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Thursday, February 11, 2010

New Hot Career Options

Offbeat careers

(Article designed for North Eastern Students as per today’s Relevance & Suitability)

Reflecting on aspects of who you are will help you to approach your career planning from a number of different perspectives as far as choosing a new hot career.

  • Your personality & preference
  • Your skills & talents
  • Your interests & passion
  • Your values & vision

If you want to work with people, if you want to do something creative, something innovative and you want to make the difference – than it can be a great starting point for many of you for new career ideas.

If you think out of the box, there is no need why you should confine yourself to run-of-the-mill, usual career options.

Unconventional fields ranging from microbiology, nanotechnology, microfinance and illustration to adventure sports and media & entertainment etc., offer immense creative and pecuniary possibilities.

Without surprise that some of the fastest growing areas of employment in recent years relates to computer technology, IT, healthcare, the “bio” sciences, hygiene, nanotechnology, tourism, media & entertainment and not to forget aviation and hospitality sector.

New career ideas are normally one thing you are short of when you start thinking about a career options. You may be quite clear about what you don’t want to do, but be really face big difficulty when it comes to thinking of alternatives that fascinate. It is not very easy to simply open a career encyclopedia and pick a job title. You might have been already aware from many sources including websites, that there is a lot more to career choice than that!

It helps to start your thinking quite early and start exploring what is out there. If you advance with an open minded way, it can open up your mind to a range of possibilities you might not have taken into account otherwise.

So, take your time!!! Be ready to open your mind to explore new possibilities.

In this article I have listed a range of career options according to some typical categories that might be suitable for our students in North East India. Take a look at them and see if there are any that attracts you. It may be that you will not find your perfect new career on the lists below, but at least it will make you start thinking.

If you want to work with people and for people

You could consider according to your priorities the following-

  • Social worker
  • Community worker
  • Charity worker
  • Politician
  • Special needs teacher
  • NGO

New career options if you are creative and innovative.

You may take into account -

  • Jewellery designer & maker
  • Graphic designer
  • Dressmaker & designer
  • Florist
  • Make up artist
  • Hairdresser
  • Audio-visual technician
  • Gift wrapper
  • Footwear designer
  • Taste Experts (Wine/Tea etc.)
  • Illustrator & graphic novelist
  • Art gallery curator
  • Animator
  • Sound designer
  • Sculptor
  • Computer games developer
  • Interior decorator & designer
  • Chocolatier
  • Disc Jockey
  • Radio Jockey

New career options if you want to work outdoors and fine with physical work and Adventure –

  • Sports coach
  • Adventure Sports Instructor
  • Fitness instructor/trainer
  • Firefighter

New career options if you want to make the difference and do something different

You may take into account -

  • Entrepreneur
  • Professional sportsperson
  • Actor/Singer/Dancer
  • Writer
  • Novelist/Poet

New career options that might be relevant if you want to be working for yourself

You may take into account -

  • Franchise owner
  • Affiliate marketer
  • Translator
  • Writing
  • Market research
  • Physiotherapist
  • Drugs/addiction counselor
  • Occupational therapist
  • Massage therapist
  • Child care
  • Micro Finance/Stockbroker
  • Interpreter

Have you found anything encouraging here? If yes, then start doing some more research into the new career options that have caught your eye.

If you are still feeling unsure, look around in the internet & you can explore more options. You may also search online at NE Career Guidance (http://www.necareerguidance.com); also you can take further professional advice from our experts or mailto:info@necareerguidance.com.


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