Jobs in India

Clothing is one of three main necessities of man kind. The other two necessities are food and shelter. This very reason has paved ways for industrialization of textile sector. To name the important sub sectors in this stream, we have textile design, fabric manufacturing and textile marketing. Many companies also manufacture value added products besides the normal production. Textile market has never faced any back drops as it is one of the most essential commodities of human needs. This fact is proof for the textile market to thrive in the past, present and future as well. Also the jobs in this sector are very secure and safe. Presently in highly populated countries like India, the jobs in the textile sector are on a high rise and demanding great attention from many students.

Opportunities available:
Unlike the other market sectors which can withstand the demand only for a stipulated period, jobs in this sector are always open without any rise or fall of demand. Many jobs are also available in the companies which provide raw materials for the present textile industries. For instance if we consider a company like vardhaman threads limited, many jobs are present for employment in this sector. The name vardhaman resembles threads. It is also a high rated company in India which is prominent in supply of threads for export fabric manufacturers and designers. Many deals are made with this firm in product varieties like textile production which again comprises of sub category such as, lubricated nylon, bonded nylon, polyester, trilobal embroidery thread, cotton, core spun etc which include sophistication like button fusing, anti wicking, indigo dyed, bead fusing, button shanking and so on. All these jobs require lot of professionals in textile engineering. Many companies like vardhaman are in need of expertise and knowledge rich professionals who are perfectly befitting the jobs in this sector.

Scope in textile industry:
As this sector is considered one of the evergreen sectors, jobs are always available. General protocol which is followed by a company in this sector for jobs are as follows: Development Manager, Department Manager, Lab Manager, Process Engineer, Plant Manager, Sales Manager, Vice President of Sales, Vice President of Manufacturing and at the top we have the President/CEO. So many jobs opportunities are opening up in this sector as many new companies are being put up which is an encouraging sign. Numerous merchandises are coming to India and starting to put industries in India so as to operate business from India itself. Many prestigious educational institutions like Birla institute of technology and science (BITS-pilani) and few Indian institutes of technology’s (IIT’s) offer courses in textile engineering. Candidates willing to start a career can opt for such courses which make openings much easier compared to candidates from other backgrounds. Big firms like Reliance are one of the big players in this sector in Indian market. Pay package from such companies is also very high which makes students think before choosing courses in engineering stream.

As a matter of fact, Today’s world is technology driven. Technicians play a pivotal role in aiding today’s technology. The concept of technicians is very important these days because no company, industry, organisation, set up, process or utility can function without technicians. Technicians are also being called as executers of any mechanism or technique which was originally developed by technocrats. As there is very thin line of difference between technicians and technologists, majority of technical development which took place till now was indeed the work of technicians. Most technological advancements that are coming up are outcome of experiments which are carried out by these people to unfold the practical problem and ensure streamlining of a machine or mechanism.

Scope of Technical Jobs :
The main area of operation for technicians is technology which demands the professional to have fundamentals strong in the fields of engineering, science and mathematics. The other main aspect of this job is that it is application oriented. So technicians work will possess lesser scope than conventional engineers and scientists. Also the significance of this sort of job is less compared to that of scientists and engineers. Technicians generally assist engineers and scientists in performing various project operations. They also do the quality check and monitor the devices and mechanism installed for the project. For all this work, technicians need to possess skill instead of research orientation. To name some jobs available in technical sector, a wide range of opportunities are available in branches relevant to Aerospace engineering and operations, cartography, surveying, drafting, photogrammetrics and civil engineering technician job which include Cost estimating. Also sectors like electrical and electronics, technician jobs are available in streams of designing, developing, manufacturing of electrical and electronic and communication devices and testing. Many jobs like electromechanical technicians, industrial engineering technicians, electricians, automobile technicians, environmental technicians, mechanics etc are available as well. Such jobs also offer inevitable functions which hike the scope in this sector.

