Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Careers in Foreign Language

Other than English language some other foreign languages (French, German, Chinese, etc) also offers various job opportunities in language related services. Many people are being sent to foreign countries regarding their company projects.
Those countries may be having a different language as their national language, so one has to learn that country’s national language where he/she has been sent for work. Many people who are working in software and its related fields are learning French language; in order to get a job in France software firms. If you consider Germany it’s the country where automobile and its related services are being done in a large scale. So many automobile and mechanical engineers are keen interested in getting a job in automobile field in this country.
To get employed in Germany you need to know German language. Apart from engineering and its related services learning foreign language may also help you to get job in government services like tourism department, public relations officer, etc. Every country will be having their embassies worldwide, after being selected as Indian ambassador for foreign countries you will be asked to learn the country’s language where you will be sent for your job. Learning some foreign languages will always be a plus point in your career.
Many universities are teaching foreign languages as a value additional course to their students; so that they may get employed in foreign multi national companies (MNCs). Foreign language teaching staffs will be paid according to their graduation level. If you are not interested in working as a language teaching staff in schools and universities, then you can set your own language teaching firm with some other people who can also teach foreign language.
Nowadays European countries have also started outsourcing jobs to India. For data entry jobs translators will be needed in large numbers, unlike professionals these people will get paid on hourly basis. Interpreters can get their job as a public relations officer in various private companies which have got many clients from non-English speaking countries.
Many people are coming from non English countries to India for their business purposes, so they used to select people who are good in some foreign languages in addition to their national language. Foreign languages are being taught by various educational institutes; aspirants may join in any of these institutes and learn them.
Mass globalization has caused people of different cultures and languages to interact with each other. This interaction is now vital for the progress of the world at large. With this in mind we should understand the importance of overcoming the barriers of language.
Many educational institutes in India have realized the importance of offering foreign language courses in the country. They have set up special departments for this very purpose. As it is we find that many multinational companies are increasingly investing in India. They often require all the documentations, transactions and reports to be translated from a source language to a target language. Hence we find foreign language courses gaining popularity in India.
Taking foreign language courses in India :
Rest assured you will have no trouble in looking for the ideal institute that is offering various courses in foreign languages. In fact you are likely to be overwhelmed by the sheer number and variety of the institutes that offer foreign language courses.
Some of the most prominent of these institutes are :
School of Languages – Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi
Benaras Hindu University in Varanasi
Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages in Hyderabad
University of Delhi in New Delhi
Alliance Francasie – they have 15 branches all across the country.
Indo – Italian Chamber of Commerce in Mumbai
Max Mueller Bhavan- major metros
Ram Krishna Mission in Kolkata
Japanese Information and Cultural Center in New Delhi
Teynampet, Chennai
Rajasthan University in Jaipur, Rajasthan
Course details and qualifications :
The numerous institutes offer courses in German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic, Russian, Chinese and Persian. These courses are offered at different levels for which a person needs to qualify in order to enroll.
Generally a candidate who has completed 12 years of higher secondary education can apply for a three years Bachelors Degree in a foreign language. Graduates can then apply for an integrated Masters Program which has duration of five years.
The institutes also offer short term diploma and certificate courses of six months to which undergraduates can apply. After graduation the student can complete his M.A in the language. He can then move on to do his M.Phil and Ph.D in the language.
Why specialize in a foreign language? :
Learning a foreign language is always a handy tool that can be a real boost for your career. The relevance of learning foreign languages has only increased in this era of globalization. After completing a course in a foreign language, students from the Indian institutes develop proficiency in the language with in depth knowledge about grammar and phrasing of the language.
There are varied job opportunities for individuals who have mastered a foreign language. Within India you will find that the diplomatic services require people with proficiency in foreign languages. The doors to teaching are always open for anyone with proficiency in a language.
Government and research centers constantly require the service of translators which is another area where you can move in to. You can also work as an interpreter or a tour guide for the particular people whose language you speak.
There is an endless list of opportunities for foreign language experts on a national and international level. Even the UNO recruits foreign language experts as well as other international organizations that require the services of a translator or interpreter.
 

