Choosing the Right Career Path!

Getting a job is not that hard, but choosing the right job is most difficult. Yes it is difficult to choose a right path for any one since there could be many career paths. Most of the students tend to choose their career after their graduation; as they just follow what their parents did already and what their seniors are following. But there are very less number of students who actually follow their interests. Most college graduates choose a career field based on a handful of options those are familiar to them. When anybody asks why you chose this as your career, the answer is “I took engineering because my DAD is an engineer” There's nothing wrong if you follow your dad’s footsteps. But you need to handle both your interest as well as your career. If you relate your interest with your career you can do wonders. However, except a few professions like showbiz and sports, parents and educational institutions do not seem to be concentrating on this part. But, honestly you can create your interest in your career too.

                                  While graduating, college days can be a very exciting time; it can also be extremely nerve-wracking in terms of deciding what to do next and how to make it happen. Everyone have their own interests and strengths. It’s very important to figure out what interests you have and what your talents are, and then consider what careers would be well-suited for you. Once you have an idea of what you want to do, you can take a very good decision about your career. Every graduate feel scary and lonely when you are suddenly thrust out into the “real world”. What is most important is that you find people who can be there for you with support and guidance – and particularly during the phase you are in, that you have role-models you can look up to for guidance and inspiration. Believe in yourself. Always be aware of what you are doing, don't get carried away. Choosing the best career needs a fresh mind and bright thought. Take guidance and suggestions, but do what your mind says and what you think will make you through. Everyone should remember choosing the perfect career is not easy and also taking risks is perfectly fine when it’s calculated.

To know what you wanted to be in your life is most difficult part:

Most of the people think that if you get good marks in exams, it will definitely get you a very good job, but it is not 100% true.  Getting good marks in the exams always helps you to build your career before that you should know “you need not a job, but a career which certainly gives you money, and definitely gives you satisfaction”. If you are unsatisfied with what you do every day, it effects on your physical and mental health.  So it’s very important to first discover your primary interests and passions. This can open doors to careers that you might not have even considered. Once you have that clarity, you can start fine tuning your search for the right career. You may be surprised at how you can fit your passions into any career.

Focus what you like to do: What have you dreamed of doing in the past for your future? What do you naturally enjoy doing? Jot down what comes to mind, no matter how improbable it seems. When you start thinking yourself, there could be many things come into your mind, you might get interested in everything. You should be very careful to choose about your real interest.

Motivate yourself: Around you there are many things de-motivating you, but do not lose focus what you wanted to do. Always keep motivating yourself by making good imagination of your future. Understanding yourself and your capabilities is key to evaluating the input of others.

Be patient: Do not lose patience at any time of movement. Getting in to the right career may take some time and you might have to go down with different roads before finding the right career path. Time and patience will help you identify the activities you most enjoy and that bring you true satisfaction.

Be ready to take the challenges: it’s not very easy to get the best thing what you what you should always ready to take the challenges, accept the changes and do not think about the risks. Prove yourself you are capable to do anything, as we now nothing is impossible if you are focusing really on it.

Know your strength and Weaknesses: the best way to know about your strengths and weaknesses is take a notebook and write down all the strength and weakness that you feel, and look at those points and think yourself “do your strengths really help you?” OR are your weaknesses actually weakness? You might wonder, REALIZING, “most of your weaknesses are just opportunities for you to GRAB”. 

Five Points IT Aspirants NEED to know

9,44,721 students registered for the Class XII examination this year, which will also increase of 15.81 per cent over 2012. Girls continued to fare better than boys with 87.98 per cent clearing the exam as compared to 77.78 per cent boys in CBSE. Fairly, all of these folks know just one thing now that the party is over. While 750,000 out of it graduated in engineering last year, most of the Figures from employment websites say that, there had been hardly a few fresher walk in conducted this year.

Certainly, coming years going to be tough year to aspirants – but there is still a great deal that job-seekers can do to boost their chances of finding employment. Frustratingly, it seems little of this advice is reaching them – of the hundreds of recent graduates I met recently , few felt confident about tackling the task ahead.

Many say they found their university careers service uninspiring and unhelpful – that's if they made it through the door. So what are the things the aspirants really need to know?

1.       Internships – just for the sake of it

The biggest issue that most of the IT aspirants are insecure about their future ain't because they are jobless, but it’s the entry to the industry through internship that is most crucial. There are a handful of institutes who produce thinkers, actually invest a lot for these internships; sponsored or unsponsored. It’s a myth, that most of the graduates in India do the intern just for the sake of doing it.

The problem is that the law simply isn't being enforced – and making this happen is proving difficult. Interns just unaware of this fact, that these internships could be a golden ticket to them for the IT chocolate factory, do the job sometimes even unpaid, happily and last atleast for six to eight months to the company.

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2. Ignore the breaking news – there are still jobs, and talents are welcome

Big names making all the breaking news, but things are not really that scary. There are jobs, and there will be jobs.  It’s a head on war for talent, as what makes you grow today, shall not make you grow in future. After all if you are talented you would pick up the change and be innovative. For example, think about IBM, they’d have never been successful had they believed and done nothing about the breaking news once “typewriters are going to retire”.

3.       Pursue a Professional degree, or higher education – no that’s not the answer

Pursue a professional degree or course, which is expensive enough, or a higher education, which is fairly and investment into itself for both time and money, is not the answer.  If you are into core information technology, knowledge about your subject and talent matter more than the professional degrees. Pursue a professional degree or course, which is expensive enough, or a higher education, which is fairly and investment into itself for both time and money, is not the answer.  If you are into core information technology, knowledge about your subject and talent matter more than the professional degrees. These professional courses are little of interest to the employers, although yes they are good to have as they might get you opportunity to enter doors of a right employer at right time. Remember, education is too a business with their own metrics and targets.

4.        The perfect CV – believe it’s a myth

Graduates obsess about crafting the perfect CV, but there's no such thing. If yours is clear and concise, stop fiddling. And forget about trying to stand out. If your application is really good, it will get noticed.

Instead, use the extra time to check your online footprint. "Google yourself. What comes up – and how does it make you look?" says James Whatley, social media consultant at Social@Ogilvy. Set up your Linkedin profile and add it to your CV.

5.       Show your employer that you have chosen a health check

The digital revolution has turned many industries upside down. The music industry, book publishing and print journalism are obvious examples, but other industries are suffering, too. This means the "dream jobs" you've set your heart on may not even exist in a few years – and if they do, they could be poorly paid and insecure. Graduates often hope that if they want their goal badly enough, they'll get there. Sadly, this isn't true. Look around. If people established in your chosen industry are bailing out, what does that tell you? Think laterally and take your skills to a growing sector. Your career spans 40 years. Don't pick an industry that will be dead in five, carefully read about your employer before you go for the interview. As most of the employer sites, talk about their domain, their expertise, Google about them more and learn what you are jumping into.