top careers in future?

[ZaMiN RaZa]

Medicine/BDS/MBBS/Surgery whatever field you choose from those is probably going to be an extremely safe bet, with high pays and I believe the best job security you can get. As for the robot hostile take-over part, I truly doubt there will ever be a point where the patient is comfortable with being operated on majorly by a non-living non-thinking entity, that is to say if the technology is even available 10-20 years from now.

It was done already I think 5-7 years ago. A 60-70 year old woman got an open heart surgery in New York while the doctor was in London. Its just a matter of time before only robots will do it.

 

[ZaMiN RaZa]

I would have to say the I.T field, Engineering and the Chemical field are going to be the biggest ones in the future as of current events and future demands.

 

[transformer629]

I would have to say the I.T field, Engineering and the Chemical field are going to be the biggest ones in the future as of current events and future demands.

if i.t field you mean software engineering, then i have to say I won't support it. it's mainly because there a vast number of software developers who learned developing softwares by their own due to huge number of resources on this criteria. and secondly the number of i.t companies isn't increasing like the number of software engineers.
there will come a time you have to work as a freelancer in your home. and trust me that ain't fun -_-

chemical field is lucrative field. it'll always be in demand

 

[@yeshaB]

MATHS

 

[Hassaan Sami]

Software engineering's in great demand. It's the fastest growing one.

 

[transformer629]

Software engineering's in great demand. It's the fastest growing one.

not as fastest as the number of software companies growing
there will come a time when most software engineers have to work at home as freelancers.

 

[Ayyan :D]

Business.
Wherever humanity goes, technology and all that.
There will still be a need to trade, a need to earn, a need to exchange things, a need to buy stuff. Human wants are endless.
Businesses will never stop. Cash will never stop flowing.
What is Microsoft? What is Apple? They are Business entities. Before being IT related, they are initially companies. Which require Accountants, Economists and Business skills.
So Business is definitely one of the top careers in the future.

 

[@yeshaB]

Maths as always

 

[Ayyan :D]

Maths as always

What career in maths would you choose?

 

[transformer629]

Business.
Wherever humanity goes, technology and all that.
There will still be a need to trade, a need to earn, a need to exchange things, a need to buy stuff. Human wants are endless.
Businesses will never stop. Cash will never stop flowing.
What is Microsoft? What is Apple? They are Business entities. Before being IT related, they are initially companies. Which require Accountants, Economists and Business skills.
So Business is definitely one of the top careers in the future.

says the soon-to-be billionaire business man, eh?

 

[Hassaan Sami]

Maths as always

You mean engineering?

 

[@yeshaB]

You mean engineering?

No. Maths as maths

 

[@yeshaB]

What career in maths would you choose?

I dont know yet ... will try different areers related to it

 

[Ayyan :D]

I dont know yet ... will try different areers related to it

Awesome.

 

[teachyourself]

you all need to understand careers and fields their growth in sophistication, their growth in demand, the inter-linking of skills of various fields..... all such issues vary from country to country... additionally what you study at the Bachelors level or Masters level is many cases either entirely irrelevant and not applicable in the real world and definitely not as glamorous as they make it sound... the learning curve flattens out after a few years at max until and unless you are in a field that is responsible for creating something new and that usually requires a lot of expertise and most people either cannot get to that level technically or live in countries that cannot support their technical expertise


here is what forbes has to say
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/04/23/the-best-and-worst-jobs-for-2013/
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45ifij/the-best-and-worst-masters-degrees-for-jobs-2-2/
http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/slideshows/the-25-best-jobs-of-2013

So what guys need, is to first find out the type of a job you are suitable for by following this basic advice
http://career-symposium.ca/assets/career_awareness.pdf
and follow this advice for a career in the US there is also some generic advice in this document http://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/handbook.pdf

then you need to find out the exact connections between the subjects you are studying and the career you 'think' you want... at this point you just cannot know what to expect in the real world until and unless you have done a job or a serious internship related to you chosen field
however, whatever you study at the O levels is at just too basic a level for you to choose your field

Jobs and Salary Survey
http://careerservices.colorado.edu/CommonFiles/PDFs/students/NACEAll.pdf

