CAREER COUNSELLING

[DarkEclipse]

Mechatronics at Masters level sounds like a plan to me. Thanks man

No problem man, hope you've found your calling

 

[Glennn]

I'm still kinda feeling undecided on whether I should pursue my career in psychology
I'm interested in it, but I'm worried about the demand for the job in the future.
I heard from my friend that there are lots of psychology graduates who are jobless, especially fresh graduates, thats for in my country
So my question is, is it worth to study for psychology? Or any recommendation of country that are high in demand for psychologist, preferably the one in Asia

Thanks

 

[FAHMEED]

I'm still kinda feeling undecided on whether I should pursue my career in psychology
I'm interested in it, but I'm worried about the demand for the job in the future.
I heard from my friend that there are lots of psychology graduates who are jobless, especially fresh graduates, thats for in my country
So my question is, is it worth to study for psychology? Or any recommendation of country that are high in demand for psychologist, preferably the one in Asia

Thanks

Dear which country are you from?

 

[Glennn]

Dear which country are you from?

Malaysia

 

[FAHMEED]

You are correct to an extent. However, if you have a degree from a reputed university, you will have an amazing career in Psychology, even if you prefer to work in Malaysia. Yes, in the start, students aren't able to get work experience easily, and this is what you will have to plan for during university. If you get plenty of work experience during your university (You will have to dig out opportunities), a bright career awaits you.

 

[The JoKer]

Hi. I'm a Pakistani doing CIE A levels right now (in As). I have Accounts, Economics, Business Studies, Maths and General paper as my subjects. I'm good in all so thats not an issue . I just cant decide what profession to choose . MBA in marketing ruled out coz i have zero interest in marketing (especially field marketing, i dont mind desk job). MBA in finance and ACCA ruled out coz theres practically no scope for it. CA i dont want to pursue becoz my brother is alreay doing it (what if both of us got stuck?? being the only two sons of my parents, who wud look after them? they cant really earn forever). I've heard of CIMA as a new field, whats the scope in Pakistan?? Are there teachers for it available?? I was seriously considering doing CSS/FPSC..... Plz, Can someone please guide me as to what to do????
P.S. What about SAT/IELTS/TOEFL??? they are expensive so i need to decide whether to give em or not. Are they necessary for a better future?? Should i give them? If so, which one?
Someone plz guide..!!!

 

[FAHMEED]

Hi. I'm a Pakistani doing CIE A levels right now (in As). I have Accounts, Economics, Business Studies, Maths and General paper as my subjects. I'm good in all so thats not an issue . I just cant decide what profession to choose . MBA in marketing ruled out coz i have zero interest in marketing (especially field marketing, i dont mind desk job). MBA in finance and ACCA ruled out coz theres practically no scope for it. CA i dont want to pursue becoz my brother is alreay doing it (what if both of us got stuck?? being the only two sons of my parents, who wud look after them? they cant really earn forever). I've heard of CIMA as a new field, whats the scope in Pakistan?? Are there teachers for it available?? I was seriously considering doing CSS/FPSC..... Plz, Can someone please guide me as to what to do????
P.S. What about SAT/IELTS/TOEFL??? they are expensive so i need to decide whether to give em or not. Are they necessary for a better future?? Should i give them? If so, which one?
Someone plz guide..!!!

Dear son, you are making assumptions yourself. You have ruled out so many things. So what is left. Sadly, you will have to be open to all opportunities before I can help.

 

[Jonathan Rubuubi]

Hello once again......what unis in Canada should I be looking at for architecture programs, also, do most of them require a portfolio on application? Also, what grades would I be looking at?

 

[tayyabaaijaz]

in what fields may i go into after doing Alevels in Maths, Physics and Chemistry? I do not wish to be a doctor.. :/ which career fields are trending these days in Pakistan? Can I apply for BBA?

 

[ShreeyaBeatz]

Hi. I'm a Pakistani doing CIE A levels right now (in As). I have Accounts, Economics, Business Studies, Maths and General paper as my subjects. I'm good in all so thats not an issue . I just cant decide what profession to choose . MBA in marketing ruled out coz i have zero interest in marketing (especially field marketing, i dont mind desk job). MBA in finance and ACCA ruled out coz theres practically no scope for it. CA i dont want to pursue becoz my brother is alreay doing it (what if both of us got stuck?? being the only two sons of my parents, who wud look after them? they cant really earn forever). I've heard of CIMA as a new field, whats the scope in Pakistan?? Are there teachers for it available?? I was seriously considering doing CSS/FPSC..... Plz, Can someone please guide me as to what to do????
P.S. What about SAT/IELTS/TOEFL??? they are expensive so i need to decide whether to give em or not. Are they necessary for a better future?? Should i give them? If so, which one?
Someone plz guide..!!!

