Streets are empty, slowdown is hitting every sector amid lockdown scenario. Each country is preparing for global recession period. IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva quoted, “We have stated that the world is now in recession and that the length and depth of this recession depend on two things: Containing the virus and having an effective, coordinated response to the crisis,”
However, as per UN trade report, the entire world will move to recession this year with a loss of trillions of dollars to developing countries except India and China.
As the schools and colleges are closed while everything going virtual. This is the best time to think about yourself and choose something that interest you. Here few of the best career options to pick yourself:
- Medical Professionals
By looking at the current situation, India has 1.1 million allopathic doctors as per National Health Profile 2019 that makes 1:10,926 in a doctor: patient ratio. Healthcare workers will have high demand in the coming time.
Source: City of Hope - Career Counsellor
Guiding students to right path is the best consulting job in the world. To fill the gap and adapt new course and technology is the need of the hour. There are only 500 counsellors for about 1.5 million students! Compare this to the U.S. which has about 2.6 million counsellors for 1, 80, 000 students as per hindu report.
Source: How To DIY - Data Scientist
Data science is a blooming field and is used in multi-disciplinary field. It involves knowledge of math, statistics, ML, AI and skills of programming and effective communication. The average salary for a data scientist in India is 7 LPA.
Source: 365 Data Science - Digital Marketing
Marketing is the action of promoting and selling products and service of a company. It provides key data about consumer behaviour before buying or accessing a certain services. In 2019, digital advertising industry has crossed 160 billion Indian rupees as per statista.
Source: edureka! - Environmentalist
After movement like “Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan” and “school strike for climate”, a new set of activism against pollution and climate change. Students can take different roles in environmental organisations at industry and academics. Students can opt certificate, diploma, bachelors, masters and Ph.D courses in this field.
Here, how career in environmental engineering looks like:
Source: Brain Checker Techno Services