Careers in English Language

English is a universal language, and is also the most spoken language globally. Countries like China and India have started teaching English language to elementary school level students itself so that it may help them employed in foreign countries once they finish their higher studies.
To start your career as an English teaching staff in schools, then you need to have at least a bachelor degree in English. If you want to be an English teaching staff in universities then you need to have master of philosophy degree in English language, salary will be generally in the range of 30,000 to 70,000 rupees for people working in universities and colleges. English speaking professionals can also get job in Government organizations like tourism department, foreign ministry, etc. If you consider tourism department officials, they need to bring in more foreign tourists to our country to boost up country’s economy and increase India’s value globally. Mainly tourists will be from countries like UK and USA where English will be their country’s national language.
English speaking professionals can also work as translators and interpreters. Many Asian people are doing jobs offered (often outsourced jobs) by North American companies. These jobs are mainly grouped in to three categories. 1-software related jobs, 2-data entry jobs and finally 3-customer service jobs (call centers).
For those people who need to work in software field have to learn programming language (programming language itself will be in English only). Translators and interpreters are mainly needed for data entry jobs, translators and interpreters used to be paid on hourly basis, some could even earn in thousands per hour if they are really talented in English language.
People working in call centers and business process outsourcing firms (BPOs) need to converse well in English with foreign clients, so persons who wants to join in these profession needs to learn English very well. These career opportunities indicate that English language play a vital role in supporting professional’s career. So many people will consider English language as a key parameter to get them employed in jobs. Setting up an institute to teach English language itself will bring in more students.

Career In Data Entry

Career In Data-Entry has become an important component of the BPO industry. In the data entry BPO industry increases continuously throughout the day to day management and smooth introduction of information into the system, operator’s information input by typists, word industries are processors. The increasing demand for specialists in data entry and talented human resources, and provide excellent employment opportunities for data entry and management relates to data management working papers and data processing. Some may work with the technical teams of different sources, and collection of data such as customer information, medical information, or lists of members, and also edit current information, the correct entries, new for accuracy. Enter the information into the computer and different types of information from the company.
The information could be information on paper or spreadsheets or databases. The data transfer information as paper documents into the computer system, the computer can read and process information in different businesses C as financial information, marketing information and scientific research laboratory. In general, a computer is the data information out of shape the spreadsheet software. The race data is increasing and the use of human talent. Objectives: Application in the career of the data input is constantly growing. Data entry in India is a rapidly growing industry, the fate of this sector, which is rich in talented human resources. Countless companies in a different country, including data entry work related, such as document management jobs, data management, data mining, data conversion, data processing and document scanning and digitization.
And you can set daily, weekly and sent to the customer to find the state, which offers training for the new executive on the ground and maintain the level of service. And you can prepare monthly reports to Excel and evaluation software, the department of inspection of works carried out within the time specified. The data input provided greater flexibility for work and has an option for people who go to work and make career flexibility. It requires knowledge of computer to get a degree in data entry. As the field is still wide open, the saturation is possible in the future. The input data are isolated from work and have the scope for growth to earn more, or even the introduction of data only to sites that pay higher rates. Most of their work will be behind a desk, updating procedure test and make changes that help improve the functioning of the real tests, which occur only approximately every two months or more, depending on progress in the programmers based software.

Think Throughly About Your Career

  • What is the most important decision in life ?
        Career, Career, Career.....It it the most important decision in the life. Each & every person has to face this situation once in a life.If you tell me the finding life partner is an important decision in the life but I refuse to believe because If you have good career then definitely you will get good partner(If you are smart enough to choose in that)
  • What thing is worrying you most or confusing most ?
         Every Person is worried about its career Because every person wants to be successful in their life.Nobody wants failure in life, so to be successful in life you should take a good decision about your career, then success comes automatically.

  • What are the steps required for building good career?
  1. Know your Interest. 
  2. Thorough research about your Interest and How much opportunities  are available in the market ?
  3. Thorough Discussion with the Family, Friends and with Others about your Interest.
  4. Take a Decision about your career then Never Look Back, Just see forward and become masters in your Interest then futures will be yours.
  •  What you will do if decision is wrong ?
         Never Feel guilty about your career decision, you will find lots of information about each and every career scopes, so you will never make a wrong decision.