The time has never been good for fresher jobs in India. With so many companies offering offshore outsourcing services and many other sectors booming, the demand for fresh minds is on an all time high. Based on your qualifications, you can take your pick from BPOs, call centers, banks and insurance institutions, IT companies, media companies, ad agencies, and a lot more. With the advent of a lot of new kind of services being offered out of India, companies are always on a lookout for open-minded and enthusiastic graduates who could be trained on new processes and technologies.
The choice is easy for qualified professionals If you have any professional or technical qualifications, then the task is easier for you as you have already picked your field and many companies would be willing to take you in as a trainee and even offer a decent salary. Many companies hire candidates directly from their college campuses. Four steps to pick the first job for candidates with general college education The problem that fresher candidates who have basic graduate qualifications face is that they do not have any idea about what they want to do in future. If you are one of them, follow these simple steps to reach where you want to be:
Open up any newspaper with job ads or any job search website and start eliminating the jobs that you obviously don’t want to do. After the elimination is complete make the final list of your short-listed jobs. Now, look for openings in those areas and read the job description carefully and see if it is something you want to do. This will help you in eliminating a few more from your short-listed jobs.
You would now have two or three fields in your consideration set. Apply for fresher or trainee jobs in those areas and attend the interviews. During the interview probe the interviewer about the exact nature of job, so that you can decide if it is to your liking. Finally pick a place that fits your qualifications, has a mentor who can train you, and provides good working environment for trainees.
Please do not worry too much about your salary while looking for your first job. You should just negotiate enough to get industry average pay which could be anywhere between Rs.4,000 to Rs.15,000 as per your qualification and the industry you are in. Consider your first job as a learning opportunity. The things that you will learn in your first job will help you throughout your career, so make sure that the company has good policies for employees and you have a good boss who is willing to train you.
The focus has shifted from employers to employees Due to this radical shift, companies are offering great training and learning opportunities to its employees. In your first job, learning as much as possible should be your top priority. Also find out about the HR policies and work culture in the company you are planning to join. The advantage of joining a company as a fresher is that you will be on probation for at least three to six month. If you do not like your job at all, you can leave the company without any obligations and start your career all over again.
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