Career Options

There are hundreds of career options:

How do you make a career choice when

you dont really know what to do?

Does it seem like a big hurdle?

Follow these steps to make

a good career choice:
Learn about yourself or assess
yourself:
Values
Interests
Skills
Personality traits

Assessment Tools

Career
Career
Career
Career

Tests
Counsellors
Planning Process
Development Professional

How to Choose a Career after your

Degree
Your Interests
Find out which subjects you like and which
you dont.
Avoid linking your interest with your marks all
the time. It may happen that you may score
more in the subject you do not like.
Choosing the subject you like helps you to
learn quicker and achieve great heights.

Your Abilities
Abilities are as important as self interests.
Though you have an interest in a particular
subject, you should have the ability to
interpret it, remember the concepts and
apply them practically.
Consult your parents or teachers who
know your strengths and weaknesses.

Career Growth Opportunities

Look at the growth opportunities available
in the field.
Meet job market experts, conduct a self
research.
Make sure that it is in hot demand and job
opportunities are available in plenty.

Money is an important
factor
All students need to recover their
educational expenses and earn well to
live a better life.
Research the salary packages for the jobs
after doing a particular course becomes
essential.

Career Tests

These tests include objective questions having

multiple choices from all subjects.
They test reasoning, creativity, logical thinking.
Consult Career Counselors, they will ask you your
preferred career choice and how you need to prepare
for it

Careers after Degree, Career

Planning and Choice of Courses:
I.

Whether you opt for a career in jobs or

prefer to be on your own, remember that
there is fierce competition for getting a
space in the world of work. Remember the
old adage: Survival of the fittest.
II. In view of new developments primarily
triggered off by the information
technology (IT) and globalisation of the
economy, there are now more options than
ever before. You will have to look for
options. Remember also that these are
days of specialisation.

Vocational Courses
Various vocational courses are
available in different areas. The
most sought after ones of course
are the polytechnic courses of
three-year duration leading to
diplomas in different branches of
engineering and technology.
The advantage of polytechnic
courses is that in some branches
a diploma holder can make a later
entry into degree level
engineering courses.

Issues to be considered before you embark

upon planning your career
1.

2.

Do you need an immediate

job because of some adverse
family circumstances?
Is your family financially
sound enough to pay for your
professional education?

Distance learning if you

need a job after Degree
There are many options available. You
can study at your own space and time.
Ignou Indira Ghandhi National Open
University.
There are several other Universities
too.

Spiraling cost of
Professional Education
In Professional Colleges there are two
categories of seats free seats and
payment seats.
Free seats are highly subsidised.
Generally free seats are allotted on
the basis of merit and performance at
the entrance tests .
Scholarships, freeships and other
financial supports are scarce.
Education Bank loans are available with
conditions.

2 steps before you proceed

for Career Planning
Assess your strengths and
weaknesses, likings, aptitudes and
interests.
2)
Gather as much information as
possible about the various educational
opportunities and choose one that
conforms to your assessment.
Both are easily said than done. Therefore
it is necessary for schools to provide
vocational guidance and counselling.
1)

3 Streams of courses
As stated earlier, you have three
options:
1. The Science Stream
2. The Arts/Humanities Stream
3. The Commerce Stream
4. The Vocational Stream

SCIENCE
There is a common belief that science
is the most important subject.
There is also a general feeling that the
best students opt for science.
In fact, brilliance and intelligence is
not the exclusive preserve of
science.

Options for Science

Students
A. If you are interested in doing
engineering, you can get into civil,
mechanical, electronics, metallurgy,
computers and the list goes on

B. If you wish to take up medicine,

dentistry, agricultural Sciences,
dairy science or biological sciences
(biochemistry. Biotechnology)

C. The advantage of choosing science

stream is that you can shift to the
other two streams viz. humanities and
commerce.
It can also be the gateway to a large
number of career and course options.
In the South, subjects such as
microbiology and computer science can
be chosen at the BSc level.

D. You can also choose careers in

several emerging professional areas,
such as physiotherapy, occupational
therapy, nursing, computer, business
administration, hotel management,,
tourism management.

E. You can also opt for courses outside

the university stream, such as hotel

management, fashion technology,
industrial design, packaging, aircraft
maintenance engineering, government
accredited computer courses and a
host of vocational courses.
If you are very clear that science is
not your cup of tea, there is no point in
wasting two precious years simply
because it keeps many options open.

ARTS/HUMANITIES
This stream also offers many options
like law, travel and tourism,
advertising, journalism, performing
arts, business management, so on and
so forth.

COMMERCE
Next to science, commerce stream opens
up a variety of options. Some examples
are company secretary-ship, chartered
accountancy, cost accountancy, business
management, computer.