Sometimes I wonder why there is a very high unemployment rate in many developing countries when there are so many job opportunities that
could fetch good amount of money.
Could it be that we are shy to work or we are too weak to work? The fact you need to know today is that it is not everyone that could be employed by the Government or an NGO, we all have to find an alternative way of making a decent earning instead of idleness and worries.
These are the list of Jobs you can start doing in schools and at home. (1) Catering:
Catering services requires no formal qualification. If you like cooking and if you can cook good food, this business is good for you. Catering is more about producing and delivering good food. I know a woman that sold food from one place to the other by moving the foods in wheel barrow, but her story has changed now has she has built her own restaurant. Slowly but surely, you will be making great gains from catering services.
(2) Childcare:
There are many parents that are very busy to take care of their children because of the kind of work they are doing. Such parents needs the services of child care' You can start providing child care services for them. Child care service requires boundless energy, patient and you must love and adore children before going into this business. This could be a part-time job. I.e, You can be doing it for four hours daily.
(3) Computer Repairer/Trouble Shooter:
You can start repairing computer systems if you are handy in repairing computer or use to it. It is advisable to learn how to repair computers from an expert or visit this website for more information on computer repair, http://www.ite.edu.sg or use google search engine.
(4) Phone Repairer:
Millions of people are using phones of different types in Nigeria and there is no day that someone phone will not get faulty. Phones repair is a very profitable business and the equipments are readily available and affordable. It is also advisable to learn this trade from an expert and you may also visit this websites for more information http://www.mygsmindia.com, http://www.gsmforum.com, http://www.fixya.com.
(5) Cosmetics Sales:
Selling of cosmetics requires you to be social and friendly with people because of the nature of this business is a social business activity and it takes lot of time meeting and talking to people you want to be selling the cosmetics to.
(6) Become a DJ:
DJ business is about collections of music to be played in an event or occasion. To become a DJ you must be social and be ready to face crowd. You should also be stylish in playing music and good in setting up a sound system. Most social events requires the services of a DJ and being a DJ will gain you not only money, but popularity and connections.
(7) Arranging Flower:
Arranging flowers is a profitable business, because some people are willing to pay for flowers to be arranged in their company, organization, hotel, office, etc.
(8) Gardening Services:
You can be taking care of vegetable or flower gardens for people and get paid.
(9) Organize a Lesson Class:
Organize a lesson for primary school pupils and secondary school students, even tertiary students, depending on your educational qualifications.
Pupils in primary 5 and 6 are usually getting ready for common entrance examination While students in JSS3 and SSS3 are also getting ready for WAEC and NECO examinations. Therefore, they are always in need of lessons. This is an opportunity to impact knowledge in them and make a good amount of money.
(10) House Cleaning:
This is a business idea you can start on your own or with friends to form a group. There are many business firms, organizations, hotels, and offices that need this service and they will be willing to pay good amount of money.
(11) Jewellery Selling:
You can start buying and selling jewelleries, and you may also sell the jewelleries you no longer use.
(12) Sewing Services:
If you are handy with sewing machine, there is money to be made. There is no need to advertise yourself to people, once you are known as a tailor, your work will do the rest talking. You may learn tailoring from an expert if you are not handy in it.
(13) Pet Grooming:
This job is best for people that love pets. A pet groomer takes care of pets, for example, they are responsible for bathing and trimming pets. Pet owners are willing to pay pet groomers for their services.
(14) Rentals:
If you are having money and you still do not know the kind of business to start with the money, rental services could be a good job to start with. Renting of events facilities and equipments like canopies, chairs, tables, speakers, generators, etc, is a good paying job.
(15) Selling Books on a Personal Blog:
To start selling books on a personal blog is very simple, all you need to do is to open a blog if you do not have any and you also need an email address for sending books to your customers. Make sure any book you want to sell should be in doc or PDF format because those are the standard format for e-books. To open a new blog, visit http://www.blogger.com or http://www.blog.com
(16) Writing and Selling Books:
If you are a good writer and you know some interesting information that people will like to know, you can write such information like a book and start selling it to people around your locality. It usually takes time to write a good book. It is a cool way to make money if you advertise your book(s) well to people.
(17) Vegetable Growing:
If you are having a good garden that is suitable for growing vegetables. You can start growing tomatoes and earn money from the business, especially during the dry season.
(18) Website Designing:
This is a very profitable business. It is advisable to learn website designing from an expert or alternatively visit this website http://www.w3schools.com. Website designing requires time and patient because it could be tedious at times, especially when you want to create a website from scratch. You can start making money by creating websites for people. You may contact us for help.
(19) Event Planner:
If you are having love for planning events, this business is perfect for you and it very profitable. Big events like wedding, birthday, party, meeting, and funeral require the services of an event planner.