Careers by 2020
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/files/2012/02/Top-30-fastest.pdf

Here is the subjects that you study now and what you will study at the Undergrad Level
refer to this link http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
i. Economics becomes very mathematical as you progress, so you need to learn to be good at Math (not Syllabus D Math but Additional Math is the real math) to do this Social Science
ii. Stats and probability leads to Statistical Inference which in turn leads to Econometrics... and Econometrics is used for Empirical Research purposes in EVERY field
iii. Sociology is an open field -- with Economics (and remember economics is mathematical) alongside you head towards public policy issues OR with Psychology alongside you head towards consultation AND with either Eco or Psycho with Sociology you can head towards Consumer Behaviour (first few chapters in Economics includes consumer behaviour) and Marketing
iv. With Economics you can also head into Finance but understanding some Accounting (specifically Financial Reporting Analysis) is essential, since Accounting is the basis of all things in Finance
v. Accounting is also the basis of Risk Management, however for Risk Management (btw Actuarial Sciences is a type of risk management related to insurance) you need to have a good basis for Math Stats and Econometrics
vi. With Maths and Stats you can also head into Operations Research (also called Management Sciences) and Quantitative Finance
vii. Chem bio physics: check the MIT courses link above... btw a lot of math is necessary for Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and most other natural sciences fields... because all of these science related fields are on the front line of research.... and research without Math, Stats, is not possible .. also in these fields you do a lot of computer modelling and again math is very closely related to software and their applications in scientific fields... so students studying chem,bio physics might need to learn software related to the field they choose... start getting used to easy programming languages such as python for software development, javascript for websites, SQL for database management... spread a wide net so that career switching becomes easy
viii. The subject computer sciences is useless the way it is taught ... instead i suggest you learn python, javascript, SQL, Excel with VBA .. learn them gradually till you finish your A-levels... so that by the time you are done with your A-levels you actually have learn a skill related to software development
ix. Business Studies as a course gives you a glimpse of what you will study at a business school for you regular BBA ... Marketing, Accounts/Finance, Management, Operations, Project Management .. so for the BBA especially in Pakistan you can think of it as an extension of Business Studies



Use these Sources of learning:- (mostly video lectures)
i. https://www.khanacademy.org/------ for math, chemistry, biology, physics ... very suitable for O-level students --- if you cannot access youtube .... download its torrent via www.piratebay.com
ii. MathTutor .... for math, chem, physics, --- download torrent via piratebay.com
iii. TTC video lectures a wide variety of subjects--- socio, eco, math, psychology, etc --- download via torrents on piratebay.com ... the TTC lectures (also called the The Great Courses) will give you glimpse of undergraduate study in various fields
iv. tuittor.com -- additional math
v. Schaums' otulines --these are books also available at Urdu bazaar in karachi -- downlaod via torrents, 4shared.com, scribd.com ..... wide variety of subjects math, eco, finance, chem, physics
vi. Excel tutorials .... on piratebay.com ...and for software.... http://thenewboston.org/tutorials.php
vii. Use Tor browser to access youtube... and video download helper addon to download the youtube videos... Excel is Fun is a good channelhere is the link for the excel sheets that correspond to the video tutorials http://people.highline.edu/mgirvin/excelisfun.htm
viii. http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses.php .... these are video tutorials

Careers and Degrees applicable to the job environment in Pakistan...and remember, in Pakistan there are a lot of scams in almost every field and a lot of unprofessional people, a lot of lazy people

In the practical world (except for deep and sophisticated research where theory is essential) ... you will NOT use most of the theory and you will use SOFTWARE to do most of your work because most jobs essentially are clerical in nature, just better titles and pay, the level of software usage and type of software depends upon the type of career (the department in the organization) you will get into, as well as the level of sophistication of the organization you work in

