What next - After 12th

12th exams are over and the results are out.

What to do next? What to study? How to plan your career? So many questions in most of our minds. To add to that confusion there comes loads of suggestions from our parents, relatives, friends.

What are the factors to consider before selecting a course and how to decide on our career path and the course to study?

The courses/degrees can be categorised into
Engineering
Medical
Arts
Science
Skills oriented
Technical

In Engineering we have Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Electronics, Telecommunications, Computer Science, Architecture, Information technology, Instrumentation. Production, Automobile, Aivation, Chemical, Bio-informatics, Bio-medical engineering and many more and list is keeping on growing with advancement in technology.

Medical apart from M.B.B.S there is B.D.S, B.V.Sc and then nopw B.H.M.S and other traditional medicine degrees are being selected by the students. Paramedical courses like Nursing, Physiotherapy, Pharma are having its own market and career in the industry.

With the recession hitting the Engineering sector Arts and science degrees are being sought after again. People aiming for M.B.A or M.C.A or Govt. jobs or Civil services are now smart enough to get into basic arts and science degrees. With teaching becoming a much sought after career and is a more secured career arts and science degrees are starting to find some space among the students.

More courses like Catering technology, Fashion designing, Fine arts, Pilot Training, Air Hostess courses are being sought after more nowadays inspite of the cost involved in these courses.

Said about the courses, how to select the courses which suits you.

Follow the below given steps to decide on your career
1. Decide the course based on your basic skills.
2. Decide the course based on your liking. The liking should be yours and shouldnt be driven because of popularity or easy jobs or more salary or friends like and so me too.
3. Take the advice of your parents/elders/seniors, but the decision should be yours.
4. Dont go by emotions, analyse your skills, current trends, family situation and then decide on the course.
5. Your degree should pave the way for your career and so decide in such a way.
6. Think whether you family will be able to support you through the course even if a master degree is required in that career.

If possible and on availability its worth spending some money to take up a psychometric test to know you skills and capabilities.

You are starting it now. Have a vision and mindset to learn new things not just for your exams but for your knowledge and thus for your career.