Other Technical Jobs in India:
Technical jobs is a big pool of opportunities which are there foe grabbing. Apart from technician jobs, there are jobs like technical teaching jobs, technical writing jobs etc. For training the efficient professionals seeking career as technicians, need proper trainer or teacher. Here arises the need of a technical teaching professional who is highly equipped with fundamentals and concepts of technology. On the other side of the coin, technical writing jobs which are relatively new but are promising growth in countries like India. A technical writing job basically involves scripting and designing of brochures, user guides, manifesto, agendas etc. It also involves explaining of technical concepts to a client belonging to non-technology background. To excel in this profession, one needs to understand the importance of making others understand the positives and negatives of the product. Technical writing jobs also include online technical writing, Technical Web site writing, Information Mapping, Information design, Web writing, Usability and testing, Instructional design etc. Salaries are also picking up in these sectors, which is a positive sign.

The ever growing economies and growing businesses are increasing the sales numbers exponentially. So, with the growing market, the need for skilled sales personnel is also increasing proportionally. This need is both domestic and in the international market. Sales sector is the backbone of any given company in any market. An organized and professional approach towards sales is of utmost importance for a company to make the best use of its capital and available resources. With the advent of retail boom and economy expansion, more and more companies, small and big alike, are looking at expanding their market share and for this to happen, they have to increase their sales. Hence, the need for sales personnel is increasing by the day.

The booming Indian economy has given a fair chance for many small players in the manufacturing sector to produce their products. Since most of these manufacturers cannot afford a retail outlet or a dealer to sell their produce, the economical option for them is to employ salesmen who can market as well as sell their products efficiently. The employee gets good returns in this job and these returns are usually supplemented by other allowances. The salesman has to cause an impact on the mind of the customer and make him believe that his product is ultimate and will be of use to the customer more than his competitor’s.

The upcoming retail chains by major business houses like Reliance, Bharti-Wal-Mart, ITC, Pantaloons, Big Bazaar etc are setting up huge shopping malls and branded outlet, food chains, supermarkets etc. There is a huge requirement for man power in these shopping malls and supermarkets. Salesmen and saleswomen, customer support, sales executives, computer operators etc.

Apart from the low and medium skill jobs discussed so far, there are also managerial technicality related jobs which require a skill set and experience to handle the position. Sales managers, sales promotions officers, advertising and marketing heads, overheads and cost cutting, market expansion and market capitalization etc are some of the designations and jobs that one must perform in a company at the higher ranks. For a sales executive or salesmen, good communication skills and presentation skills are a certain necessity. For other higher sales jobs like sales managers and the like, a higher skill set is required. Generally, experience is very much preferred and an MBA or B.Com is is very much preferred.

Sales opportunities:
The following are the jobs/designations related to sales :
Sales executives
Sales manager
Counter manager
Operations manager
Satellite manager
Regional sales manager
Branch manager
Area manager
VP (sales)

A ‘go getter’ tag with an outgoing personality; confidence; self-motivation; strong interpersonal skills; critical thinking; computer awareness; trustworthiness; persistence; attention to detail and ability to follow or lead should be the common traits of a person dreaming to land in sales jobs.

India is on the verge of another job revolution. Retailing is tagged as the next revolution after the IT and ITES. It has taken the Indian job market by storm. Like the IT and ITES companies that have employed millions of fresh and experienced professionals, the retailing sector is also expected to create so many job opportunities to the millions of unemployed in India. The revolution has already started with both Indian and international majors like Reliance, ITC, Bharti-Wal-Mart, Heritage Fresh, Shoppers Stop, FAB India etc are opening their super markets and super market chains not just all over the various metropolitan and cosmopolitan cities in the country but also over the second tier cities and other fast growing/developing cities of the country.

