Career After XII

Fashion Technology & Design

Till the 1980s, fashion was the bastion of the rich and famous. It was the 1990s that brought fashion into the middle-class home. This led to a huge spurt in opening of thousands of home boutiques and thereafter their dreams of becoming a fashion designer a la Ritu Beri. Today, every other person aspires to wear the 'labelled' designer clothes, shoes and accessories. This has resulted in generating a huge demand for the designers, not just for clothes but also for accessories, furnishings, home decorations and so on.

Courses such as Fashion Designing, Gems & Jewellery Designing, and Footwear Designing, etc. have therefore become HOT careers. Institutes such as NIFT with centres at New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kolkata, Gandhinagar & Chennai, NID, Ahmedabad, JDTI, Delhi and Pearl Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi are offering courses in these areas.

After graduating from these courses, one can start working with an already established designer or can also start on one's own.

Admission Process

One can embark on any of these careers immediately after Class 12. The admission process to most of these courses is through an entrance exam, which is then followed by a Group Discussion ( GD ) and a Personal Interview ( PI ). Some universities like GGSIPU take admissions only on the basis of the written test.

Most of these exams test students on various areas of learning such as

1. Mathematical Ability
2. English Usage & Verbal Reasoning
3. Logical Reasoning
4. General Knowledge


The exams are objective type having around 150-200 multiple-choice questions to be answered within a time limit of two and a half hours to three hours. The syllabus for these exams is Class 10 level with some BCA entrance exams having a special test area on Higher Maths incorporated in the exam. Current affairs and basic general knowledge are tested in each exam. The Hotel management tests also have a section on scientific aptitude where questions from physics, chemistry and biology are also asked from the aspirant.

Each of these exams is a test of knowledge coupled with speed & accuracy as all these exams have around 150 plus questions which are expected to be answered in close to two hours, which is not easy. So, the exams also test your ability to select the right kind of questions which could be answered quickly and correctly in as short a time as possible. Quite a few exams also have negative marking for wrong answers and therefore accuracy becomes critical.

Specific courses would also have additional tests that are specific to judge your aptitude in that particular area. For example, entrance exam for Fashion Technology may have an extra test to judge your design ability & innovation, e.g., Creative Ability Test ( CAT ) conducted by NIFT.

The second phase of some of these exams could be the GD & interview process where the student's knowledge, his ability to think on his feet and also his ability to work in a team are tested. Many institutes do not conduct GD/interview and admission is based only on the performance in the written test.

 

BIS / BIT / BCA / B. Sc. (H) (Computer Science)

After a brief lull, IT industry has strongly bounced back. IT has now become the backbone of the economy and accounts for the highest proportion of exports from India. In fact, IT deserves to get credit to bring India to the forefront of global economy. It is expected to continue to grow at a rapid pace since the IT has now become integral to organisation's survival & growth.

Bachelor of Computer Applications ( BCA ) or the alternative courses like Bachelor of Information Sciences ( BIS ) / Bachelor of Information Technology ( BIT ) / B. Sc. (H) (Computer Science) is an undergraduate course for the tech-savvy youth who are interested in making a career in the field of Info-tech . Most of the universities in the country offer this course in some form or the other.

If one wishes to become a Software Developer or web-designer or wants to take up a career in Systems Management, then BCA is the best course to get an early start for their careers. Job opportunities can be found in both large and small software development organizations as well as hardware companies.

BBA/BBS/BMS

Indian economy has, in the last ten years, opened its doors to liberalisation and globalization. This has opened new vistas and increased demand for people who will look at Corporate India as the chosen arena for building their careers. This is where the BBA course comes in by providing the basic foundation of Business Management to the budding minds.

As we all know, Management is possibly the most sought after career today. It is evident from the fact that more than 1.2 lakh students wrote Common Admission Test ( CAT ) of the IIMs in 2003 for securing one of 1400 seats at the prestigious IIMs. BBA could be the vital first step in building one of most challenging & remunerative careers in management.

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA), Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) or Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) is the undergraduate level course for Business Management. It is being offered by various universities / institutes like Universities in Maharashtra, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies (Delhi University), UCBS Shimla, Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, IIPS Indore, BIT (NOIDA) , Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, Lucknow University, CCS university, Meerut and several others.

Taking up a BBA course would allow a student to take up a job in a good organisation as a Management Trainee and will allow him to grow with the organisation to take up managerial positions in any organisation.


Hotel Management

Hotel Management and Catering Technology is an undergraduate course for those who want to be in the glamorous service industry and like interacting with people. The most important entrance test is conducted by the National Council for Hotel Management, Delhi for awarding B Sc. in Hospitality & Hotel Administration affiliated to IGNOU. Institutes Of Hotel Management located at 24 cities across the country use this entrance test to admit students to this programme. Some other institutes providing this course are Indian Institute of Hotel Management, Aurangabad (Taj group), Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi, Institute of Hotel Management, Meerut etc.

Being one of the glamorous parts of the service industry, a career in hotel management has long attracted ambitious young people into its fold. Human beings have always yearned to have a home away from home and that is exactly what the hotels provide to the weary traveler - a place where he can rest and relax and feel like home. And this is where the hotel management professionals come in. They make the hotels feel like home, by providing invaluable service, whether in the kitchens, or in the front office or in the banquets. The industry requires you to put in long hours and hard work, but has as its rewards, lots and lots of fun and excellent career growth.

A fresher will normally start in one of the various parts of a hotel such as Front Office, Kitchens, Marketing, Food & Beverages, Catering, etc. Alternatively, he can explore other service industries such as Airlines, Tourism, Banking, Call Centres, etc. Pay packets can be low in the beginning but tend to increase at a fast pace for a good performer.

Law

"Who are you", inquired one villager of another. The other replied, "I'm a liar (lawyer)". Jokes apart, law as a career was really considered 'not so hot' once upon a time. It is only in the last few years that being a lawyer has gained respectability that parents would allow their children to take-up law as a profession. An analytical mind, good communication skills, coupled with on-the-feet thinking is what will help a lawyer become successful. With the opening of Indian economy and WTO norms becoming mandatory in most of the sectors of the economy, new opportunities & careers in Law like Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Environment Laws & their compliance, International Laws & arbitration are growing in importance by leaps & bounds. Five year integrated B.A.- L.L.B. courses are now offered by several institutes. Most prestigious among them are - National Law School of India University, Bangalore, NALSAR, Hyderabad and National Judicial Institute, Kolkata. Some other prominent ones are: NLIU, Bhopal, Delhi University, Government Law College - Mumbai, Symbiosis College of Law, Pune, ILS Law College, Pune, Faculty of Law, BHU, Varanasi , National School of Law, Jodhpur, and Army Institute of Law, Mohali. Law has become a hot career in today's scenario with lots of youngsters vying for the few available seats in these colleges. A fresh law graduate normally starts working with a senior lawyer or could join a Corporate in their legal department.

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