Showing posts with label Creative Careers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Creative Careers. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Top 10 Career Options for Students without Science




There are plenty of options for students who wish to take up a career without science. In India, the two most popular streams without science are arts/humanities and commerce. Both these fields have a different set of subjects. Here are a few career options in these fields that do not include science.

  1. Chartered Accountancy (CA): This is the core of any business and includes auditing, taxation and financial planning.
  2. Company Secretary (CS): This includes knowing and working with the company laws to work in accordance with the government set rules and regulations.
  3. Bachelor in Mass media / communication (BMM/ BMC): This is another field that is related to various forms of communication media and requires creativity to successfully put across the information to the end user.
  4. Bachelor in Economics: This program is advantageous for people who wish to join the Indian administrative services, or joins the trading and commerce fields later.
  5. Lawyer: This field of law deals with constitutional rights, business relations and conduct of business. There are various other aspects of law that can be studied.
  6. Bachelor in Journalism: People with this degree can join any online or print media group. This course includes subjects dealing with politics, social causes, technology, etc.
  7. Bachelor in Political Science: This course deals with the study of politics at local, state, national and international level.
  8. Hotel Management: Job prospects in this field include management, accounting, sales, marketing, consumer service, housekeeping, etc.
  9. Fashion Designing: This career option involves designing of clothes and other related accessories.
    Bachelor in Visual Arts and Animation: The three year long requires a great deal of creativity and good drawing skills.
  10. Acting: Both diploma and degree programs are offered in this field. People with a natural talent in acting and good stage skills are deemed to do well in this field.

Anuj Jain
Chief Counsellor
Founder, EduGroomers



EduGroomers is a professionally managed educational organization offering Unbiased Career Assessment,Counselling, and various Empowerment Training Programs for students (school andcollege), teenagers, graduates, job seekers and working professionals.
Established with an endeavor toempower and groom individuals of all ages including students (school andcollege), teenagers, graduates, job seekers, working professionals, housewivesand seniors, EduGroomers offers numerous integrated learning solutions and unmatchedCareer Advice with assistance of its adroit team of professionals and experts,who are always updated with the latest Career Opportunities and Career trends inIndia and abroad.
EduGroomers (Famous and Most Popular)Career Testing includes:
  • CareerEvaluation Test – Discover your natural career abilities
  • Career InterestTest – Know your career interests
  • Aptitude Test –Check if your aptitude supports your career plans
  • PersonalityTest – Understand how your personality resonates with your career choice
  • EmotionalIntelligence Test – Learn if you can handle the nuances and pressure of job/ business
Benefits of EduGroomers Programs:
  • Unbiased Career Counselling (We are not tied up with any institute, we are 100% unbiased)
  • Identifies your strengths, passion, aptitude and career opportunities
  • Individualistic approach and Personal attention
  • Result oriented workshops and seminars
  • Innovative out-of-box training programs
  • Expert and knowledgeable guidance

Friday, September 14, 2012

Offbeat Career - Chocolatier




A Chocolatier is an expert who uses his/her wide knowledge of flavour, texture, history and other aspects of chocolates to create delicious and mouth-watering confectioneries, deserts, cakes, candies and sweets out of chocolate and other related products.

Chocolatier –  A Chef or An Artist?
Chocolatier is a type of an expert chef who specializes in chocolate and can create a wide variety of appetizing, tempting and delicious chocolates.  Chocolatier is an artist who uses his creativity in preparing and creating chocolates that are appealing, tasty and enticing.  

Chocolatier and Chocolate Maker – Are they same?
Chocolatier and Chocolate Maker are not the same. Chocolate Maker is the one who manufactures chocolate bars and powders from dried cocoa beans. Whereas, the Chocolatier takes these processed chocolates, and by using creative and artistic ability combines them  along with other ingredients, to create delicious and appealing confectioneries, candies and deserts.

Traits of a Chocolatier:

  • Ability to work under and follow directions from a Master Chocolatier
  • Good sense of measurement and cooking duration
  • An open mind
  • Knowledge regarding flavour, moulding, tempering, sculpting and  texture
  • Ability to innovate by creating different tastes and flavours
  • Creative imagination and artistic ability
  • Business acumen to create profitable business out of chocolates
  • Lots of patience, commitment, eye for detail and manual efficiency
  • Understanding factors that affect the outcome of the product such as humidity, temperature etc
  • Knowing and identify the market and their requirements to expand business
  • Basic marketing and public relation skills
  • Ability to meet deadlines during peak seasons

Courses for Chocolatier:
Specialized courses in chocolate making and marketing are provided by very few institutes in India. Chocolatier courses generally cover the following topics in detail:
  • History of chocolates
  • Flavours and textures of chocolates
  • Cultivation and processing techniques of cacao beans and cocoa butter
  • Techniques used in preparing chocolates such as tempering, decorating, moulding, dipping
  • Various cultivation and processing techniques of cacao beans and cocoa butter
Few Institutes offering courses in chocolate making are:
  • Chocolate Academy, Mumbai
  • Barry Callebaut India Private Limited, Mumbai
  • Craft and Social Development Organization, New Delhi
  • Swisswrap Chocolate Academy, Mumbai
  • MAPP – Magnificence Academy of Packaging Professionals, New Delhi
  • Niral Business Institute, Mumbai


Job Avenues:
Chocolatier is a career that can be started as a hobby, which could later turn out to be  a very lucrative profession or business. Chocolatier can become an entrepreneur, by tying up with corporate houses, florists, bakeries, and gift shops to market their products. Few job avenues are:
  • Chocolate manufacturing companies
  • Hotels
  • Restaurant Chains
  • Banquets
  • Cake and Pastry Shops
  • Culinary Arts Designing Companies
  • Gift Stores
  • Bakeries
  • Resorts
  • Starting Independent Business
  • Starting own Culinary School

Remuneration:
  • Starting salary: Rs. 8000 to Rs. 12000
  • With experience: Rs. 20000 to Rs. 40000
  • Better pay scale abroad
Regards,
Farzad Damania
Head Counsellor & Training Specialist
EduGroomers Career Counselling
http://www.edugroomers.com
http://www.facebook.com/edugroomers

EduGroomers is a professionally managed educational organization offering Unbiased Career Assessment,Counselling, and various Empowerment Training Programs for students (school andcollege), teenagers, graduates, job seekers and working professionals.
Established with an endeavor toempower and groom individuals of all ages including students (school andcollege), teenagers, graduates, job seekers, working professionals, housewivesand seniors, EduGroomers offers numerous integrated learning solutions and unmatchedCareer Advice with assistance of its adroit team of professionals and experts,who are always updated with the latest Career Opportunities and Career trends inIndia and abroad.
EduGroomers (Famous and Most Popular)Career Testing includes:
  • CareerEvaluation Test – Discover your natural career abilities
  • Career InterestTest – Know your career interests
  • Aptitude Test –Check if your aptitude supports your career plans
  • PersonalityTest – Understand how your personality resonates with your career choice
  • EmotionalIntelligence Test – Learn if you can handle the nuances and pressure of job/ business
Benefits of EduGroomers Programs:
  • Unbiased Career Counselling (We are not tied up with any institute, we are 100% unbiased)
  • Identifies your strengths, passion, aptitude and career opportunities
  • Individualistic approach and Personal attention
  • Result oriented workshops and seminars
  • Innovative out-of-box training programs
  • Expert and knowledgeable guidance
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