In December 2006, Mukesh Ambani’s RIL, announced about their retail plan of opening around 5000 retail outlets in 1500 cities and towns, with an investment close to Rs 25000crores, which would create over a million jobs. It is estimated that the retail sector will be creating a whopping 3 million new jobs by 2011. Out of this, a million jobs would be created by RIL’s mega venture alone. The salaries also are expected to increase in this particular by around 30%. All these numbers point to one thing and that is retail sector has an untapped potential in India.

The Future Group, formerly known as Pantaloons, realized the scope of growth in the retail sector and is one the first companies to start their retail chain in various cities of India. Its total workforce of 16000 employees in 2006 is set to increase to nearly 130,000 by 2010. According to an ICICI Bank report, the retail which includes both organized and un-organised, makes about 10% of India’s GDP. Also, retail sector employs 8% of the workforce. Another retail solutions company, India Retail School’s Ashish Mahajan says “We need 8 million people in organised retail by 2011, of which about 500,000 would be working in the 300-400 malls that would be there by then”.

The driving force behind the retail boom would be the candidates in their early twenties, working women, fresh MBA graduates etc. Apart from these, the high growth in the services sector and an ever increasing urban population are being instrumental in the growth of the retail sector. The 30% increase in the salaries which is expected grow further with an increase close to 60% is truly shifting the balance from other industries towards retail industry.

A sales executive in a particular retail outlet should be thoroughly knowledgeable about the goods that are sold in the outlet. Apart from regular retail careers, professionals from Supply chain, Visual Merchandisers etc are also making good money with the booming retail sector. But, mostly, the demand is for store managers, department managers, sales executives etc who play a major role is actual selling of the products without which no business can literally flourish.

Quality assurance, quality control and quality engineering are cross functional region of the components of engineering and manufacturing. Quality ensured brings a smile on the face of customer. Quality assurance stands responsible for upliftment of a protocol or a set of protocols that would ultimately satisfy the customer. Quality assurance safeguards consumer’s interest by ensuring that products and services of a company are up to the mark. It also puts forward the requirements and expectations of the consumers. This also helps the company to analyse the market groove. Many companies are striving hard to get conscious about quality which they are implementing is reaching the customer’s expectations. As a result many opportunities are opening up in this sector especially in countries like India where quality standards are not much talked about. Nowadays quality control and assurance are playing important role in the corporations’ retrieval of investments. Some of the most cited quality standards are as follows: ISO 9000:2000, ISO 9000, ISO14000, BIS (Bureau of Indian Standards), PCMM, CMM (Capability Maturity Model), SPICE (Software Process Improvement and Capability determination), Six Sigma, and CMMI etc.

Careers opportunities in this field:
It’s mandatory for every company that they have to stick to some quality standards, quality control and assurance has evolved as a profession which is to be taken up. Many industrial experts forecast that this is just the beginning of big job revolution in nations like India. But on the other side of the coin, India lacks certification programs and training which are essential for training of candidates interested in this stream. This is the major worry on the part of India because this stream hasn’t evolved in to profession as yet. A job seeker in this sector needs to understand the norms of quality standards. The candidate aspiring to be a quality control professional is expected to be well versed in the timely changes brought in development and implementations of quality control systems, supervision and analysis procedures. Statistical methods should be preferred by the quality control professional to audit inappropriate quality preservation modules and also should rectify them efficiently. Constant efforts should be made so as to reduce production faults which also hamper the quality standard.

Skills essential for being successful:
For being successful, a quality control/assurance professional must persist with the prescribed skills like Process control techniques, Plan, Technology transition, Analyzing process and documents, Software engineering practices and relevant methods, manage and to frequently monitor software processes, Process modelling, strictly following quality control guidelines. Apart from these decent knowledge over tools and commodities used by the enterprise is a must. There is a lot of scope in this sector. Career opportunities in this field are in plenty and are promising as well. The pay package depends on the size of the enterprise. A professional all the above mentioned skills can easily break through to the top in quick time.