Careers are based upon departments typically found in organizations: Marketing, Operations, Accounts/Finance, Legal, HRM, Research

this is about Pakistani organizations, the software used for practical work and the degree required by them typically
1. General Banking - typical software to process the documents, slightly different at every bank, and generic paper work --- BBA, MBA: practical skills learned = none .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking_software
2. Corporate Banking - Excel and Word, and again a typical bank software ---- BBA, MBA but better to have a CA
3. Brokerage house & Asset Management - Excel mostly, BIWS is a must https://breakingintowallstreet.com/biws/homepage/ ... maybe a bit of risk analysis software like Crystal Ball which is an excel add-on ----- MSc Eco has little use but adds to the skill set -- for eg. a student with BSc Eco & Math will have to do CIMA or ACCA to work at a reputable brokerage house; BBA, MBA but better to have ACCA, some do CFA but it is useless mostly because the skills learned are not applicable in Pakistan, however, the CFA is big plus in terms of having a globally applicable and reputable credential on your resume
4. FMCG - excel, SAP, documentation (operations related example the ISO certification), field work, surveys --- BBA, MBA or MSc Management Sciences
5. Auditing house - accounting software, excel, word ..... ACCA or CA must... better to have CA since there are restrictions upon ACCA students
6. Consultancy Firms: excel, word, ppt ---- BBA, MBA, ACCA, CFA, MSc Eco
7. State Bank of Pakistan and PIDE--- excel, SPSS, SAS,R, word, bank software --- ACCA, Msc Eco
8. Insurance firms --- excel, risk modelling software, --- Acturial Sciences, BBA, MBA,
9. Journalism --- liberal Arts degrees, Bacherlors in Jounalism, Bacherlors in Media Sciences, Degree in Social Sciences

 

[transformer629]

you all need to understand careers and fields their growth in sophistication, their growth in demand, the inter-linking of skills of various fields..... all such issues vary from country to country... additionally what you study at the Bachelors level or Masters level is many cases either entirely irrelevant and not applicable in the real world and definitely not as glamorous as they make it sound... the learning curve flattens out after a few years at max until and unless you are in a field that is responsible for creating something new and that usually requires a lot of expertise and most people either cannot get to that level technically or live in countries that cannot support their technical expertise


here is what forbes has to say
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/04/23/the-best-and-worst-jobs-for-2013/
http://www.forbes.com/pictures/efkk45ifij/the-best-and-worst-masters-degrees-for-jobs-2-2/
http://money.usnews.com/money/careers/slideshows/the-25-best-jobs-of-2013

So what guys need, is to first find out the type of a job you are suitable for by following this basic advice
http://career-symposium.ca/assets/career_awareness.pdf
and follow this advice for a career in the US there is also some generic advice in this document http://gecd.mit.edu/sites/default/files/handbook.pdf

then you need to find out the exact connections between the subjects you are studying and the career you 'think' you want... at this point you just cannot know what to expect in the real world until and unless you have done a job or a serious internship related to you chosen field
however, whatever you study at the O levels is at just too basic a level for you to choose your field

Jobs and Salary Survey
http://careerservices.colorado.edu/CommonFiles/PDFs/students/NACEAll.pdf

Careers by 2020
http://www.bumc.bu.edu/gms/files/2012/02/Top-30-fastest.pdf

Here is the subjects that you study now and what you will study at the Undergrad Level
refer to this link http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/
i. Economics becomes very mathematical as you progress, so you need to learn to be good at Math (not Syllabus D Math but Additional Math is the real math) to do this Social Science
ii. Stats and probability leads to Statistical Inference which in turn leads to Econometrics... and Econometrics is used for Empirical Research purposes in EVERY field
iii. Sociology is an open field -- with Economics (and remember economics is mathematical) alongside you head towards public policy issues OR with Psychology alongside you head towards consultation AND with either Eco or Psycho with Sociology you can head towards Consumer Behaviour (first few chapters in Economics includes consumer behaviour) and Marketing
iv. With Economics you can also head into Finance but understanding Accounting is essential, since Accounting is the basis of all things Finance
v. Accounting is also the basis of Risk Management, however for Risk Management (btw Actuarial Sciences is a type of risk management related to insurance) you need to have a good basis for Math Stats and Econometrics
vi. With Maths and Stats you can also head into Operations Research (also called Management Sciences) and Quantitative Finance
vii. Chem bio physics: check the MIT courses link above... btw a lot of math is necessary for Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Engineering and most other natural sciences fields... because all of these science related fields are on the front line of research.... and research without Math, Stats, is not possible .. also in these fields you do a lot of computer modelling and again math is very closely related to software and their applications in scientific fields... so students studying chem,bio physics might need to learn software related to the field they choose... start getting used to easy programming languages such as python for software development, javascript for websites, SQL for database management... spread a wide net so that career switching becomes easy
viii. The subject computer sciences is useless the way it is taught ... instead i suggest you learn python, javascript, SQL, Excel with VBA .. learn them gradually till you finish your A-levels... so that by the time you are done with your A-levels you actually have learn a skill related to software development
ix. Business Studies as a course gives you a glimpse of what you will study at a business school for you regular BBA ... Marketing, Accounts/Finance, Management, Operations, Project Management .. so for the BBA especially in Pakistan you can think of it as an extension of Business Studies



