In recent years the world has encouraged work at home as part of the modern system to cut operational costs in most organizations. In most cases it is considered to be of advantage to mothers and students who do not have the opportunities to work in organizations and industries but still want to make money to cater for daily needs and students who are looking for career options respectively. Work from home jobs are flexible and adaptable.
In developing countries, especially in African countries like Nigeria, it is very difficult to find work from home jobs. But with recent development of COVID-19 and in a move to cut operational costs, more companies and organizations, even government agencies are beginning to encourage work from home jobs.
In this article, I will show you some of the jobs you can do at the comfort of your home for yourself or any company/organization anywhere in the world.
- Web Developer
Web developing is one of the sorted jobs currently in Nigeria as many business owners look to take their businesses online thereby the need for them to build a website to get online presence. Knowing how to code is an essential skill that can help you in web development. Though even a novice can easily create a website with available resources provided by technology by watching online tutorials.
Web development is very rewarding as most resources used are free and you can work at your schedule. I advise you create an account with a professional online platform like LinkedIn, build a good reputation and have people recommend you. Many Nigerians youths are making serious money with web development alone.
- Translator
Let’s say you are proficient in a second language or different languages, document translating becomes a very lucrative job for you. This job is very rewarding as there are very few document translators especially in Nigeria.
Most Asian companies communicate with their languages even on paper, so applying to work with a Nigerian firm whose business partners from China or Korea send them documents can help you secure a job as a document translator.
- Transcriptionist
If you are very good at typing and probably make some cash by being a typist, I want to assure you that you can make more money being a transcriptionist.
Typing is obviously a key skill, but accuracy and good grammar are essential as well. Transcriptionists are paid according to the lines or words in the article, the audio minute transcribed or, less frequently, by the hour.
- Content Writer
As internet users grow by the day and competition between organizations and websites tightens so does the demand for new contents. Many companies and websites are looking for professional content writers with new ideas. If you can write well-researched articles and web contents you stand a huge chance of being recruited by companies and websites that offer freelance content writing jobs.
Content writing is a form of marketing strategy that consistently creates value about a product that is relevant to a clearly defined online audience to attract and make them loyal customers.
- Social Media Consultant
A recent report shows that over 4.5 billion people use social media daily, users that are looking for a product or information on a daily basis. If you are always using social media for fun, now is the right time to change that fun to making money online at the comfort of your home. You can make a lot of money by helping companies and businesses manage their social media handles and promoting their products.
A social media consultant is notably one of a company’s most important staff. You become the eyes, ears, and voice of a company online. Your major role is to make sure the company makes profit by getting new customers and retaining old customers using social media.
- Virtual Assistant
Accounting to Wikipedia, a virtual assistant is generally self-employed and provides professional administrative, technical, or creative assistance to clients remotely from a home office.
Becoming a virtual assistant requires some sets of skills. You must be conversant with MS office tools as you will be using them often to execute your work which basically might involve data analysis, email management and editing.
- Blogger
Blogging over the years has made so many millionaires and it is a good work from home job for individuals. With a good niche you can attract traffic to your blog, have people pay for a product you have to offer, also make money by applying for Google Adsense. You can also use affiliate marketing to make money. Blogging is very rewarding but also demands a lot of time and work to get the needed result.
- Graphic Design
Good business comes with a lot of branding, branding is the soul of a business in this technology driven world. Graphic design is one of the most sorted skills in the world as companies look to brand to their products and ideas to attract customers.
As a graphic designer, your job is to give an image to a company or business. You can create logos which the company will be known for. You are to design flyers, billboards, newsletters, etc on a regular basis.
- Online Tutor
If you have the ability to pass your knowledge to others in the form of teaching, then an online tutor job will work for you just fine. Find a topic that interests you and you can easily relate with, create videos of yourself talking on the topic and upload them on online tutor platforms like Udeme, Udacity, Khan Academy, Coursera. You get paid per student that enrolls for your course.
You can also have live online lectures with your student about a particular subject or course. You could use Google classroom, Zoom, etc. Participants will register with a particular to be part of the class.
- YouTuber
Last work from home job on my list today is YouTube content creation. As a YouTuber you need to have a good niche before creating a channel on YouTube. This niche will help you generate a lot of views. All you need is a smartphone or a laptop with a good webcam. You can use YouTube editing platform to edit your videos.
Also Read: 7 Steps To Better YouTube Marketing And Grow Your Channel
If you generate millions of views you can get paid by YouTube, Google and also get endorsement deals to help companies and businesses advertise their products.