Product design is one of most important sector or department of any product oriented industry. The jobs in this sector basically involve planning and development of the products. The main purpose of introduction of these jobs was to serve and perform some specific jobs. It’s the job of product designers to bring out the company’s product in a very attractive way which appeals to the manufacturers and the customer lords also. To crack an opening in this sector, one has to possess in-depth knowledge marketing conditions, engineering, costs, materials, manufacturing process and over all creative ability. The final product brought out in the market should be made appealing from every possible viewpoint. In developing economy like India, many MNC’s have started to come down and trade in this part of the world. This has resulted in upbeat of the product design jobs. Companies are willing to pay huge fat sum based on their creative skills and experience in this field.

Qualities asked for:
A job seeker in product design sector is expected to be familiar with certain domains of this field. To name them, we have first in the list, aesthetics. Second in the list we have engineering; next to follow the above in the list we have, ergonomics, product fabrication, materials and most importantly marketing and sales respectively. To design any product, the candidate seeking product design job needs to prove his thought expertise over these prerequisites or more precisely we can term these qualities as essential skills of a product designer.

India is emerging as a new hub for many unexplored product world. Many mew products which are making their way in to the Indian economy and market have adapted the concept of product designing. This helped this sector to thrive on the growing opportunities. In today’s market scenario, professionals from product designing sector stand responsible for designing many products and industries. Some can be listed out say, Automobiles, Visual communication, Appliances and House wares, Residential Furnishings, Public utility equipment, Clothing and fashion, Ceramics, Home appliances, Industrial equipment, Business Equipments, Medical Equipments, Recreational and Sports Equipments, Children’s Products, Designs for the Handicapped and many more as this list is never ending.

Career Scope:
Product designing sector like never before is as promising as any other sector in perpetual demand. This can be proven by the fact that there is no dearth in career opportunities in this sector. A professional can work full time for a company or can work on freelance basis by staying in touch with many different consulting firms. In a big enterprise during a stint, specialization to the professional is restricted to a certain range of products where as in a small organisation; various product designs can be experienced. If a product design clicks in the market, incentives are always provided.

Pay package:
Pay package mainly depends on size of the enterprise. The seniority in this field and originality of innovative ideas are also the measure of the salary being paid.

Printing has emerged as years passed by due to timely enhancements in printing technology. The concept of printing process has evolved in to a hi-tech proposition. In the present computer age, increasing and efficient use of computers besides lasers and microprocessors have changed printing profession into a multi-disciplinary one. This change has resulted in a big boom of jobs in this sector which is as bright as ever. All the newspapers, magazines, published journals, books etc are the output of this printing trade and it plays an important in our daily life which keeps this field open for jobs forever.

Qualities essential:
A job seeker in the field of printing technology is expected to be familiar with the following prerequisite techniques namely; Flexography, packaging technology (printing on packaged products), Materials Technology (knowledge of materials like ink, paper, chemicals, and plates), Letter press, Lithography, Screen or Laser and inkjet, Preparation of image carrier, Gravure. Apart from pre-printing techniques, one needs to understand the various post printing techniques or finishing techniques like cutting, folding, binding, laminating, embossing and many more.

Educational Background and qualifications asked for:
Many reputed institutions or even colleges and universities offer degree and many other diploma programs relevant to printing technology. Some courses offered in these institutes are as long as three years which are generally termed as full time courses in this field. But for a regular diploma, tenth class pass certificate is mandatory. Science background at the 10th standard is a must for a candidate applying in the lateral entry scheme of the two-year diploma course. Some institutes also provide short-term certificates for courses that offer expertise or a comprehensive study over all the aspects of today’s printing methodology. Such courses are crafted in an appropriate module which provides the student with the required theoretical and practical knowledge of the subject. Many short term courses are available which preach screen printing, desk top publishing, mini offset printing, camera operation, offset machine printing and plate making.