Use these Sources of learning:- (mostly video lectures)
i. https://www.khanacademy.org/------ for math, chemistry, biology, physics ... very suitable for O-level students --- if you cannot access youtube .... download its torrent via www.piratebay.com
ii. MathTutor .... for math, chem, physics, --- download torrent via piratebay.com
iii. TTC video lectures a wide variety of subjects--- socio, eco, math, psychology, etc --- download via torrents on piratebay.com ... the TTC lectures (also called the The Great Courses) will give you glimpse of undergraduate study in various fields
iv. tuittor.com -- additional math
v. Schaums' otulines --these are books also available at Urdu bazaar in karachi -- downlaod via torrents, 4shared.com, scribd.com ..... wide variety of subjects math, eco, finance, chem, physics
vi. Excel tutorials .... on piratebay.com ...and for software.... http://thenewboston.org/tutorials.php
vii. Use Tor browser to access youtube... and video download helper addon to download the youtube videos... Excel is Fun is a good channelhere is the link for the excel sheets that correspond to the video tutorials http://people.highline.edu/mgirvin/excelisfun.htm
viii. http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/courses.php .... these are video tutorials

Careers and Degrees applicable to the job environment in Pakistan...and remember, in Pakistan there are a lot of scams in almost every field and a lot of unprofessional people, a lot of lazy people

In the practical world (except for deep and sophisticated research where theory is essential) ... you will NOT use most of the theory and you will use SOFTWARE to do most of your work because most jobs essentially are clerical in nature, just better titles and pay, the level of software usage and type of software depends upon the type of career (the department in the organization) you will get into, as well as the level of sophistication of the organization you work in

Careers are based upon departments typically found in organizations: Marketing, Operations, Accounts/Finance, Legal, HRM, Research

this is about Pakistani organizations, the software used for practical work and the degree required by them typically
1. General Banking - typical software to process the documents, slightly different at every bank, and generic paper work --- BBA, MBA: practical skills learned = none .... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banking_software
2. Corporate Banking - Excel and Word, and again a typical bank software ---- BBA, MBA but better to have an ACCA
3. Brokerage house & Asset Management - Excel mostly ... maybe a bit of risk analysis software like Crystal Ball which is an excel add-on ----- MSc Eco has little use but adds to the skill set -- for eg. a student with BSc Eco & Math will have to do CIMA or ACCA to work at a reputable brokerage house; BBA, MBA but better to have ACCA, some do CFA but it is useless mostly because the skills learned are not applicable in Pakistan
4. FMCG - excel, SAP, documentation (operations related example the ISO certification), field work, surveys --- BBA, MBA or MSc Management Sciences
5. Auditing house - accounting software, excel, word ..... ACCA or CA must... better to have CA since there are restrictions upon ACCA students
6. Consultancy Firms: excel, word, ppt ---- BBA, MBA, ACCA, CFA, MSc Eco
7. State Bank of Pakistan and PIDE--- excel, SPSS, SAS,R, word, bank software --- ACCA, Msc Eco
8. Insurance firms --- excel, risk modelling software, --- Acturial Sciences, BBA, MBA,
9. Journalism --- liberal Arts degrees, Bacherlors in Jounalism, Bacherlors in Media Sciences, Degree in Social Sciences

holy mother of god !

