Career Guidance

Choosing the right career can be a very daunting task especially in a world which offers an array of paths, all of which seem to be leading to a golden goal.  Careers can actually make or break one’s life, so it is important to make the right choice. Career guidance can help you in pursuing the right courses, in the right colleges or institutes and can guide you in choosing a suitable career.

Choosing a career can be very satisfying if you have made the right choice. Like the famous adage goes, if you choose the job you love, you don’t have to work a single day in your life.  On the other hand, a wrong decision can leave you wishing that you had trodden a different path.

While doing a career search it is imperative to have the correct career information.  An informed choice is always a better bet than an uninformed one.  The right career advice can help you to choose a career to suit your personality as well as your aspirations.

Education, of course, plays an important role in getting you the right job in your chosen field.  The stepping stones or pre-requisites for choosing your dream career are of course, the qualifications required to achieve it.  With the right qualifications, the top careers are open to you and the power of choice would be with you.

Career counseling can guide you in selecting the courses suitable for you.  It could be an undergraduate course or an Associate Bachelor’s, the choice depends on various factors including convenience and requirements.  For some careers, a Bachelor’s degree will do, but others may require a Master’s or even a PhD.

The choice of the university is vital as well, as each one differs in its outlook and approach.  The choice offered by various universities is also vast; with some of them offering Associate Degrees and online degrees, which make pursuing the requisite qualifications that much easier.  This is especially so, if you are already in a job, and looking for a career change.  The same is also helpful, if you are planning to pursue multiple courses at the same time.

With proper career coaching, a job search would be easier and you would be able to bridge the gap between job-availability and your qualifications.  Whether one is looking for a new career or a career change, career guidance can help in smoothening out this important path of transition.

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Engineering Careers

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athan April 24, 2010 at 8:55 am

i want to know career option after high school, commerce.
please suggest me some good options.

Shakira April 30, 2010 at 8:48 pm

I am student of 12 (pcm). I want my career in isro .please suggest me what we do i.e. About examination through which i proceed and its eliagibility

sacs May 2, 2010 at 6:24 am

sir,
i have given mht-cet exam 2 times can i give this exam 3 times
sir, plz guide me reply me answer
thanking you.

priya gulati May 3, 2010 at 3:27 am

I have done b.com(prof.) from guru nanak dev university.I want to do CA.Whether is it compulsory to give CPT exam to purseu CA after graduation?How much minimum time would it take me to complete CA after graduation?

A.A May 3, 2010 at 2:31 pm

Respected sir/mam
I’m a 10th std student, I’m fully confused what to do next. what I feel is I’ve to do architecture in my future career. but i’m don’t know which sub: to choose mentioned below: computer science or biology?? Can computer science be done from the private classes? I’m good at art, I think I’ve to do fashion designing??? What should i do?
Please could you reply me soon so that I can choose the right thing for my career , because our results are soon arriving.

Jahnvi A. Joshi May 4, 2010 at 11:26 am

I have completed B C A from Veer Narmand South Gujarat University, Surat Gujarat India. I ,neither want to study in MCA nor in MBA. Please guide me further Soft ware I T study by on line courses from India.

Your fruitful response in the above stated matter will be highly obliged.

Thanks & Regards

Jahnavi Joshi

david May 7, 2010 at 10:49 pm

I M PURSING MCA FORM IGNOU BUT I HAVE WEEK KNOWLEDGE FOR THE LEVL OF MCA PRESENTLY I M WORKING AS A COMPUTER OP IN SUNTEC COMP. PLEASE GUIDE ME FOR FUTURE JOB. …………………………………………….

casseyshelton May 8, 2010 at 10:48 pm

i will be graduating high school 2011, i have no idea what career i want. my passion is baseball but i know mlb is only a dream.i need help to find out what career to strive for.
txbaybee@yahooo.com

Rita May 11, 2010 at 3:57 pm

is LAW distance possible?

nysa May 16, 2010 at 3:54 pm

hi sir/mam
i am doing Bsc in biotechnology & microbiology and have good knowledge of computers .i want to know what kind of jobs i can get after my degree and what other diploma courses can help me get a good job

NYSA May 16, 2010 at 3:55 pm

hi sir/mam
i am doing Bsc in biotechnology & microbiology and have good knowledge of computers .i want to know what kind of jobs i can get after my degree and what other diploma courses can help me get a good job

THANK YOU…….

