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Dear Aspirant, Firstly hope that you have the required educational qualifications with satisfactory marks/percentages to do a particular job. I liked your question and I appreciate your willingness to learn and improve your job prospects. Companies who recruit look for the below skills in the candidates: 1. Education 2. Communication Skills 3. Language skills 4. Team spirit 5. General knowledge / business knowledge 6. Computer proficiency (typing and MS Office proficiency) 7. Flexibility towards work and working hours 8. Adaptability to changing situations Best wishes

Dear Aspirant, It appears that you are obsessed by the IT career, the salary they receive, posh offices. Inspite of having wonderful career options in Arts/Humanities stream, why are you thinking for a career in Software engineering. Typically, you cannot be admitted into Engineering discipline without Science background, however if you had Maths in your graduation, then you can go for MCA course based on your BA percentage. However still I feel, that your decision and thinking to choose Software/IT is misguided and not well informed. I think you should choose your career based on your educati

Hello Ajay The very first thing a fresher shall do is to post resumes on leading job portals and creating a professional profile on Linked In. Post your resume in ‘Career’ section of all MNC’s you wish to work at. Check following things for a perfect resume One or two pages For a fresher candidate, an ideal resume length should be one or two pages at maximum. No irrelevant information Irrelevant information such as political affiliation, religion will not help. It might even hurt your chances of selection. Use a good printer If you are going to use hard copy, make sure

Dear Aspirant, Why are you not getting your MCA degree? What is the exact issue with the degree? You need to clarify this since advising you without the complete and proper information would not be good. Do not worry. If you have studied, given the exams and passed in them, there is nobody who can hold back your degree. Is this a college issue or a University issue? Please call me over phone urgently so that I can help you and we can get this sorted. With MCA degree, definitely you can progress in your career in terms of jobs and salary packages. Best wishes

Dear Aspirant, You seem to be looking for Technology/Engineering courses from Amity University. Amity University is one of the top Universities in India and has a very good standing in the industry for placement opportunities and has good faculty and infrastructure. You can definitely good ahead with Amity University. Best wishes.

Dear Aspirant, To improve your speaking skills, there is no other way but to start reading a loud to yourself in a room without disturbing others. Speaking can only improve by speaking itself. Therefore speaking practice is what is required. Have a dictionary besides you to know the pronunciation of the words and try to speak them accordingly. Best wishes

Dear Aspirant, BSc in Fashion Designing is a good course you have done.  Learning software related to fashion designing would be good but do not spend more than 3 months in learning that. Your thought of wanting to gain work experience is a good thing and you should immediately start taking steps to find a job. Your thought process is on the right track. Later on definitely you can opt for MSc in Fashion Designing. Best wishes

Dear Aspirant,   In your other queries which you have put several times, your query has been answered. Best wishes

Dear Aspirant, Software Engineering career has now been one of the top careers among the young generation. There are definitely good job and work opportunities in India as well as abroad. Pursuing a BE in IT or Software Engineering is ideal and doing it from a good ranking engineering college. Best wishes  

Dear Anushri, Thanks for writing to www.careerguide.com! In order to aptly response to your query, specific information is required.It would have been great if you had provided detailed information about your job, years of experience, your aspirations, skills and interests. Further I would  request your to reflect on whether do you want to change the job profile within IT industry or want to move away from IT industry to other field? As of now, I will try to respond to both assumptions, which may help you. Change in Job Profile within IT Industry: You are a software developer and assume t

Dear Anushri, Thanks for your call. I understand that you want to change your job profile as BA. Since you have 8 years of experience working as a developer/programmer, you can either take up a full time regular course or part time certificate or diploma course in BA. You have adequate experience and shift your area gradually by taking up BA related tasks in your company. You can move towards a business analyst role by conducting customer demos, reviewing or updating  requirement  documentation, incorporating requirements models into technical design documentation, asking open-ended

Dear Student, Software engineering is one of the branches of computer science engineering and it is mainly used for programming for a computer system or any other electrical device. It has a wider scope and a brighter future. It may be linked with animation as well. You may opt any of the following reputed institutions for pursuing your degree - VIT University, Vellore,......................Manipal Institute of Technology,Manipal,..................Lovely Professional University, Phagwara etc.

  I am a java software developer with 8 years of experience. And I m doing pretty well in this sector.  But since now i am moving towards senior role , i really want to relook on my skill set and enhance it as per the direction in which industry is moving. Now a days , Big Data ,Analytics etc are the fields in which people are excelling . Hence i no longer want to continue in java development and want to shift my focus on the latest trends.   I want to excel in this industry for long time hence keeping myself upto dated is my prime goal Hope my question is now clear to you  

Dear Aspirant, If you are thinking of selecting a career going by the trend, then you are at 100% risk for life. I think then, you did software engineering going by the trend and without knowing what are your genuine interests and aptitude. Please do not make this mistake once again and keep repeating it later too. You have approached us at the right time and before taking a decision. I would suggest that you should find out more about software development field and try to inculcate new technology and learn it. This will help you grow. There are many option apart from software development if y

Dear Aspirant, Always remember that every career is good however it is more important to know whether you are suitable for that particular career or no.  PG in Development Management is a good course and I am surprised that you did a PG without knowing the career prospects and job opportunities. What is the reason you are not getting a job in may be research institutes, banks, financial institutions, etc? I would recommend you to appear for the Ideal Career Test from CareerGuide.com. This psychometric test will ascertain which career option you are suitable for. This test will judge your

Dear Aspirant, You can post your exact career concern on this forum or simply make a call to a counsellor of your choice. CareerGuide counsellors can provide you guidance and help over phone. 3 years of experience in embedded is good enough to progress in your career. Best wishes

Dear Aspirant, It appears that though you have worked well, you are not able to find out the right career option and the click of what can be done. MCA is a good qualification and if you are interested in that field, the scope and opportunities for jobs and work are unlimited. You can also aim for a job in abroad. Along side since you have teaching skills, you can take personal tutoring sessions in your mastered area of knowledge - online or in person. I think you are on the right track but just a bit of focus is required. Best wishes

Dear Aspirant, You are at a very right platform and I will be happy to guide you. However, it is important for me to know the basic details of the current education level you are in and what are your career aspirations, interests, etc.  Always remember that every career is good however it is more important to know whether you are suitable for that particular career or no. Good career is an ambition of every person, however you should ensure that you have the right educational qualifications, employability skills and positive attitude.  Please do let me k

Dear Aspirant, BCA is an under graduate course which you can pursue after 12th with Maths as a subject. MCA can be pursued after any graduation with Maths in 12th std level. For MCA there are good job opportunities with salaries starting with Rs. 25,000 per month. Best wishes

Dear Aspirant, Sadly majority of EE Engineering students are without jobs. I think you can do MBA in Operations Management and can hope for a job in manufacturing, industrial industry. Best wishes