Do MBA either in marketing and human resource management. Have you looked out for the banking sector? It isnt bad either.
Isn't CIMA like Chartered Accountant and yes being a CA isnt bad either.
If I were you I would have done these fields rather than going here and there. SAT and TOEFL is necessary if you want to go to the US and yes, there are so many people and it is hard to pay for college there and find a great fullride scholarship. So I wouldn't suggest you that! IELTS and TOEFL is valid for 2 years only, so why do if you don't need it
I hope this helped
PS, I have no idea about CSS and FPSC
Good Luck!

 

[The JoKer]

Do MBA either in marketing and human resource management. Have you looked out for the banking sector? It isnt bad either.
Isn't CIMA like Chartered Accountant and yes being a CA isnt bad either.
If I were you I would have done these fields rather than going here and there. SAT and TOEFL is necessary if you want to go to the US and yes, there are so many people and it is hard to pay for college there and find a great fullride scholarship. So I wouldn't suggest you that! IELTS and TOEFL is valid for 2 years only, so why do if you don't need it
I hope this helped
PS, I have no idea about CSS and FPSC
Good Luck!

Thanks a lot. This sure cleared up about SAT etc. CA is preferable but what about if i get stuck?? there is just too much risk. As far as MBA is concerned, I'm not interested in marketing (i'm a BIG introvert), i'll look into MBA in HRM, hearing it for the first time.
Thanks a bunch again..!

 

[ShreeyaBeatz]

Thanks a lot. This sure cleared up about SAT etc. CA is preferable but what about if i get stuck?? there is just too much risk. As far as MBA is concerned, I'm not interested in marketing (i'm a BIG introvert), i'll look into MBA in HRM, hearing it for the first time.
Thanks a bunch again..!

Your welcome!
MBA is a great study. It is feasible with so many fields. If you don't like marketing, then you can look at many other areas within it.
Wish you the best!

 

[teachyourself]

Hi. I'm a Pakistani doing CIE A levels right now (in As). I have Accounts, Economics, Business Studies, Maths and General paper as my subjects. I'm good in all so thats not an issue . I just cant decide what profession to choose . MBA in marketing ruled out coz i have zero interest in marketing (especially field marketing, i dont mind desk job). MBA in finance and ACCA ruled out coz theres practically no scope for it. CA i dont want to pursue becoz my brother is alreay doing it (what if both of us got stuck?? being the only two sons of my parents, who wud look after them? they cant really earn forever). I've heard of CIMA as a new field, whats the scope in Pakistan?? Are there teachers for it available?? I was seriously considering doing CSS/FPSC..... Plz, Can someone please guide me as to what to do????
P.S. What about SAT/IELTS/TOEFL??? they are expensive so i need to decide whether to give em or not. Are they necessary for a better future?? Should i give them? If so, which one?
Someone plz guide..!!!

check all my posts they should answer the questions you have ... and DO NOT decide your career right now ... you know nothing about the real world because you have not been exposed to it... most people who decide their careers without practical exposure end up hating their jobs, make career switches still hate their jobs... after reading my posts, if you still think you have questions feel free to ask me

just a few pointers to get you started ... do personality assessment tests MBTI and the Big 5 Trait test ... find out your career suitability, do internships after your A-levels for an entire year, find out what you are suitable for because books and the real world are very different .. every field has scope in it, it just depends on how well connected you are for networking your career moves ... and CIMA is NOT a new field it is qualification in the field of Management Accounting .. learn the difference between fields, qualifications, certifications, degrees .. which are accredited and/or useful, etc

NEVER ask anyone to tell you what to do .. it defies logic ... your career but someone else's decision???... educate yourself by asking people for information/facts but NOT their opinions because everyone has their biases

 

[The JoKer]

check all my posts they should answer the questions you have ... and DO NOT decide your career right now ... you know nothing about the real world because you have not been exposed to it... most people who decide their careers without practical exposure end up hating their jobs, make career switches still hate their jobs... after reading my posts, if you still think you have questions feel free to ask me

just a few pointers to get you started ... do personality assessment tests MBTI and the Big 5 Trait test ... find out your career suitability, do internships after your A-levels for an entire year, find out what you are suitable for because books and the real world are very different .. every field has scope in it, it just depends on how well connected you are for networking your career moves ... and CIMA is NOT a new field it is qualification in the field of Management Accounting .. learn the difference between fields, qualifications, certifications, degrees .. which are accredited and/or useful, etc

NEVER ask anyone to tell you what to do .. it defies logic ... your career but someone else's decision???... educate yourself by asking people for information/facts but NOT their opinions because everyone has their biases

JazakAllah..!! thks 4 all the advice.. I will.>!!