 

[teachyourself]

holy mother of god !

why so overwhelmed?

 

[kanzsoom]

Hey !! im doing my IGCSE mayjune2014examinations but after that i have no idea wat to do .. there are sum careers that i actually wanna take but im soo confused.. the options i wanna go for in bachelors in psychology, bachelors in hotel management, bachelors in forensic science or engineering is the last option but its really gud and valued but i have no interest in any of the fields of engineering -_- yeahh ive an option of mass communcation too yeahh quite lot of options thats y im confused and all diffrent fields ..
i always wanted to be in intelligence department so i wanna take forensic science but its not really easy to get in there :/ and i lyk sciences as im doing my igcse in maths english phy chem computer studies soo i kinda think business is not my thing as my creativity sucks and imagining skills suck and one disadvantage of forensic sciences is in pak unfortunately no university offers that
then psychology yeahhh i kinda lyk to understand people and solve their problems, guide them is my thing too but the career opportunities are not soo vast
hotel management is a rising career nowadays so i wanted to take it and all that possibilities of workking in amazing hotels, resorts, cruises thats wat makes me interested in that ...
coming to mass communication it will be my option after forensic sciences and psychology it has many opportunities in that way its gud but as ive not studied subjects for business lyk accounting economics marketing and watever it includes so im kind of doubtful if ill be able to take those subjects if im not good in those subjects then an option of engineering which is a great degreee to make a career out of but no field is interesting to me when it comes to engineering :/

im really confused which subjects shud i take in alevels becz before choosing alevels i shud choose which degree i wanna take accordingly i wud choose the subjects ofcz ... in my school ryt now except for chemistry and english im taking every subjects tuition and preparing for my igcse on my own bcz no gud teachers in my skool all are frm cbse board just came frm india and stuff .. basic point is im scared to do alevels now so i was also wondering to switch my examination board after my igcse (olevels) and do highskool for the college years (11-12)

keeping one thing in mind i dont wanna work the whole of my life as im a girl but yeaah i want a gud degree by which i can live on my own whenever i want .. but when it comes to a department lyk inteligence i wud love to work my whole life
i really need help in this pleaseee guide.. really worried abt this

thanking in advance

 

[teachyourself]

keeping one thing in mind i dont wanna work the whole of my life as im a girl but yeaah i want a gud degree by which i can live on my own whenever i want

with this approach it will be tough to get a job... because you will not have any motivation to compete with people applying for the job you want... plus getting a job after extended breaks is not easy.. and not getting a job means financial dependence upon someone else which inevitably turns out to be a bad thing specially for females.. and in most cases a salary is never enough to support yourself.... just ask your parents how they provide for you and you will understand how difficult it is.. also no one hires employees whenever they want to work, employees get hired whenever an organization needs an employee and no organization will want an employee who says 'i dont wanna work the whole of my life as im a girl' basically employees with this attitude do not even get interviews let alone a job... and if a female is hired in spite of such a lazy attitude then we all know why such girls are hired

as for your career direction .. you are at too early a stage to know what you could possibly want in a career .. check my previous posts in this thread ... or check for career counselors in your area

 

[kanzsoom]

keeping one thing in mind i dont wanna work the whole of my life as im a girl but yeaah i want a gud degree by which i can live on my own whenever i want

with this approach it will be tough to get a job... because you will not have any motivation to compete with people applying for the job you want... plus getting a job after extended breaks is not easy.. and not getting a job means financial dependence upon someone else which inevitably turns out to be a bad thing specially for females.. and in most cases a salary is never enough to support yourself.... just ask your parents how they provide for you and you will understand how difficult it is.. also no one hires employees whenever they want to work, employees get hired whenever an organization needs an employee and no organization will want an employee who says 'i dont wanna work the whole of my life as im a girl' basically employees with this attitude do not even get interviews let alone a job... and if a female is hired in spite of such a lazy attitude then we all know why such girls are hired

as for your career direction .. you are at too early a stage to know what you could possibly want in a career .. check my previous posts in this thread ... or check for career counselors in your area

okayy agreedd but that wasnt the point well this is the tym as ive to choose my alevels subjects depending on which career imma take ..