(20) Wedding/Social Photographer:
As a wedding/social photographer, you are to take charge of arranging people into groups and know all the classic poses expected of the occasion. This business requires adverts of your works on radio, TV and online so that people can contact you whenever there is an event.
(21) Car Park:
If you are having a large land and you do not have any plan to utilize it yet, you can turn the place into a commercial car park. All you have to do is to fence the place around and make sure there are no bushes on the land. So many people will be willing to pay you for parking in the car park. This business is perfect for people living in places like Ogun, Lagos, Abuja, and Porthacurt.
(22) Car Cleaning:
There are millions of car users in every states of the federation and many of the car users take their cars to ''car wash'' for cleaning. This business is really profitable.
For example, as at the time of writing this book, a car is washed in car wash for #500. Assuming you washed 10 cars daily, that means you will earn #5,000 daily and if you multiply #5,000 by 31 days, you will be earning #155,000 or more, monthly if you are working hard. This secret is known to few people. Do not feel too big or shy to work.
(23) Cake Making/Decorating:
If you are handy in cake making and decorating, your services is needed in events and occasions. This business is profitable and requires creativity. You may learn this trade from an expert if you do not have the idea but it is very easy to learn.
(24) Trading Online:
There are many websites that gives you an opportunity to trade your goods and services on internet. You may visit this websites to trade online http://www.ebay.com http://www.amazon.com .
(25) Snacks/Biscuit:
Homemade biscuits and confectionery can be a great profitable business. You can be selling them to shops and super market in your locality. People may also buy it for special occasions.
(26) Hair Dressing:
If you are handy in plating hair, you can use the talent to make money. Whether in school or at home, all you need to do is to tell people around you about your new business of hair dressing and place a postal around the place you are living so that people will know that there is an hair dresser living in the place.Hair dressing is a creative job and also profitable.
(27) Selling of Clothes:
Selling of clothes especially during festive periods sales fast. You can start by selling fairly use clothes (Okrika) to people you know and also tell others your kind of business.
(28) General House Electronics Repairer:
This is a good business and it is a great means of earning money. If you are handy in this field, you can start the business. It is advisable to learn how to repair house hood electronics from an expert before going into the business.
(29) Drawing/Making Greeting Cards:
If you are talented in drawing and making of recharge cards, this business is perfect for you. It is like getting paid for what you like doing. You can get different kind of materials you need to use for your design from a bookshop or printing press shop.
(30) Football House:
There are many sport lovers that are willing to pay for any match they want to watch in a football show house, especially during the English premier league, champions league, world cup and nations cup. Setting up a football view centre for commercial purpose is a business that is profitable. All you need is a TV set, satellite decoder, chairs or benches, and a place where your customers will be watching matches.
(31) Bead Craft:
If you are handy in beads craft and have love for fashion, this business is perfect for you. I know a lady that is making some money from this business has been her major source of income for quite some years.
If you want to go into this business, you must cultivate the habit of telling people about your works everywhere you go, so as to make you have customers. You can start by making what people needs most, like necklace, ear ring, bag, and bracelet. It is advisable to learn this trade from an expert if you are not handy in this craft.
(32) Making Drinks:
Making drinks from home is still a fast growing business with a great gain. You can start making drinks like Zobo, Kunu, Soya Milk, and Ice Cream from your home and start earning a living from it.
(33) Snail Farming:
Snail farming is a business that many people are not exposed to yet in the city. People are willing to buy snails because of it nutrients though its expensive than beef and very easy to rare. Snail faming is a business I will recommend for anyone that likes live stocks.
(34) Recharge Card/Calling Centre:
This business is still a fast growing business in Nigeria and other developing countries and there is still an opportunity for you to make it from this business.
(35) Marketing Products:
For example, Tiens. Tiens is an NGO that sales medical products. They employ people to market their products to people and they usually pay #10,000 for this services but you may earn more money if you sale above the targeted products. You can apply for this job at any branch of Tiens Company nationwide.
(36) Graphic Design:
Whether it Photoshop, Corel draw or any other graphic designing software. Knowing Graphic Design will fetch you lot of money if you put it to use.
You can start designing magazines, logos, ID cards, business cards, flyers, banners, etc for people and organizations. You can also design for people online if you are having a website where people could easily find and read about your works.
If you are very creative, you can advertise yourself by showing people your works online and offline. If you want to learn graphic design, please visit creativelive.com
(37) Intagram Marketing:
Instagram is one of the leading social networks in the world and it used by famous people in the society, so getting many followers requires hard work. If you are having up to fifty thousand followers, then you are on your way to make money from Instagram.
Companies and other business bodies can easily approach you for their goods and services to be advertised on your Instagram page. You could charge from $200 to $10,000 per post or more, it depends. If you are yet to have an Instagram account, visit instagram.com and download it on your Android or Window phone, then register.
