BANGALORE: Do you find yourself asking where all the good job opportunities have gone? Well, here are a select few high-pay careers that are on a hiring spree.
While a number of industries are on a hiring mode across many different sectors, they don't all necessarily stack up the same in terms of pay. So, to help you get a sense of which jobs fall in both the high-demand and high-pay potential buckets, here is a list of jobs that will prepare you for one of these potentially lucrative and booming careers, as reported by Lia Sestric of Yahoo Education.
#1: Human Resources Manager
Median Annual Salary: Rs.2.40 lakh—Rs 12.79 lakh
Projected Job Growth Rate by 2022: 13 Percent
Are you good with people, proactive, and organized? Then you may want to hone your natural talents by pursuing work as a human resources manager.
This job is in the level of management and it comes with its own terms and conditions. And as a professional in this line of work, your job description mainly includes training, hiring new staffs while looking into new opportunities coming up for the employment and keeping an eye sexual harassment too.
The money paid for this job is well above the median wage of most of the other professions and in addition, the learning curve never seems to stop.
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#2: Financial Advisor
Median Annual Salary: Rs.1.75 lakh—Rs 13.95 lakh
Projected Job Growth Rate by 2022: 27 Percent
Are you good at handling money? Maybe you feel confident you could handle someone else's, too. If so, you may want to think about pursuing a career as a personal financial advisor.
As a financial advisor, you might offer advices that include assessing client’s assets, liabilities, cash flow, insurance coverage, tax status, and other financial objectives to establish investment strategies and finally making them beneficial with their investments. Additionally, these personnel also provide regular reports that let their client know how their investments are performing with regards to the market scenario.
Mark Bernecker, director for Randstad Professionals said, "Personal financial advisors are in demand everywhere, due in large part to the aging population.” He further adds, "Baby-boomers, in particular, are in need of financial guidance and are seeking professional investment advice."
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#3: Applications Software Developer
Median Annual Salary: Rs.2.25 lakh—Rs.10.50 lakh
Projected Job Growth Rate by 2022: 23 Percent
Are you constantly glued to your Smartphone or computer? If so, the online world is the perfect platform to exhibit your skills as an Applications Software Developer, and good news is that the job pays well too.
As Applications Software Developers are the brains behind the development process, these individuals spend most of their time in designing computer applications for consumers, such as games or word processors that run devices and networks.
While the immediate future of technology lies in these devices, Chris Mader, vice president at Randstad Technologies said, "Companies are investing in mobile-enabled websites and applications because they will be left behind if they don't."
#4: Market Research Analyst
Median Annual Salary: Rs.1.63 lakh—Rs.6.84 lakh
Projected Job Growth Rate by 2022: 32 Percent
Interested in the world of marketing but don't necessarily want to be in the public eye? Consider being a market research analyst. In this job, individuals are solely responsible for monitoring, forecasting marketing and sales trends, and gathering data about consumers, competitors and also market conditions.
In terms hiring boom, Beth Walker, professor at the W. P. Carey School of Business said, "Given the exponential growth in the availability of micro-level data, marketing research analysts are needed, more than ever, to understand the new data, identify what data is most important, and translate the data into information that can be used by a business to drive effective marketing strategies."
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#5: Information Security Analyst
Median Annual Salary: Rs.1.86 lakh—Rs.8.99 lakh
Projected Job Growth Rate by 2022: 37 Percent
Would you like to use your computer knowledge to ward off cyber threats? A career as an information security analyst might be the right choice for you.
In this position, you will be responsible for carrying out security measures to protect an organization's computer networks and systems, as well as taking proactive measures to secure the data. With the uptick in cybercrime, many organizations are in dreadful need of information security analysts who can help organizations when these issues arise.
According to the Department of Labor, you will typically need a Bachelor's degree in computer science, programming, or a similar field of study to be hired.
#6: Registered Nurse
Median Annual Salary: Rs.0.80 lakh—Rs.4.84 lakh
Projected Job Growth Rate by 2022: 19 Percent
Do you think of yourself as a compassionate and patient person? Then you might want to consider pursuing a career as a registered nurse, which is projected to add the most number of jobs as compared to any other profession.
As a registered nurse, your duties include recording patients medical histories and symptoms, administering medicines and treatments, and educating patients on how to cope with an illness or injury.
Baby boomers are a major mechanism for the hiring spree, and as the number of medical problems increases, such individuals will require help and guidance of these nurses to take care of them.
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#7: Fundraiser
Projected Job Growth Rate by 2022: 17 Percent
Can you get people excited about a worthy cause? Well, you might want to try a career as a fundraiser as it will help you build a paramount of networks from this job.
As a fundraiser, your mainly responsibility is to raise money and other donations for an organization, to increase the contributions of individuals and groups from various sources. Additionally, individuals need to also identify potential donors, create a strong fundraising message for donors, and plan campaigns and events, to raise awareness of the work, aims, and goals.
David Gilcher, lead resource manager at Kavaliro said, "Many projects and research are either being delayed or cancelled due to a lack of funding. Non-profits and the groups they support are in dire need of finding individuals that are driven to bring in resources essential to moving those projects or research forward."
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