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