Today women with their hard work and sincerity have
excelled in each and every profession. Women are considered to be more honest,
meticulous, and efficient and hence more and more companies prefer hiring women
for better performance and results.
1. ADVOCATE
A career in Legal field is nowadays very much preferred by women. An advocate's
job demands integrity, hard work, extensive reading , memorizing capacity and excellent negotiating
and convincing skills. For a woman, the job of an advocate gives her respect,
recognition and an esteemed social status. In this profession one needs to be very
dedicated, working, intelligent, have a great memory and be patient because in . It takes some years to be established. Only
rigorous practice and experience makes the study worthwhile.
Job
Prospects
After
completing the LLB course, the first thing that one has to do is to register
yourself to the Bar Council of the State. Even while you are studying you can
join any firm or advocate and work there to gain experience and knowledge. You
have to work under some reputed firm of senior advocates or under any advocate
who has a standing of at least 15 years of practice and who has a good practice
of at least four or five years. The
second option is to work in some solicitor firm and do chamber work like
drafting, and preparing petitions. You
can also join various private, multinational or government companies as law
officers, hotels or other offices as legal advisors. After gaining experience
and once you have at least 10 years standing at the Bar , you can also opt for
Government pleader posts or public prosecutors post.
2.
ELECTRONIC
ENGINEER
Electronics engineering is as challenging and in demand as software engineering.
Communication, office, defense, industry, entertainment, television, etc use
and rely on electronic equipments and thus they are an inseparable part of our
daily work. Electronic engineers are the brain behind these inventions. They create these electronic gadgets for us to
enjoy and use in various fields . Thus
electronic engineers play an important role and the profession in thus in great
demand. Electronics engineering requires a very high level of concentration, a
sharp memory and a quick learning ability. Those who are very thorough in
subjects like Physics and Mathematics can be successful in this field since
concepts these subjects are basics in this profession.
Job
opportunities
This profession has a wide range of job prospects. Electronics engineers are
required in various multinational electronics companies, electronics
manufacturing companies, defense services, research organizations and various
other areas.
3.
SOFTWARE
ENGINEER
With the computer revolution and the growing demand of computers in each and
every company, office, commercial institution and educational institution, the
demand of software engineers is increasing day by day since these are the
people who are responsible for the development of computer applications, web sites, internets and various others
sophisticated software’s which have
revolutionized our entire life system. Software engineering requires a very
high level of concentration, a sharp memory and a quick learning ability. Those
who are very thorough in subjects like Physics and Mathematics can be
successful in this field .
Job
Prospects
Computer engineering has a wide range of job prospects. Thousands of government
companies and public sector undertakings need computer professionals at various
levels. Computer engineers are required in various multinational companies,
software development companies, computer-manufacturing companies' defense
services, research organizations and various other organizations.
4. JOURNALISM
J ournalism is a very challenging and adventurous profession.
In the recent years, with the advent of private channels, and Internet, the scope of journalism has
increased manifold. Reporters, copywriters, freelancers, experts and columnist are
various career profile where one can focus while opting for a career
in Journalism. A splendor in writing, excellent command over the language , and
lavish and rich expression of ideas are very important in Journalism. Your
reporting should be unbiased and appealing to the readers. You should be able
to captivate the minds of the readers and have a tremendous convincing power.
Complete dedication and patience is equally important
Job
Prospects
Various Newspapers, News agencies, Magazines, Websites, government and private
TV channels employ journalist for reporting, editing and copy writing. Apart
from this, international papers and news channels offer a large number of vacancies. Opportunities are
also available in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.
5. TEACHER
Teaching is a noble profession and those who have a keen interest of imparting
knowledge and training young minds should take up this profession. Our society
pays a high regard to the profession of teaching. The profession of teaching
has become more advanced and sophisticated with the inclusion of tools such as computers and other information
technologies . It has become a lucrative source of income with the demand for
tutorials increasing day by day. Private coaching is also preferred by many
employed as well as unemployed youths since it is a good source of income.
Job
Prospects
All educational institutions, which come under department of education, central
government as well as state government, have posts for teachers. Schools
recognised by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), ICSE, International
Schools etc and Private coaching institutes and tutorial classes also give good
job opportunities for teachers.
6.
BUSINESS
EXECUTIVE
Business executives play a major role in growth of an industry. A business
executive solves problems that arise in the administration of an industry and
comes out with fruitful and effective solutions. Business executive navigating a company
towards a growth is what allows to earns a handsome salary .
Job Opportunities
An MBA is required everywhere from
multinational companies to private and public companies for business analyst
position.
7. DOCTOR
The noblest profession is that of a doctor. Medical profession involves high sense of
responsibility, and a genuine interest to serve the needy, helpless and deprived.
It's a profession, which dedicates itself for the selfless service of the
society without there being any constrains of time, place, or situation.
Job
Opportunities
After completing the course (MBBS, BHMS,BAMS,BUMS, BDS, BPT,BOT) one can find a
job in hospitals, clinics, hospitals run by the central government, state
government or private ownership and in the Indian Defense Services. One can also work as teachers and lecture in
medical colleges. Moreover the Employees State Insurance Corporation has its
hospitals/dispensaries all over the country, to provide medical aid to
industrial workers where one can find a good number of vacancies. You can also
start your own clinic as a general practitioner and become a registered doctor.
8.
FASHION
DESIGNER
Fashion
is an important aspect of our life style. For today's modern Indian woman who
is smart, career-minded, professional, independent and successful fashion is an
important part and parcel of life. Fashion designing involves serious work. You
have to be a dreamer and you should be able to bring your dream into reality.
Thus if you are the kind of a person who takes interest in fads and trends of
the society, a career in fashion designing is for you.
Job
Prospects
There is no end to opportunities in this field and sky is the limit if one has
a natural flair for designing. A fashion designer is in excellent demand in
clothing companies, export houses and
raw material industry as a designer or stylist. Besides all these, one can open
one's own boutique or garment house. Fashion Writing, visual merchandising, and
costume designing are other career options after doing diploma in fashion
designing.
9.
ADVERTISING
An ad captivates the minds of the consumers and also create a
reliable image of the product in the consumer's mind. It also informs the public about numerous social, health and
civic issues. Today, careers in advertising have seen an unprecedented rise and
more and more young girls opt for this career.
Job
Prospects
The popularity of advertising in the promotion of a product and its importance
is growing day by day. With the increase of TV channels, radio stations and FM radio stations
all over the country, the need for good professionals is in this field is
increasing by the day. The salary, terms and conditions vary from organization
to organization. Coming up with new
creative ideas or writing scripts or preparing artwork, graphics, animation are
the most common activities in this industry.
10. BEAUTICIAN
By
the day-to-day increasing awareness of beauty and fitness , women are more and
more being attracted to this field. Women today are more concerned about their
looks and appearances and thus those who are looking for a full-fledge and
rewarding career in cosmetology, can take up beauty courses. This field is
effectively equipped with both institutes imparting training in beauty therapy
and beauty parlors, which also run training programmes for the aspiring
candidates.
Job
Opportunities
You can either work in beauty salons or parlors or start your own parlor with
proper finance after some good exposure and experience. Working at a health
club or fitness center as an instructor can also be a good opportunity. The
other options are places like hotels, slimming clinics and personal beauticians
and hairdressers of film and TV stars etc.
These
are some of the common careers that women have been part of . Apart from these there are other careers like
civil services, navy, air force, hospitality, entrepreneurship,
counsellors etc that women can also be a
part of and excel in.
Margalit Chordekar
Career Counsellor
Edugroomer