Career Opportunities:
As the printing sector is on high rise, many printing jobs would open up in the near future. Many qualified and armoured printing professionals might thrive on the growing demand of this respective sector. Presently many enterprises are in need of many printing professionals. Jobs in printing sector are predominantly available in the following companies/organisations: newspapers/magazines, book printers, packaging industries, railway presses, machine manufacturers, private commercial press, advertising agencies like flex printing etc. The most exciting area of this sector is that a reasonable experience professional in this trade can setup his indigenous printing enterprise. But one needs to understand the credentials of the trade before taking the risk of putting up an indigenous plant and establish it as big as possible.

Agriculture is production of fiber, feed, food and the other goods by synthetic growing or harvesting of the animals and plants and other forms of life. “Agriculture” commonly refers to study of process of performing agriculture. Agriculture is also called as “Agricultural Sciences” and “Agronomy”.

Agriculture encompasses so many subjects like cultivation, aquaculture, horticulture and animal husbandry. These subjects are further classified: for example, both intensive farming and organic farming come under cultivation and herding, ranching and farming of pigs come under animal husbandry. Fodder like sugar, starch, resins and alcohols, fibers like hemp, wool, cotton, flax and silk, fuels like methane biomass, biodiesel and ethanol, cut flowers, nursery and ornamental plants, birds and tropical fish for pet trade, both illegal and legal drugs like tobacco, biopharmaceuticals, marijuana, cocaine, opium, all come under Agricultural products.

The agricultural history is the human historys central element. The crucial feature in the worldwide socio-economic variations is the agricultural progress. Militaristic and wealth-building specializations rarely found in the hunter-gatherer cultures form a commonplace in the agro-industrial societies. It was said that – Agriculture is required to develop the civilization of the country.

Intentionally planting a crop on a very large scale (for other than pasture or cereal production) is called Plantation. Fundamentally, Plantation is a large estate or a farm which is usually in a semi-tropical or in a tropical country on which tobacco, coffee, cotton, trees or sugarcane etc., are cultivated by the resident laborers. The term, currently, is often used for planting shrubs and trees. The term is also used for the plantings that are maintained on the economic bases.

Crop is called the plantation crops for the association they have with a unique farming economy. Most of them involve a really large land owner, the raising crops with an economic value instead of for subsistence, with a very huge number of employees doing the work. It often refers to the crops recently introduced to any region.

In past, it has been allied with indentured labour, slavery and other high inequity economic models.

Industrial plantations, for production of a very high amount of wood during a short period of time are to be grown by the wood or paper industries, authorities of state forestry or private land owners. Home or farm plantations are normally established for production of fire wood and timber for sale and some times for home use. Environmental plantations are established for soil or watershed protection. These are usually established for the landslide stabilization, erosion control and windbreaks. Plantings of shrubs or trees grown for beverage or food like tea, cocoa, coffee, back pepper etc., come under high valued crops.

On graduating and/or post graduating in discipline of Agriculture and the allied sciences, career options and the opportunities in teaching, transfer-of-technology streams and research in SAU, Non government industry or organization are many. Even the banks are advancing loans and credits for the agri-based projects to employ the agricultural specialists. Avenues are all multifaceted entirely depending on competence. Thus, today, agriculture and plantation industries are providing a good employment for the educated as well as the laborers.

This century belongs to the magical and appliances. These very machines and appliances have made our lives simple. The effective driving force for any dwelling economy is Automation. Due to this reason, the dependence on appliances has grown to very large extent. Since these machines are man made, very likely they might falter or corners itself to a repair state even after being technically sophisticated. This situation has created a vacuum of professionals in the stream of repair work who can rectify the back drop of performance of the machine or appliance. This opened up another sector jobs known as plant maintenance jobs. This sector takes care of installation, test run, repair and maintenance requirements of a plant or industry. India is the new hub of such jobs for candidates willing to make their earning out of this.