Hazeera May 17, 2010 at 12:41 pm

Hi ,
I am a BE(Comp) graduate but never worked . But now i want to become a teacher . Do i need B.Ed degree to become a teacher?
Please assist me
Thanks and regards
Hazeera

VASANTH MOHAN May 19, 2010 at 3:39 am

In future i want to take m.tech in automobile engg.so kindly give me now which stream i want to take in m.sc for opting automobile engg. later.

said May 20, 2010 at 12:33 pm

sir,
i have a degree in engineering.But i am intrested in working in media field. i am well aware of the happenings of the world and likes to improve my knowledge -base by reading contemporary articles. i am very much intrested in international events and always forms an opinion about them.

pls, guide me in a positive direction

haseeb May 21, 2010 at 11:37 am

hello sir/madam
Am pursuing M.B.A and my summer vacations r going so i would like to do a short term course related to finance am in a dilemma that to opt for SAP or go for ORACLE FINANCE n if i go for oracle finance is it necessary to do some basic in oracle help me out

NYZZZ May 22, 2010 at 7:24 pm

Hi sir/ma’am,
I had only 55% in the 12th board examination. and got below 50 in maths. I dont like civil, chemical , elecronics and computer engineering. I am interested in mechanical engineering. Will i be able to cope with that? Or should i take another course? Please give me your suggestion.

john May 24, 2010 at 12:20 pm

Audiology or optometry or pharmacy ???

jasmit May 25, 2010 at 8:40 am

hello mam
recently i complete my graduation after what to do…………..
i have only one option 2 do mba apart from that plz guide me……….. thanx

giffty May 25, 2010 at 10:44 am

hi i just want to ask about how to get in modelling ……..(as a career)

rajeev May 25, 2010 at 10:50 am

i’m pursing b.tech 4m e.c..i had ayear back in my 2nd year…now i’m a ex student..n again had rare chances of getting through… what to do now…should i quit …and rethinck about my career options or continue..as my past three been involved in it.??????????plz help!!!!!!!!!!!!

naze May 25, 2010 at 4:56 pm

i want know about MBA in arts administration.also about media management.everything from institutes,scope,modules,cost.Thanks in advance

george May 25, 2010 at 7:09 pm

i have finished my BCA two years back. i want to follow computer course which would be in line with my BCA course

geroge May 25, 2010 at 7:10 pm

i have finished my BCA two years back. i want to follow computer course which would be in line with my BCA course or is there any job perspectives please

paridhi May 27, 2010 at 5:23 am

i am a science student and got 81% in 12th boards
wat all careers are suitable for me except engineering??
i hav given entance exams for engineering colleges and qualified manipal with 4000 rank..
should i take admission there??
if not what oter option is avialable for me????
pls reply soon….

Tom May 27, 2010 at 7:26 am

Hi,

I have done MBA in 2006 in Finance and Marketing, and working in a FMCG Co in MIS. But I have to do some course which help in growth. Can you please suggest me something about that.

bose May 27, 2010 at 10:01 am

I’m not intersted in same old MBBS as a profession but i like to do service in health science area thats y i started thiking about naturopathy as my profession. while searching net i have come across a college which offers naturopthy B.N.Y.S (Bachelor of Naturopthy and Yogic science) 5 years degree course. This is first and best college in India i heard. as far as i know after this course we are having lots of opportunities in and outside india as Spa Manager and medical officer in hospitals, etc. so i want to know more about it, this is website id http://sdmbnys.in/ some one plz tell more about it. When i contacted one student in college i came to know this is actually a safe and gr8 course, so plz tell me more about it.

ritesh May 27, 2010 at 10:17 am

sir,i have just completed my HSC with 75.33% including maths(commerce). i interested in defence services. so please tell which
course do i take for further studies.

Dhivyan May 28, 2010 at 1:27 am

Respected sir/madam
i am now doing BE Computer science and engineering in Sri sairam engineering college,Chennai. I am confused about what to do next. Please tell me what should i do and what exams should i write to improve my career.

tasha May 28, 2010 at 1:56 pm

respected sir/ma’m

Hi this is tasha and i have jst answersd my +2 in arts this year. My results are already out,but they are realy bad.
i am realy confused , dont kno what’s the next thing to do.
Would be kind if i could get some help from you.

khushbu May 29, 2010 at 6:13 am

madam/sir im going to start my bca final year,can u tell me that for what enterance tests or what courses can i do after that

Cutie May 30, 2010 at 7:32 am

M in 12th class hving PCMC as ma subjects, i wanna go in creative field, suggest me any line! n i also hv intrest in maths.

saurabh saxena May 30, 2010 at 6:40 pm

hello
mam i am passed the 12th in this year from science (pcm) . i got 60% in pcm & i am not qualified in uptu . i am confused that what i do in career for the to gain good jod plz tell

sooraj.t.r June 1, 2010 at 7:18 am

sir,
i’m a final year B.tech Mechanical engineering student.i’m looking forward for a post graduation in Nano technology.Which are my options??How can i apply??Which colleges offer this degree??

thanks in advance

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