Sunday, May 26, 2019

Mindler Presentation on careers

Shilpa - Mindler
Confusion comes out of fear


All new job profiles have associated new technology. Today's top career options did not exist 10 years back.
There is a need to develop different skills, which can be built during extra curricular activities.
Currently there is a glut of engineers
New careers
Architecture,
ethical hacking - currently about 25000, need of 75000
Merchant Navy - explore the world, need to be away from home 4-5 months, 3 month vacation.
Product design needs science background
No matter what your stream do a detailed assessment
Get an objective assessment
Physics and Chemistry
Maths and stats
Actuarial science - analyze risk - huge requirement - need mathematics, have to like maths
In India it takes 12 years to complete all papers for actuarial
actuarial science - economics students can also go there
Sustainability - environmental science
Biotechnology is again coming up

Trending career
Physical science, Maths and Stats, Actuarial science, food and agriculture, life science
New age careers - data mining  environmental science
Data mining is predictive e.g. when you buy racket it will prompt to buy tennis ball, shoes etc. Next 20 years will be a good career option.

Trending careers
Architecture, design, animation & graphics, UI design, UX design
New age careers - design thinking, image consultant

Animation & Graphics - Hollywood outsourcing to India
Trending careers- medicine, nutritional dietetics
Allied medicine, forensic science, genetics

New age careers
Bio informatics, fitness expert

Humanities Related
Social service, law, education and training, archaeology

New age careers
International relations, instructional design
Big requirement of trainers. Law is open for graduation.

Media
Content Winter, public relations, film making
Journalism, mass comm., hotel management
New Age
Event management
Culinary arts

Radio jockey - there are many radio channels, akashwani has the max number of listeners. Akashwani is the only radio station allowed to broadcast news.

Government and administration
Judiciary and administration
Defense - open to all streams
Navy and air force need science background
Supply chain management
Civil services, UPSC
In future security in government and private sector will be same

BBA is a small version of MBA
BCom, Sport management -for managing events like IPL etc.

Skills required in future:
Complex problem solving, Critical thinking, creativity, people management, coordinating with others, emotional intelligence, judgement and decision making
cognitive flexibility - ability to learn new things, service orientation, negotiation
communication - writing and speaking
inter disciplinary

DNA code could be used in future for printing in 3D printer organs
Robotics - surgery done using nano bots
smart cities due to population increase
With age longevity - will come changes in education
In future would need to change career multiple times
one gets
Mahesh Neki - career360
Career is based on perception
Mahesh did CA realized he was not cut out for it
gave MBA did not do well
was a topper in CA
joined investment banking , enjoyed the job

Need to understand what child is interested
People ask what is the package one gets after passing out of a certain college
Selecting a college requires lot of research start consuming info given by colleges
when selecting college
People join brands rather than job description hence start faltering in career graph
Govt has made data transparent
Insurance Management Institute at Pune has 100% placement but seats are not filled
ISI - all seats not filled has 100% placement
NIRF - data is transparent
believe data - nrf pdf data
compare colleges on career360 site
For colleges look at mandatory disclosure form for every college website
career360 puts in RTI
Check NIRF  - eligible seats and how much students were taken
NAAC does accreditation
QS and Times Higher education do rating
Use career360 college predictor to select college

In medical in the end several seats go vacant then colleges conduct mop up exercise to fill seats
For PCB there are 19 allied science courses
elderly care can be an option
more jobs in creative fields
Career360 researches openings where companies do not get people
e learning, healthcare, machine learning, organic agriculture, renewable energy, urban planning, robotics, wellness management, 3D animation
Do not narrow your scope e.g. MBA energy management
Do not go or niche courses do speciaisation later
Choose near corporate for easy access
Preferably do under grad in India and post grad abroad

Different colleges have different methods - Amrita - discipline getting up early, doing yoga
Indian institute of actuaries
TCS has own exm now

Psychology do not go for graduation rather do in post grad
do a base course then do psycho in post grad

Robotics - do mechatronics then robotics

mahesh@careers360.com