5 Skills You Can Learn in 30 Days to Boost Your Employability

Learning skills can help you get your dream job, start your own business, and become a better leader, colleague, and employee. The skills you learn are the foundation for success, whether for personal achievements, wealth accumulation, health, or even relationships. The skills we learn today, forge the outcomes of our lives, a little deep, but true. 

Take that leap, and just start, experiment with what you want to learn, and double down on what sticks or comes naturally to you. In today’s post, we will be going over the top 5 professional, high-income, and valuable skills you can learn in 30 days to boost your employability.

1. Digital Marketing- If you learn how to get traffic to your product or service, you will never be poor. You can search for free courses online. If you want to go into this field ensure to invest 2-3 hours daily, to be able to grab what you are learning. Since digital marketing is so broad, I would advise you to start with social media marketing, SEO, organic traffic generation, PPC Ads, Email marketing, etc. Once you have an understanding of how it works, you can start applying for entry-level roles.
   
   
2. Generative AI–  Gen AI is one piece of sweet tech that is advancing rapidly. A growing number of people and businesses rely on AI, for their productivity, and admin tasks, with even more businesses interested in finding ways to integrate AI into their workstream, business model, products, or services.
   
   
3. Creativity & Communication– Creativity is a skill that every professional should keep on improving. I’m not talking about art, music, or dance. Creativity is a valuable skill for formulating solutions and developing new ideas. Creatives watch out for patterns to see connections often behind successful problem-solving or coming up with unique ways to address a project.
   While communication is efficiently delivering information, exchanging ideas and actively listening to others.
   
   
4. Problem-Solving Skills: Problem-solving, or removing barriers that interfere with success, is an essential skill for anyone to have. Employers want employees who are proactive with problem-solving. Other skills such as Innovation, communication, and decision-making improve problem-solving skills.
   
   
5. Networking Skills: Networking is the process of developing and sustaining connections with individuals, organizations, or groups within a specific industry. Whether you have a job or you have a business, you should master this ability, as it will open many doors when pursuing your career. Things you can do to put this skill in action: Participate in live conferences, Join university career fairs, Subscribe to online webinars & workshops, Browse and connect with relevant companies/employees on LinkedIn
   
   

Free and Affordable Resources to Learn These Skills

There are a lot of different websites that you can use to practice and learn new skills online. Here is a very small selection of them;

1. Google Scholar
2. LinkedIn Learning
3. Skillshare
4. Coursera
5. Youtube
6. Alison

I’m a workaholic, this is pretty much well-known among my family and friends. I have been fortunate enough to work in different industries that I have enjoyed and some I worked on just to pay the bills.

Over the years, I noticed a pattern when I got a new client, I would always spend a boatload of time and energy on the job to get fast results for the client cause I felt like I had a lot to prove or I had to work twice as hard to fight for my spot. It felt like I was going to lose everything before my eyes.

After many months of self-reflection and wise counsel from my family. They showed me that I had nothing to fear, and made me see that I was doing a good job. All these were possible because of a mantra I high-key live by: “I am always doing that which I cannot do, so that I may learn how to do it.”- It’s a quote by Picasso.

If I didn’t know how to do something, I’d give it a shot, I’ll go online watch a YouTube video or buy a course. The more skills I learned, the better I got. With the rise in competition, upgrading your skills is crucial if you want to set yourself apart and increase your earning potential.

Cheers.