 

[cool Asviva]

I want to gather as much information about International Relations Program as possible.
if you know and have authentic information about after graduation consequences, in which universities to apply( within Pakistan or even abroad), or if you know any alumni please reply. Also, what general opinion do you have of University Of Karachi?
i'll appreciate your reply.

https://www.xtremepapers.com/community/threads/international-relations.36287/

 

[mr dam bhai]

sir i am interested in doing actuarial sciences how can i begin with my career please help me
i live in pakistan it is very difficult over here to meet any actuary

 

[teachyourself]

sir i am interested in doing actuarial sciences how can i begin with my career please help me
i live in pakistan it is very difficult over here to meet any actuary

start learning stats inference (Khan Academy) and econometrics (ben lambert and burkey academy on youtube), also check TTC videos for math tutorials check torrent sites currently piratebay.com has been shut down .. so try kickass torrents, demonoid, isohunt .. you can also try the indian institutes video lectures for math and stats and econometrics

http://nptel.ac.in/
http://nptel.ac.in/courses.php?disciplineId=111

go to any isurance firm they usually have one or two actuaries .. also understand exactly 'why' you want a particular career ... what do you know about this career before you go on to choose it .. if it is money then you need to understand it will satisfy you for some time since it is extrinsic motivation, because the most important factors to any job are the people you will deal with and the nature of the work...and if you end up hating both aspects of the job, your life will become miserable... so do the personality assessment tests to find out what you are suitable for

and most of the stuff you will study in Actuarial Sciences cannot be applied in Pakistan due to the fact that raw data is not available since there is no concept of primary research or data collection at most levels (large scale/small scale businesses or governmental departments or banks) and on top of that there will not be many people who will be able to understand what you will have learned or would want to apply... go check the websites of insurance firms and check if there are any actuaries, usually in pakistan insurance firms have one or two actuaries, so talk to them or google 'actuaries Pakistan linkedin' you should get some
http://psoa.org.pk/index.php
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Pakistani-Actuaries-4313099
http://pk.linkedin.com/pub/noman-muhammad/1b/993/7b2
https://pk.linkedin.com/pub/jawwad-farid/0/256/a70

also check my other posts for software/programming languages related to stats mostly it is R, Strata, SPSS, etc .. also check the universities that teach Actuarial Sciences programs and those that do not because some only teach math course programs for a detailed look check MIT's opencourseware program

 

[Mr.Physics]

Hey im really confused about my future. I like maths and phy . however, i like chemistry a lil bit too. Bio is my worst subject but i like the genetically related fields.

 

[teachyourself]

Hey im really confused about my future. I like maths and phy . however, i like chemistry a lil bit too. Bio is my worst subject but i like the genetically related fields.

genetics? and in pakistan? very unlikely that you will have a lucrative career, if you do get a job abroad then there is no guarantee of the visa being changed from student to employee visa .. so keep these and other practical issues in mind ... also do not worry about subjects too much at this stage it is too early to say what you will be good in and additionally the subjects change at the undergrad and graduate level .. for example chemical engineering has very little Chemistry and Mathematicians and Software programmers also meddle with genetics
http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/
http://io9.com/this-software-takes-us-one-step-closer-to-biological-na-1666530254
http://www.popsci.com/how-supercomputing-cracking-mysteries-humankinds-origins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16165605 --- this is an example of a scientist who used engineering and biology to try and develop an anti-viral drug -- Todd Rider at MIT

or Julia Ruscher (Mathematician) who uses Stochastics Processes to understand biological changes
http://mujerless.com.mx/portada/tod...ic Optimal Control in Biology and Engineering

http://www.nature.com/news/acid-bath-offers-easy-path-to-stem-cells-1.14600

check MIT's open course ware for description of courses at the undergrad level and graduate level .... there are many fields out there and many of them are intermingled

 

[DarkEclipse]

genetics? and in pakistan? very unlikely that you will have a lucrative career, if you do get a job abroad then there is no guarantee of the visa being changed from student to employee visa .. so keep these and other practical issues in mind ... also do not worry about subjects too much at this stage it is too early to say what you will be good in and additionally the subjects change at the undergrad and graduate level .. for example chemical engineering has very little Chemistry and Mathematicians and Software programmers also meddle with genetics
http://ds9a.nl/amazing-dna/
http://io9.com/this-software-takes-us-one-step-closer-to-biological-na-1666530254
http://www.popsci.com/how-supercomputing-cracking-mysteries-humankinds-origins

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16165605 --- this is an example of a scientist who used engineering and biology to try and develop an anti-viral drug -- Todd Rider at MIT

or Julia Ruscher (Mathematician) who uses Stochastics Processes to understand biological changes
http://mujerless.com.mx/portada/todos-los-videos/?jlid=_R7XFfKBl6o&jltitle=Stochastic Optimal Control in Biology and Engineering

http://www.nature.com/news/acid-bath-offers-easy-path-to-stem-cells-1.14600

check MIT's open course ware for description of courses at the undergrad level and graduate level .... there are many fields out there and many of them are intermingled

Contrary to what you've just said, Chemical Engineering is actually very Chemistry based. This is one of the fields which is very close to the pure sciences. Most people think that classes like Material and Energy balances as well as Process Thermodynamics are Physics based, but in reality, these are very close to chemistry, intertwined with physics.