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There are six kinds of potentials that a person can have. They are:

1. Linguistic Potential

2. Analytical and Logical Potential

3. Spatial Potential

4. Personal Potential

5. Physical and Mechanical Potential

6. Musical Potential

These are the potentials tested through various methods in various aptitude test.The aptitude tests determine your potential in the increasing order of strength and present careers under those potentials. With the career aptitude test reports, you are left with some careers to research into.

Let's talk about each potential and the careers under them

1) LINGUISTIC POTENTIAL

Communicates efficiently using language
Can manipulate expressions and words

Some careers under this are

Administrators
Announcer (Media Television and Radio)
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Archivist
Curator
Call-Operator
Company Secretary
Copy Writers
Editor
Historian
Journalist
Lawyer
Political Scientist
Professor
Psephologist
Publishers
Social Scientist
Translator

2) ANALYTICAL AND LOGICAL POTENTIAL

Finds analysis, calculations and planning interesting
Solves problems by applying logic and using reasoning

Some careers under this are

Accountant
Actuarial Scientist
Astronomer
Biomedical Engineer
Biotechnological Engineer
Chartered Accountant
Chemist
Economist
Environmental Engineer
Farming Advisor
Financial Analyst
Geneticist
Mathematician
Micro-Biologist
Pure Scientist
Veterinary Surgeon

3) SPATIAL POTENTIAL

Can visualise and convert observations into concentre reality
Can manipulate space at two or three-dimensional level

Some careers under this are

Animation Designer
Architect
Cartographer
Surveyor
Ceramic Engineer
Cinematographer
Craft Designer
Multimedia Designer
Naval Architect
Photographer
Product Designer

4) PERSONAL POTENTIAL

Can understand and work with fellow human beings
Interested in promoting well-being of human beings and helping them solve their problems

Some careers under this are

Ayurvedic Practiser (B.A.M.S)
Civil Servant
Counsellor
Dentist
Development Studies
Dietician
Event Planner
General Medical Practiser
Human Resource Manager
Nurse
Nutritionist
Physiotherapist
Psychologist
Speech Therapist
Social Work Professional
Teacher
Travel Consultant

5) PHYSICAL MECHANICAL POTENTIAL

Can use motion and expressions of the body to express oneself
Has skill of working with equipment, machines and tools

Some careers under this are

Aerospace Engineer
Aeronautic Professional
Agricultural Scientist
Air Traffic Controller
Aqua Scientist
Dancer
Geologist
Marine Engineer
Marine Scientist
Meteorologist
Mining Engineer
Police Officer
Sports Person

6) MUSICAL POTENTIAL

Can identify raagas and rhythm in songs
Can compose verses and sing them

The scope of this potential is really limited. It is also hard to mass test this potential. Hence it is usually left out from career aptitude tests. Having said that, remember you can always pursue careers under musical potential if you have the interest.

Some careers under this are

Musical Composer
Musical Director
Instrumental Artist
Singer( Vocal Artist)

Remember the accuracy of any career aptitude test depends on your clarity and honesty. Career aptitude tests should be used to provide direction on what your strengths and weaknesses are. Remember whatever your career aptitude test result may be, it should limit your options. Based on a career aptitude test don't cancel out on pursuing a career that seems to interest you.

All the best! Choose your career wisely after doing research!

A to Z of a Social Entrepreneur

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A to Z of a Social Entrepreneur

How To Become A Social Entrepreneur?

Step1- Pursuing Commerce Stream
{2 Years}

Step 2- Bachelor of Social Work or Bachelor in Business Management
{3 Years or 4 Years}
One may start working after graduate degree.

Step 3- Master of Social Work
{2 Years}

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Social Entrepreneur in you

Hunger to learn

Innovative and Creative nature

Good communication skills

Leadership skills
Persistant and Perserverant nature
Curiosity

A potenial Social Entrepreneur should

Be interested in people and behaviour
Be interested in making a change in the world and making it a better place to live in
Be inspired by nature and people

Best Part Of The Job

Developing solutions to problems and helping in making the world a better place
Working with youngsters

Challenges Of The Job

Too much of expectations

Most people do not understand or know what exactly is the job of a social entrepreneur and misinterpret the job.This can sometimes becoming irritating.

Scope Of Job

Consultant in the corporate companies
Can start NGO's
Can work in NGO's
Designer
Data Analyst
Teacher

Starting Pay Package: Ranges till 6 Lakhs

Other Facts

The entrance exam is conducted privately by each institution. Admission is also given through Common Entrance Test. Some university offering the course are Christ University, Sri Bhagawan Mahaveer Jain College and National Academy for Learning.

A to Z of a Education and Management Consultant

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A to Z of an Education and Management Consultant

How To Become An Education and Management Consultant ?

