Career Planning Resources a Comprehensive Guide

Language: English. About the book: The choice of a career is one of the most fundamental choices in a student's life. One cannot, therefore, let one's CAREER CHOICE be left to chance. One needs to consider carefully before one embraces a particular career or profession. This book is meant to enlighten students on the details of various careers in order to help them choose one that corresponds to their aptitudes and interests. The book aims to help students both, to become acquainted with the various facets of the large number of careers open to them, as well as to explore and discover for themselves their own interests, aptitudes and skills, so that they can make informed choices regarding their careers. With this book as a pathfinder, students and young persons can explore a variety of career options, plan a career path for themselves, and find the right school, college, university or institute that will help them achieve their career goals. This book is designed not only for students but also parents, teachers and career counsellors who are looking for uptodate career information in order to guide the young generation. It is a compendium of traditional and nontraditional careers. The unique features that set this book apart from other career books are: It is logically and systematically presented. It is userfriendly. It is comprehensive covering almost all the careers. It highlights the details of each career. It gives the names of various colleges, institutes and universities where one can choose to study. About The Author: Stephen Touthang, M.A. (English), M.A. (Sociology), M. Ed., & NET (UGC) is a Catholic priest working in the Archdiocese of Imphal, Manipur (India). He is a budding writer who is interested particularly in the welfare of young people and has been addressing them on diverse topics such as motivation, personality development, goalsetting, substance abuse and other contemporary issues that plague them. He has authored two books namely Substance Abuse and The Illuminati and the Music Industry which deal directly with the current problems of young people. Contents: Foreword 11 Preface 13 Acknowledgements 15 Comments on the Book 17 Introduction 19 Preliminaries to Career Choice 21 1. Accountancy/Finance/Insurance 2 5 1.1 Accountancy 1.2 Actuarial Science 1.3 Auditing 1.4 Chartered Accountancy 1.5 Banking 1.6 Company Secretary (CS) 1.7 Forensic Accounting 1.8 ICWAI (ICAI) 1.9 Indian Economics and Statistical Services 1.10 Insurance 1.11 Taxation 2. Agriculture and Related Science 7 7 2.1 Agricultural Economics 2.2 Agricultural Science 2.3 Aqua Culture 2.4 Fisheries Science 2.5 Forestry/Wildlife 2.6 Floriculture 2.7 Horticulture 2.8 Sericulture 3. Arts/Science and Commerce 1 0 9 3.1 Anthropology 3.2 Botany 3.3 Chemistry 3.4 Economics 3.5 Foreign Language 3.6 Linguistics 3.7 Mathematics 3.8 Political Science 3.9 Social Work 3.10 Sociology 4. Biological Science and Technology 1 5 3 4.1 Biochemistry 4.2 Bioinformatics 4.3 Biophysics 4.4 Biotechnology 4.5 Nanotechnology 4.6 Photonics 5. Computer Science and Information Technology 1 8 1 5.1 Call Centers 5.2 Ethical Hacking 5.3 Information Technology 5.4 What is Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)? 5.5 What is Computer Science? 6. Costume and Fashion Industry 1 9 5 6.1 Beauty Care 6.2 Fashion Designing 6.3 National Institute of Design (NID) 6.4 Footwear Technology 7. Defence and Intelligence Service 2 1 5 7.1 Indian Air Force (IAF) 7.1.1 As an IAF Airman 7.1.2 As an IAF Officer 7.2 The Indian Army 7.2.1 Indian Army Officer 7.2.2 Lower Rank in Indian Army 7.3 The Indian Navy 7.3.1 Recruitment of Officers in Navy 7.4 The Indian Coast Guard 7.5 The Paramilitary Force (PMF) 7.5.1 Border Security Force (BSF ) 7.5.2 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) 7.5.3 IndoTibetan Border Police Force (ITBP) 7.5.4 Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) 6 Career Planning Resources 7.6 Border Roads Organisation (BRO) 7.7 Intelligence Services 8. Designing 3 2 5 8.1 Animation 8.2 Compute.…