Engineers from mechanical stream make majority of lot who manufacture and design various tools, machines, appliances, devices and other major mechanical equipment required for various industrial and domestic needs. In this stream of engineering, we can safely proclaim that mechanical engineering is broadest of all and manages functional, design and mechanical aspects of different modules of machinery installed in almost all industries. Mechanical engineers when applying their thought to a certain work, they consider parameters such as design, construction, production, installation, development, operation, maintenance and repair work. Based on these constraints, the machine would be brought in to use.

Eligibility:
To break through this stream of job arena, one needs to be conceptually fit. Degree programs based on mechanical engineering such as B.E, B.Tech are ideal for candidates seeking job in this sector or candidates opting for a career in this sector. Another programme M.E (post graduation) in this stream would help a candidate fetch a job in such maintenance sector. Many companies also prefer diploma holders in mechanical engineering as these professionals have practical knowledge when compared to candidates from B.E, B.Tech background.

Career:
Presently the market offers wide range of jobs dispersed in various inter-disciplinary streams. New jobs in this sector are available as a result globalisation and industrialisation. Jobs such as tackling of jet engines, gas turbines; design and working modules of refrigerators, internal combustion engines, air conditioning and heating machines, machine tools, thermal power stations etc. Also specialisation in streams like production engineering, design, thermal engineering etc is always encouraged. For a candidate seeking a job which is highly challenging, fulfilling and rewarding then he has to choose a job in Installation and maintenance departments respectively.

Pay package:
More the skills, more is the salary in this stream of jobs. Negotiations are always there if a candidate has applied for a job in the private sector regarding salary. Further these plant maintenance jobs can be subdivided into three wings. The list being: Machine jobs, building & maintenance jobs, plant & machinery maintenance jobs.

Major necessities to sustain human progress are an adequate source of energy. Currently the sources of energy such as combustion of coal, natural gas and oil will last quite a long but will eventually run out or become harmful in tens or hundreds of years. A new focus on global warming which most researchers say is caused due to gases released by the combustion of fossil fuels has brought coal, gas and oil-fired generation under scrutiny. The reducing stocks of bio-fuels and the fact that nuclear energy doesn’t put greenhouse gases into the atmosphere have initiated the process of sustained research for using nuclear energy to meet the manifold demands of various countries.

Unfortunately several incidents like the Chernobyl disaster in 1986 and The three mile land disaster in 1979 has changed the attitude of people towards this form of energy and the labor shortage in this industry is alarming. In U.S half of the industry’s employees are above 45, while less than 6% of the employees are below 32.Given that U.S’s nuclear power stations together generate 25% of the country’s electricity’s needs, what is going to happen if these industries shut. Many people believe nuclear energy is synonymous with nuclear holocaust.

Slowly the convictions of several environmental activists are changing. Even the staunchest anti-nuclear campaigners are ready to listen. This is because nuclear energy is the only source which can save us from a catastrophic climate change. India right now is obtaining only 4 percent of its electricity from nuclear power.The nuclear energy by 2050 is expected to reach 25 percent.All this has resulted in creating a huge scope for nuclear jobs.

Looking into the future the prospects are really encouraging.Generation lV launched by the U.S is an international intiative to carry out research into new nuclear power stations.These projects are expected to be finished by 2030.Countries such as Argentina, France, Brazil, Canada, Japan, North korea,South korea and Switzerland are a part of this initiative.U.S is also exploring ways they can associate with India which is home to nearly one-third of thorium reserves and copious accomplished work force.

To pursue a career in nuclear science an engineering student can go for programs like Masters in nuclear engineering and PhD. The engineers should also have knowledge about various environmental, economic and social issues. Nuclear engineers have many responsibilities to carry out such as nuclear plant design,construct and operate nuclear plants, generate nuclear power,thrust nuclear submarines,control space system, handling nuclear fuels, safely disposal radioactive wastes, using radioactive isotopes for medicinal purposes. A nuclear professional can do specialization in: Nuclear weapons, expand radioactive substance for industrial as well as medical use.With so many prospects coming up in this field, it provides us with a promising future where we can really explore,do research and help mankind.