Top 12 Career Options for Graduate Students
Students preparing to finish graduation are always on edge of confusion whether to take up higher education and if yes, then what career options to be opted for. For obvious reason, this is the most difficult situation which every student about to graduate goes through. Some choose to get into the workforce after graduating in their desired field. Other opt to learn and explore the field more by taking up higher education either through online courses or full time study option. Be it the management, science or engineering, today students have wide options of career to choose from.
However, there are questions that keep rising in the mind whether this career will give the desired result after completion of study program? If taken US as an example, youth unemployment and underemployment are the two big issues which current college graduates are facing in this developed country. According to the online data, the number of global unemployment, especially graduate students is set increase by 211 million by 2017. This can be because economic reason faced by different countries worldwide.
On a positive note, choosing a right career path will certainly give a boost in the career of aspiring students. In the year 2014, there are many sectors which has opened its doors, including the existing ones which are offer good jobs for graduates. According to a study by the University of California San Diego Extension, there are some top career paths selected on the basis of current employment, projected growth through 2020 and workplace.
Below is the list of 12 career paths any recent college graduates can consider:
- Insurance Sales Agent: Looking at the condition worldwide of constant civil war, damages and other reasons, people insure their household and other personal belonging with state insurance companies. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the career as insurance sales agent is set to increase by 22% by 2020. Candidate carrying bachelor’s degree will also be offered the job of insurance agent.
- Healthcare Case Management: Case managers are those who work as healthcare advocates and provide advice to patients on their current health status. They advice patients on what, why the treatment for their health problem is essential. This certainly helps patients or clients to achieve their goals effectively. In the year, 2014 and even in previous few years, there has been rise in the recruitment of case managers in the healthcare industry.
- Public Relations: This is on rise, in fact, in extreme rise compared to other professions. In every field, be it the corporate, media or politics, there is a requirement of a PR who handles the entire marketing strategy and taking the business forward by bringing attention of media. PRs are highly required in media field hired by celebrates and fashion designers. Students who have taken up media as the field in graduation can go for diploma or specialization course in PR. The annual salary be it in media or self-employed is counted approx- $61,980.
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- Management Analyst: Be it the government/private company or NGO, every organization needs a management analyst who can advice on managing the budget and corporate departments. After the global recession, it has become very important for an organization to have a management consultant, and the demand is set to increase by 2020. There are specialized courses in Management Analyst to provide students in-depth knowledge of the field.
- Market Research Analyst: Every company, be it large or small wants to know the demand of their product in market and future analysis of the same. This job is mainly done by market research analyst, who help the company to understand who will buy the product and its market demand. The projected growth in coming for this field is approx 32%. An individual with bachelor’s degree and carrying strong mathematical skill is all that required to enter into this field.
- Mobile App Development: Today, the mobile industry is exploding rapidly, outnumbering internet. Every high-end or even budget smartphone carry internet surfing apps. Major mobile companies are hunting for app developers, who can develop apps for new generation. This has also engineered app developing companies in large number. An engineer student having bachelor’s degree can get into mobile app development.
- Elementary School Teacher: In US and other countries, Elementary School Teacher job demand is increasing. Though the salary is comparatively low than lawyers and other professions, but they earn a good respect. Overall the demand for teacher is increase as there are more new universities, colleges and educational institutes are set up. As per the reports, from 2010-2020, a large number of teachers are set to retire, creating additional positions for aspiring teachers.
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- Healthcare Information Technology: Technology changes every day, and so are the job opportunities. Aspiring engineering and science students are taking up healthcare as career path after graduation. In 2014, there has been a huge demand for technicians such as healthcare integration engineer, healthcare systems analyst etc. Most of science colleges and engineering institutes prepare students to understand the healthcare IT field.
- Software Developer: This always has been amongst most chosen career paths by graduates. With globalization, the IT industry is rapidly increasing and so is the requirement for software developers. By coming years, there will be a huge requirement of aspiring software developers.
- Data Mining: This job involves extracting information from large database, such as data warehouse. With the advancement in technology, data miners use statistical methods to answers questions related to the report.
- Translators: Globalization is on its peak and every country is joining hands with other to invite and offer business, education and technology. However, language of different countries act as a barrier. This has given birth to translator or interpreters. Having specialization diploma certificate while completing graduation will help the individual land into a translator’s job.
- Computer System Administrator: Today, every company relies on technology, and different sectors are looking fresh graduates from science and engineering background who can take up system administrator work to manage security threats and cybersurvellience.
When companies look for candidates to fill any of the qualified post, graduation is the basic eligibility which they look for. Fresh graduates have to research thoroughly before getting into any field to know the future progress in the sector.
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http://www.bizcoachinfo.com/archives/6682
http://social.dol.gov/blog/top-10-careers-for-college-grads-to-consider/
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