Step1- Pursuing Humanities Stream with Economics, Sociology, History, Business Studies and Pyschology

{2 Years}

Step 2- Bachelor degree in any area of interest in Humanities.

Step 3- Master of Soical Work /Master of Business Adminstration/One can also do Masters in Education Management

{Both Step 2 and 3 = 5 Years}

Step 4- Ph.D in any area of interest in humanities
{5 Years}

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Consultant in you

Listening skills
Sensitivity
Understanding nature
Keeness to explore depth
Research Orientation
Good Communication skills both verbal and written
Group Working Skills
Creativity
Being self-directed
Having some art form as ways of expression

A potenial consultant should

be passionate
have clarity of vision
be interested in working with people
be willing to take up challenges
be connected to social causes
be willing to explore and research
feel happy when others development and grow to their potenial
willing to give and recieve love
willing to counsel

Best Part Of The Job

Meeting new people and training new people
Seeing people responding to training
Exploring new avenues and perspective in people
Being on my own working terms

Challenges Of The Job

Slow decision making on the part of the client and lack of following through.

Payment terms and timelines

Mixed priorities of clients and casual attitude towards development.

Scope Of Job

Human Resource Head in corporate and social organisation
Trainer
Education Consultant
Adminstrative and Pedagogy Head
Research Head in NGO
Government official in HR and Welfare departments
Writier
United Nation - representative in HR and Education
Academician in Institutions
Human Resources- Work in Learning and Development Department

Starting Pay Package: 15,000 and can grow extensively.

Other Facts

Entrance exams are conducted privately by each university.Entrance exam varies depend on which area of humanities is chosen by candidate. Some of the university for Education Management is Azim Premji University, for MBA Indian Institute of Technology(Chennai), Indian Institute of Management , Tata Institute of Social Science and Xavier School of Management. For Bachelor's degree Mount Caramel college, National college, Christ in Bangalore.

A to Z of an Advocate

2016-10-18T06:42:00.001-07:00

A to Z of an Advocate

How To Become An Advocate ?

Step1-Pursuing Humanities with Pyschology, Economics, History, Sociology, Business Studies

One may choose any stream but Humanities with the above mentioned subjects will help in cracking entrance exams.

{2 Years}

Step 2- The Bachelor of Law (in Latin , it is Legum Baccalaureus )
Will lead to graduate degree. You become a qualified advocate. Once you register with the Bar Council, you can practise in the High Courts of India.
{3 Years}

Step 3- The Master of Law

where in you do specialisation in International Law, Labour Law, Taxation Law, Forsenic Law, Immigration Law, etc.

{2 Years}

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Advocate in you

Analytic skills

Listening skills

Observation and Interpretation skills

Ability to arrive on a judgement or inference or a conclusion

Logical Nature

Concentration

Patience

Extensive Reading habits

A potenial advocate should

be interested in the counselling and handling problems and difficult situations

Best Part Of The Job

Representing people who are unable to defend themselves
One's legal advice helps in the reconstruction of somebody's life
Being a part of the judiciary responsible of serving justice.

Challenges Of The Job

One is required to see things as black and white. Sometimes that is not possible.

One encounters different types of people and one needs to understand everyone 's situation/circumstances.

Scope Of Job

A Lawyer after his or her enrollment with Bar Council of their respective State is eligible to become Chief Justice of India , Chief Justice of any High Court, Justice in Supreme Court or any High Court across the land
Attorney General of India
Registrar
District Judges in District Courts
Sub Judge in Sub Courts,Magistrates in City Civil and Metropolitan Magistrate Courts
Munsif in Munsif Court
Individual Practicing Advocate
Work in Legal Department as Law Officers in Banking Sectors, Public and Private Limited Companies
Defense wing
Professors in any Law University
Notary Public

Starting Pay Package: 6,000 to 10,000 per month

Other Facts

Each university conducts their own entrance exams. Often the university advertise their entrance exam in the leading national dailys.
Some of the top university in the country are National Law University, National Law School, Ambedkar Law University, New Law College, Aligarh Muslim University.

A to Z of a Teacher

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A to Z of an Teacher

How To Become A Teacher ?

Step1- One is free to choose whichever stream one wants but it has to have the subject they wish to teach.

{2 Years}

Step 2- Bachelor of Education and a degree in the subject one wants to teach. After this one can be a teacher.
{2 + 3 Years}

Step 3- Master of Education or a degree in the subject one wants to teach.

{2 / 3 Years}

Step 4- Ph.D in the subject one teaches.

