The Eduquity Advantage

The career decisions that you make will determine future success and happiness. With the ever-increasing number of career options available to a young person today, making the best decisions in a timely manner ensures they remain focussed, at the same time minimising effort and maximising returns.

Today's young person has more than 15-20 alternative career streams to choose from that go well beyond the traditional medicine / engineering / management routes. Thus, increased awareness and expectations, not to mention increased competition have brought about a paradigm shift in the process of career determination. Gone are the days when one could drift along, get a degree and wait for a career to 'happen'. The earlier one begins the process of career selection, the more the options available to the individual.

At Eduquity we will help you make the right decisions at the right time by offering innovative career counselling services based on scientific assessment of interest, aptitude and personality.

Careers such as Engineering and Medicine retain their traditional attraction, and are the most popular occupational choices even now. These professions call for excellent technical knowledge and problem-solving skills. Apart from the sciences, Education, Law, Social Sciences and Sports are also professions that offer good career growth.

Apart from the traditional choices like Medicine and Engineering, there is a plethora of technical careers that are interesting, very much in demand and promise a lot of opportunities. These include Air Traffic Control, Civil Aviation, Agriculture, Agronomy,Horticulture, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Genetic Engineering, Geology, Environmental Sciences, Forensic sciences, Medical Technology, Food technology, Dairy Technology, Packaging Technology, Oceanography, Mathematics, Meteorology, Optometry, Astronomy and Statistics.

Commerce is what runs the world. Commerce professionals, whether they are Financial Analysts, Stock Brokers, Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Bankers, Insurance officials or Cost Accountants, keep track of and literally maintain the economy of nations and the world. They are primarily concerned with planning, organising and controlling specialised operations.

Management

Management tops the list of the most sought after career option of Indians. An MBA degree is a passport to myriad opportunities in India and abroad. More than 650 recognised management institutes in India produce 54,000 graduates every year. Students from top B-schools land lucrative jobs abroad even before they graduate! Management offers a great deal of specialisations ranging from Finance, Human Resource, Operations, Sales & Marketing, Product Management, Consultancy, Entrepreneurship to Export Management.

Bureaucracy is the driving force of government machinery. The power and prestige associated with government jobs exerts tremendous pull even today in India. Professionals from various streams can find work opportunities in the government sector. The most prestigious is the Civil Service, which offers autonomy and independence of work with public recognition that very few other careers can match. Job security, social status and time-bound promotions are also attractive features of this career. If the Civil Service is not your idea of an ideal career, the United Nations promises prestigious positions at the international level. Voluntary agencies, also known as non-governmental organisations or NGOs, offer exciting career possibilities for professionals from different fields interested in development work similar to that done by the governments. The main difference is the non-bureaucratic atmosphere!

Customer Support, Sales and Marketing Reps and Office Staff (Clerical) jobs are an indispensable part of any organisation's success, Customer support and Sales & Marketing personnel form the all-important link between an organisation and the outside world, They and the Office Staff (Clerks) keep all kinds of human endeavour in fine fettle by taking care of day-to-day tasks.

The hardcore technical jobs in the IT industry can be categorised as hardware jobs and software jobs including networking, systems analysis, Systems Management, technical writing etc. Non-technical jobs include web designing, medical transcription, eCRM etc.

The service sector includes occupations that are concerned with providing personal and protective services. These include Mass Communication, Hospitality and Tourism, Event Management, Personal Care, Entertainment, Hospital Management, Public Relations and Detective Services. These jobs require personnel with interest and skill in dealing with people and data. They need to cater to their clients with good speaking, listening and interpersonal skills.

This cluster deals with careers in Fine Arts, Fashion designing, Product designing, Cartooning and Performing Arts, where creativity finds expression commercially. People who take up these careers usually have interests and skills in creative thinking and apply these ideas in their field of work.

Discipline, dignity and a lifetime dedicated to serving the nation; a military career encompasses all this. In times of war and peace, the armed forces take care of the security of the nation. They also build essential infrastructure facilities such as roads and bridges in remote areas, take part in relief and rescue operations during natural calamities and help restore law and order during emergencies. The perks of the job include getting to work in different parts of the country and even abroad. Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard are the four vital elements of India's defence forces.