Are you a Nigerian student? Now permit some bluntness. Stop waiting for ASUU! You can learn quick skills not just for the sake of it but to help position you for your dream job yesterday, today and maybe forever.
Need we intimate you? Learning new skills is a great way to position yourself as a strong candidate for job openings.
We at TheNewsGuru are always eager to learn new things, ourselves so we encourage you to do so too. If you’ve resolved to pick up some skills right now, we’ve got a pleasant shocker for you. Did you know there are lucrative skills you can learn in just 5 minutes?
Grab these ones real quick and oh feel free to SHARE with your friends and Whatsapp groups.
Computer shortcuts:
It’s incredibly useful to learn the shortcut keys on Windows or macOS and even on your phone. Sometimes we get so caught up with entertaining ourselves now that ASUU is on strike that we forget to stop, take a moment and think if there’s a more efficient and quicker way to get the job done. Now get to it. Start learning some cool shortcuts immediately.
Time Management
Sound easy? Who says so? Time management is another particular useful life skill. Let’s face it, are you that one person that gets the job done last? You show up late? Want to improve your time management skills. You can learn this new important skill in just 5 minutes. Hurrah!
Use Google to fix computer problems
Hi there. Following online tutorials and videos to fix computer problems is a great skill to learn. Try it now. Simply type the exact problem you are having with your computer into Google.com, follow the first or second article that shows and up and voila, you will impress even yourself with the results. Who knows? One day, you could get to help someone fix theirs and get paid for it.
Create an Email Signature
Having your own personalised signature included at the end of your emails is a great way of appearing more professional for work use and isn’t something that’s difficult to do. This is because you could even adopt some premade email signature designs for inspiration.
Say “Hello” in 30 languages
Ever seen the appendage on job descriptions: “it’s an added advantage if you could speak this this…that that language? Hola! Bonjour. Nǐ hǎo…these are all ways to say Hello in different languages. You never know when you’d need to greet someone from another country. Or even get a job because you are multilingual.
Now go. Go ahead and do something with that 5 minutes you ordinarily wouldn’t have done anything with.
Happy learning!