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Teacher in you

Patience
Effective Communication skills
Life long learning
Enthusiam
Listening Skills
Teaching Capabilities

A potenial teacher should

be interested in :-

spreading knowledge
interacting with the young minds (younger generation) and mentoring them

Best Part Of The Job

Interaction with students
Able to spread the beacon of the light of knowledge
Create model citizens in your students

Challenges Of The Job

Sometimes , one may experience mental fatigue of not reaching out to each and every student in the class.

Scope Of Job

Teachers in schools and colleges
Academic Co-ordinator
Academic Advisor Policy Maker
Scientist(in case of post-graduate degreein Sciecnce)
Authors

Starting Pay Package: 20,000 onwards

Other Facts

Entrance exams are conducted privately by each university.One can also take up UGC (Universal Grant Commission) exam , one may be awarded junior research fellowship. Some of the university offering B.Ed are Annamalai University , IGNOU and any other recognised State University.

A to Z of a Project Manager

2016-10-18T06:33:00.002-07:00

A to Z of a Project Manager

How To Become A Project Manager ?

Step1- Pursuing Science Stream with Computer Science or Commerce Stream with Business Studies

{2 Years}

Step 2- Any graduate/professional degree course preferrably an engineering course
{4 Years}

Step 3- PMP or PRINCE certification

{6 Months}

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Project Manager in you

Good communication skills
People management skills
Analytical skills
Problem solving skills
Good subject knowledge

A potenial project manager should

be interested in developing a system to solve customer problems and must be able to adapt to the natural growth of the job.

Best Part Of The Job

Delivering a new system and works in accordance to the customer's expectation
Helping the customer solve problems

Challenges Of The Job

Working with people across multiple time zones and co-ordination with people from different time zones can prove to be challenging.

Scope Of Job

After gaining experience as an engineer and team leader , one moves into project management role.

Project Leader
Project Manager for corporate companies
Can grow within a organisation to become the CEO
Can start one's own company and become an entreprenuer

Can work anywhere in the IT sector

Starting Pay Package: 15,00,000 per annum

Other Facts

Entrance exams are conducted varies depending on the graduate course chosen.For engineering , the entrance exam is IIT-JEE for Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Technology and Common Entrance Test of a particular state for the government colleges in the state. Some colleges offering engineering courses are Anna University, Sastra University, Vellore Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Technology.

A to Z of a Software Engineering

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A to Z of a Software Engineer

How To Become A Software Engineer or An Embedded Software Engineer ?

Step1- Pursuing Science Stream with Computer Science or any other combination with Maths and Physics

{2 Years}

Step 2- Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science (for a Software Engineer)

or

Bachelor of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

(for an Embedded Software Engineer)

{4 Years}
Other engineering domain students too get absorbed by the industry after intensive training.
One can start working with a graduate degree.

Step 3- Master of Computer Application or Master of Science in Computer Science (for a Software Engineer)

{3 Years}

or

Master of Science in Electronic Engineering

{2 Years}

Step 4 - Ph.D in Computer Science

{2 to 5 Years}

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Software Engineer in you

Good communication skills
Techinical skills
Ability to work as a team with different people
Good soft skills

A potenial software engineer should be interested in

programming , learning new computer languages, learnign about real time operating system and about how they work

Best Part Of The Job

Releasing the product which one has worked day and night for and hearing back from the customer on the wonderful real-life application of the product developed.
Analysing, Problem Solving and Trouble Shooting to ensure proper functioning of the product.

Challenges Of The Job

Lack of innovation , creative and research and development.

Completing the task with fewer resources and limited time. Situation can become stressful sometimes due to lack of human resources and less time available.

Scope Of Job

Embedded Software Developer
Embedded Software Tester
Embedded Software Architect
Embedded Software Customer Supoort Engineer
Embedded Software Information Writer
Software Developer
Software Tester
IT Business Analyst
Data Analyst
Data Based Adminstrator
Network Adminstrator
Software pre sales and support
Technical architects
Engineers in Research,Design and development of software.

Starting Pay Package: 3 to 10 lakhs per annum

Other Facts

Entrance exams for Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science , the entrance exam is IIT-JEE for Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Technology and Common Entrance Test of a particular state for the government colleges in the state. Some colleges offering the course are Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Technology, Birla Institue of Technology and cience Pilani in India. SAT, TOEFL, ACT are some entrance exams which are taken for seats in foriegn institutes like Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy and Standford University.

A to Z of a Scientist

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A to Z of a Scientist

How To Become A Scientist ?

Step1- Pursuing Science Stream with Computer Science/Electronics/Biology
Depends on which subject you want to pursue your career as a scientist

{2 Years}

Step 2- Bachelor of Sciences or Bachelor of Engineering

{5 Years Maximum}

Step 3- Master of Sciences or Master of Engineering or Master of Technology depending on the subject you wish to pursue.

{3 Years Maximum}
Most people begin working after getting their Masters though one can choose to study further.

