Are you a student or a working employee looking for a career path to follow or switch? Today, we will discuss SEO, an in-demand skill needed for businesses to grow digitally.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is gaining popularity in Nepal as businesses are shifting online targeting digital customers. Below are five reasons why SEO can be a good career path in Nepal.
Easy-to-Learn Skills
You can learn SEO Online for free or speed up the process with paid courses, again much data shows that most of the current SEO Specialists are self-learned and did not pay to acquire skills.
You can also find yourself a mentor who can guide you to your goal.
Tools: Data published by Brian Dean suggest that 63.4% of SEO jobs require experience with a specific tool and the most common are Google Analytics, Semrush, Google Search Console, Moz, and Screaming Frog.
No Formal Education Requirements
Backlinko’s SEO Job Report suggests only 7% require a master’s degree and 29.8% of SEO positions require a bachelor’s degree. And a whopping 64.3% don’t have any degree requirements.
It is important to know that you must have the necessary skills and experience in SEO.
High Demand
Backlinko’s 2020 survey revealed over 7,000 SEO job postings on Glassdoor and LinkedIn.
As more and more businesses rely on digital marketing to gain customers and clients. The demand for SEO Specialists continues to grow steadily.
According to Business Research Company, the SEO industry is projected to grow from $75.13 billion in 2023 to $88.91 billion in 2024, with a CAGR of 18.3%.
High-Income Potential
SEO Experts in Nepal are paid highly if they have the skills and experience to bring proper ROI to the companies. Specialists should be able to perform and access the necessary tasks required to rank.
According to Glassdoor, an SEO specialist makes $49,589 per year on average. [US Market]
Flexibility
SEO as a career can be flexible, work on your own time and place if you are not interested in working as an in-house employee.
Companies look to hire talent flexibly, no matter their location you can easily get job opportunity from Nepal if you have the right skills.
1000s of small and mid-sized businesses provide vacancies for talented and data-driven SEOs not only in Nepal but work is available as a freelance on sites like Fiverr, Upwork, and Freelancer.
All you need is proper training from the right instructor and experience handling a few projects which you can do easily with your own projects.
