Profitable Skills that can Help you Make Money Abroad

 

There are some soft skills you can learn that can help you to make money and change your life abroad. Most of these simple skills can save you money, provide you with income, and even form the foundation of a very good, profitable business for you abroad.

Many companies and individuals are looking up to skilled workers to help them do some skilled work, and with that, you can make some cool cash for yourself and still have another job to do.

Therefore before travelling abroad to a country like the UK, the US, Canada etc make sure you learn a  lucrative skill in your home country.

 List of Skills that can help you to make money abroad.

1. Hairdressing:

Hairdressing is a skill to have abroad, as many African women are always on the lookout for someone who can style and beautify their hair for parties and other activities. These include braiding, locking of hair, fixing of weaves, etc. When you have this kind of handwork, you can be assured that you will not lack customers, especially on weekends. You can get up to 50 pounds and above from each customer, depending on the hairstyle, which will give you money at the end of the month. Therefore, you should learn how to make hair before moving to the UK.

2. Driving:

Driving is a lifesaving skill every young person should learn. The US has the same driving system as Nigeria, which is right-hand driving, while the UK has a different driving system, driving on the left.

When getting to the UK, you can obtain an international driver's license and use it to drive in the country for one year upon arrival. With that skill, you can start making money by driving for Uber or partnering with full-service delivery companies like Uber Eats or Deliveroo.

3. Photography:

Photographing is a professional skill that can help you gain money abroad.

If you have a camera and can take some very good photos, all you need to do is tell your customer that you can do this by showing them your skills. From there, you can get a request for a birthday photoshoot, professional shorts, wedding shorts, and other events. This is very lucrative abroad.

4. Cooking:

If you are a good chef, cooking African dishes is a very soft skill that can save you from hunger and at the same time stop you from being financially lacking abroad. If you can cook African delicacies, a lot of Africans will be willing to contact you to have you cook for their families or for special occasions like birthdays, weddings, and other gatherings for handsome fees.

5. Sewing:

If you can cut patterns and sew, especially native designs with African Ankara materials, you have good skills, and you will be in demand abroad. When you are sure what you are doing, customers will suffocate you with materials in their requests for you to make a good design for them to attend a birthday or get-together with traditional ceremonies abroad.

6. Barbing: 

Abroad many barbing saloons don't know what to do with their male hair 

If you can barber well and give a good style, you can easily make up to 15 to 20 pounds per haircut. Are you surprised to learn that styling 5 or more haircuts in a day will be a great income for you?

Customers will undoubtedly seek you out for haircuts, and you can save a lot of money by only barbering.

7. Writing:

Writing very well will always be in demand abroad. Companies will seek you out to write or create their social media accounts for you to write books, projects, and business proposals for them, and you can make a lot of money in general.

8. Graphic design:

 If you are good with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, you can also bang out a good deal abroad.

Customers will be looking for your business among those who need flyers and beautiful designs for social media, and you can be in higher demand and make a nice income abroad.

9 Web design:

Stroke software developer, If you understand the basics of web design and you can code very well to make a beautiful, dynamic website, you will also be in high demand and will make cool cash abroad, so individuals and companies will look for you, making this a lucrative skill abroad.

10. vlogging:

If you can make a video on your own about a specific topic, such as reviewing or reporting on a product or an event. Some companies abroad will hire you to make some advertisements for their product with a video, and some individuals can employ you to handle their YouTube channel, and you will be paid handsomely.

11. Blogging:

Companies will hire you to create content for daily or scheduled publications. In this case, you just need to know how to write, and you are good to go.

Conclusion

Having gone through all the skills, it is good to start learning one or two in case the first one is not giving you the financial stability you want you can easily switch over to the second option.