Step 4 - Ph.D in the subject you wish to pursue

{5 Years Maximum}

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Scientist in you

Optimal Logic Designing skills
Good communication skills
Innovative and Creative nature
Leadership skills
Ability to maintain deadlines
Passion for science and innovations
Technical and subject knowledge should be sound

A potenial scientist should

always keep learning, prepared to interact and work with different parties who may use the innovations, enjoy freedom to experiment and explore new areas of work.

Best Part Of The Job

Trials and evalution of trials
Generation system specifications and design
Testing innovation

Challenges Of The Job

Matching Planning to Execution

Keep up the deadline

Multi-tasking on different nature of work

Keep juniors and team-members motivated to complete the task within deadline

Working with tagentially thinking division heads

Scope Of Job

Embedded Software Developer and Tester
Electonic Warfare Domain
Avionics Domain
Teacher
Research Positions in corporate companies
Goverment employees in Defence Research and Developement Organisation and other government research organisations.
Resarch fields based on the subject specialisation as in Bio technology, Food processing technology,Soil sciences, Pharmacy , chemistry , Mettalurgy to name a few.

Starting Pay Package: 60,000 onwards

Other Facts

The entrance exam is IIT-JEE for Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Technology and Common Entrance Test of a particular state for the government colleges in the state. Some colleges offering the course are Indian Institute of Technology and National Institute of Technology .
For Bachelors in Science , the top university in the country is Indian Institute of Science. KVPY exam scores are taken for selection of students for the undergraduate course offered.
GATE is the entrance exam to be taken for a seat in colleges for a Master's degree.

A to Z of a Forsenic Scientist

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From Education Plus 5 th September

A to Z of a General Physician

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How To Become A Doctor ?

Step1-Pursuing Science Stream with Biology

One may also choose to take up Pyschology instead of Mathematics.

{2 Years}

Step 2- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (in Latin , it is Medicinae Baccalaureus, Baccalaureus Chirurgiae )

{ In India , 4.5 Years + 1 Year (rotating) + 1 Year (rural posting)} Will lead to graduate degree.You become a qualified doctor

Step 3-
Doctor of Medicine degree ( in Latin , it is Medicinae Doctor ) ,this is post graduate course

{3 Years} where in you do specialisation
OR
the Master of Surgery degree ( in Lation , it Medicinae Chirurgiae. It may be abbreviated as M.Ch)

Stage 4 - One can further pursue super-specialization.

Skills and Talents that indicating a potenial Doctor in you

Good subject knowledge

Constant and continuos learning in order to be aware of the research and newfindings in the field.

Committment towards job

Compassionate nature

Good communication skills

Interests that a potenial doctor should possess

In the working of human body

In the hospital environment

Willingness to help people
Multi lingual ( Communication Skills)

Best Part Of The Job

When the patient gets better and you have played a role in the recovery process.

Working up challenging cases to correlate with disease process.

Challenges Of The Job

People relate Medicinal Sciences as exact science. However it is not , reaction of human body to certain treatments can be unpredictable. This is often the source of public anger against doctors.

Urgent cases requiring your attention can distrub a good night's sleep . One must always be ready to attend calls.

Scope Of Job

General Physician (Consultancy) and Research related jobs

Starting Pay Package: 60,000 to 80,000 per annum

Other Facts

NEET is the entrance exam that has to be taken up in order to get a seat in government and private colleges. Some private colleges may also conduct their own entrance examination.

A to Z Of Civil Engineering

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A to Z Of Civil Engineering

Scope Of Job

People who choose civil engineering may work as on onsite engineers , may work in quality or purchase depertment of construction firms . They may also have the oppurtunity to be working in the drafting and design departments , where in they use structural engineering software. There are job oppurtunities in technical , sales and support team in firms which offer structrual engineering software.

Iam covering a person with civil engineering back ground with 20+ experience in structural engineering software sales.

Best Part Of The Job

Travelling and meeting new people.

One gets a chance to see the world , though things can get hectic sometimes.

Challenges Of The Job

One may be reqiured to be on the phone always and need to attend late night calls .

Starting Pay Package: 6 to 8 Lakhs per annum

How To Become A Civil Engineer ?

Step1-Pursuing Science Stream ( Computer Science or Economics or Biology )
{2 Years}

Step 2- Graduation ( Professional Degree)
Obtaining an (Civil) Engineering Degree
{4 Years}

Step 3-Management (Post Graduate) Courses
{2 Years}

Other Facts

Entrance Exam for engineering seat in Indian Institute of Technology and National Institue of Technology is IIT-JEE .States also conduct Common Entrance Test (CET) for state government colleges. Apart from this , some private colleges may conduct their private entrance exam .