(38) Facebook Markeing:
Similar to Instagram, but in this case, you need to create a Facebook page or group after signing up as a user. Get people to like your page requires lot of hard works or better still, you can ask Facebook to promote your page.
Promoting a Facebook page is not free, because you will have to pay Facebook to promote your page to get more users to like your page.
I will recommend you open a Facebook group instead and add members from your friends list.
To increase your Facebook group members, all you need to do is to beg your group members to invite more people to your group and make at least 10 people Admin in your group and also ask them to add more members.
If you are having up to fifty thousand group members or likes, then you are on your way to make money from Facebook. Companies and other business bodies can easily approach you for their goods and services to be advertised on your instagram page. You could charge from $200 to $10,000 per post or more, it depends. If you are yet to have a Facebook account, visit Facebook.com to signup.
(39) Online Coaching:
This is very simple, since you are only transferring what you already know.
You do not have to get a website to start, your phone is enough. If your phone can use Whatsapp, BBM, and other similar applications, then you are good to go.
First of all, be very sure you are good in what you want to be teaching people online. Secondly, design a beautiful banner or flyer for advertisement, and thirdly, advertise it on social networks, like Facebook and twitter. Your advert could be something like “I will be starting a website development online tutorial class very soon. To participate, simply send JOIN WEB to 09033277800 via your Whatsapp” then you add your flyer, logo or banner, so as to make it more attractive. Need a flyer, logo or banner? Visit naijacable.com.
After you might have gotten people who are interested, simply create a group chat where you can start your class online. Do not start with money, just do it for free for at least a week, then you can start making money from those who needs private online coaching outside the group chat. If you are a writer, you can advertise your books to your students. How you charge for your services depends on you.
(40) Affiliate Marketing:
This simply the act of promoting other people’s businesses on your website or on other people’s websites. For example, jumia.com has an affiliate program that gives 30% for every sale made through their affiliate user’s special link.
Let me explain how it works, when you sign up for jumia affiliate program for example, you will be given a unique link, you can post this link on your website or on social networks and encourage people to visit it. When they buy anything from Jumia, 30% of what they bought will be credited to your account. To join jumia affiliate program, visit www.jumia.com.ng/jumia-affiliate/.
(41) Blogging:
To start blogging, you must be a good writer and to be successful in blogging you must be consistent and never get tired of updating your blog. A good example of a successful blogger is Linda Ikeji. She has been blogging for long before she started gaining the fruit of her labour. In Nigeria today, she could be regarded has the most successful blogger in the country.
You can promote other people’s products on your blog for some cash and you could also sale your products on your blog, but make sure you always post something that will make your readers visit your blog again and again. To get a blog, visit blogger.com or wordpress.com.
(42) Soap Making:
Soap making has been a great source of income due to the fact that we all must use soap in one way or the other every day, so considering this business will the a good decision to start a small scale business.
(43) Solar/Inverter Installation:
You need to learn how to install and repair solar and inverter systems if you want to start doing this business. After you might have become an expert in this job, you are left with the option of advertising yourself to people and companies by writing proposals. You can be managing with your instructor or boss till you get your first contract or job which could get you all the tools you need.
(44) Public Lectures:
Organizing public lectures from place to place. This requires team work, so you need a minimum of three to five people to form a team. This is one of the ways Azeez Makinde, the owner of Naijaloaded and his team makes their money, by organizing public lectures for people all around Nigeria on how to be a successful online business tycoon.
If you think you know what others will be willing to learn from you, then I think you shouldn’t waste more time thinking, start creating a team now and get started.
(45) Referrals/Networking:
This very common, but must people get it all wrong because they always look for a cheaper way to make money by using site that offers free referrals service and very deceptive huge amount of money.
Have you ever imagined why they offer that fake amount of money for just referring people to their websites? The answer is very simple, they are doing that because they want many users to sign up so that they can get their email addresses, this email addresses will be resold or used for advertisement purposes, no wonder you get mails from people you don’t know.
You might have heard of Helping hands affiliate (#6000), 4Corners ($18), Bitcoins affiliate, and
Netcontacts. These companies are having almost the same mission, but I prefer
Netcontacts, because it is the cheapest, easiest, and very fast to create a big network with just #1,500 (less than $8), and money will be refunded back if the people you referred to the site do not pay.
Click here to join Netcontacts.The above jobs are creative and affordable to start. Do not wait for a better condition, do not feel too big or shy to work to earn a living. What you should be concerned about is how to make it even without any help from the government. Depending on the government or waiting for white collar jobs might make you lose the opportunity of becoming your own boss while others are making money from self employment. I am working on a tutorial book which will explain everything about how to start each of the businesses above.
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